just a question, what would you expect of a lvl 90, eg ship size, research progress and production values.

Depends. What is your aim in this game?

I think your production is supposed to be around 1k each for your level but I don't know a lot cause my production was and is absolute c**p

im currently a sillix fixer
Minerals
476 units / hour
Artifacts
748 points / hour
Research
907 research / hour
not the best i know.

really i do a bit of every thing, at the minute im doing pvp to get my rep back, after that im going to do the xceti chain,

That's not bad for your rank , your averaging 92 per planet , but your a sillix.
and you know what Admiral Ackbar says about sillix http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4F4qzPbcFiA&feature=related

im level 87.
323 Decks
650 Cargo
168 Engineers
146 Tactical Officers
179 Helmsmen
185 Scientists
Weapons:
Crimson Auto-Laser
Light Quantum Devastator X2
Prototype Mech XV
Psionic Amplifier
Defence/sheilds:
Dark Ring Thruster X2
Harmonic Resonator
Scruuge X-Deflector
T.O. Harmonic MegaPulser
Thrust Stabilizer
Hull:
Overcharged Q-Phased Plating X3 407 research of nexus
Vortul Plating
Energy:
Antimatter Reactor - Mark IV X3
Positron Relay X4
Omicron Injector
Devices:
AI Supercomputer
Datastream Compiler
Stryll Hunt Sensor
Stryll Transponder
Tetra-Seek Targeter
AI supercomputer

Right, okay.

Your slightly behind on weaponry, you should also be upgrading heavy>heavy.

You've kept your artifacts up, which is great. Artifacts are the be-all and end-all. You can research (kinda), pay your upkeep and get more powerful on artifacts alone. I don't suggest trying it, but it can be done.

Soon you'll want to bring your minerals up. Since the arrival of bases, low ranks have stronger ships than before, and therefore have higher upkeeps. Do not underestimate the importance of mining!

Lastly, as far as combat research goes, focus on weapons+hull to start, and then catch your defence right up when you have singularity launchers.

You should start thinking about nexus plating and singularity launchers.

my sship at 77 is.
minerals: 449 an hr
research: 1225 an hr
artifacts: 1023an hr

hull: 3120 (about to go up by another plating)
attack: 903
defense: 797

modules:

size class: battleship (445decks)

weapons: heavy singularity launcher X3, dominion cannon mark II, dominion cannon X3, psionic ampilfier, prototype mech XV

energy: antimatter reactor mark IV, drannik power core, omicron injector

sensors: AI supercomputer

hull: merged nexus armor X4 (almost 5)

shields: harmonic resonator

cloaking: none

defenses: quantum overlay engine mark III, dark ring thruster X3

im an aerlen fixer so 30% defense, 30% hull. hope this is something to compare yourself by.

well, sillix is useful if you are doing a certain thing that breaches ToS....

but yeah.... it's complete failure if you are law an abidding citizen....

Firstly, Howesy was trained by AU albeit briefly so it's unfair to compare to him

Secondly, I love how you have been evenly adding crew AND not neglecting decks either. Here's a piece of advice for you however. Ditch the Sillixx race, it makes you overtly dependent on the bonus in the long run. Do not add cargo, scientists or helmsmen, because they can be obtained via artifacts. Your researched tech is pretty good, but I agree that you're a wee bit behind on guns. You sound like someone who can join our ranks at AU, but our minimum rank now is 100. Do PM me if you're interested when you've reached 100. We will build you a beast of a ship, along with a level 6 base and many lower ranked ships in the 100's range but having alot more power than the rank suggests.

eh, fair enough just an elite example

Currently my rank 83 total resources production 3263/h, my mineral production only at 506/h u can figure out the rest

well i just got nexus about 2hrs ago, and i think i'l just put the rest of it into wepons for a while like you guys said, you sayd abut your legion, what production and all that is it?

ok so, last night i changed to konqul excavator - konqul to boost my attack and Excavator to help get me more ship bots/rescued prisnors, so do you think this was a smart move?

Yup.

forgot your suffix

^^^
Win

Konqul Excavator is a a very solid choice. Get better guns, get 2 more hull mods, then get some more defense

ok guys, thanks so much for your help, just another question, what mission or chain gives you the device to change race?

The Zolazin mission chain provides 3 race change devices.
To be exact, the third mission in the chain, "The Zolazin Battle."

thanks, later on i was thinking of changing race yet again, to xceti or something like that when i have unlocked it