Sorry, yes it was the purger. And yes before the xp adjustment.

I was able to manage a single auto rank today from the talth mission Deepest Journeys.
It was a total fluke since the rank before I had needed about 20xp to rank and dumped almost 2000 energy into the base.

With a neural on I could just autorank from 976 to 977 with around 12300 energy.
Had I thrown an RSL on I could have probably gone all the way through the next 2 missions with throwing an energy sac in here and there.

Actually doing it made me feel dirty and cheap

It will wear off. Pretty soon you will be stealing candy from babies just like the rest of us.

Almost 4B every time I have to repair my relays. Bein' able to take 'em out, and leave 'em out, and start and stop when I please is really kinds sweet.