Smuggler Archive

Last night a friend of mine switched factions and all his imperial faction disappeared, i change from imperial to rebel over the weekend and noticed all my imperial faction was gone also, in the past we had the option to sell our imperial faction to the rebel recruiter as a sell out option, when did they take this away from us.. and has anyone else noticed this also. i dont switch factions very often but it is still a part of us that is no longer there.