Do i gain reputation to federation or empire if i sell exploration data to a minor faction thats aligned with fed or imps?
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Newcomer / Intro Selling exploration data gain rep?
- Thread starter CMDR Ahlos
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Thank you! Very good...
Ye been doing delivery and curier missions for so long, Just done with post commander rank, so just want to go and explore for the change of scenery 
Empire and Federation REP is earned via Mission Boards (regular and passenger) because that's how Emp/Fed Navy Rank is earned. It can only be increased via missions. Minor faction REP does go up with Cartographics data sold to them (station-controlling minor faction only).
There are two types of rep for Federation and Empire.
One type gives you a scale of 0% to 100%. That goes up when you do anything for the local associated controlling faction, like bounty hunting, trading, selling astronomical data, etc. It doesn't seem to count for much.
The second type is the rep you get for the rankings, which increases your rank when you do missions for any of the associated factions. That's the rep you need for buying the special ships and getting other special privileges. It only comes from completed missions.
One type gives you a scale of 0% to 100%. That goes up when you do anything for the local associated controlling faction, like bounty hunting, trading, selling astronomical data, etc. It doesn't seem to count for much.
The second type is the rep you get for the rankings, which increases your rank when you do missions for any of the associated factions. That's the rep you need for buying the special ships and getting other special privileges. It only comes from completed missions.
So selling Exp data does "NOT" help with ranks to unlock systems/ships?
Indirectly only.
That is, selling exploration data lets you REP up with the minor factions. Once you've reached maximum faction REP (="allied"), that won't increase any more. But the better your faction REP is, the better missions you are given (higher rewards). What I do not know, however, is how those high reward missions translate into superpower rank progress, and which reward option you should choose to maximize your superpower rank progress.
Correct, it does not. As noted by SciTrekker, it only increases rep with the controlling faction at the station where you sell it. That's very useful, but it does not affect superpower rep/rank.
It can also be used to increase access rep with certain engineers.
INF is BGS only, so extra +'s there won't move either navy rank. REP is what you want, even if for the local minor faction. But like Ashnak, I don't know if navy rank increases faster by taking the extra REP +'s (if offered).