Get it. The Solars don't do what the Sidereals tell them. They did what the Unconquered Sun told them. The purpose of the Sidereals was to advise the Solars by giving them insights they didn't have access to. A recurring problem with Exalted is the repeated portrayal of classes as dupes. Who wants to play a fucking dupe? Even one who knows they are? It would be a far better game if they got over this idea and portrayed people as having more autonomy. If everything is just a big conspiracy by the Sidereals, Deathlords etc. it's just shit cause no one has any free will.
The Solars are beholden to no one but their Celestial master. Certainly not lesser Exalted like the Sidereals. The whole point of the Gold Faction is to restore Solar rule. Solars outnumber the Gold Faction drastically and once they attain comparable levels of Essence to the Faction's elders will be nigh unstoppable. Indeed the Gold Faction wants them to be. Who else will combat the Deathlords and other dire threats to the world? The Gold Faction are under no illusions. The Solars are chosen for their desire to use power for their own ends and can oppose anyone who tries to stop them as the Primordials found out to their cost. The Solars were made to rule Creation and don't take orders from anyone.
