About the rankings..

[Cfif]

I'm not sure if this is supposed to go here since it's a gameplay question and not a patch question, but I may as well ask anyway. Do you get anything special for SS ranking a mission besides extra mana/mind/etc? Theoretically, I could just use something like CheatHappens to give myself the extra boost if I don't finish the missions quickly enough, right?

[shiirn]

Not like there's any real viable way to easily cheat at EnA at the moment, but other than that point, no. SS/S/A/B/C rank only gives you bonus mind and mana, and a nice fuzzy feeling of accomplishment.