When you ascend, you keep all your lifers. While having a few 100's of miners/lifers doesn't give you a lot of naq, having thousands or millions earn you a great deal (and additionally, you get an income bonus once you ascend, increasing the amount of naq you get). You'll be surprised how quickly you can grow with a good CO helping you out.
Miners also allow you to "store" uu (untrained units) in a safe form. Miners cannot be stolen or killed by an enemy. If needed, you can untrain a few miners when required to boost other stats.
If you want a CO, I'll happily be one. I can help you out with tips, and I can give you a good resource boost to help you build up. Additionally, I'm an Asgard, and I plan to ascend soon, so I can give you Asgard specific help
Just look up Avenging Angel in game, and click on the "Make this user my commander" button.
EDIT: I just looked you up and saw you have a CO, well the offer is there if you want it
You have a very impressive account, though I would recommend putting more units into mining. I would also untrain your anti-covert and put them into covert. Anti-covert is only used to kill enemy spies (which you only really do if you are at war). Having a high covert means less people can spy on you/see your army size/naq.
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