Star Wars Galaxies - Faction Ranking System

The two major factions in the game, Star Wars Galaxies, Imperial and Rebel Alliance have a ranking system. The ranks are earned by gaining faction points. If you have over 200 faction points for either faction, you may join that faction.

Q: How do I join one of the factions?
A: In order to do this, you must talk with a non-player character (NPC) in the game. If you move your mouse over the NPC character and your cursor changes to a green triangle, you may converse with that character. Use the onscreen menus to choose what to say. You will need to select something like "I'm interested in joining your faction".

Q: What are the benefits of gaining faction ranks?
A: You are able to give faction points to someone else at a higher ratio. At the rank of Private, if you want to give someone 100 faction points, it will cost you 650 faction points to do so. Faction points are given to a player by typing: /delegate x You must be special forces in that faction and you must have that character targeted (as far as I know--you may need to be grouped). It is believed that if you are a rebel, the higher faction rank you have, the less likely you will be discovered by Imperial searches.

Q: Can I use my faction points (FP) for something other than gaining rank?
A: Yes. You can use your FP to buy items, schematics, structures, or experience points. When you talk with a NPC of that faction he/she will tell you what you can buy or purchase and it will show how many FP are required for that item.

Note: The bases of each faction are purchased with faction points. The larger the base, the higher the FP cost.

Q: What are the rankings and how many points does it take to get them, etc. A: Here is a chart of all of that information (thanks to Kemble with his MB post at the SWG Official Message Board. I had to change some of the information in it as I'm going through the ranks.

No.	Rank Name	FP requirement	delegate ratio	example of delegate cost
22.	Private	200	6.5:1	(costs 650 to send 100)
21.	Lance Corporal	600	5:1	500 to send 100
20.	Corporal	1000	4:1	400 to send 100
19.	Staff Corporal	1400	4:1	400 to send 100
18.	Sergeant	1800	3:1	300 to send 100
17.	Staff Sergeant	2000	2.5:1	250 to send 100
16.	Master Sergeant	2500	2.3:1	230 to send 100
15.	Sergeant Major	3000	2:1	200 to send 100
14.	Warrant Officer II	3500	1.9:1	190 to send 100
13.	Warrant Officer I	4000	1.8:1	180 to send 100
12.	Second Lieutenant	4000	1.67:1	167 to send 100
11.	Lieutenant	5000	1.54:1	154 to send 100
10.	Army Captain	5000	1.43:1	143 to send 100
9.	Major	5500	1.33:1	134 to send 100
8.	Lieutenant Colonel	5500	1.25:1	125 to send 100
7.	Colonel	6000	1.18:1	118 to send 100
6.	Brigadier General	??	??	??
5.	Major General	??	??	??
4.	Lieutenant General	??	??	??
3.	General	??	??	??
2.	High General	??	??	??
1.	Surface General	??	??	??

It should be noted that the minimum faction standing is 200 points. You will no longer get the "have I qualified for a promotion option when talking to a faction-friendly NPC. You will see an option to get a promotion when you have the required amount of faction points.

The highest attainable rank for players to date is Colonel. We may have to wait to see if any of us are allowed to become Generals.

For those of you about to see how many FP is required to make Colonel, it is 51,000. Happy grinding!

If you have suggestions or comments send me an e-mail either to my characters (Aitiat - on Ahazi or Enzio - on Chilastra) or from this link: brad@bafordham.com.