I wanted to buy some Federation ships but then...

[Atebits]

If a pitapos were a pokemon then the missions system of Elite: Dangerous' rank system would be its pokeball and special attack all in one.

I think the story behind what happened to the rank system is they forgot that they didn't bother to connect rep up with everything we actually do in the game. It's just some arbitrary backwater shanty town where you're forced to go to be pimped out for a few months. If you're not miserable and insane after it is over with a vengeance streak there's something wrong with you. + rep for sheer honesty.

 

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I did not know that about the bounties.
That really is a shame and it makes no sense either.
Are you sure?

And what about combat bonds?

Don't know actually, my times with the Federation were over a very long time ago.
Even handing in Millions of acculumated Bounties don't do anything for Ranking, that I know.

I believe that changed in V1.3. Pretty much at the time when we got the Progression bars, if memory serves me right.