personally I would have chosen the ghost path next to the illusionist one (ghost path may help with souls and maybe gives intangibility which would help against physical opponents) and the illusionist path as how you described it sounds cool. What you chose ofcourse is also fun(just a bit tired of MCs and darkness affinity) but like liches so that is a plus

The forcefields can also be made larger like is seen with the obelisks on the ark space station wich are giant versions of it cabable of withstand Meteors falling trough the atmosphere.

Well the name already says what it is used for, colonization, the ship is also largely automanous with within the rings simulated environments and ecosystems.

The arks are atleast around 48km2 in size.

Ark: colony ship, a ship with solar sails, with a apraxomith total length of 305 km, it also has a ring of 152km with about 48.4 km diameter.

Ark: Tek forcefields, a small structure that runs on element and the forcefield has to be destroyed before you can attack the structure. Allies can pass trough. Tek mining drill, a drill that shoots an laser capable of harvesting all resources verry fast and seperatly

Ark: Tek cloner, capable of cloning beings exactly, but they dont keep their experiences. Technology capable of making dinosaurs and other creatures, like space whales and dophins, armors for those creatures. A virtual environment for training (Although you already have one).

Ark: tek teleporter, you can move from one teleportar to another with everthing on the teleporter.

Ark: scout, a small flying robot that is used to patrol an area and capable of steal generally communicates targets to enforcers. Enforcers, an predator like robot capable of short range teleportations and climbing walls. Defence unit: similar to star wars droideka's, an slow moving tank. Ark Mek: similar to a powerloader, or giant meks like gypsy danger, but then smaller. great for fighting slightly larger opponants or moving things.

Ark tek generator: An element based technology that gives in the game unlimited energy in a certain radious as long as it has element. You don't need cables or something else it just powers it in that radious and it does not matter how many machines you have in that radious.

Ark: well the arks, are giant space stations that can simulate an entire environment and have giant obelisks that give a shield around it. simulate and control entire ecosystems and giant data hubs. They were made after earth went extinct because of element and radiation I think. These stations were sent into the orbit of the planet to keep live you could fast travel between them. see cinamtics of ark endings

Ark tek armor: armor made using "element" basically an advanced iron man armor (not as advanced as the nano ones), also has an energy shield. ability to fly really fast (almost like a speedster) in straight lines. Ark tek shield, an half energy based shield, uses element as fuel.

Ark: Tek sword, an energy based melee weapon, Ark tek gun an energy based gun.

Can't believe it hasn't been suggested yet, but ARK has human based technoligie only downside is the need of "element" a material special in that world. Is basically a very advanced material capapble of making a wide variaty of energy based technologies including: armors, turrets, forcefields, Robots and even further advance based space station, automatic crafting stations that basiccaly you just throw stuff in and it creates something. The world is also advanced in biology creating al those animals like dinosaurs, wyverns, dragons giant spiders based on technoglies. I will put al these suggestions also per catogary and what it would be.

Last chapter was said "A weak navy strengthens your rivals" so that is probably the reason

Just bulk read this since you recommended it and I don't regret it lol(except that I now have to wait for chapters)

+1 ,but all the other options are also great

Haha no worries there were quite a lot of them lol Was a good chapter!

Space is basicly the sea, but between planets instead of continents

+1 can gain divinity here to become a real god of the seas