You don't stay with a faction permanently,
All you have to do is wear the factions class item/emblem/colour shaders and complete exploration side missions to earn points into the given faction.
So you can pick and choose freely :)
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so I can just get the shaders and the class items and gtfo
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Yes. You'd need to work for it but, yes you can.
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awww yee!