Where can we setup shop system wise, can we inhabit a system outside of the current Inhabited Human Space and colonize planets and become a power that way? Would there be repercussions for doing so?
It needs to be an inhabited system already. That could be one far out, but that would make it very difficult to expand as expansion requires the system to be populated. We would advise picking a system within the bubble.
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Would we be able to claim a controlling/major station if we were to house ourselves in an NPC occupied system? If not, would we start at an outpost?
As long as there isn’t a player sponsored group in that system already then you will be the controlling faction for that system.
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If there are two minor faction applications in the running for the same system, what will determine who gets the system in question? Will it be first-come-first-serve?
It will be first come first served. With exception of groups making a claim on an existing minor faction which will go through a more rigorous check with the developers.
So If I understand this right, If a player group has applied to become a minor faction based in let's say LAVE then no one else can ever apply to be a faction in LAVE once GroupA's app is accepted?
Given the number of groups that are likely wanting to be participants in quality systems, this seems strange to me. Why not have a number of player factions able to actively compete over a system? Or did I miss something?