I've been looking through the topic.asp for the place that is asks for the star pictures but I cant find it. Does anyone know where it accually asks for the url for the star picture?<

Take a look at the getStar_Level function in inc_func_member.asp.
The actual display is handled by the function getCurrentIcon, located in inc_iconfiles.asp. This is where the filenames and sizes of the icons are defined as well.<