Wingmate Chevron
Squadron gray with orange formation chevrons. For bringing a wingmate into the cluster.
Your recruit reaches Wingmate
Recruit a Wingmate
Fly with your friends. Both of you earn.
Every pilot gets a personal invite link. Share it with friends: when they sign up through it and really play, you both earn cosmetics, Aether and Vanguard Charter time. Nothing is ever for sale, and nothing makes a ship stronger.
Already playing? The button opens your Recruit window after you sign in.
How it works
Link, play, earn
- 1
Get your link
Open the Recruit window in game (the station service list, or the menu bar in space). Copy your link, share it anywhere or show the QR code.
- 2
Your friend signs up
Anyone who creates an account within 30 days of opening your link flies as your wingmate. They get a welcome banner naming your pilot.
- 3
They play, you both earn
Rewards unlock at milestones of real play: Flight School, pilot levels and hours flown across several days, and joining the Vanguard Charter.
Milestones
The rewards
A sign-up alone earns nothing. Rewards unlock as your friend reaches each milestone through real play, and your friend gets a welcome pack of their own.
| Your friend reaches | You get | Your friend gets |
|---|---|---|
| Welcome aboardYour recruit verifies their email and graduates from Flight School. | No reward at this step |
|
| WingmatePilot level 10 and 3 hours of real play across at least 2 days. |
| No reward at this step |
| SquadronPilot level 25 and 10 hours of real play across at least 4 days. |
| No reward at this step |
| VanguardYour recruit joins the Vanguard Charter (a paid month, after the 14-day refund window). |
| No reward at this step |
Exclusive paint
Squadron liveries
Chevron liveries you can't buy: they only come from recruiting. Every pilot in space sees them, on every hull you fly. Real in-game captures; select one to see it full size.
Squadron Lead
Olive drab with bone chevrons and a spine stripe, the lead ship's paint. Three qualified recruits.
3 qualified recruits
Vanguard Recruiter
Midnight blue, a gilded spine and chevrons, and a gold drive. For a recruit who joined the Vanguard.
Your recruit reaches Vanguard
Emberwing
Charred hull, ember chevrons and a drive that burns orange. Ten qualified recruits.
10 qualified recruits
Commander's Gilt
Parade white and navy with gilt chevrons and an ice-blue drive. Twenty-five qualified recruits.
25 qualified recruits
Recruiter ladder
The more wingmates, the rarer the paint
A recruit counts as qualified when they reach the Wingmate milestone: a verified email, Flight School completed, pilot level 10, and at least 3 hours of real play spread over 2 or more days. Real play means time the game servers saw you fly by hand or earn skill experience; an idle connection or an autopilot left running does not count.
- 1qualified recruit
First wingmate
- Formationpilot-card emblem
- 3qualified recruits
Flight of three
- Squadron Leadlivery
- 5qualified recruits
Wing Leader
- Wing Leadertitle
- 10qualified recruits
Emberwing
- Emberwinglivery
- 25qualified recruits
Squadron Commander
- Commander's Giltlivery
- Squadron Commandertitle
2,500 Aetherat most, per recruiter, in any 365 days
180 Vanguard daysat most, per recruiter, in any 365 days
Once eachcosmetics and titles, never capped
Fair play
The rules
- Recruit other people. Your own second account, or a friend on the same computer or phone as you, does not count.
- Accounts that share a device, a browser, a payment card or an internet connection with their recruiter are not eligible. Family members sharing one computer can all play, but can't earn referral rewards from each other.
- A sign-up alone earns nothing. Every reward waits for real play the servers observed, and the recruit's email must be verified.
- Rewards for a Vanguard Charter payment are paid 14 days after the payment. If that payment is refunded or charged back, the reward is taken back, including the Vanguard time and the livery it granted.
- Some rewards are checked by our staff before they are paid. Abuse, spam, bought or sold referrals, fake reviews and misleading offers void all related rewards.
- Rewards are cosmetic, account-bound Aether or Vanguard Charter time. They cannot be traded, sold or turned into credits or items.
The binding rules are in the Terms of Service. We may change or end the program; rewards already paid under the rules stay yours.
FAQ
Questions, answered
Where do I find my referral link?
In game: open the Recruit window from the station service list, or from the menu bar while you fly. It shows your link with Copy and Share buttons, a QR code, your recruits' progress and your rewards. You can make a new link at any time (the old one stops working).
My friend already has an account. Can I add them?
No. A recruit is credited only when their account is created through your link, and that can't be added or changed later. Our staff can fix a genuine mistake.
Does my friend get anything?
Yes. Once they verify their email and finish Flight School they get a welcome pack: 100 Aether and the Fledgling pilot-card emblem, both bound to their account.
Do rewards make my ship stronger?
No. Every reward is a livery, an emblem, a pilot-card frame, a title, account-bound Aether or Vanguard Charter time. The Charter itself never sells power either.
Is there a limit?
Yes. Each recruiter can earn at most 2,500 Aether and 180 days of Vanguard Charter time from the program in any 365 days. Cosmetics are granted once and never count against the caps.
Why is a reward marked as in review?
Some milestones are checked by a person before they pay, for example when a recruiter and a recruit share a network. Most reviews are simple and are approved within a few days.
What happens if a payment is refunded?
The Vanguard milestone is reversed: the 30 days of Charter time it granted (never time you paid for yourself) and the Vanguard Recruiter livery go back. Other milestones are not affected.
Can I use my link in ads or on social media?
Share it with people you know, on your stream, in your community or on social media. Spam, bought traffic, paid ads bidding on the XETODUS name and misleading offers are not allowed.
Your squadron is waiting
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