last night at approximately 430 am gmt I handed in approximately 14000 merits, I didn't think I would see any salary from that until after the cycle refreshed or ended. I was about to log off and someone said as a general statement don't forget to collect your salary otherwise it will go to waste. I thought to myself I better check and returned to the station to find no salary in the power contact tab. It is now 11:32 London time and about 15 minutes ago I checked to find my merits cut in half and a salary of 50,000 in the power contact tab which is payment for rank 2 but it says I am now rank 5. I had no merits whats so ever from the week before. Am I not understanding something or is something wonky happening?