DO NOT BOOST ANY RESEARCH, IT IS POINTLESS - YOU WILL ONLY END UP WAITING TO RESEARCH THINGS AND HIT A WALL BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T BOOST BUILDINGS. CRUISERS ARE BEST EARLY BECAUSE OF THE MOVESPEED AND HIGHER DEF+DURA THAN DESTROYERS.

WHILE YOU'RE LEARNING WHAT TO DO AND PLAYING THE GAME, BUILD A FLEET OF 5 CRUISERS AND GO TAKE SOME LEVEL 1 MINES, SPEND ALL YOUR GEMS ON BATTLESHIP BOXES (BUY AT LEAST 2X 10). GO AHEAD AND LEVEL UP AND EQUIP WHATEVER WEAPONS LOOK GOOD ,YOU CAN FIX IT LATER.

SAVE YOUR BOOSTS UNTIL LEVEL 4-5 AND BEYOND BECAUSE IF YOU LIKE THIS GAME FOR SOME UNKNOWN REASON WELL THEN YOU SHOULD SEEK HELP AND DO NOT BECOME LIKE ME.

IT IS ONLY AT LEVEL 9 YOU UNLOCK, AND CAN START TO MAKE T2 CRUISERS.

IF YOU HAVE REACHED LEVEL 9 AND ARE STILL SOMEHOW READING THIS THEN CONGRATULATIONS, YOU MIGHT ACTUALLY NEED HELP. WHY NOT JOIN THE TIMELORDS? I NEED ALL THE HELP I CAN GET, AND I KNOW HOW IT FEELS.

IT IS A LONG, HARD SLOG TO UNLOCK WHITE T3 SHIPS! I WISH YOU LUCK!

URANIUM WILL NOT HELP YOU YET, DO NOT BOTHER MINING IT!

MAKE DAMN SURE TO LEVEL YOUR THREE MAIN RESOURCE PRODUCTION SOURCES (CARBON, SILICON AND IRON). IF YOU REACH LEVEL 13/14 YOU SHOULD AIM TO HAVE ALL FOUR OF THE FACTORIES AT MAX BEFORE YOU ASCEND AS IT IS NEEDED TO BUILD A RESOURCE STOCKPILE LATER.

LV 4 = Repair station 4.
LV 5 = Carbon factory 5. Opens Market.
LV 6 = Sili factory 6. Opens Star gate.
LV 7 = Metal factory 7. Opens Carbon factory 3, Iron factory 2
LV 8 = Uranium factory 8. Opens Silicon factory 3, Gold factory 3
LV 9 = Union Station 9. Opens Carbon factory 4, Repair station 3
If you don't have boosts left over here, you either farm asteroids+pirates with T1, or you wait.

LV 10 = Repair Station 10, cruiser factory 10, metal factory 9. Opens Uranium factory 2, gold factory 4

LV 11 = Warehouse 11. Opens Silicon Uranium factory 4, Iron Uranium factory 3.

LV 12 = Frigate factory 12, Carbon factory 12. Opens Nuclear power station, Uranium factory 3.

LV 13 = Destroyer factory 13, Silicon factory 13 . Opens Iron factory 4.

LV 14 = Harbor 14. Opens Uranium factory 4.

LV 15 = Chip factory 15, Uranium factory 15. Opens Repair station 4.

LV 16 = Repair station 16, Frigate factory 16.

LV 17 = Market 17, warehouse ?.