Alien Family chatter - tips, tricks and questions

[Loki2006]

The thread for friend codes has a few questions buried in it so I thought I'd start a dedicated thread to discuss stuff.
What level are people up to?
How many planets have you explored?
What's your best alien?
How strong is it - level and stamina?
Did you do anything special to get it?

My answers to above are that I'm level 22, I'm currently exploring planet patina (1 alien to go), zaturni (1 alien to go), starthea (2 aliens to go), jellion (3 aliens to go).
My best alien is Flora who is currently level 53 with stamina 6677.
She arrived as an unexpected surprise 5 star alien through the standard UFO.