Factions

There are a number of corporations that have a hand in Umbra's mining and fabrication operations, and they don't necessarily trust you. When you land in Boomtown, you'll need to begin to earn their trust. As you do, you'll have more missions available to you, and more items available for purchase (including schematics).

The best ways to earn faction points is by fulfilling contracts and Broker missions for by-products.

You will start out as Disliked (Nautilus Corp.) or Neutral (all others); following ranks are Liked, Respected, Admired, and Esteemed. You can see your current standings, as well as how much further you have to the next, under your Character Profile (hit K on your keyboard).

Nautilus Corp.
The Nautilus Corporation. governs all mining operations on Umbra.

TEX Co.
The lucky contractor that supplies synthetic nutritional and medicinal products to Nautilus Corp. operations.

MagMa
Manufacturers of weaponry and artificially intelligent automatons (Drones). The company generally has a respected reputation as a responsible arms dealer.

Vortech
Focus on producing a wide variety of miscellaneous technological devices to suit the ever changing needs of the modern intergalactic business.

TEGPI
The body governing the safe and responsible colonisation of newly discovered planets and construction therein. Owned by Nautilus Corp.

COEB
A powerful syndicate of biologists who have established themselves as they front runners in biological development across the colonies.

Nanova
Their pursuits in nanotechnology have affected and inspired vast development in a variety of areas - notably human health and performance. Nanova was the corporation at the heart of the Singularity Event of 2014.

Xenoarch Society
Protectorates of everything humanity is yet to understand, they fastidiously document and analyse new findings and are experts in all of the known alien races.