New pilots will earn more promotion points by making supply runs or scouting enemy territory. And to make sure that things are even across the teams, DarkSpace won't simply rely on a system of numerical equality. Each of the several ranks in the game will be assigned a point value. The total point values of the ranks will be used to equalize teams. Just as an example, let's say that an Admiral is worth ten points and an Ensign is worth one point.
Admiral is considered a fair fight then.
The plan right now is to have three methods of communication among the players. For you 80 wpm types out there, you can use the text based chat boxes to type missions to each other. Players with a little extra room in the old bandwidth can use the in game voice communication feature. We think that most of the communication will be handled by the iconic command interface. This context sensitive system lets you communicate your orders to any team members regardless of the language they speak.