If you think about it, resoration missions don't count as combat (and you can do them without it), there's no trading/courier work so what should they count as?Really?! I mean, I can understand why VIP sightseeing tour passenger missions count, but AX Restoration?
Not complaining, just surprised. Might also be a bug... like the one where all ground kills in settlements, that aren't a CZ, grant Combat (ship) rank and not Mercenary rank. That one still irritates me.
There's no rank type that fits better, I don't think.