What are Void Farers?
Void Farers are empires that primarily live aboard their ships, stations, and other voidcraft. The Play style of Void Farers as a result is different from other empires. At the start of the game all Void Farers.
-Gain level two technologies including the first robot tech.
-Marauders and Reavers can build Raider Ships.
-Void Farers are not destroyed until they lose every last one of their planets (colonized ones), Starbases, Arkships, and Juggernauts if they have them.
-Be able to build starbase modules and buildings that have their resource output increased as you research technology (EX. a mining hub will have it’s output increased for every mine tech you have)
-Build Resource Platforms by default (see Void Farer Economy)
-Void Farers are not normally able to gain subjects and their wargoals are limited.
-Void Farers in addition ignore and do not respect borders,but their own borders are do not block off others

Void Farer Economy
Void Farers are unique in that they do not need planets for their economical needs (even though they still start with a "planet"). Void farers can build starbase modules and by default have access to resource platforms which are built in the starbase defenses tab. Nomads and Ancient Drones can build energy and mining ships (they grant you resources passively). Resource Platforms and Void dwellings will have their production increased by technologies and effects that improve mining and research station output. All Void Farers can build Foundry ships which eat a big chunk of minerals but also generate a large amount of Alloys.

Void farers are not known for having a large territory and the influence cost of their Starbases is 50% more than other empires (If they lose their last system the cost instead becomes 0 so they can rebuild elsewhere).
Hint- The outpost starbases that don't show up in the outliner by default can have 3 defenses while if you have the perk Eternal Vigialence increases that number by 5 and having the Strategic Coordination Center when fully upgrade add +12 to a starbase's defense limit have fun with that.

Ascension perks:
Currently the mod only has a few perks one being “The Drums of War” this perk allows for Marauder Void Farers to pick one of their own admirals to be the Khan. In addition the perk grants increased fleet capacity, command limit and damage bonus against normal empires, Fallen and Awakened Empires.

The current perk the Reavers have is called "Wild Hunt" this allows for total wars with bonus damage towards normal empires and Fallen and Awakened empires.

Arks:
With Federations it is now possible to exist as a entirely fleet based faction with our Ark ships and any Juggernauts you create.

Cons:
-Weak research:
Most Sci-fi has space nomads at a disadvantage considering their ships do not allow for a truly massive population that a planet would allow. I will follow this trend as well. While they don't have a negitive to their research per say.

-Completly reliant on their fleet:
If you burn the fleets and stations they need to collect resources a voidfarer will crippled badly.