For those of you unfamiliar with how rankings work, let me give you a brief explanation.
Most rankings in the Chinese Federation are all historically accurate.
That means, there are no time limits. In other words, once you're ranked, then your name will forever be listed in that ranking system.
If my rank is first in any ranking category, for example the National Rank, then I am first for ALL time, including all who have died.
It is very much like the ranking system of most sports. It doesn't matter if you're alive or dead. As long as you've scored a point in let's say, the National Basketball Organization, then you will forever be ranked against everybody else who has ever scored points.
That was why Veronica Wu's rank of 11,290 and Grand Elder Shella's rank of 10,137 were so impressive.
Their rank among active mecha pilots, including those actively serving in the military, was actually around 1000!
