Trying to.....

[sovereign]

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Don't make a faction because you want to be a part of something big. The research is a pain, and if it isn't vanilla you'll get no end of flak. You'll end up either getting flak for indy behavior or being used as flak against other related factions, neither of which is fun, and whenever one of your underlings does something resembling stupid you have to apologize profusely in the interests of maintaining good relations even before getting all the facts.

If you want to make a faction, do it because you have found/created a piece of FL lore that you are absolutely in love with. You know it inside and out, and it utterly fascinates you. You also have a group of like-minded individuals who care for the idea and the people. Topping it off, the climate is appropriate for the community, both at large and locally (resident leaders of nearby factions you will interact with, for instance), to accept your love of this lore with open arms. They want to help you flourish and bring RP to where there was no RP before, rather than cut you down to make room for the other stuff. With a bit of passion, friendship, luck, and 500 mil (plus the 300+ mil to actually startup the characters, even more if you desire capital ships), then you have the makings of a faction. If you try before then, you will end up with one massive headache, a fair share of lost funding, and quite possibly a few enemies you didn't need. I speak from multiple experiences and from conversations with others who had worse experiences. It is nothing to be taken lightly, and it doesn't get easier after you get that shiny green "approved" stamp.

But fear not, hope is not lost, the staging grounds for any faction start as a playing group. Work out your idea, find people who think it's cool, and start playing. Flesh out the details, establish your friends and enemies with more than just a line of text in a diplomacy chart, and meld with your intended identity set. If that goes well, you'll have most everything you need.
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Huh. I seem to be in boundless muse mode today. If an admin/mod wants to throw this up in the faction creation requests forum alongside the other posts like it, feel free to do so, and let me know if I can help.


EDIT: What sn!per said.

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