Ranks

Ranks and Ships

No.	Title	Fleet From	Fleet To	Commission/ship	Dues	SPF
0	Pilot	1	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
1	Runner	2	9	900	15%	350
2	Courier	10	19	800	15%	300
3	Merchant	20	49	700	20%	300
4	Trader	50	99	600	20%	300
5	Trade Baron/ess	100	499	500	25%	300
6	Broker	500	999	400	25%	300
7	Mogul	1,000	9,999	300	30%	250
8	Captain	10,000	?	200	30%	?
9	Director	?	?	?	?	?
10	Guild Leader	?	?	?	?	?

Ship pricing formulas are as follows:

• Standard purchase formula: Price = SPF * (Ships Owned) * (Ships Owned)
• Discounted purchase formula: Price = SPF * .75 * (Ships Owned) * (Ships Owned)
• Standard sale formula: Price = SPF * .75 * (Ships Owned - 1) * (Ships Owned - 1)
• Bonus sale formula: Price = 1.2 * SPF * (Ships Owned) * (Ships Owned)

SPF is Ship Purchase Factor and is based on your current rank.

Limitations:

• Players with less than 5 ships of their own cannot recruit.
• Players with less than 5 ships cannot receive ships as gifts.
• You can only give gifts to a maximum of 1 rank above you or 3 ranks below you
• You can recruit up to 5 ranks below your own.
• You cannot choose a superior more than 3 ranks above your own.

Upgrades

Upgrades become available based on the number of personal ships you own. Each upgrade improves the fleet efficiency by 500cr / ship The initial cost is the cost of the upgrade at the minimum number of ships; if you choose to purchase the upgrade later its cost will be: number of personal ships x multiplier. So the initial costs are only when you buy the upgrade at the minimal required amount of personal ships.

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No. Ships	Upgrade	Initial Cost	Multiplier
3	Repair Bot	300	100
9	Cargo Pods	28,800	3,200
15	Recalibrate Engines	108,000	7,200
21	Scanner Upgrade	268,800	12,800
27	VR Rigs	540,000	20,000
33	Plasma cooled refrigeration system	957,000	29,000
39	Merchant grade navigation system	1,528,800	39,200
45	Install an Ops module	2,349,000	52,200
51	Engine upgrade	3,304,800	64,800
57	Cloaking device	4,560,000	80,000
63	Second engine upgrade	6,098,400	96,800
69	Low-power thrusters	7,948,800	115,200
75	SUV's	10,140,000	135,200
81	Hire task master/fleet manager	12,700,800	141.103
87	Automated inventory module	15,660,000	180.000
?	?	?
137	Course-Plotting System	43,840,000	320,000
183	Many Tiny Ships	64,562,400	?
	Newfangled VR rigs	?	?