Earning Promotions in the XSF
Whether through leading operations, mentoring juniors, or displaying standout qualities, each rank offers new growth opportunities and responsibilities for willing Commanders inside the XSF.
This guide will explain the steps and expectations for advancing, helping you rise through the ranks and become a leader within XSF.
View our Ranks Overview Page for Information on Rank privileges.
Promotion Process
How to Submit a Promotion Request
Use the /requestpromotion command in our ‘#apply-for-ranks’ Discord channel.
The GuardianAI bot will then open a new private thread for your Promotion Process to take place in.
There will be another Thread opened for XSF Senior Officers and Staff to review your process.
Read the Bot’s Messages and Instructions carefuly, they will lead you through every step.
Promotion Requirements
Promotion has been valued with 5 major categories that a Commander must accomplish.
1 – Knowledge Proficiency Test
- The Bot will ask you some questions on AX matters, read carefully – answer by typing into the chatbox. Update the Answer by typing a new Message. Submit each Answer by clicking the button below the embed.
- Can no longer update answer after advancing to the next question.
- After going through all the Questions the test will be complete and then be pending for review by the according XSF Officer. Please wait patiently, you will see a live progress bar filling up as they go through the test once they begin reviewing it.
See the “Book of Sentinel” for the full knowledge proficiency chapters.
Over time, excellent Commanders have taken it upon themselves to distinguish themselves amongst their peers by learning Thargoid habits, weapon types and configurations, ship loadouts, and Xeno Strike Force knowledge.
Applicant must have an 80% or higher. This proficiency exam ensures quality commanders are being progressed.
RANK Aviator Lieutenant Captain
PROFICIENCY
Basic
Advanced
Master
PROCTORED BY Captain Major Colonel
2 – Experience Credits
- The Bot will check and display your Experience Credits to both you and the Reviewers Thread.
- In fact the /requestpromotion command will not let you start the process if you didn’t have the required amount of Credits in the first place.
View your Credits with /experience name @yourself or on our OpOrd Credits page.
Commanders will gain Operational Experience participating in Official Operations. Official Operations are approved by Majors, Colonels, or General Staff. Official Operations will be posted in the Operation Orders channel on discord. Anybody is allowed to submit Official Operation Orders through the discord bot with the command “/opord“. See “/opord information” for further details..
| Aviator | 1 Operation as Learner |
| Lieutenant | 5 Operations as Aviator |
| Captain | 5 Operations as Lieutenant |
| Major | 5 Operations as Captain |
| Colonel | 5 Operations as Major |
3 – Individual Proficiency
- The Bot will automatically check your progression Ranks on the Anti-Xeno Initiative Discord Server to match the required solo skill level needed for the XSF Rank you are applying for.
- If you are not a Member of the Anti-Xeno Initiative Server the bot will ask you to submit equivalent proof manually in the Thread.
Visit the 
AXI Website for their Rank Requirements
Qualifications must include achieving atleast the matching AXI Ranks – or submitting equivalent Proof of the proficiency level when requesting the promotion.
| Xeno Strike Force Rank | Rquired AXI Rank (or Matching Solo Proficiency) |
|---|---|
| Aviator |  Sole Survivor (Basilisk Solo) |
| Lieutenant |  Serpent’s Nemesis (Medusa Solo) |
| Captain |  Collector (Previous three Solos & any Hydra Duo) |
| Major |  Herculean Conqueror (Hydra Solo) |
| Colonel |  Decent Pilot (AX Mastery) |
4 – Promotion Challenge
- The Bot will ask you to submit the image or video link for the Promotion Challenge of the XSF Rank you are applying for. Each Promotion Rank has it’s own Challenge, wing up with others to complete them.
5 – Leadership Potential
- Ranks will be awarded once General Staff approves the Promotion.
- For Promotions to Lieutenant and Captain there is a level of community assessment as far as how the Commander carries themselves publicly.
- Promotions to Major, Colonel or above only happen on special occasions and are decided on a case-by-case basis by XSF Leadership.
Lieutenant, Captain, Major, and Colonel will have a degree of community assessment as far as how the Commander carries themselves publicly. Leading Operations as any rank will be noticed. Whether a Commander has accomplishments positively progressing the Xeno Strike Force as a Community will be determined based on several factors which will all be taken into consideration, including: evaluation of communication with others, if they are a team player or not, if they have been an effective team mate, and how well team mates cooperated together. Social interactions on the XSF and AXI discords, social media, any forum, and in game will also be a factor. A simple rule of, “treating others the way you want to be treated”.
Completion
- Once all Steps of the process are completed your Request will be pending for final Review by Leadership.
- If your Promotion was approved the Bot will then post a summary to #apply-for-ranks, congratulating you on your Promotion!
- If your Promotion could not be approved for any reason you will get a notice in your private Promotion-Process thread with the bot and by General Staff.
Promotion within Xeno Strike Force is not always guaranteed, even if a Commander has met all qualification requirements.
Promotion Challenges
Overall Promotion Challenge Rules:
- Promotion Challenge proof will be submitted to the Thread-channel opened during the promotion request in the XSF Discord.
- The Lieutenant and Captain Challenges require one commander to lead the mission, who will then be eligible for promotion-submission upon completion.
- Lieutenants can not participate in the Promotion Challenges of other Lieutenant aspirants.
- Captains can not participate in the Promotion Challenges of other Lieutenant or Captain aspirants.
- Below find the Promotion Challenges with their individual Requirements..
Aviator
Aviator Yin and Captain Yang were conducting Combat Air Patrol in a two Commander wing located in Pleiades Sector MI-S B4-0, where they were engaged by a Medusa Interceptor. Not expecting the dire strength and devastating firepower of the Interceptor, they were forced to fight for their lives while never losing focus of wing combat to become the Unconquerable Pair…
- Kill a Thargoid Medusa within 30 minutes
- Wing of 2
- Captain or higher as wing member to promote
- Applicant must not be carried through the fight
- Captain or higher as wing member to promote
- Equipment & Ammo Restrictions:
- No Guardian Weapons and Modules
- No Advanced Missile Racks
- No Weapon & Module Synthesis (Limpets are considered cargo)
- Must use Basic Ammo
- No Rearms
- No Deaths allowed
- Must not be an AXCZ or other location with NPC support
- Single screen shot showing both Commanders in a wing, both in the same instance at time of explosion and bond.
Spirit of this Challenge is to face a priority threat with similar ship-build restrictions a typical Escort Fighter for Titanspace would have
Lieutenant
Lieutenant Ishmael was participating in Operation Pequod in the California Nebula while flying their “Titan Killer” Krait MK II dubbed ‘XSF Green Hand’. They found themselves following the orders of Captain Ahab until suddenly a Lightning strike from an Interceptor vaporized the Captain. Lieutenant Ishmael was now in charge…
- You are in charge now, successfully complete the Mission in your Captains stead
- Clear a Medium AXCZ including the Hydra at the end
- Wing of 3 required, no 4th (The Captain is dead…)
- Wing should be comprised of the LT-aspirant plus 2 Aviators/Learners
- Equipment & Ammo restrictions:
- No Guardian Weapons
- No Advanced Missile Racks
- One RRR allowed at a time while remaining Commanders stay in the instance
- Max. 2 Deaths during the Mission
- Commanders may return after death
- Requires full video-recording from the LT Rank requesting aspirant
Learn how to organize and communicate to achieve a given mission-objective
Captain
Captain Jaeger was urgently tasked to form and lead a Tactical-Wing as part of a frontline Operation in the California Nebula. They scrambled to launch with what equipment was on-hand, with the goal to lure out and destroy 2 High priority targets while holding the line.
The Captain-applicant must submit an Official OpOrder Request for a Tactical-Wing sized element and use the OPORD-Thread for organisation.
- Wing of 4
- The Captain-aspirant will name 1 acting Lieutenant, and 2 acting Aviators for the team
- Clear a High Intensity AXCZ, including both Hydras at the end
- 60 Minute Hydra Kill Time limit, beginning from the moment the Hydras spawn in until both are defeated
- Equipment & Ammo Restrictions:
- No Advanced Missile Racks
- RRRs are allowed at any time
- Only the named acting Lieutenant is permitted to bring a Shutdown-Field-Neutraliser on their ship. (Do not use a TPN)
- Only the named acting Aviators are permitted to bring Repair Limpet Controllers on their ships
- No Deaths allowed
- If a commander wishes to self-destruct for rearm, they are required to leave the AXCZ instance before doing so
- 1 full Video Recording required from the Captain Rank requesting aspirant
After successful promotion, the Captain uses the /opord participants command to give out Experience-credits to any uniformed participants he inspected during the operation recording.
Prove that you are fully capable in your knowledge, piloting, communication and administrative abilities to organize an official wing mission within the XSF
