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Golden is a Star Trek author, right?

Correct, and that's a good point actually. I know many of the first Del Rey authors for Star Wars were primarily Fantasy authors, which seemed to work well for the sword fighting aspect - but interesting how the world building might be better served from a sci-fi author. I'm sure either could be argued - but in Omen's case (a particularly strong novel in total), I think some of the strongest chapters were the ones dealing with the world building of the Tribe.

Apologies if I'm repeating this from elsewhere, but I thought I'd give my thoughts on the Tribe as well.

It seems to me that Del Rey wanted to use Sith, but didn't want to screw up Dark Horse's story by continuing to delve into the One Sith (as they hinted at in LotF). Del Rey could have continued to use them, and probably will in some respects with Dician and possibly some of the other minor characters we've met - and who knows maybe even White Eyes - but I think they wanted to create a larger threat that they could use as they see fit, hence this Sith Tribe. There's lots of potential here - they may still retain Sith knowledge that has otherwise been lost, and ultimately, if they are defeated soundly, there's the possibility that some remnant of the Tribe may find their way to the One Sith.

And in the future (post-FotJ) any Sith who are killed from the One Sith group by Luke's Jedi can always be mistaken for Tribe Sith. Back during LotF I was thinking that Luke's Order would assume the rule of two was still in place, so even if they were to face White Eyes and Dician - if both of them are killed, Luke will assume those were the only two - not realizing the scope of the new One Sith. But frankly, the Tribe makes it even easier to explain away any future Sith/Jedi battles - even if he's really facing a member of the One Sith, he'll assume it's someone from the Tribe.

I thought the Tribe was a brilliant solution to Del Rey's 'problem'.