Someone from FL makers said that you can't be friendly with everyone in game. This is not true. You can be a friend to everyone. I am. No cheating. Here is how (single player):
1) Take a good ship (Titan/Sabre), shield level 10 and nomad guns. Salamanca Mk II turret and Tiazona del Cid will be nice to have too. For this you have to be in good terms with Corsairs.
2) Earn some money for bribes. $2.000.000 should be enough
. You can do this at Crete, flying for Corsairs. They have good prices and hard missions. This can help you in 1).
3) Start flying missions killing Outcasts, Corsairs and Xenos.
Don't care about GMG, IMG, Unioners, Rouges, Mollys, Zoners and Bounty Hunters. Just don't let them become hostile. Make everyone as "green" as you can, however don't waste time if your reputation is about 8 blocks to the right. If nesessery, bribe companies and police.
4) Start killing only Xenos. The best place for this is Beaumont(Texas). This will slowly rise your rep with most criminals, Outcasts, Corsairs, Hessians, Mollys, Bounty Hunters, Rouges ect. It is rather long and boring procedure (easy missions).
5) You loose with Bundschuh and Hogosha (and some police), so sometimes you will have to go and fly a mission for them. Take only missions to destroy base only, and after kaboom just run away. Don't kill fighters. Leave/enter bar or station if no such missions.
6) Don't care about Zoners, you can bribe them anytime. This way you can make all "green" except Xenos.
7) Go to Tau 37 and start killing Zoners near Freeport. Make your rep -5,5 blocks to the left. Don't go any further and make them hostile! Just run away when done. Leave the system and then return to Freeport. Find 3 people offering you bribe for Zoners at the SAME TIME. Buy ALL of them. You may have to leave/enter bar for several times to find 3 bribes.
Repeat 7) to make Xenos happy. This also will max your rep with GMG & IMG.
The space is now all friendly (at high level) so you can go explore bases, buying high level weapons and listening interesting rumors. Better your rep is, better rumors will be and better weapons you will be able to buy. Or you can choose to fly missions for any faction you want. You can also make a BIG money flying a frighter, no one will try to shoot you or ask for cargo drop. All the game is however little boring from that point.
BTW, In a ship like 1) you don't need friends.
How to make a mission without any killing:
Take a mission from Mollys at Molly asteroid field. Just wait for enemies to blow themselves up in mines. Instant fun.
Tygrys