Player Groups and Minor Factions - Submission Form and Information

[Brett C]

Greetings Commanders,

Thanks everyone for sending over your applications to our player groups and minor factions! Over the past few months we’ve added hundreds of you to our database! It’s been really exciting stuff. We’ve had a busy few months, and that has slowed our process, so unfortunately we have seen some delays in processing requests. With that being said, I’m going to add a few posts below on getting everything up to par and everyone up to speed with where we are at and how the process functions for player groups and minor factions going from this point onward.

If you wish to discuss, please use this thread: https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showth...ral-Discussion

This thread will be used as a place for updates.

[Brett C]

How can I establish a player group?


1) We need to know the name of your Player Group.

• Player group names must be Elite Related, Lore related, or large long-standing related groups.
• Group names cannot consist of names that would violate the game EULA/ToU.
• Group names can only consist of a-z, A-Z, 0-9 characters.
• We cannot accept player group names -=[that]=- ((look)) ^like^ thi$.
• Names such as: Elite Explorations Crew, Deep Space Security, and so forth can be accepted.

2) Next, we need to know the type of player group that you are.

• PvE – Player Versus Environment
• PvP – Player Versus Player
• Both – Your group consists of both PVE and PVP elements.

3) We now need to know how many members are in your player group.

• Please give a rough or exact estimate of how many you have.
• We will not accept “actively recruiting” or an inflated number that will not reflect the amount of players to the group within the game.
• Needs to be of at least TEN.

4) A contact name.

• You may use your real name or commander name.
• If your player group is of a very large clan/guild, you may provide a common catch-all contact name.

5) Your email address to contact you by.

• This email will not be made public.
• It will only be used to contact you regarding your player group.
• If you wish, you may use a catch-all email address if you have multiple leaders to your player group.
• The initial response from us will not be sent to this email address, we will reply to the first email that you sent to us confirming the addition.

PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING

• These are not in game names or faction names.
• These are internal names have been registered with us.
• The groups that have registered to us have requested to be kept informed with activities and opportunities specifically relating to player groups.
• Registering a player group does not denote that it will register a Minor Faction.

Please use the form below to submit your player group.

[Brett C]

How do I establish a minor faction?

Good news commanders, you can create a minor faction in Elite Dangerous! Please read this entire post to figure out what is what and what goes where!

So what does a minor faction get me in Elite Dangerous?

• Your minor factions name will show up in a system of your choosing along with the description provided.
• You will have to manage your minor factions economy within the system.
• Minor factions will be added with preset values in the system, you will be required to build up your minor faction.

What’s the limitations and policies for a minor faction?

1. Your minor faction’s system has to be in a system with a population of at least ONE.
2. Your minor faction’s name must be related to Elite Dangerous or the lore of Elite.
   
   • We cannot accept general minor faction names unrelated to Elite.
   
   
3. You can only have one minor faction at any given time.
4. No Faction Swapping. Your desired minor faction has to be the same as the systems faction.
5. Factions cannot be located in systems deemed to have significant lore importance (full list in the form below).
6. A description of your minor faction is required.
   
   • Please no more than 640 characters including spaces.
   • Do not use symbols, just a-z and 0-9 text and general punctuation.
   • Description ONLY IN English only.
   • Absolutely NO URL's / links - it will be rejected.
   
   
7. The requested system must also contain a star port.
8. You must have completed the group registration process from above.

Any other limits and info that I should know about? Yeah, a little...

• We will not accept any edit requests after your submission to the form below.
• Absolutely no recruitment messages or website links.
• Your minor factions description HAS TO CONFORM to the lore of Elite.
• You are permitted to have one minor faction.
  
  • All "addon" minor factions that have been confirmed as a squatting minor faction will be removed. In addition to the main minor faction.

How long is the process between submitting this form below and it showing up in the game?
Between one and three months.

Can I request updates to my submission after submitting the form below?
No.

Can I request to have my PMF in a particular station?
No. The BGS decides.

Can I request my station to have something special in it?
No.

Can I request to have special content in my PMF's system?
No.

Can my PMF be in a permit system?
No.

Who can I poke and prod to get an update on my player factions application status?
Brett C. Do not expect a timely response on PMF statuses. It's going to be one of the following: Waiting, Processing, Validating, Added, Rejected.



Great, I think I’m in the clear! What do I do now? Complete the form below and submit it.

[Brett C]

Hi all, am aware that there's minor factions that have had issues on influence, control, etc due to the 2.3 update. We've been monitoring and fixing the issues as they arise.

Additionally, numerous player minor factions did not make it in for the 2.3 update. Upfront, I would like to apologize for this. There is an ongoing check on who is and who is not in the game at this moment and if things are in proper sync from our sheet to the game. Additionally (x2!), please note that description changes are baked directly into the client, not queried from the server. I've a large list of PMF's awaiting an update on a description update as well.


I am leaving the thread closed at this point in time so things can be posted in a somewhat more organized fashion from me and/or others here at Frontier. I've received more than 100 emails and PM's asking the status of X or Y player minor factions over the past week to now. Unfortunately, due to the mass of emails and PM's i've received and workload right now, I won't be able to answer said messages as timely as I'd like to.

[Brett C]

Working on getting things validated and imported this week. Deepest apologies on the delays with this process.

[Brett C]

Major series of batch-segments sent. Will have a list of additional rejections and so forth this week or next week. Unfortunately, this next list of rejections will end up being quite large I am afraid.


As always... a reminder! I will on the spot reject a PMF application due to any of the following issues...

• System locations that are consisting one or more of the following... lore important, permit restricted, starter zones/systems, important system(s) relating to an ongoing game event in the system or a nearby system, in use by another PMF.
• Faction names that are... inappropriate, not elite/lore related, harassing, TOS violating, spam, IP violations, too similar of a name to another PMF.
• Faction Descriptions that... make no sense, does not relate to your PMF, includes a website or email, incomplete, not-in-English.
• Player Group Name that is incorrect or is not added on the original submission form. If i cannot contact you due to any issues, i will remove the submission row from our sheet - i will not chase around to find contact details.

Additionally, Colonia region submissions for a minor faction are auto-rejected, see https://www.elitedangerous.com/en/co...on-initiative/ regarding Colonia stuff.

Lastly, I am also in the process of working on the update sheet. (The sheet that contains peoples update requests)

[Brett C]

Engineering is still processing the master sheet for addition to the game. I should have an update sometime next week. Thanks for your patience.

[Brett C]

Engineering is still working on minor factions. I won't be able to make changes/additions until they've finished processing the sheet.

As it stands right now, i'm trying my best to have hundreds of new PMF's added for the 2.3.x update series. So please, hold off on asking on if your minor faction is added or not. I don't have that updated data just yet!

[Brett C]

Engineering team has checked in another update to the sheet this morning. Little past the halfway mark now.

I should have an updated list quite soon on rejections / declined minor faction applications.

[Brett C]

Hi all, this is the tentative list of new player minor factions to be added into Elite. The only thing left for us to do now is to actually add these into the game world. If you do not see your group name on this list, it's either rejected, or on hold as i need to get in contact with the person who submitted it.

I will not list the system each group name is in for the time being.

Mode	Group Name	Minor Faction Name
Approved	Alvastra Alliance	Alvastra Alliance
Approved	The Sanctum Accord	The Sanctum Accord
Approved	Excalibur Arms and Munitions	Excalibur Arms and Munitions
Approved	Fatal Shadows	Fatal Shadows
Approved	Black Hand of Orion	Black Hand of Orion
Approved	Shadow Fleet	Shadow Society
Approved	The Roughnecks	The Roughnecks
Approved	Mostly Penniless Trading	Penniless Trading Co
Approved	Archons Wolves	Archons Wolves
Approved	Black Omega	Black Omega
Approved	Far Bound Enterprises	Far Bound Company
Approved	Astralis Industries	Astralis Industries
Approved	Ouroboros Holdings Corps	Ouroboros Holdings Corps
Approved	Fighter Ferrets	Intergalactic Fighter Ferret Force
Approved	Transcendent Monkeys	Order Of The Transcendent
Approved	Stellar One	Spacecare
Approved	Gato Confederates	Gato Confederacy
Approved	SIA Community	SIA Community
Approved	FarStar Foundation	FarStar Foundation
Approved	Visionary Merchants Corp	Visionary Merchants Corp
Approved	Fortunes Corsairs	Fortunes Corsairs
Approved	Occitania Pioneers	Occitania Pioneers
Approved	Namab Purple Brothers	Namab Purple Brothers
Approved	Enigma Cooperative Guild	Enigma Imperial Holdings
Approved	The Bureau of the Bureau of Selkit Bureau	The Bureau of the Bureau of Selkit Bureau
Approved	Dark Cold Horizon	New Dark Cold
Approved	Galactic Fleet Marine Force	Galactic Fleet Marine Force
Approved	Black Heart Crew	Black Heart Crew
Approved	Biowaste Extraction And Supply Team	Biowaste Extraction And Supply Team
Approved	United Dutch Space Travelers	United Dutch Space Travelers
Approved	Olympus Trading Corporation	Olympus Trading Corp
Approved	Wolfram Private Security Firm	Wolfram Security
Approved	SANCTIS	SANCTIS
Approved	Oddyssey Explorers	Oddyssey Explorers
Approved	Acquisitions Incorporated	Council of Lords
Approved	Ocellus Interstellar	Ocellus Interstellar Corporation
Approved	Raging Locke and Arburich Co	We Got This Corp
Approved	The Camori Collective	The Camori Collective
Approved	Rhatigan Industries	Rhatigan Industries
Approved	Aetas Eternum	Aetas Eternum
Approved	Best Worst Team	People's Dictatorships Union
Approved	The Funky Purple Wizards	The Funky Purple Wizards
Approved	Black Rebellion Empire Wing	Black Rebellion Empire Wing
Approved	Elite Orange Cross	Elite Orange Cross
Approved	Bhutas Hunters	Bhutas Hunters
Approved	Planetary Exploration and Resource recovery Corp	Exploration and Resource recovery Corp
Approved	Violet's Fortune	The Lightwave Initiative
Approved	Shadow Syndicate	Shadow Syndicate
Approved	Exploration and Science Initiative	Exploration and Science Initiative
Approved	Cosmohounds	Cosmohounds
Approved	Imperial Pathfinders	Crimson Pathfinders of Achenar
Approved	Cvel Group	Independent Tactical Force
Approved	White Owl	Void Monastery
Approved	Mandioka Squad	Mandioka Squad
Approved	Blizzard Elite	Geni United Industries
Approved	Granite Security Agency	Granite Security Agency
Approved	West Leeds Yacht Club	West Leeds Yacht Club
Approved	Strata Space Program	Strata Space Program
Approved	CYPHEROPTICS INC	Cypheroptics Inc
Approved	Money or Blood	Money or Blood
Approved	Spectrum of Justice	Spectrum of Justice
Approved	Imperial Army	47th Imperial Expeditionary Force
Approved	Barbera Crew	Barbera Crew
Approved	Clan Vikingos	Jakobsland Galactic Group
Approved	Black Aurora	Black Aurora Corporation
Approved	Imperial International Elite Pilots Union	Imperial International Elite Pilots Union
Approved	Federal Armada	Federal Armada
Approved	Quisquilious	Quisquilious Starlight Co
Approved	Luockhund Conglomerate	Luockhund Conglomerate
Approved	The Perin Initiative	Perin Initiative
Approved	Privateersman Corps	Freelancers' Union
Approved	Black Hole Inc	Black Hole inc
Approved	Radiant Incorporated	Radiant Incorporated
Approved	Inara	Inara Nexus
Approved	Squid Squad	The Great Teuthida Movement
Approved	Raijin Corporation	Raijin Corporation
Approved	3a Flota de Intervencion Federal	Tharsis Corporation
Approved	Contagion Confederation	Contagion Confederation
Approved	Lunokhod Conglomerate	Lunokhod Conglomerate
Approved	Ross Councillum	Ross Councillum
Approved	Polevnic Justice Party	Polevnic Justice Party
Approved	BROs Elite	BROs Elite
Approved	Dominion Emeritus	Dominion Emeritus
Approved	Elite Illusion Fleet	Verucas Merchant Enterprise
Approved	Federal Dolphins group	Federal Dolphins
Approved	Evangeline's Angels	Evangeline's Elite Expeditionary Force
Approved	Ministry of Re-Education	Ministry of Re-Education
Approved	Nemo Corporation	Nemo Corporation
Approved	Bubble Opportunists	The Bubble Collective
Approved	EliteESP	Spanish Pilots Society
Approved	New Castile	New Castile
Approved	Rogue Commanders	Republic of Rogue Commanders
Approved	Mecklenburg Corp - Trading and Travel	Mecklenburg Corp - Trading and Travel
Approved	Newton's Gambit	Newton's Gambit
Approved	DeadCowsDontMoo	Lux Eternalis Research and Defense
Approved	Screwdriver Studios	LHS 20 Engineers
Approved	Cerasus	Cerasus Secirity Forces
Approved	Bounty Hunters' Guild	Bounty Hunters' Guild
Approved	North Wall Alliance Embassy	North Wall Alliance Embassy
Approved	Classified Consolidated	Classified Consolidated
Approved	Derrim Brown Party	Derrim Brown Party
Approved	Novingo Enterprise	Foyama Novingo Startourism
Approved	Mercenarios Corp	Mercenarios Corp
Approved	Pilots Ascension Program	Pilots Ascension Program
Approved	The Nexus Union	Nexus Union
Approved	The Sigil	The Sigil
Approved	Winebergs Honor	Winebergs Legacy
Approved	Blood Ravens	Raven and Wolf Company of CD-70 1960
Approved	Peregrina Research and Intelligence Agency	Peregrina Research and Intelligence Agency
Approved	Sons of Black Star	Terra Formations Industries
Approved	Federal Legion	Federal Legion
Approved	EPIC - Excellence Proven In Combat	Excellence Proven In Combat
Approved	Royal Praetorian Guard	Royal Praetorian Guard
Approved	Hell Razor Demons	Black Demon Cartel
Approved	MAIA LOGISTICS	MAIA LOGISTICS
Approved	Ryders of the Void	Ryders of the Void
Approved	Independant Consultants Group	Independant Consultants Group
Approved	G-CLAN	G-CLAN
Approved	JGTeam	Rising Brigade
Approved	Elitach multipurose forces	Orange society
Approved	Posse Space Empire	People's Republic of Posse
Approved	Egovi Union	Egovi Union
Approved	The Forge	The Forge
Approved	Parallax Stellar Dynamics	Parallax Stellar Dynamics
Approved	Black Lotus	Black Lotus
Approved	DRTY Company	DRTY Company
Approved	Coalition of Mercenaries in Independence	CMI
Approved	Dark Phoenix Corporation	Dark Phoenix Corporation
Approved	Lux Viator	Lux Viator
Approved	Serktome Imperium Flotilla	The Basking Imperium Conglomerate
Approved	Mando'ade	Mando'ade of Subra
Approved	Black Rock	Black Rock Military
Approved	3rd Independent Fleet	Third Independent Fleet
Approved	Dark Angels	Dark Angels of Aurus
Approved	Stargazer Pioneer Corps	Stargazer Pioneer Corps
Approved	Virtuous Phalanx	Virtuous Phalanx
Approved	The Diggers Invictus	Diggers Invictus
Approved	Mould Federal Mining and Private Security	Mould Federal Mining Incorporated
Approved	Space vans ltd	space vans limited
Approved	Imperial Pilots Union	Imperial Pilots Union
Approved	The Federal Frontier PMC Initiative	The Federal Frontier PMC Initiative
Approved	The Borderlands Republic	The Borderlands Republic
Approved	Tomcat Avionics	Tomcat Avionics
Approved	The Fireflies	The Fireflies
Approved	Confusive Elite Fighters	ConfusiveElite Co
Approved	Aurora Corp	Aurora Security
Approved	Cvel Crew	Federal Tactical Force
Approved	Empire Consulate Ltd	Empire Consulate Ltd
Approved	The Wolfpack of Balance	The Wolfpack of Balance
Approved	Dagger Legion	Dagger Legion
Approved	Jeykel's engineers	Jeykel Performance Division
Approved	The Errantry Alliance	Errantry Alliance of Narvert
Approved	Black Lotus	Black Lotus
Approved	Seekers of Mammon	Seekers of Mammon
Approved	DarkFire	DarkFire Corporation
Approved	Cosmic Caretakers	Cosmic Caretakers
Approved	Imperial Vanguard	Imperial Vanguard
Approved	First Contact Defence Initiative	First Contact Defence Initiative
Approved	Enforcers of Pain	Crimson Guard
Approved	Teeberias Squad	Union of Feuma Resistance
Approved	Cygnus Research Group	Cygnus Research Group
Approved	TerraLight Industries	TerraLight Industries
Approved	Imperial Iron Wings	Imperial Iron Wings Operations
Approved	Aegean Pirates Incorporated	Aegean Pirates Inc
Approved	Imperial Navy Australia	Imperial Navy Australia
Approved	Moritasgus Imperial Corporation	Moritasgus Imperial Corporation
Approved	The Black Flag	Mafia of Dread
Approved	CvelCrew	Federal Tactical Force
Approved	Toledo Tuesday's Gaming Club	Jesse Exploration and Travel Co
Approved	Izumo Heavy Industries Ltd	Izumo Heavy Industries Ltd
Approved	Septum Industries	Septum Industries
Approved	United Citizen Federation	United Citizen Federation
Approved	Raxxla Research	Raxxla Research
Approved	The Order of the Frozen Light	The Order of the Frozen Light
Approved	Five Points Syndicate	Five Points Syndicate
Approved	Hawks of Rahu	Hawks of Rahu
Approved	Hong Kong Cavaliers	Hong Kong Cavaliers
Approved	Federal Republican Command	Federal Republican Guard
Approved	48 Turtles	48 Turtles
Approved	Void Cultists	Cult of the Void
Approved	Knights of Balance	Knights of Balance
Approved	Praetorian PMC	Praetorian PMC
Approved	Team Rocket	Team Rocket
Approved	War Pigs	War Pigs
Approved	Virudnir InterSolar Ltd	Virudnir InterSolar Ltd
Approved	Widdershins Runners	Rajukru Widdershinners
Approved	Almad Adventure Gang	Almad Adventure Gang
Approved	Phalanx Empire League	Phalanx Empire League
approved	Aeipoetue Meritocracy	Aeipoetue Meritocracy
Approved	Able Company Ltd	Able Company Ltd
Approved	Creed of Valhalla	Creed of Valhalla
Approved	German War Gaming	German War Gaming
Approved	Panacea of the Princess	Panacea of the Princess
Approved	Darkwater Authority	Darkwater Authority
Approved	The Knights of Commerce	The Knights of Commerce
Approved	Newton's Fusiliers	Newton's Fusiliers
Approved	The United Terran Republic Command	The Terran Enclave

[Brett C]

As a friendly request, please refrain from PM'ing me for the time being inquiring about the status of your minor faction if you do or do not see it on the list above.

I'll be in contact with the ones that were rejected / not on the list above as soon as i can be. This is by far the largest batch for Elite Dangerous that i've had to work with; so have had to take a different approach in all of this.

Thanks for understanding.

[Brett C]

The following factions have been...

1) added [or]
2) updated/refreshed [or]
3) edited.

You may not immediately see your minor faction show up in the game as of this post, or for up to 72 hours after this post.

If you do not see your minor faction listed below, please - do not contact me, i will contact you via email.

• Alvastra Alliance
• The Sanctum Accord
• Fatal Shadows
• Black Hand of Orion
• The Roughnecks
• Penniless Trading Co
• Archons Wolves
• Astralis Industries
• Ouroboros Holdings Corps
• Intergalactic Fighter Ferret Force
• Order Of The Transcendent
• Spacecare
• Gato Confederacy
• SIA Community
• Fortunes Corsairs
• Occitania Pioneers
• Enigma Imperial Holdings
• The Bureau of the Bureau of Selkit Bureau
• New Dark Cold
• Black Heart Crew
• Biowaste Extraction And Supply Team
• United Dutch Space Travelers
• Olympus Trading Corp
• Wolfram Security
• SANCTIS
• Oddyssey Explorers
• Council of Lords
• Ocellus Interstellar Corporation
• The Camori Collective
• Rhatigan Industries
• People's Dictatorships Union
• The Funky Purple Wizards
• Black Rebellion Empire Wing
• Elite Orange Cross
• Bhutas Hunters
• Exploration and Resource recovery Corp
• The Lightwave Initiative
• Cosmohounds
• Crimson Pathfinders of Achenar
• Independent Tactical Force
• Void Monastery
• Mandioka Squad
• Geni United Industries
• Granite Security Agency
• West Leeds Yacht Club
• Strata Space Program
• Cypheroptics Inc
• Money or Blood
• Spectrum of Justice
• 47th Imperial Expeditionary Force
• Barbera Crew
• Jakobsland Galactic Group
• Black Aurora Corporation
• Imperial International Elite Pilots Union
• Federal Armada
• Quisquilious Starlight Co
• Luockhund Conglomerate
• Perin Initiative
• Freelancers' Union
• Radiant Incorporated
• Inara Nexus
• The Great Teuthida Movement
• Raijin Corporation
• Tharsis Corporation
• Contagion Confederation
• Lunokhod Conglomerate
• BROs Elite
• Dominion Emeritus
• Verucas Merchant Enterprise
• Evangeline's Elite Expeditionary Force
• Ministry of Re-Education
• Nemo Corporation
• The Bubble Collective
• Spanish Pilots Society
• New Castile
• Republic of Rogue Commanders
• Mecklenburg Corp - Trading and Travel
• Newton's Gambit
• Lux Eternalis Research and Defense
• Cerasus Secirity Forces
• Bounty Hunters' Guild
• North Wall Alliance Embassy
• Classified Consolidated
• Derrim Brown Party
• Mercenarios Corp
• Pilots Ascension Program
• Nexus Union
• Winebergs Legacy
• Raven and Wolf Company of CD-70 1960
• Terra Formations Industries
• Federal Legion
• Excellence Proven In Combat
• Royal Praetorian Guard
• Black Demon Cartel
• MAIA LOGISTICS
• Ryders of the Void
• Independant Consultants Group
• G-CLAN
• Rising Brigade
• Orange society
• People's Republic of Posse
• The Forge
• Parallax Stellar Dynamics
• DRTY Company
• Dark Phoenix Corporation
• The Basking Imperium Conglomerate
• Mando'ade of Subra
• Black Rock Military
• Third Independent Fleet
• Dark Angels of Aurus
• Stargazer Pioneer Corps
• Virtuous Phalanx
• Diggers Invictus
• Mould Federal Mining Incorporated
• space vans limited
• Imperial Pilots Union
• The Federal Frontier PMC Initiative
• The Borderlands Republic
• Tomcat Avionics
• The Fireflies
• ConfusiveElite Co
• Aurora Security
• Federal Tactical Force
• Empire Consulate Ltd
• The Wolfpack of Balance
• Dagger Legion
• Jeykel Performance Division
• Errantry Alliance of Narvert
• Seekers of Mammon
• DarkFire Corporation
• Cosmic Caretakers
• First Contact Defence Initiative
• Crimson Guard
• TerraLight Industries
• Imperial Iron Wings Operations
• Aegean Pirates Inc
• Imperial Navy Australia
• Moritasgus Imperial Corporation
• Federal Tactical Force
• Jesse Exploration and Travel Co
• Izumo Heavy Industries Ltd
• Septum Industries
• United Citizen Federation
• Raxxla Research
• The Order of the Frozen Light
• Five Points Syndicate
• Hawks of Rahu
• Hong Kong Cavaliers
• Federal Republican Guard
• 48 Turtles
• Cult of the Void
• Knights of Balance
• Praetorian PMC
• Team Rocket
• War Pigs
• Virudnir InterSolar Ltd
• Rajukru Widdershinners
• Almad Adventure Gang
• Phalanx Empire League
• Aeipoetue Meritocracy
• Able Company Ltd
• Creed of Valhalla
• German War Gaming
• Panacea of the Princess
• Darkwater Authority
• The Knights of Commerce
• The Terran Enclave

[Brett C]

After quite a few complaints and questions raised this past week and a half... we're currently doing a recheck of a previous batch that may not have made it fully into the world of Elite.

If your minor faction application was between Late December 2016 and March 2017 - this is the batch that is being reviewed and added to Elite. With that being said, i've put my email correspondences on hold for the rejected factions until this is completed.

Once this is completed, will begin work on the up-to-August 2017 batch.

[Brett C]

Next update on a re-pass of the July (and earlier) batches have been scheduled for around the 24th of July. Once this completes, the August batch will be tagged into the list.

[Brett C]

Many more minor factions added today.

Will have a list tomorrow. Working on the July batch this week.