Pirate Clans - Default Unfriendly

[dustin_wolves]

Starting a new game(Akua - Single Player) I eventually made my way to Skillon and got the beacon for finding The La Grand Maira. Upon approaching it I got attacked and it turned out my reputation was "Unfriendly". Kind of put a dent in my whole continuing missions plan.
Anyways... I`ve done this before(earlier gameplays) and it was never an issue. So to investigate I started a brand new game and went straight into the "Faction Reputation" tab.

Lo and behold, it turns out I`m Unfriendly with Pirate Clans by default.

Is this a bug? Was I unfriendly before and just didn`t notice and got my rep up without knowing it? Is it a new thing because I accepted adding Dark Faction into my game?

Still.... Quite annoying when just bumming around wanting to complete the questlines. Is it just me or is anyone else having this issue?

[Tialuna Rem-Iskalia]

Kill enemies in pirate territory to gain reputation - don't come close to the pirate pois - they shoot at you. With some time your reputation is neutral and you can go to the pois without being shooted down.

You need 12001 points to the fraction get the neutral state. Open containers lowered the reputation, like destroying or killing members actions. Killing enemies like alien insects, spiders, dinosaurs etc. raise the rep.

[dustin_wolves]

Popped over to Sienna and killed Arachnids in the Pirate sector. Got from unfriendly to neutral in no time.
Nice sector to do it in. There are no structures, pirates or anything gunning for you. But I left my ship outside and bummed around on my Hoverbike. Worth mentioning, ONLY Arachnids gave rep when killed.

Peace out!