Be sure when you are working on rep changes that you read up on each factions enemies and allies or else your attacks may have undesired effects. One way to get in good with the hessians is to attack corsairs...they are numerous in the bretonia and omega systems...be careful for although they are not very powerful in bretonian house space ...the titans will nail you if you enter the omega worlds underequiped. So, killing corsairs will make you friends of the hessians and hackers, you may also notice that outcasts take a particular liking to you as well since they don't like the corsairs either. However, if you want to please everyone and have some time to spare, head to hudson, kepler, or galileo and kill as many random xenos as you can. It will improve your rep with EVERYONE but takes time. After about 4 hours of doing so in SP, the only faction that doesn't like me are the xenos themselves...everyone else is neutral. That makes travel very hassle free....good luck.. You can also use bribes from time to time but make sure to balance it out or else the houses will hate you.

Thx! It helps!

You're welcome, any time. I think the dynamic reputation system is what makes this game really great. Your actions really do have consequences that need to be carefully balanced. After the SP campaign is over and you're wondering what to do, try to make as many friends as you can, there are a number of really really beautiful places that you will not be able to land on without some rep work (the corsair home planet, and a few others) good luck

But then there is so little to kill..^_^

If I have good rep. with their enemies, do I have to decrease the rep. first? then go kill Xenos? or just go directly to Xenos?

WingC3, r u here? If I have high rep with those criminal's enimies, I kill the Xenos, the criminal's rep is going to raise, but is the high standing rep with the official parties gonna drop?