Most of this game is about how you interact with other players, whether it's through cooperative actions in mining, convoying goods, policing (if you're lawful), pirating (if you're unlawful), smuggling, wreck-hunting, bounty-hunting, or just exploring all the systems you can find (oh...the joys of discovering your first guard-system in a small fighter).
Quote:Yet owning a Cruiser or something big sounds fun, swatting flies always boosts ones ego (for a while).
Don't be fooled into thinking that being in a larger ship will guarantee your safety from the "flies." Some of those flies have nova torpedoes and SNACs.
But being in a faction will certainly give you a deeper involvement into the sociopolitical landscape of the game. I'd advise you to look into them a bit and see which one might suit you....except Zoners.