
The top level icon is Level 25 - Legendary Skull with 75% boosts!.Recruit 5 is three chevrons with a diamond underneath.The icons for beginner experience (XP) levels are one chevron, two chevrons, three chevrons.Each experience level has a distinct icon.The amount of VXP needed for a ship to advance from one rank to the next is dependent on the type of ship.Cargo Salvage Fleets do sink automatically after pone hour of neglect (new feature, June 2015).A very popular method to increase VXP or rank quickly is in sinking multiple Drac cargo fleets however, please clean up your mess afterwards else sector broadcast "Free Cargo in sector !".A ship gains 1 vxp for each 10% of its own armor points it incurs to another ship (e.g., if your ship has 10,000 armor points it must do 1,000 points of damage in a single combat to get 1 vxp).A ship would need to be completely destroyed in a battle to gain 10 points from being damaged.Up to 20 veteran experience points (VXP) can be gained per combat 10 points for damage done and 10 points for damage taken.There are 25 ranks now which could increase reload bonus and turn speed by to a maximum of 75% (these many additional ranks after rank #5 - one star - were added early May 2014).Each ship's rank is increased as it gains experience.Ship ranks grant their ship a percent increase in its firing rate and turning speed.

Chat abbreviation for Veterancy Experience Points is VXP.The Veterancy Experience Points formerly known as Ship Rank.
