Since Carnies are just mind puppets, the Nemesis is just a bunch of robots, and Council/5th Column are a bunch of fascists. Next there is the gangs, Hellions mixed up with the occult, Skulls are a bunch of nihilists, the Outcasts are just that outcasts of their own choosing, and the Freakshow are just anarchists. Circle of Thorns? screw those maps of Oranbenga, that right there is enough to make you want to kill yourself.
I would say I would start with the Warriors, I like the Greek literature references then I would get in with the Skyraiders, then get picked up by Malta but work, undercover for Malta, for Crey….in the complaints department. :D