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?