Welcome Commanders!
Even though in-game you are not forced to choose a Faction to represent, you will more than likely want to choose one to work with and gain reputation with (you may not).
By doing various activities such as missions and trading you will gain reputation with the minor factions within the systems. You will also gain reputation with major factions they represent.
A brief overview of the major factions can be read here:
http://elite-dangerous.wikia.com/wiki/Federation
http://elite-dangerous.wikia.com/wiki/Empire
http://elite-dangerous.wikia.com/wiki/Alliance
With that out of the way, you can also set your forum account to display your allegiance, this is shown as a background image towards the top right of each post you make.
I think its a nice touch and its very rarely mentioned, hence this post
(maybe one day the moderators will make it a little clearer *hint hint*)
To do this, go to this page: https://forums.frontier.co.uk/profil...do=editoptions
Scroll down to Thread Options and set the faction of your choice.
You should then see one of these depending on your choice:

Enjoy!
Even though in-game you are not forced to choose a Faction to represent, you will more than likely want to choose one to work with and gain reputation with (you may not).
By doing various activities such as missions and trading you will gain reputation with the minor factions within the systems. You will also gain reputation with major factions they represent.
A brief overview of the major factions can be read here:
http://elite-dangerous.wikia.com/wiki/Federation
http://elite-dangerous.wikia.com/wiki/Empire
http://elite-dangerous.wikia.com/wiki/Alliance
With that out of the way, you can also set your forum account to display your allegiance, this is shown as a background image towards the top right of each post you make.
I think its a nice touch and its very rarely mentioned, hence this post
To do this, go to this page: https://forums.frontier.co.uk/profil...do=editoptions
Scroll down to Thread Options and set the faction of your choice.
You should then see one of these depending on your choice:

Enjoy!
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