Posted by: Keome
« on: December 08, 2012, 07:24:43 PM »
I've been playing for awhile without any real issues, until now.
In my current game (conventional start if that matters) , which has lasted 29 years so far, the commander of my Sol Fleet Headquarters decided to retire. He was a Rear Admiral (Lower Half) at retirement. When I go to assign a new commander, it says that the required rank is 5 (Rear Admiral Upper Half). I have two Rear Admiral (Lower), one promoted from captain to fill the spot left by the retiring admiral.
I played a further two years to see it would clear up, and it hasn't.
The staff officers are still assigned, but I still can't assign a new commander due to the rank requirement.
So, I used SM mode to promote of of the Rear Admiral (Lower) and this is where it gets even more fun.
With each rank increase I gave the officer, the required rank for the fleet headquarters went up as well. I promoted an officer all the way to rank 8 (Fleet Admiral) and the reqired rank for the fleet headquarters spot is rank 9???
So what gives here, did something break? Known issue? Bug? Random silliness?