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	24,999	200	30%	?
9	Director	25,000	?	?	?	?
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.

At some moment, when you are Trade Broker, prices of ships are leveled to round figures (upwards). So a ship costs - considering what's above - 2,346,280 credits, you pay 2.4 million.

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 50cr / 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.

No. Ships	Upgrade	Initial Cost	Multiplier	Eff. bonus (total)
3	Repair Bot	300	100	50
9	Cargo Pods	28,800	3,200	100
15	Recalibrate Engines	108,000	7,200	150
21	Scanner Upgrade	268,800	12,800	200
27	VR Rigs	540,000	20,000	250
33	Plasma cooled refrigeration system	957,000	29,000	300
39	Merchant grade navigation system	1,528,800	39,200	350
45	Install an Ops module	2,349,000	52,200	400
51	Engine upgrade	3,304,800	64,800	450
57	Cloaking device	4,560,000	80,000	500
63	Second engine upgrade	6,098,400	96,800	550
69	Low-power thrusters	7,948,800	115,200	600
75	SUV's	10,140,000	135,200	650
81	Hire task master/fleet manager	12,700,800	156,800	700
87	Automated inventory module	15,660,000	180.000	750
93	Modern repair bots	19,046,400	204,800	800
99	Armor plating	22,888,800	231,200	850
105	Course-Plotting System	43,840,000	320,000	900
111	Newfangled VR rigs	?	?	950
117	Gravity Well Sling Shot	?	?	1000
123	Many Tiny Ships	55,036,800	352,800	1050
129	More Tiny Ships	?	?	1100
135	Shrink Ray	72,790,400	423,200	1150
141	Powerful Magnet for lost shrunk cargo	?	?	1200
147	New Cloaks	95,000,000	500,000	1250