Use exploration data to gain rep with Engineers and unlock higher tiers?

[Patau82]

After the CNE? I already sold my data for the time being, but I'll be sure to have a fair amount more. I made it to Pioneer selling data to Elvira. And I'm now 8% into it, so maybe I'll make it pretty close to Elite by the time I get back again.

This kind of team work does sound like a bit of fun. I tend to be more of a loner in game most of the time, but had thought of perhaps seeing if an exploration/research player faction could be set up closer to where I tend to hang out when I'm near the bubble, around 33 Bootis. I'm not much into player and group politics though, so I was thinking it would be more of a free form cooperative that wouldn't be politically aligned to any of the major factions, and it would give me more incentive to play the BGS stuff in the game too without trying to take over the galaxy.

I have a BOINC team which I'm really the only active member of called the Guild of Scientific Philosophers to dump my computer's work score into, but thought that might be a fitting name for a player faction like the one I had in mind.

Sorry for going a bit off topic. Just some stuff I had been thinking about that I was thinking other generally loner type exploration people might be interested in.

you just described the Canonn research group! We're a non politically aligned scientific cooperative join us!
we have over 700 members 300 active on discord, we do a bit of BGS but generally our members do what they want!
join our discord and check us out https://discord.gg/0ooDe5o9G3ppUkCw
edit: we've also been doing a bit of trading amongst ourselves for commodities needed for engineers and are working on setting up banks to help facilitate storage and exchange

 

[WR3ND]

I like the lore stuff you guys have worked on. Quite entertaining to check up on now and then.

A group that size with that much going on is a bit overwhelming for me though. I'd rather have a more meaningful impact in a smaller faction out in the boonies as far as the BGS type stuff goes. Not sure if I'll every really try and get it going or not at this point, but if I ever do, working out some sort of loose affiliation in regard to supporting mutual benefits with you guys would be cool.

Cheers, and thanks for the invitation all the same!