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BLUEPRINT 03: RANK & XP.
From this watch on, the ship keeps score. Every transmission earns XP, and XP earns rank.
How XP is earned:
The ladder: Deckhand → Crewmember (50) → Specialist (150) → Officer (300) → Commander (600) → Captain (1000) → Commodore (2000) → Admiral (3500).
Where to see it:
No grinding tricks: saluting your own posts earns nothing, and XP can never break posting — if the ledger hiccups, your words still fly.
Climb.
BLUEPRINT 03: RANK & XP.
From this watch on, the ship keeps score. Every transmission earns XP, and XP earns rank.
How XP is earned:
- +10 for starting a thread
- +5 for every reply
- +2 for giving a salute
- +1 for receiving one
The ladder: Deckhand → Crewmember (50) → Specialist (150) → Officer (300) → Commander (600) → Captain (1000) → Commodore (2000) → Admiral (3500).
Where to see it:
- A small ⚓ rank tag now rides next to every name in thread view — hover it for the lore.
- Your profile grew a rank banner with an XP progress bar: exactly how far to the next stripe.
- Everything you posted before today counted too — the backfill already credited your threads and replies. Salute XP starts fresh from this wave.
No grinding tricks: saluting your own posts earns nothing, and XP can never break posting — if the ledger hiccups, your words still fly.
Climb.