Growing Stronger
You earn XP at the end of each session: 2 for playing, +2 for a milestone, +1 for acting on your Drive at real cost.
| Buy | Cost |
|---|---|
| A stat, +1 | 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 25, 30 XP for +1 to +7, then 40 |
| A feat | Basic 6, Advanced 10, Honed 12, Mastered 20, Transcendent 30 |
| Expertise in a skill | 8 |
| +1 Health or pool | 2 XP below 20, 3 from 20 to 39, 4 from 40 |
Your base stats cannot pass the cap for your Rank (F 3, E 4, D 5, C 6, B 7, A 8, S 9).
Rank is never bought. It rises when your reach grows: when a city knows your name or a planet turns on your choices. A new repeat of your letter (F to FF) gives +1 stat point. A new letter (FFF to E) gives +2 and raises your cap. Health and pool rise with every step.
Beyond the galaxy. At SSS, nothing takes a stat past 9 except a Crossing: a story event deep enough to lift you past galactic scale. Each Crossing adds a question mark to your Rank, raises your cap by 1 and gives +1 stat point. There is no top, but each one takes a bigger story than the last.