So after finishing most of the research that i had set out for myself, just 700k from last tier of quasis, i was wondering what i should research next.

Weapons-Quasis 2/3, 700k left
Energy-Proxy Universe 0/3
Shield-Done
Cloaking- Cloak field generator 1/3 (crap i know but i dont see the point of cloak)
Hull- Done
Defense- Done
Sensors- Done
Planetary buildings- Topopolis Rings
Base research- Phase Transference

Attack: 10208
Defense: 11682
18002 / 18002 Hull
7825 / 7825 Shield

So i was thinking about going for cloak, after i finish quasis, for the planet structurs, but i have never really used cloak, so im not sure if that would be the best way. Same goes for topopolis rings, i have never used a lot of pop, all the structures are artis, not researched structures. Energy seems to be the best route i think, but i want some other peoples opinions on it, as i only have 3.6k energy, and i would ideally like to be able to autorank, and it is taking too long to build up the engineers lol.

I would say finish quasis off then get the proxy universe energy so you can Lv faster yes i don't see the point in cloak either possibly even do the legion research so you can donate to bases and maybe sell energy donations to bases

I don't think it matters that much at that point. I'd go all cloak so I could fully cloak my planets.

quasi, energy, cloak to the max, topopolis, base

Quasi, Cloak, Energy, Topopolis, base