I'm at my wit's end here. I spent all night trying to figure it out. First, I went out and hunted Xenos. After a couple of hours of that, with no improvement, I started digging through the various forums. I found a great tip - hunt bounty hunters and destroy their supply depot in the manchester system. Great! I pissed off the bounty hunters. For a brief while, the rogues didn't hate me as much.

Then their hatred level started creeping back up again. I couldn't figure out why. I avoided any fights with them, and concentrated solely on bounty hunters. When I needed money for repairs, I even spent an hour or so mining because I couldn't find any missions that didn't include killing rogues or their allies. The hatred just got worse.

In frustration I tried a new approach. I started a new character, didn't take any missions to begin with, but instead headed straight for the manchester system and that supply depot. On the very first trade lane, I was ambushed by rogues. I fled without firing on them. My faction dipped a little below neutral. When I got to the jump gate, I ran smack dab into a battle between the rogues and the police, the rogues seemed to think I was a target, but I raced to the jump gate instead. They liked me even less for that.

Several more times I was set upon by rogues or their allies on my way to the supply depot. Even though I never engaged one rogue, the mere fact that the rogues fired on me seemed to decrease my faction with them. The end result was that by the time I got to the supply depot, destroying it wouldn't have been any more worthwhile than my first character's attempt had been.

So, what's the trick? How do I improve my faction with the rogues, when the minute they pop on my radar I lose faction??? I wasted my entire evening on this stupid quest, and have nothing to show for it but frustration.