When you reach an outpost - you should get a message "Welcome to <outpost>! Be sure you leave a bit of your DNA to the officer at outpost, so you can use local revive center and translukator to pick up a clone.".
My Newcomer did not get the above message.
This would have been expected if my Newcomer had completed the Tutorial (as it brings you to Surgut).
My Newcomer dd not start the Tutorial - instead the Newcomer went straight to New Urengoy.
Without the message - I am unsure if I was preregistered (by mistake); or was registered at the outpost when I visited.
NOTE: I still do not think we should be registered at an outpost until we click the door (or even better - have your DNA there).
Currently being 'close' to the outpost registers the player - which sucks because you revive there without being able to become a clone.