Ranks after Elite?

Hi!
I've wondered some time earlier when I've seen references to "Elite V" etc. I've been (exploration) Elite for quite some time, and today to my positive surprise I got an announcement of being promoted to "Elite I". I think I can guess how there are these I to V ranks "on top of" the "normal" Elite, but just curious if anyone would like to share anything more on these, as I didn't find much info on a quick googling. Like what are the ranks (is V the absolute max?), what is required to attain them and if there is anything else related, that I might need or enjoy to know about them?

Thanks in advance!
 
AFAIK, Elite V is the highest possible.
They don't seem to convey any help or hindrance, apart from "bragging rights". :)
Each step is about the same amount of XP / Cr that from zero to Elite is.
 
Elite I through V is a new Odyssey rank, only cumulative if accumulated via Odyssey.

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Damn those requirements for exploration are more than ridiculously low!
One paltry trip of 1000-1100 pristine systems (full FSS & cherry-pick DSS) and you're Elite III or Elite IV, even if starting from Aimless. :eek:
 
Thanks, all!

I'm not sure about this though (unless I'm doing/understanding something wrong):
"One paltry trip of 1000-1100 pristine systems (full FSS & cherry-pick DSS) and you're Elite III or Elite IV, even if starting from Aimless"

I became "normal" Elite before joining EDSM, so my stats there are only for Elite => Elite I (which I just attained), and it shows to me "Systems discovered first: 3,715" (and total systems visited 5866), and all systems I've visited I've done full FSS and DSS for water worlds & earth-likes (and random others), so rather than saying "1100 for Elite III" it seems to me more like "5000 for one level of Elite more".

Also, I'm not sure which parts of "income money" counts as "exploration profit", since I've been tracking my credit balance after each UC sell, and my first run (Bubble to Sag A*) brought me about 430 million, and my other runs since have brought me about 700 million more (and UC is the only source of income on this time for me), so that would give me having about 1.1 billion "exploration profit" which should put me to Elite II or even (close) to Elite III at this time.

Well, I probably either counted or understood something wrong, but anyway I now know the general gist of it, thanks for that! I'll continue exploring and be happy for any further rank raises when they come.
 
I'm not sure about this though (unless I'm doing/understanding something wrong):
"One paltry trip of 1000-1100 pristine systems (full FSS & cherry-pick DSS) and you're Elite III or Elite IV, even if starting from Aimless"
I've been doing a survey (full FSS & cherry-pick DSS) for 2 years now. About 1000-1100 systems per trip. Each time I've sold my data, my balance has gone up by 1.2-1.6 billion Cr.
I may be lucky with my survey area, or DSS too much, but the earnings have been at that level consistently. Those terraformable HMCs & Rocky bodies pay quite well too. :)
 
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Also, I'm not sure which parts of "income money" counts as "exploration profit", since I've been tracking my credit balance after each UC sell, and my first run (Bubble to Sag A*) brought me about 430 million, and my other runs since have brought me about 700 million more (and UC is the only source of income on this time for me), so that would give me having about 1.1 billion "exploration profit" which should put me to Elite II or even (close) to Elite III at this time.
The prestige ranks, or ranks after Elite, count only earnings after EDO launch, so anything earned prior to 19 May 2021 isn't in the calculation.
 
Progression on all categories is like for exploration, same amount for each Elite level, except for Exobiology where Elite requires 445 million credits of scans sold (bonus counts) and then each subsequent level is 235 or 245 million (I forgot which exact number it is)
 
The prestige ranks, or ranks after Elite, count only earnings after EDO launch, so anything earned prior to 19 May 2021 isn't in the calculation.
Ok, this probably explains that for me, since my journey from the Bubble started before EDO launch (I was actually near Beagle Point at that time), so I've then indeed probably made something between 300 and 600 million or so after EDO launch, which would match with me now receiving the Elite I rank.
 
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