The key aspect for Stage 3 is to expand your empire via military force
Stacking strategy
A stacking strategy is how you organize your ships for battle.
More experienced players perform better because of this.
The better your strategy is, the more battles you will win.
Please go to Manual > Guide
There are a number of battle strategy guides there
In addition to this players post their own strategy for play and battle in our Forum
General
Posts about the game, players, random items.
Strategy
Posts from players talking about their strategies in game play and
discussing it.
Wanted
Place to post when you require help from other players through artifacts
for example.
Federation
This is where Federation leaders in the game post details about their
fed, fed links and recruit players into their federation.