Pardus/Ranking

Ranking is a very often refered to part of Pardus, but to the new ones, it's very confusing to them. This here is a brief recap of ranking.

Ranking is a way of acquiring better ships and equipment in pardus. In it you join a faction, and you complete missions set up by NPC residents of the faction to gain rank in it. At each rank you get the ability to purchase and use equipment availible at that rank. For example, in the union once you get to Bookie (4) you can get a Rustfire. The order of the ranks in your faction can influence what ships you use and what you do at certain parts of playing. For example, in the Empire, it lacks a high quality battle-ship excepting the Dominater which isn't very great statistically, which leads to most high-end imperial fighters choosing the Libbie for a battleship.

To rank, you get a ship that works for which type of ranking you want to do. Package or assassination (explained later). Then you choose a route that you wish to do. It should have multiple starbases with high populations to let you get the most missions. Then you get multiple missions that you can complete (called stacking). Etc., get 15 kill 2 YSD missions. You'll only need to kill two to complete them all. After that, you complete them (This is explained in higher detail in the mission type specific sections.)