I'm having to play a different game. Scanning the galaxy around me I'm surrounded by people in some pretty hefty alliances and all of them except for one or two are rated as "strong" players. I need defenses. I only have one fighter, and one missile launcher. I'm hoping by the end of tomorrow to have shields in place and start looking toward another fighter, and then maybe an anti-ballistic missile. If my resources are constantly kept low by construction, and I make myself a tough enough nut, no one will want to bother cracking my shell. Then I can make a couple of small cargo ships for some raids.
I must have been smoking crack, because I swear some of my levels were higher before. But........
Metal Level 6
Crystal Level 5
Deuterium Level 5
Solar Level 9
Robotics Level 2
Shipyard Level 2
Research Lab Level 3
Espionage Level 1
Computers Level 1
Energy Level 2
Combustion Eng. Level 2
Light Fighters 1
Solar Satellites 1
Missile Launcher 1
Score 34