by far the fastest way to progress is to only hire ally. When you have a single hero, your dps will be more than enough to kill anything instantly after lvl 150 without even needing any charged stones, exp will be the only thing to slow you down.
it is a whole lot easier to play by hiring only one hero since their damage scales so much faster. There should be a way to fire heroes you don't want.
if you set the date on your PC back when you start the game, you can get virtually unlimited research points after you make a planet of institutions, and set it right again.
the auto-transfer technology reduces all ore and energy you produce across all planets but only gives you a portion of the resources from the one you are viewing.
all upgrades and achievements disappear after reloading the game? I didn't think you would have to manually save a flash game each time. Make sure you save those codes!