Are Federal "rank-up" missions always combat based?
I'm interested in the Federal ships, and I need to up my rank with the Feds to get one. I did some Fed missions and traded a lot, now I have this Federal Naval mission that says my actions have been noticed, and if I go kill a spy somewhere, I'll be upgraded to Ensign.
I'm a miner in a Type-7. I have no shields, and 4 mining lasers. I have a buddy who plays as my bodyguard, but he isn't always around, and obviously can't complete missions for me, so I'm going to have a tough time with this first-tier naval mission, and I expect to fail the later ones without a complete change up in my ship and play style.
Are rank-up missions always combat based, or can they be mining / trading missions too? I like to live dangerously as much as the next guy (again, no shields), but if every rank-up for Feds is achieved via a combat mission, I'll forget about the Fed ships for now and focus on a Type-9 or an Orca instead.
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How do you get elite combat rank?
Combat rank is earned through ship kills. Every ship destroyed rewards a number of experience points that contribute to increasing Combat rank, and the amount of experience points that a ship is worth depends on the pilot's rank relative to the rank of the targeted ship.How do you grind Federal rank?
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