Tron doesn't need any SP to execute a hard fork since they have the main RPC nodes and pretty clear support from exchanges.
Having SP helps them do it the "normal" way. And frankly idk if anyone told Sun there are more options.
This team isn't a bad team. I just have it on high authority they are not going to make a short term fork of Steem for the community.
They may or may not even ever make a chain. As it stands they just want to rethink the protocol. I think a lot of us want that.
But nothing actionable will come from this team in the short term.
Thank you for sharing your informed understanding.