REPUTATION / RANK.....

[SHADOW STAR]

A few questions for the experts. If I want a lot of greens in a system, I want to do contracts for the groups with the heaviest pressence--no matter who they are, right? Also, about how many contracts does it take (civilian) to alter my rep with a given group, (military) to increase my rank? I'll step back and let your thoughts roam freely.....

[SHADOW STAR]

O.K., I found out the military ranks are dependant on a specific numer of successful missions as listed on the strategy guide. Anyone venture an educated guess on the civilian side?:o

[Maarschalk]

On the civilian side it depends on number of kills, credits and number of missions. I think there is a section in the strategy guide as well about how reputations work.
And to my knowledge your reputation will only be good with lots of greens doing contracts for navy, energy and miners. Even though there might be a lot of Rebels and Guilds in a particular system and doing contracts for them will not change your rep from hostile to good or give you more greens. Hostile reputation means reds always...

[Marvin]

To progress very far up the civilian ladder, you'll need at least a billion credits.

[SHADOW STAR]

Hey Maarschalk, thanks..... I think you cleared up what I couldn't glean from the strategy guide.

[Ackibo]

so there is no way to win over someone hostile ever?

[Maarschalk]

Yes there is. If you do Contracts for the Guilds and Rebels your reputation with them will be come green, meaning the Rebel and Guild ships will turn green. But your system reputation will be hostile because Navy, Energy and Miners ships will all be Red. So to improve your system reputation from Hostile to good you need to do contracts for the Navy, Energy and Miners and the Rebels and Guilds will mostly turn yellow and some green and all Navy, Energy and Miners will mostly be green. If your system reputation is hostile then most every faction ship in the system will be Red starting out. So doing contracts for Rebels and Guilds makes them green to you but your system reputation will stay hostile because the Navy, Energy and Miners are the governing body of each system and they will all be Red in this situation thus Hostile reputation always means there are lot of Reds around.....:P:P:P:P:P

[warsign]

For short, attack Rebels and Guilds. Destroy many of them. Navy and Energy turns green, starts to help you. You are stronger now in enemy system. Miners turns yellow. Rebels and Guilds has no chance to like you... All turns green, you feel like you are in Sapphire...

[Marvin]

Just do contracts for the guys discussed above (Energy, Miners and Navy). Eventually, you'll reach a point where your overall reputation is so good nobody will dare attack you ... everyone will be either yellow or green.

[Sinbad]

Nice clear description Maars. Until now I too didn't understand that very well!

[Maarschalk]

Yes, It took me a while to, to figure it out...but after pacifing all systems in Evochron to Good reputation I got it figured out.....mostly after I started to get bribe offers from Rebels and Guild not to destroy them...after they released all their fire power on you and they got the impression that you are prety much invinceable they start to offer you bribes. And I would take their bribes and they would turn green and I would destroy them anyway otherwise contract would fail because you would not be able to destroy the required amount of reds since they turned green and your reputation would stay hostile....LOL...:P:P:P:P

[verbosity]

Originally posted by Maarschalk
but after pacifing all systems in Evochron to Good reputation I got it figured out.....

not all the systems I'm sure, there was a bug in an earlier evochron where you could turn the vonarion systems green............

[Maarschalk]

Yes, except for Vonari Space.....LOL....:P:P:P:P