Starting a new faction/clan?

[Dab]

What requirements do my guys need to meet to be considered a Faction/clan?

A faction (or clan) must have at least 3 members.

How much 'politcal control' would we have?

If you are a house faction (Kusari/Vretonia/Rhienland/Liberty) you may start with 4 systems. a Border worlds group (like mine, AW) starts with two and works towards getting new systems.

I read the thing about being able to tax players, and own systems, but for example, if "Bob's SpaceCadets" members started preying on my freighter pilots, could I declare war on them and shoot them on sight? Or could I just say "We will fight the war for the Highest Bidder"?

Well here "Bob's SpaceCadets" is the "Phantom" pirate clan. And yes you may declare full out war. Heck every faction here has declared war on faction FF [Freedom Fighters] at least once (before it was disbanded).

are there any 'starting bonuses'? It would take a while for my guys to get over to your server and get enough creds. to buy decent ships, ike a cap. ship of some sort and some fighters.

You will have to talk to Igiss about that. He's the admin for te site and server.

I mean where else can you take a Liberty Dreadnaught out on the hardest missions and take out whole wings of fighters or a station in a couple of volleys!

Some of our fighter pilots are just as good in a fighter then a battleship. Me for example.

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