Talk:Syndicates/@comment-1686069-20141023210438

Because of the weird sort-of asymmetry, you can be net positive with 4 factions at once. Fairly certain the two left out have to be a pair of allies. The Red Veil-Steel Meridian pair do not have a ally-enemy-rival triangle loop. Those two allies don't agree at all about who else they don't like. So for instance, Red Veil missions are an efficient way to level Steel Meridian reputation that doesn't annoy New Loka or The Perrin Sequence. Likewise Meridian missions don't bother Cephalon+Arbiters.

So being maximum rank with Cephalon+Arbiters+Perrin+Loka should be possible but harder than the other two possible combinations.