Factions

There are a total of five distinct major factions in the Demilitarized Zone and the Everspace and Everspace 2 universe. Hero encounters all of them in various forms throughout the Demilitarized Zone.

Reputation
Some of the major factions in Everspace 2 have subfactions which provide access to jobs specific to that subfaction. Completing a subfaction's job awards reputation. After reaching a certain threshold of reputation, the player's status in that subfaction will rank up, with several rewards. The player starts as a Freelancer, progressing upwards to Proven, Trusted, Friend, Partner, and finally Allied.