So I'm rank 250
Space: 2118 / 2163
Attack: 3690
Defense: 3970
Scan: 761
Cloak: 380
Cargo: 3908 / 4980
Upkeep: 451.1M
Sillixx: Shipsize +10%
Builder: Upkeep +-50%
1966 Decks
4980 Cargo
236 Engineers
140 Tactical Officers
552 Helmsmen
867 Scientists

Size Class Star Destroyer

Weapons Heavy Null Ray x8, Dominion Cannon - Mark III x3, Modulated Xecti Disruptor x3, Korteth Twin-Blaster, Vortul Blast Phaser x2, Atmospheric Decimator x2, Ion Pulse Ballistae, Lazuli Mind Controller x3, Dominion Cannon, Exotic Pulser x3, Prototype Mech XV, Drone Cluster, Combat Analyzer

Energy Intra-D Collider - Mark IV x3, XRP Battery Pack x3, Drannik Power Core x4, Q-Pedd Logic Servo x2, Isomorphic Repeater x4, Omicron Injector, Exotic Dynamo, Chron-Transistor

Sensors Tetra-Seek Targeter x3, Datastream Compiler x4, Stryll Prey Tracker x2, Sha'din AI Core x4, Exo-Temporal Translator x3, Prejor Beacon Sensor x2, Decryption Quad-Frame, Stryll Transponder, AI Supercomputer, Tachyon Router

Hull Deep Core Neutronium Armor x5, BioMimetic Sealer x4, Korteth Plating, Vortul Plating, Protean Armory, Impact Absorber

Shields Heavy Obviator Shield x2, T.O. Force Barrier x2, T.O. Harmonic GigaPulser x4, Q-Phase Battery Array, Field Balancer, Harmonic Resonator

Cloaking Kronyn Anomaly Engine, Gamma Channeler

Defenses Energy Nullifier - Mark III x4, Quantum Overlay Engine - Mark III x2, Silthion T-Phase Utricle, Dark Complex Thruster x4, Octafari Deflector x2, Prejoran Power-Diffuser x4, Thrust Stabilizer, Subspace Compressor

What can I do to improve?

stop adding decks with rank point for starters and get away from silix ASAP

do you have any races unlocked?
also id try to stay away from builder as well if you can afford it.

hull research needs to be improved.
get the rest of your npc mods

hull: i will be installing my deep core neutronium hulls tomorrow, and i'm at rank 90, so i would have expected that at your rank you would have more hull.

i also just moved away from builder last week - trying to avoid using it as a crutch and make sure that any modules i buy, i can afford to maintain. sillixx as a race has been said to be a trap, because if you ever want to change out, a bunch of modules will have to be uninstalled if you don't have enough ship-bots on hand.

Done, and Done. I'm getting kronyn soon and I can afford taking out my shields and some other modules, also I've been Researching Dimensional Logistics so it's taken a toll on my tech in general.

Don't research Dimensional Logistics. That will take way too long. Your ship is good, but it will start to suffer. Research Fermionic Plating, and get it on. NPC to get the rest of the mods off of NPC's. What's your artifact production?

Ha a little late for that, I'm 300k away from completing it.
My arti production is 2k and the Legion base gives me 47k.
As soon as I'm done I think I'm going to get kronyn and then freeze my rank for a while and just research and wait for Npc's alerted by my mates.

While that's not actually freezing, I do that if I'm low on energy, and close to ranking. Get your artifact production waaaayyyy up. Freezing while Taltherian is the best, IMO.

Definitely agreeing with Blue on this. at your production slowing down doesnt help you nearly as much as it would to rank normally for a bit get your arti up and the freeze.

With kronym build up any vm gas you have to 15x and then plasma it. Depending on the number you have you may not need to take any more planets. Also since you are switching to kronym DO NOT take any more res planets other than VM gas (exceptions to this are planets boosted by other players way past what you can find naturally, or exotics/dysons obviously).

You can then instead of taking res planets focus on taking more arti and if necessary mining planets(the best way to improve mining though is to make vl 16x toxic through npcing and getting toxic purifiers)

Also if you can afford it id recommend going kronym excavator. although the difference right now wouldnt be very big that 10% increase in arti production will be making a big difference before you switch away from kronym as it almost equals two and a half hours of your production a day in bonus arti points.

Thanks for the tips guys. Only a few more days to go until kronyn.