I wonder if we were to help the Phekda society to expand back into Phekda and then get them back in control, if the permit requirement would come back.
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Just bounty vouchers. I think ~2.5 Mio are enough to become friendly, ~5 Mio for allied.
That's good to know. So there are three ways f getting a permit: grind missions, when you can get them; sell exploration data; and hunt bounties.
Does trading increase reputation with controlling factions at all? It would be nice if it did, though I would expect any effect to be slow. Not that I trade much - other than rares or mining. But it would give a slow and steady, as well as profitable, way of getting a permit if it worked.
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I'm goint to try the bountyhunting method tonight. I'm glad I left the FDL parked near Crom, so it's not too far from the Pi Mensae rep systems.