bump?

I also would like to know this.

I've got some guesses based on the behavior I've seen:

Reputation is your reputation with that faction.

It goes up when you buy or sell goods with them, when you do a mission for them, or when you buy a ship from them. It goes down when you fail a mission, attack them, or when you attack anyone.

I dont know what happens when it is high, if they give you preferential jobs or something. When it is low, they are more likely to declare war on you. Dont let it get low.

For the pirates at least, reputation goes down over time. maybe this happens with other factions also, but more slowly? I have not noticed.

Confidence is how reliable you are for jobs. It goes up when you sucessfully run missions. Im not sure what it does or what it is for. i was completely wrong!

Pacifism this seems to go up and down completely randomly, and I have no idea how or why or what it is for. I understand what the word means and can make guesses, but my guesses have no basis in evidence or observation.

Pacifism : how much the company want peace. Over time, the company forget the horrors of the war and pacifism reduce. When a company pacifism reach 0, the company is open to declare war if needed (to you or other company). During war, and more quickly if they have ships destroyed, the pacifism will grow again. When the pacifism reach 100, the company is bored by the war and will seek peace.

Confidence : how the company think it can beat you.

Reputation : how much the company like you.

If a company dislike you (bad reputation), think it can win (good confidence) and want make war (no pacifism) it will declare war to you.

Niavok this is very important info. it should be in game as either tooltips when hovering over those words in the UI or it should be an info window during the tutorial.

yes, thank you. this really helps