Per the Tribble Patch Notes (http://sto-forum.perfectworld.com/showt ... p?t=886641):
Reputation Sponsorship:
- This feature allows players that have maxed out a reputation on one character to have double reputation experience for all of their alts in that same rep.
- Characters that have reached Tier 5 in any Reputation will see a new project available in that Reputation: "Begin Sponsorship Procedures for Upcoming Officer"
- This project costs 100 Marks from the applicable Reputation, and completes in ~5 seconds.
- Completing this Project will reward that T5 Character with a Sponsorship Token applicable to that Reputation.
- This Token is Bind-to-Account-on-Pickup, and is designed to be traded to other characters on your account via your Account Shared Bank.
- This project can be repeated as many times as necessary.
- All characters will see a new Tier 1 Project in each reputation: "Claim Sponsorship"
- This project may not be immediately visible until a character interacts with the Reputation System in some way.
- Even something as simple as slotting any project then canceling it will trigger the projects to appear.
- Even though this is a T1 Project, it can be run by any character of any rank other than Tier 5.
- This project requires just one Sponsorship Token (no other inputs) and completes in ~5 seconds.
- Completing this Project will reward that character with Double Reputation XP in that specific Reputation, for the remainder of that character's lifetime.
- This means that the Projects that previously rewarded 2000xp and 800xp will now give 4000xp and 1600xp.
- This project may not be immediately visible until a character interacts with the Reputation System in some way.