Said strips were planned for a while. Is it not possible durring that period of time, bp allies were searched for, discovered, and recorded for use durring the appropriate time?
Harb, for example, had twenty allies that you didnt have to look for. You can assume that lots of his allies were zafties, so you scour the many clans zaft had and find twenty more allies. Harb also had good, active allies. So you go the ally price guide and pick high numbers to input into the ally search and find twenty more allies of his. Do that a few times and find twenty more.
In conclusion, anyone with common sense and time can make a hefty list of bp allies.