Operation

Build a new base on another planet in 48 hours to earn rewards. Earn points to get rewards by completing Missions. If you complete all rewards, you get an Artifact. Start with 10 drones and accelerated build speed. Operation events originally occurred monthly but currently occur every weekend.

Reward Levels
Needed points increase about 20 each level. It takes 3,910 points to finish the entire Operation. Unused points carry over to the next Operation, except if you completed the operation and got the artifact (points reset.)

Tips

 * Reward Level 16 is reachable without crystals. If you decide to use crystals, buy HQ upgrades.
 * After every HQ upgrade, upgrade the titanium+energy storage next, that's your 2nd bottleneck.
 * Get resources by raiding with Grenadiers or Raiders. The Steal powerups are worth buying with crystal. (Grenadiers are being nerfed again so this may change.)
 * The only troops worth upgrading more than once are the Grenadiers and Raiders.
 * Whenever you max titanium while awaiting the next upgrade, buy Module packs with titanium. Getting a Grenadier or Raider shielding Module simplifies resource raiding. Without modules on these troops you will not be very successful.
 * Base defense appears useless. You win defense if you happen to be playing at the time, otherwise you lose. The amount won/lost is not much (about one raid's worth.)
 * By Reward Level 15, you should have HQ7, generator11, storage11, academy6, machine5, cc3, vehicle1, bunker6, rocket6, antiair3, plasmagun3, tesla3, plasmatrap1, 50wall3. To reach level 16, you'd be hard pressed to raid a lot of titanium: HQ8 (9 million), plasmatrap3 (4 million+), or 125x wall6 (22 million). Beyond that is impossible without crystals since upgrades take 10 hours (cc4, academy10, machine7, heavy3, plasmagun6, tesla5)
 * The higher Reward Levels are designed to require just 10-20 points to reach the next level after completing the easier Missions. This is to entice you to buy crystals with real money.
 * If you have gotten to the reward level you want, keep playing and upgrading troops and defenses, even if there is no objective instructing you to do so. It seems as if you can keep earning objective points for things that are not on the task list.  Be aware though, if you obtain the artifact, you can not carrying over any additional points for the next event.

Build Order

 * 1) update hq
 * 2) build Starship 2
 * 3) build storage
 * 4) build mine

Here's what you need in the end:

HQ lvl. 8

Gen & Mine lvl .11

Storage E/T lvl. 11

Academy lvl. 10

M. Factory lvl. 7

H.V. Factory lvl. 3

CC lvl. 4

Bunker & R. Launcher lvl. 10

Plasma & AA lvl. 6

Tesla & Plasma Trap lvl. 5

wall 125 lvl. 6

Dear reader,

Please help to complete this order.