startup advice wherever you are, go with the ogame forum, build order similar to power, metal, metal, power, metal, metal, power basically get metal up to about level 5 with enough power before building anything else, then go for crystal. continue with a gap of about 4 until level 14 metal - 12 crystal, then build a few duet mines. eventually you start your reseach which you can see how to get what ships/buildings by viewing the technology tag on the side