Additional information and corrections made to the OP. Thank you for your contributions, you all received a + Rep. 
Do I have to be allied with them? Is that possible?
indeed, i got my Vega permit after getting Petty OfficeerYou may get the permits before you get the respective rank - I had my Vega permit before becoming Ensign, and think (can't check atm) I have Exbeur although I am still at Lieutenant.
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Somebody said that I have to make good my reputation with the Federation before I can visit Sol, yet as of the time of writing this will mark my second visit to Earth. I took a screen shot on the way in showing that the permit system is operating on my copy of the game, but yet does not show my needing a permit to visit Sol. The only editing that has taken place on this image is my putting the Sirius permit requirement over the Sol map image so show that the permit element is operational.
You are mistaken, it is not.Do you have the Mercenary Edition? If I'm not mistaken, the Sol permit was included with that.
just an Paint job for Sidey, Adder, Viper and Cobra. And free ship, the Eagle couple jumps away from starting location.Yes, and that explains it. I do have the Mercenary Edition, Commander. A couple of posts back somebody said that it made no difference at all what edition I had, I could not visit Sol without a permit. Thanks for confirming that. What else does the Mercenary Edition give me access too?
For those interested in a Crom permit:
The Silver Boys are currently at war in Bunuras. It appears they may be able to take a station of their own with enough support. It also offers the opportunity to earn Rep without having to do missions... so it's a bit of a change.
Information current at time of posting, which was only because I happened to park there for the 1.2.06 update ;]
For those interested in a Crom permit:
The Silver Boys are currently at war in Bunuras. It appears they may be able to take a station of their own with enough support. It also offers the opportunity to earn Rep without having to do missions... so it's a bit of a change.
Information current at time of posting, which was only because I happened to park there for the 1.2.06 update ;]
So here's something interesting. Was browsing the game data to settle a wiki dispute over whether the listed ship "cutter" was different from the empire_fighter (it is), and came across handy dandy file called Permits.ovi. Here's what I gleaned out. Much of this lines up with our existing list. Some we might have missed. Others look like region permits, or don't make any sense to me as labeled. Wrapped in a spoiler tag because it's a long list.
Projectermit
ermit
vanmaanenspermit
ngc2286
aliothpermit
4sextantispermit
hip54530permit
mingfupermit
hip39425permit
ngc3603
froadik
ltt198permit
phekdapermit
kambapermit
pimensaepermit
hr4413permit
regor
foundersworldpermit
achenarpermit
hip10332permit
dryman
ross128permit
bovomit
lhs2894permit
sidgoir
plx695permit
nastrondpermit
aiphsty
solpermit
lhs3091permit
ic4673
none
isinorpermit
hyponia
summerlandpermit
facecepermit
betahydripermit
polarispermit
hip48762permit
lhs2921permit
jotunpermit
luyten34714permit
crompermit
scheek
witchsreachpermit
alphahydripermit
tilialapermit
horspermit
vegapermit
hodackpermit
exbeurpermit
dynasty1
dynasty3
dynasty4
dynasty5
terramaterpermit
cd441695permit
bellicapermit
hip51073permit
hip22182permit
ross354permit
siriuspermit
hip104941permit
bleia1
praei1
praei2
bleia2
wolf262permit
praei3
bleia3
praei4
peregrinapermit
bleia4
praei5
bleia5
praei6
lft509permit
tge1
tge2
icz
tge3
Can someone list the ones that were missed so I can add to the overall list?