great thanks for that, uninstalled all scan/cloak mods and put in another thruster! unbuffed def now at 3053 and unbuffed attack now at 3943!

at rank 218 I was

Max e 1454
61/hr
hull 4255
shield 923

decks 1465
attack 2843
defence 2355
scan 1002
cloak 481
cargo 2240
upkeep 539.4 mill

Pretty sure i was vygoid excavator back then

min 1977
arti 2315
research 4289

thanks for that, so i'm not doing too badly then
research is not as good as yours was but everything else is fine!

My ship average to good back then- so yes- i think you are doing fine- i would suggest that you mostly try to get arti worlds though from here in- you need arti's more than research

Now: Rank 225
Size Class: Leviathan
Space: 1506 / 1506
Attack: 4535
Defense: 3053
Scan: 31
Cloak: 91
Cargo: 1243 / 1840
Upkeep: 806.5M
Konqul: Attack +20%
Fixer: Hull +30%

Hull: 6816
Shield: 688
Energy max(with relays installed): 1155
Energy Recharge Rate: 68 per hour

Battles 24865 (Grand Master) (Deadly)
Player Kills 301
Deaths from Players 224
Non-Player Kills 819
Planets Found 250
Planets Occupied 53
Planets Captured 15
Missions Completed 568
Scans Performed 751
Successful Hacks 791
Successful Raids 262

Weapons Heavy Null Ray x8, Dominion Cannon - Mark III, Radiant Surge Cannon - Mark III, Vortul Blast Phaser x4, Dominion Cannon x3, Lazuli Mind Controller x3, Prototype Mech XV, Combat Analyzer
Energy Intra-D Collider - Mark IV x3, XRP Battery Pack x4, Drannik Power Core x4, Silthion T-Plasma Hub x2, Wormhole Relay x4, F.A.T.H.E.R. x2, Chron-Transistor, Omicron Injector
Sensors AI Supercomputer, Tachyon Router
Hull Deep Core Neutronium Armor x5, Vortul Plating x2, Protean Armory x2
Shields Harmonic Resonator, Q-Phase Battery Array
Cloaking Gamma Channeler
Defenses Energy Nullifier - Mark III x4, Quantum Overlay Engine - Mark III x2, BM50 Convoy Shuttle, Dark Complex Thruster x2, Dark Ring Thruster x2, Subspace Compressor, Thrust Stabilizer

1840 Cargo
170 Engineers
51 Tactical Officers
250 Helmsmen
618 Scientists

Minerals 2706 units / hour
Artifacts 3167 points / hour
Research 2804 research / hour

fermonic armour research: Research Levels: 0/3
229578 / 350000
Points Remaining: 120422

When plating researched will be installed, also still working on 3rd protean armoury and other 3 dom cannon mrk 3's, also working on getting last 2 defence modules!
Still replacing planets about 12/13 left!
Any other ideas which i have not covered in what i am doing? Thanks again to everyone who has already posted for your comments!

All I can see right now is you have a fairly low crew crew, here's mine at 185

602 Engineers
321 Tactical Officers
308 Helmsmen
476 Scientists

Put a few Rank Points into crew and it should make getting that last protean a bit easier

thanks for that, so what 1/5 which i get from each level? or more?

That depends on whether you're saving for some extra deck space or not, if not I'm putting in 4 TO's and 1 Engineer, since those are the two you can't improve with artifacts

ok, great thanks, gonna put all rank points into To's till i get 200 of them then gonna go 3:2 on To's to decks till helmsmen are equal with TO's then gonna split 1:1:1 from prisoners and spend 2/5 from rank on decks an others in same ratios!
Anyone got anything else to add?

Rank 221
Size Class: Heavy Leviathan
Space: 1777 / 1778
Attack: 3788
Defense: 5375
Scan: 236
Cloak: 250
Cargo: 1830 / 5000
Upkeep: 284.3M
Aerlen: Defense +30%
Fixer: Hull +30%

Hull: 7638
Shield: 525
Max energy: 1472
Energy recharge rate: 48 per hour

Battles 52819 (Legend) (Insane)
Player Kills 1088
Deaths from Players 195
Non-Player Kills 3362
Planets Found 346
Planets Occupied 48
Planets Captured 23
Missions Completed 292
Scans Performed 1063
Successful Hacks 225
Successful Raids 523

Weapons Heavy Antiproton Cannon x8, Dominion Cannon - Mark III x4, Korteth Twin-Blaster, Vortul Blast Phaser x3, Ion Pulse Ballistae, Lazuli Mind Controller x3, Prototype Mech XV
Energy Dark Energy Core - Mark IV x3, Surge Plexus x3, XRP Battery Pack x4, Drannik Power Core x4, Isomorphic Repeater x4, Silthion T-Plasma Hub x2, F.A.T.H.E.R., Omicron Injector
Sensors Continuum Parser, Sha'din AI Core x2, Voliir Modulator - Mark II, AI Supercomputer
Hull Deep Core Neutronium Armor x5, Vortul Plating x2, Protean Armory x3Shields Harmonic Resonator, Q-Phase Battery Array
Cloaking CipherBot
Defenses Energy Nullifier - Mark III x4, Quantum Overlay Engine - Mark III x2, Velox Thruster, BM50 Convoy Shuttle x3, Silthion T-Phase Utricle x4, Dark Complex Thruster x4, Thrust Stabilizer

1778 Decks
5000 Cargo
200 Engineers
99 Tactical Officers
145 Helmsmen
672 Scientists

Minerals: 2625/hour
Artifacts:3354/hour
Research: 3325/hour

Work on getting your ferms and your last 2 overlay's, put your points into decks until you've got everything you need equipped and you'll be well on your way to a better ship. Slow down your ranking a little too, try to get more rescued prisoners and ship-bots per rank it'll help more in the long run. Work on getting to 2K decks first then put rp into engineers and tacts, 2:1 for prisoners and 3:2 on rank up after you hit 2K decks.

rank 154
grandmaster/insane
8400 hull
510 shield
3500 attack
2000 defence (saving for velox thrusters)
1140 decks
50 scan
6 cloak

my crew now stands at:
170 engineers
105 tactical officers
250 helmsmen (saving for velox thrusters)
622 scientists!

don't put points on scientists!

maybe he/she gets it from andriods... get about 5 a day from my pulls. That being said I have about 430+ scientists @Rank 165.

any points that i don't spend on decks go into TO's, i never put them into research!!! As has just been said i get them from androids which i get about 3 a day!

bump, any ideas? please share, also any comparison please over 200 only now!

Rank 223 Aerlen Fixer

Size Class: Massive Goliath
Space: 1352 / 1352
Attack: 1133
Defense: 10758
Scan: 366
Cloak: 0 Stupid Firewall Traps
Cargo: 4537.9 / 5860
Upkeep: 202.6M
Aerlen: Defense +30%
Fixer: Hull +30%

13689 / 13689 Hull
1140 / 1140 Shield

604 Engineers
538 Tactical Officers
321 Helmsmen
788 Scientists

Weapons Dominion Cannon - Mark III x3, Dominion Cannon, Prototype Mech XV
Energy XRP Battery Pack x4, F.A.T.H.E.R. x2, Silthion T-Plasma Hub x3, Omicron Injector
Sensors Datastream Compiler x4, Voliir Modulator - Mark II x3, AI Supercomputer
Hull BioMimetic Sealer II x4, Mylarai Plasma Lance x4, Vortul Plating x2, Protean Armory x3
Shields T.O. Harmonic GigaPulser x2, Q-Phase Battery Array, Harmonic Resonator
Cloaking Phase Interceptor Drive x4, Triaxial Array - Mark II x3, CipherBot x3, Zolazin Jammer, Gamma Channeler
Defenses Trans-Temporal Nacelle - Mark III x4, Energy Nullifier - Mark III x4, Velox Thruster x3, Silthion T-Phase Utricle, Dark Complex Thruster x4, Trinity-Core Drive x2, Thrust Stabilizer

now: rank 236
170 engineers
201 Tactical officers
250 helmsmen (saving for velox thrusters)
666 scientists

now this is a impressive ship! even though you are kinda of money spender

The biggest under statement of the year