Hi, please could you have a look at my statistics and how I am fairing.
I would really appreciate any advice.

Thanks
Minimini

P.S. if you can't see on the picture, or for more details,
my strength is 27 or 3922
with amplification (grid console, crimson obelisk, crimson amplifier) 33 or 4853.105

Biggest thing that sticks out to me is your hull. Also, ditch Sillixx and go either Aerlen or Konqul. As a Sillixx you'll find yourself dependent on that extra 10% decks, then when you don't have them you won't know what to do with yourself. The sooner you get out of that the better.

To give you a rough comparison, I'm 20 ranks ahead of you and have almost 8k hull, a little over 3k attack and about 2.5k defense. I also have almost 1500 energy and 800 shield. I'm guessing you need a lot more artifact production, but I can't see for sure what it is from this picture. I'm guessing 1.8k/hr?

my artifact production is quite low only 700 and research is at 1.8k minerals is 600
also if i get rid of my sillix i am going to have to get rid of a lot of modules
how is it bad to get an extra 70 space?

higher damage cap and at later ranks you get a ton of ship bots so silixx becomes less useful. its decent now but not a good idea to become dependent on its bonus in case you want to switch.

That artifact production needs to skyrocket. I think I had 3-3.5k at that rank. 4.5k now at 170.

That 70 extra space, as varun said, is 35 damage more that an enemy can deal to you. (Rank+19 or decks/2, whichever's greater.)

It looks like you need to be more picky with your planets. Try to take only VL/VR or better.

Depending on what your devices are, you might want to get rid of those for more hull. Maybe drop scan mods if you have them? If you don't mind being disabled, you could drop cloak too. I run less than 10 of each... lol.

okay i will switch to a konqul i think but what type of konqul should i be?
will try and focusing on getting my artifact production up
i am researching some better scanners so i can find better planets

My recommendation would be Konqul Excavator. Can't go wrong with 10% extra arti. Konqul Fixer is worth considering as well for the hull bonus.