Tips and Tricks

--> In each sector, keep a fleet called Vengeance 2-4 or Vengeance 3-7 or whatever. That fleet should be made up of good anti-ground ships, and you can use it to mop up the enemy if your fleet is repelled, as most ships will have been destroyed.

-->In assault fleets, the composition should be about 40% anti-ground/bombers, 55% anti-ship/fighters, frigates, etc, and 5% tanks (tons of armor and health) to make sure some of the fleet survive.

Fell free to post more tactics below. I may add them here.

Many of you have probably noticed that if you scrap a structure and your metal, crystal, or exotic is full or nearly full, the system adds a part of the "value" of the structure back onto those items, effectively overloading the storage. Of course, this is a temporary situation and quickly disappears.

You can use this to your advantage if you purposely ship excess metal, crystal, and exotic to a planet. As soon as it arrives (timing is critical here), you can use it to upgrade a structure that you may have been prevented from doing otherwise. For example, I managed to raise a hub on a planet with only one industrial slot to level 13! You have to be very quick but it is worth it sometimes. I use such planets as storage facilities/feeders to my primary sectors.

Give it a try!