Well, i've tinkered around with this game for a while, and i want a moon. the problem is i have no clue how to do it. could a kind and generous more experienced player explain?

when you have a battle on your planet debris is created and from this debris you have a chance of getting a moon
20% is highest chance possible (read bottom of battle reports) which is equal to 2 million debris

have a friend attack you with 2k light fighters or so- this will give you about a 20% chance with a fleet u can easily defend against.

There are so many moon topics out there already, why don`t you look around a bit untill you find a post that explains everything you need to know.

UV-Rays

56 BS. Cheapest way. I've explained it multiple times, so I'm not doing it again, but take my word that BS are the cheapest way for moonshots, even if it doesn't seem like it.

Bladekin wrote:have a friend attack you with 2k light fighters or so- this will give you about a 20% chance with a fleet u can easily defend against.

magic number is 1111 for LF
look at your fleet and think what you can sacrifice or dont like and work out how many to send for each ship to get total of 2 million debris
eg 267 HF
or 133 HF and 556 LF

56 BS is the most cost effective way to get 2M debris

I heard somewhere that 4000 esp probes would do it too, is this true?

It's 6667 probes

is it not 2 000 000 / 510 = 3922 probes? (it should be why do probes only form 300 debris?)
never thought about moon shot with probes but i am now
it is cheaper but less cost effective as crystal more valuable than metal
but if you got lot of crystal stored and the difference is not that massive
plus you dont have to wait as the probes get there in 10 seconds or so (and with instant build for probes too)
my only question is can probes definitely form a moon like other ships?