As in title - not sure I'm seeing any progression, but I'm not sure there is supposed to be. If combat advances combat rank, trading advances trade rank, exploring/exploration; what does carrying people about do?
Mixed reports coming in. Some players say the can advance all ranks, depending on the rank suggestion in the mission briefing (some suggest a certain combat/trade/exploration rank - that's the one that gets advanced).
I'm hesitant to believe that - we would have a lot Elite exploration CMDRs very soon.
Unfortunately I didn't have time to get to my PC for over a week now, so I couldn't try for myself. But I'm also interested in that.