I would love to have a way to invite members to my legion instead of having to post "Join my legion!" or something on their comm. Also, just like when a player submits an application, the invite could link to my ship (and that would also link to the legion page from my ship) So that they could easily see the legion and give feedback on my comm.

Or another idea, the invite itself has a link to my legion and its own comm, so that both the player and I could comunicate without using energy and without giving each other our ship locations.

I can get behind this idea especially not spending energy to recruit or giving away position but then again several invited players have fallen prey to traps instead of taking me up on the invite

Then the second idea would be best. as it doesn't even link the invitee's ship, there is no risk of idiots using it as a ticket to a free kill. I realize now that this would also benifit being used for join requests, so a lower level player won't fear being farmed for wanting to join.

Exactly