Federation Ranks
Author: Down To Earth Astronomy
Quick-Guide
Get a small or medium ship with minimum 13.7 Ly jump range
Go to Perry's Folly in Ochosi
Pick up data delivery missions from Federation factions only to Chargaff Installation or Williams Dock in Chakpa
Fly to Chargaff Installation drop off mission. Pick up any data delivery missions back to Perry's Folly in Ochosi
Fly to Williams Dock drop off mission. Pick up any data delivery missions back to Perry's Folly in Ochosi
Fly back to Perry's Folly in Ochosi to drop off missions. Repeat
Be on the lookout for mission named “Federal Navy…” which will allow you to rank up.
Federation Rank Benefits
| Federation Rank Benefits | |
|---|---|
| None | |
| Recruit | |
| Cadet | |
| Midshipman | Federal Dropship |
| Petty Officer | Sol Permit |
| Chief Petty Officer | Federal Assault Ship Vega Permit Beta Hydri Permit |
| Warrant Officer | PLX 695 Permit |
| Ensign | Federal Gunship Ross 128 Permit |
| Lieutenant | Exbeur Permit |
| Lieutenant Commander | |
| Post Commander | Hors Permit |
| Post Captain | |
| Rear Admiral | Federal Corvette |
| Vice Admiral | |
| Admiral | |
Detailed Guide
The Details in this guide as also available in a video by Down To Earth Astronomy.
The method revolves around data delivery missions which do not require any cargo space, can be completed in bulk very fast, and are often available in large quantities.
Equipment
A small or medium sized ship.
Minimum 13.7 LY jump range.
(Super cruise assist and/or Docking computer) (Optional. only if you are lazy)
Starting missions
Once your ship is ready make your way to Perry's Folly in Ochosi. Here you will be picking up missions from all the federation factions. Don’t bother taking missions from non-federation factions as they will not give you any rank increase. You can see which factions belong to the federation by the federation icon next to the faction name in the mission board.
You are looking for data delivery missions, which you can easily spot either by the name or by missions icon.
Open each mission and look for mission’s going to either Chargaff Installation or Williams Dock in Chakpa. This will be shown in the first line of the missions description.
The mission board refreshes every 10 minutes, but sometimes you will get different missions boards in open and solo, so it’s worth jumping session to check.
Once you have accepted all the available missions to the two stations, head over to Chakpa and deliver the missions. If it is available, pick the reputation option, since that will let you rank up the fastest. While you hand in the missions, check if any of the fed factions have data delivery missions going back to Perry's Folly. Once all missions have been handed in you can fly back to Perry's Folly and start over.
Ranking up
You might notice that your rank progress will reach 100% but you will not rank up. This is because you will need to complete a rank up mission before you can reach the next rank. However you can keep running the normal missions since you will keep collecting point towards the next rank even though you can’t see it.
The rank up missions will often be a “follow on” mission with a name starting with “Federal navy…“. If you don’t get a data delivery rank up mission right away, just keep running the normal data delivery missions until you do. In some cases you can get the rank-up mission to change just by closing the mission board and re-opening it.
Once the rank up mission has been completed you will have successfully increased your rank with the federation. Now you just keep going until you have you desired rank.