my ship is getting to that point where I have max everything installed(well almost anyways lol) so is it unusual that my defense is twice(actually nearing 2.5 times) that of my attack? I mean the difference is huge, but it's not like it was my goal specifically to have a 5 digit defense while my attack dwindles at 4 digits..

Tac officers

do you know how many tac offs I need to get my attack up? like 10K! haha that's 1600 prisoners! lol that's like, 2 years worth of AP pulls at my level!....I need more AP/hr........

How many do you have?

tac offs? only around 1,100, but I've been putting most(80%) of my prisoner points into them for a long while now, they're going up slowly! haha

Yes , you a lot more defense then attack with all mods on.
It can take more then 10K tac officers to get your attack higher then attack , because your pulling helmsmen from artifacts to.
When I was Konqul was the only time I had more attack then defense.

I'm at 11.2K attack, and 12.4K Defense. 3K Tac, And Approx 1.5K Helmsmen..I am currently putting prisoners into helmsmen

only 3K tactical officers? where's the other 8K attack coming from?? I must be missing some big weapons here...

I must be missing a lot 2 , I have 2nd best weapons (best would only be 552 more attack) and I have nearly every mod.
My attack is 12k with 7k tac.

Max attack from mods is like 6.3k*konqul bonus it is like 7.6k + 3k tac*konqul bonus = 11.2k

Im Missing Quasis, 2 Talth Sentries, Upgraded Radiants.. and 1 Dom MK III

i have 9408 attack with 3000 tac officer . all weapon modules complete except any radiant weapon.

adding engineers better than tac officer. im work on it

I'm about that W/O Konqul...

Heum I think your missing some cause without konqul bonus I would be in the 6000 attack strenght and I am still missing a lot of attack module

i really doubt you miss any guns, you are lacking Konqul and Arti income