admiral

I have had BattleCruisers come to assist me as an Admiral on one of my Alternate Xbox Accounts from time to time while in conflict with Thargoids and within Conflict Zones. I've see multiple Federal BattleCruisers in one Combat assisting Admirals and other Commanders in Heavy Conflict Zones...

Can we get a focused/definitive answer into the purpose of grinding out rank besides for ships/system permits? Specifically, the point of grinding to King/Admiral? Is there a team/focus group looking into addressing this, currently, arbitrary feature? Proposed ideas upon gaining/maxing rank...