What would attract you to a corporate faction?

[Quorg]

A clear and meaningful goal(s). But that's the Holy Grail of trading factions and I think nobody really has found it yet. And by goal I mean more than grinding money for your other chars. I think trader factions should have a sense of going forward towards that goal, a sense of purpose. A story arc of some kind. A pity factions can not change in Disco that easily. I believe it's doable but you really have to butt some heads to have it done.

A market domination would be one good goal or expanding your business to other trading factions territory. Currently we have no business wars of any kind. Everybody has it's specific market and commodity corner and that's unchangeable.

Imagine if there would be a slugging fest between transports of competing trading factions when they meet. THAT would be awesome. Trader factions have an obscene amount of money to throw to mercenaries/opportunists to jar the operations of the competing faction.

Meanwhile your list of things can take you pretty far. Especially events.

We at Ageira don't have any competition in the Gate/Lane Parts market (other than in Gallia, but that's a different story). We have market dominance in that area and are also seeking monopolies (or larger market shares) in the Light Arms, Superconductors, and other markets.
Ageira does have a stated goal - to manufacture and ensure the delivery of its Gate/Lane Parts to each construction zone until each project is finished and to return a profit to its shareholders.

However, Ageira also depends heavily on the profits from delivering those parts to each construction site. Once construction is finished, yes, a new one will open, but at the cost of having to alter our trade runs.

So in secret, we really don't mind delays and attacks on the sites so long as the companies that are responsible for the building (DSE, BMM, etc.) continue to have enough money to pay for more Gate/Lane Parts to replace the ones destroyed by our "enemies".

No need to reward the faction corporation traders.
We need to oppress the indie traders more.
actually no. you need to oppress indie traders more.

Answer me this. Why didn't a single house corporation place a huge bounty on all independent traders in their houses? And make the bounty "lighter" make the BH just destroy their cargo and cripple their profit.

FFS PEOPLE THE HOUSE CORPORATIONS RUN THE HOUSES, THEY DONT SHY AWAY FROM THINGS LIKE THIS ^^
don't make me be the only evil person here.

We already have placed a bounty on any and all non-Ageira traders who are shipping anything that Ageira produces. Also, the Slavers' Union makes it a point to harass and pirate non-Unionized Slavers.
We furthermore have plans to regulate and derive profit from the distribution of the Havoc MKII Bomber.

And to address some other posts, we already have a fleet of nine trains, but I suppose it wouldn't hurt for me to sell my Mastodon to the company for use as a shared ship as well.

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ATTENTION SMUGGLERS
The Midnight Express: A Slaver <strike>who doesn't completely realize what he's doing.</strike> (video)

Quorg, you're officially a moron.

...mongs like Quorg being like a malignant little cancer...

Way to be useless, Quorg.