im looking for a faction

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Good unlawful factions, in my humble opinion, to get your feet wet with would be the...

Blue Lotus Syndicate: An Outcast cardamine smuggling faction that will really do a good show of showing you around Discovery in addition to giving you plenty of opportunities to make some money/blow some folks up.

Liberty Rogues: Perfect faction for immersing yourself into good company and getting a feel for the place. They're plenty active and practically have a "who's awesome" rollsheet.

Those are the two with which I'm personally familiar, though if you had a specific house in which you would like to operate or a theme you'd like to follow, that'd certainly help narrow it down some!