WHAT A RANK IS
A CLASSIFICATION, NOT A SCOREBOARD.
Your rank is computed from a rolling Rank Score built across five categories, recalculated nightly against everyone in your strategy class. It moves slowly by design — one green week won't promote you, and one red day won't demote you.
Progression runs through nine families — Cadet, Ensign, Pilot, Lieutenant, Commander, Captain, Vanguard, Admiral, Fleet Admiral — each split into III → II → I sub-tiers, for 27 struck emblems. Above them sits Star Admiral: one apex rank, no divisions, held by a fraction of a percent of the ladder.
RecomputedNightly
ScaleSame for every strategy class
DecayGradual, not instant
Visible toEveryone, always
RANK SCORE
FIVE CATEGORIES. ONE NUMBER.
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PROVISIONAL ACCOUNTS
Accounts with fewer than 20 verified trades carry a PROVISIONAL flag. Their Rank Score is displayed but not yet fully weighted against established traders on the ladder — Sample Confidence rises with every qualifying trade, active day, and market touched.
THREE DIFFERENT NUMBERS
RANK ≠ LEADERBOARD POSITION ≠ SEASON RATING.
THE FULL LADDER
NINE FAMILIES. TWENTY-EIGHT RANKS.
One manufacturer, one die-strike language, one studio key light from upper-left — III → II → I within each family, then the single-strike apex. Locked tiers are dimmed; your current tier pulses. Click any medal, even a locked one, to inspect it.
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RANK SCORE REQUIRED
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POPULATION
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TOP-RANKED TRADER
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Share of the active ladder currently holding this rank.
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ONE MORE DISTINCTION
RANK ≠ ACHIEVEMENT.
CLIMB THE LADDER.
Every trade counts toward your Rank Score. Open the desk and see where you actually stand.
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