So since maybe October or November of last year, I've had these rankings:

...which I found I liked.
I was out in the Black for about 3 or 4 months and there's very little in the way of fighting or trading out there, so the rankings stayed as they were.
But when I came back I decided that I wanted to get my Trade Rank up to Elite and that a Cutter was the way I wanted to do it.
And that's all going as planned; I love the Cutter, I'm about to hit Tycoon which doesn't start with the right letter, but I hope Elite won't be too far behind, bring that one back into line.
Which leaves that "Duke" as a problem. "Prince"? No better. "King"? Doesn't solve anything either.
And really, I see only one solution to that problem. It's not what I want, but what choice do I have?

...which I found I liked.
I was out in the Black for about 3 or 4 months and there's very little in the way of fighting or trading out there, so the rankings stayed as they were.
But when I came back I decided that I wanted to get my Trade Rank up to Elite and that a Cutter was the way I wanted to do it.
And that's all going as planned; I love the Cutter, I'm about to hit Tycoon which doesn't start with the right letter, but I hope Elite won't be too far behind, bring that one back into line.
Which leaves that "Duke" as a problem. "Prince"? No better. "King"? Doesn't solve anything either.
And really, I see only one solution to that problem. It's not what I want, but what choice do I have?