Rank Points

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Rank Points are gained 5 at a time every time you advance in Rank. You can also gain Rank Points through Daily Rewards and through certain Artifacts.

These points can then be distributed between the six areas listed below, providing increased abilities or making the game easier in some way.

• Decks - provides 1 Deck per rank point spent. More decks allow you to equip more, or larger and therefore more powerful, ship modules.

• Cargo space - provides 5 Cargo Space per rank point spent. More Cargo Space allows your ship to carry more minerals, artifacts, and unequipped ship modules at a time.

• Engineers - provides 2 Engineers per rank point spent. Engineers increase your max Energy, allowing you to store more energy for completing missions or performing combat.

• Tactical Officers - provides 2 Tactical Officers per rank point spent. Tactical Officers increase your Attack, so you do more damage in combat.

• Helmsmen - provides 2 Helmsmen per rank point spent. Helmsmen increase your Defense, so you take less damage in combat.

• Scientists - provides 3 Scientists per rank point spent. Scientists increase your Research output per hour, so you can research new technologies - and therefore new and improved ship and planet Modules - faster.

Note for new players: Decks are generally considered to be the best way to spend your rank points, but ultimately the decision is yours. There is no right or wrong answer and there are many ship development strategies that work.