Combat
| Combat Rank |
|---|
| Harmless |
| Mostly Harmless |
| Novice |
| Competent |
| Expert |
| Master |
| Dangerous |
| Deadly |
| Elite |
Within Combat there are multiple roles a commander can take, such as Assassin, Mercenary and Bounty Hunter. To increase one's combat rank, one needs to kill other Ships, where killing higher-ranked pilots increases your rank faster. Template:Quote
Experience
This table is the current data of what experience points you earn for killing ships with certain ranks.
| Target Rank | Player Rank | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harmless | Mostly Harmless | Novice | Competent | Expert | Master | Dangerous | Deadly | |
| Harmless | 1.00 | 0.75 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mostly Harmless | 1.25 | 1.00 | 0.75 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Novice | 1.50 | 1.25 | 1.00 | 0.75 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 0 | 0 |
| Competent | 1.75 | 1.50 | 1.25 | 1.00 | 0.75 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 0 |
| Expert | 2.00 | 1.75 | 1.50 | 1.25 | 1.00 | 0.75 | 0.5 | 0.25 |
| Master | 2.25 | 2.00 | 1.75 | 1.50 | 1.25 | 1.00 | 0.75 | 0.5 |
| Dangerous | 2.50 | 2.25 | 2.00 | 1.75 | 1.50 | 1.25 | 1.00 | 0.75 |
| Deadly | 2.75 | 2.50 | 2.25 | 2.00 | 1.75 | 1.50 | 1.25 | 1.00 |
| Elite | 3 | 2.75 | 2.50 | 2.25 | 2.00 | 1.75 | 1.50 | 1.25 |
Ranking Up
It takes approximately 2225 experience points to go from Deadly to Elite combat ranking. This equals 1780 Elite kills, or approximately 2400 kills based on a more average distribution of ships.[2]