Membership is 100% free all you need to do is Register to this forum which is a simple process. The benefits of being a member enables you to use the player section where you can add journal entries and make up your characters biography as well as create organizations aka groups and clans. Another benefit is that you will be able to create careers for yourself under careers and specialties and maybe other players will use one of your careers, However you must create realistic careers and have understanable specialties for the career you created. Another benefit is that members can report other players.