Learning Curve gave a pretty good demonstration of what the Maquis idea of a chain of command is - you're in charge as long as your fists can enforce it.Tholian_Avenger wrote:I don't know where the idea comes form that Maquis have a disrespect for the chain of command. Seriously, I don't, I might have missed an episode where it was mentioned.
As far as the Maquis were concerned, Starfleet abandoned them to the Cardassians. They weren't actively going after Starfleet most of the time, but at best they held them in contempt.I can see why they might have a neutral feeling about Starfleet, all the way to contempt (and even hate), but nothing so bad that it couldn't have been buried until the lot got back to near the Alpha Quadrant.
The fact that they were Fed citizens does not mean they were fans of the PD, especially when they perceived it as lessening their chances of survival, accurately or otherwise.I'm not even sure there would be that many disputes over the PD, they were Fed citizens until relatively recently, they were just screwed over by bad foreign policy to a peer state.