What other important things do I need to know about the game now?
The very first reply informs him of the triglavians among other things:
new factions: triglavians and edencom npcs will shoot you unless you have positive standings to them. They roam mainly high sec. You start with negative standings towards trigs.
This comes to mind:
“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.”