Am I missing something on the final Compute challenge? I can get every bar full green, yet 2.0 Laser and 1.0 Kinetics are the only tiers I can get leveled effectively, 3.0 Laser and 2.0 Kinetic start costing way more $ than the maxed out computing produces around column 5, and Sector 18 boss 1 shots 2.0 shields.
Update: Found something busted enough to get me one-shotting up to sector 20, but now even that DPS isn't keeping up and the normal enemies are one-shotting me before I can get to the boss.
9 is rough. You need to farm Improved Tracking and resources for a while. And probably use a good weapon setup too.
Try running 2 deflectors, 1x Beam 2.0 or 3.0 (3.0 means more time to farm compute to max it, but you might need a ton of farm time regardless), 4x Laser Cannon (1.0 or 2.0 doesnt matter much) with Supportive Routing and support damage nodes and 1x Bomb for Volley access. Farm for a while, and then user your actives at the right time should do it.