how much upkeep should i be able to afford with 2030min rank 196 im thinking about upgrading to nulls and fermonics and atm my upkeep is 261m

First off, go up 4 ranks. You'll get alot more bang for your buck income wise.

Next, 1.5k mining=1B income at 200, I believe, so you should be fine.

What is your current gain per day from your mineral production, after deducting upkeep costs?

That should tell you how much extra upkeep you can afford.

you should be fine i think. i have 1.5k mining per hour and my upkeep is 350 million. 8 null rays and 5 neutronium platings.

the upgrades i want to make is 8 heavy anti proton to 8 heavy null will add 396.8m plus deep core neutronium to perfect Fermonics is 195m increase. so total i would go from 261m to 852.8m. I haven't research Fermonics yet so it will probably be rank 200 when i can get all of that installed. So with all the in mind it would be safe to assume at rank 200 with 852.8m upkeep and 2030 minerals per hour i should be able to afford it easily correct? After all that i just need 20 more decks for my hull and 32 more for guns shouldn't be too hard, and it should give me 950 more hull 400 more attack correct?

you'll be able to manage 852.8M upkeep with less than 1500~ (personal experience~~ I'm managing 1.1B upkeep with 1519mph)

what rank are you?

rank 240~

ah okay thanks for the personal experience tip