Targetting ship design to specific rank of officer

[forgottenlord (OP)]

So, I've got all these Lieutenant Commanders that I can't really do much with, but I'd love to give them their own command to play with.  With exception to my GSV's (and considering they're practically clones of their GEV cousins - with obvious exception, I have no idea how they're R1s while the GEV's are R2s), I've got no ship commands that are sitting at an R1 rating.  Is there a way to purposely design your ship for a specific rank level?  How are the rank requirements of ships determined?

[Erik L]

On one of the tabs (don't recall which) of the ship design screen, you can set the rank required.

[Shininglight]

The Dac/Rank/Info tab, just set the commander level from the dropdown.

[Hawkeye]

And don´t forget to hit "save" to make the rank stay

[forgottenlord (OP)]

Thanks.

And don´t forget to hit "save" to make the rank stay

I found the set button works just as well.