If you are ahead on tech, you can probably also boost your resource output significantly by using monoliths.
On any planet where the lower two resource values
combined are at least half of the majority resource, replace production facilities one by one with monoliths.
Build a resource converter on one planet in your empire, to convert the stuff to whatever you need.
You'll end up making at least as many minerals as you currently do, but you will also be making just as many organics and rads.
Convert the extra organics and rads to minerals by using the converter, and you suddenly have more than twice as much money rolling around your pockets.
Which equates to twice as many ships
