Burn Badges

The way the Burn Badges work, they look like dull boring metal when you get one. You weld it to the nose of your starship, and you go sun-diving. The coins are engineered with different challenge ratings, but even a starter coin requires a dive into the corona. Above one-million Kelvin, the dye cells melt open, staining the alloy, and producing those awesome molten colors. So if you see a pilot sporting Burn Badges, you know you're looking at someone who can really carve a well.