Ranks and records
Career ranks
Section titled “Career ranks”Three careers each have a ladder. Every pilot starts at the bottom of each. A rank brings reach and work, never more power in a fight.
Trader
Section titled “Trader”From lifetime trading profit: Peddler, Trader, Merchant, Broker, Magnate. See Trading.
Explorer
Section titled “Explorer”From the lifetime value of exploration data you’ve sold:
| Rank | Data sold | Brings |
|---|---|---|
| Drifter | 0 | |
| Wayfinder | 40,000 cr | Exotic star contracts from 90 ly |
| Cartographer | 200,000 cr | Exotic stars you haven’t scanned, marked on the galaxy map |
| Navigator | 800,000 cr | Deep survey contracts |
| Voyager | 4,000,000 cr | Exotic star contracts from 150 ly; finds heard of from 8 km |
Combat
Section titled “Combat”From pirate bounties and machine sites:
| Rank | Earned | Brings |
|---|---|---|
| Recruit | 0 | |
| Gunhand | 30,000 cr | Pirate hunt contracts |
| Warden | 150,000 cr | Machine site contracts at every station |
| Vanguard | 600,000 cr | Harvester hunt contracts |
| Paragon | 3,000,000 cr | Wanted ace contracts |
Your record
Section titled “Your record”
P (or Stats) opens your pilot record: where you’ve travelled, what you’ve discovered, your first discoveries, and your three ranks. Your first discoveries stay with you even if you start a new game. Once you’ve had them, it also counts your misfortunes: ships lost, ships abandoned, and the times you were brought back aboard after your suit or the air gave out, which show on your public page too.
The ship’s log
Section titled “The ship’s log”O (or the Ship button) opens the Ship’s computer. Its Missions tab lists the missions you’ve taken on, its Log tab keeps what’s happened, rank-ups included, and its Codex tab your milestones. It opens on the ship’s status: see Damage, power and getting stranded.
The calendar
Section titled “The calendar”The game’s date is today’s date a thousand years on, the same for every pilot. It’s on the docked screen, your record, the cockpit’s flight panel and the nav terminal.
Your public page
Section titled “Your public page”Share my record on the Stats screen makes your record a public web page and opens the share sheet with its link: your discoveries, ranks, relics, first landings and expeditions, with the landmark stations you’ve docked at and a journey to Sagittarius A* in gold. It never shows where you are. Hide my page takes it down again.