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The following is the opinion of one player who writes poorly, and is not a consensus of BSE players (except maybe by coincidence)
If you want to play, the single most important question to answer is who do you want to play with? If you want to get into a lot of combat, you will not enjoy the game in one of the affiliations that rarely fights. If you want to explore, you need to pick an affiliation that is doing exploration. Etc. You've already read the rules, or seen the messages on the BSE-List, or browsed some of the other BSE Affiliations. You have some idea as to the kinds of things that can be done in the game. If you don't, it's too early to decide your affiliation. Go look around and come back.
Once you've gotten a feel for your possible choices (the help wanted ad elsewhere on this page lists most of them), ask yourself some questions. What do you want to do most of the time? What style of play do you want to try? Are you heavily into role-playing, or wargaming, or raw power accumulation? Wealth? Where do you want to be in the game a year from now? Here's some things that players often look to do in a game:
Get Involved: The player wants to become influential in the affiliation, and help make decisions for the player team as a whole. Look for a small affiliation with few players. A newer affiliation is more likely to have room for advancement. Best choice is probably one of the alien affiliations.
Get Power: Dominating the game is going to be hard for a new player no matter which affiliation you join. Becoming influential is a more realistic goal. And this is possible no matter which affiliation you choose.
Get In Character: All affiliations support good role-playing. But some affiliations are more likely to be roleplaying than others. Check out the mailing list message archives to get some idea of who is doing what roleplaying to whom, or subscribe to the BSE mailing list by sending EMail with the subject 'Subscribe'.
Get Into Battle: Some affiliations are more warlike than others. The IMPs have to squash criminals all the time. The RIP have to BE criminals all the time and avoid squashing. Certain aliens are pre-disposed to resolve a problem with their fists, notably the FGZ, PFM, and KZK.
Do It All: Most of the different affiliations have special advantages in a particular area. This set of advantages tends to cause them to specialize in that one area. There are affiliations that are very much specialized in an area, and will not be good choices for a generalist. Look for a government affiliation (WCE, ROC, DTR, most of the aliens), as governments usually have agendas that require some degree of participation in most areas of the game
The best way to find out if an affiliation will fit your style is to talk to them. Make a short list based on the things you want to do and the affiliations that do them. And then contact the PDs or other political position in the affiliation.
Don't base your decision on who will give you the most goodies. You will earn stuff in time no matter what affiliation you're in.
Ambitious players wanted to perform these functions:
Empire Building
Espionage
Exploration
Ground Combat
Research into New Technology
Space Combat
Trade/Merchant Activity
Transport
Or, better yet, several of the above. Experience isn’t needed. A desire to have fun as part of a team that works together closely is required. Oh - an artist would be nice, the KZK BattleBug logo is clearly in need of immediate assistance.
The KZK do not work the same as most affiliations. We all work closely together, and think that KZK achievements are more important than individual achievements.
Individual KZK players do have possessions, but most KZK assets are owned by the KZK and loaned to whichever KZK players need them the most.
When you join the KZK, you and Central Command will talk about the missions available. Some will be combat or exploration, some will be colonization, and there are always several available to choose. You will decide which mission you wish to begin with. And the KZK will give you the items you need to accomplish your mission, whether those items are ships (we have several types that we build), equipment or whatever.
The KZK do not have ship debts like other affiliations. Whatever you are given to accomplish your mission is given for free. Once you've finished your mission, you'll choose another, and again be given the resources you'll need to succeed.
We are a small, new affiliation. Our team is in nearly constant contact, working together to achieve goals that were chosen by the group as a whole. We encourage role-playing. We are fairly new players ourselves but have learned enough to help you.
We are involved in many more areas of the game than we have any right to be. Odds are good that we desperately need somebody to do the things you want to do (pretty much no matter what it is that you want to do).
We're unique. Being the Bug Eyed Monsters is cool. Role-playing comes easy 'cause we're so different from everybody else.
For more information, jump to the KZK Player page and send EMail to us!