Reputation decay

Principle

Reputation decays by 1/2 of its value over a year of inaction. This rate can be manipulated by world events, pilot's charm campaign work, but mostly counteracted by a steady stream of achievements. When the space craze goes up, the pace of decays accelerates and can reach dangerous levels. The reverse is also true almost to a point where decay is not particularly relevant to the time scale of a RP-1 career.

Decaying of program's hype

Hype is the promise of future reputation gains. Periodically, the public adjusts hype downward based on the relative magnitude of hype with respect to provable reputation.

Qualitative Reputation levels

Level	Reputation	Applicants competency
0-49	Underdog	naive
50-150	Renowned	junior
151-350	Leader	competent
351-600	Excellent	excellent
601+	Legendary	legendary