Hi,
I quess that there's several commanders with some bontys for minor factions here and there, but no recollection what star system this must be claimed. Is there any possibility or even mind to implement the factions somehow example to the station information? Then you can do some another magic trick with trade.py
How the new data will impact the performance or db size?
The data is not available on OCR-tools, so the validity of the data is our hands as users of TD
Lead factions can change in stations. I know, we flipped a station last week. But the factions remain within the system, and you can cash in bounties I believe in any station in a system where the faction is.
Long winded way of saying that I think the factions should be stored with a system rather than a station.
(Even then, factions can expand into new systems).