So Corvus is supposed to some sort of mafia. They host a black-market and perform a whole host of other unsavory tasks. Why then can anyone get to POS with them?

I think there should be a series of missions required to prove yourself to Corvus in order to be able to move up to the next standing level. These missions would be something that will likely cause you to lose standing with other factions. If at some point it ever becomes possible to lose faction with Corvus, then it would be necessary to prove yourself to them once again in order to raise your faction.

Dude - for the 1000 nth time - corvus is a legit corporation - they have no knowledge of any illegal dealings. Quit acting like they are mafia or they will send guido over to bust yer knee caps

Corvus is not bad - they just have low standards..... very low

dude for the 1000th counter time, it says the syndicate is upto things, not to mess with them and that it is best to know where the hornets nest right in the damn station description

Duh-uh! Corvus is not the cool kids club, [Itan] is! get it right draugath geez!

Corvus is what might be called a 'front corporation'. While I'm sure that a fair amount of their business is perfectly above-the-board and legitimate, they ultimately answer to the Syndicate; a ringleader group in the world of organized crime. And some of the activities which Corvus is directly involved in are illegal, or are at least legally questionable.

Dude, for the 1000th time, Corvus should be the nemesis of UIT... they are the syndicate that makes piracy have some meaning, or why steal something you cannot sell nor use?

My vote goes to make them mutually-exclusive with UIT, with TPG in the middle as neutral. Also makes sense that simply trading/botting you cannot progress with Corvus beyond "Admired". You need to prove you're loyal and worthy, taking special missions to do whatever the inner circle of Corvus members do.

Proposal:
1. Limit Corvus standing:
1.1. Make Corvus standing cap at +799 by regular missions and botting
1.2. Use a few PCC missions as options to progress on Corvus standing, up to +999
1.3. Make one last mission to achieve Corvus PoS, like requiring native PoS, kill someone and get killed, to show that you trust them also to ressurect there.

2. Make Corvus mutually exclusive with UIT, with higher cap, so (Corvus+UIT)<=1599
(Max PoS/+599... if goes +600 loses PoS with opposing side)

3. Create new exclusive Corvus items, make them shiny, make corvus guards corrupt, create contraband, more ships, support multiplayer for PCC, whatever... ;)
ok, 3 is a joke

But then what will we do with the cool kids club?