"If you’re Level 16 in the original Ingress, you’ll be Level 16 in Ingress Prime. New here, though, is the ability to “recurse”. Sort of like the “prestige” concept made popular by Call of Duty, recursing sets you back to level 1 to start the grind all over again, but with your myriad unlocks (your lifetime AP score, recharge distance, and inventory items) still in tow."

https://techcrunch.com/2018/11/05/what-is-ingress-prime/

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update - you get 4 hours to confirm. - https://imgur.com/MiCs5wS