But probes are a bit more expensive. Battleships are the cheapest method, albeit a bit tougher on the defenses.

True, this method is best suited for hard-core raiders or miners who can afford to spend the res on probes.

MrSinister wrote:We do it with 932 probes in Massacre...That's 19%. It's fast, within seconds ,so you don't have to wait 10 minutes or longer for a MS.

in speed as well

yes probes can thts how i got my moon

Moons are formed when the debris field (df) from a fleet crash collapses onto itself due to gravitational pull for its mass.

Altho one might argue that the bigger the df the bigger the moon should be but on this game the moon size resulting from a fleet crash is a random act of (unnatural) universe. But the df can be helpful towards getting a better chance of getting a moon with the limitation that there can only be 19% chance for moon creation.

A total of 100.000 (metal + crystal) gets you 1% moon chance and as you factor it up the moon chances increases.

So here is the chart of moon chances for the generated df

0-99,999 > 0.00%
100,000-199,999 > 1.00%
200,000-299,999 > 2.00%
300,000-399,999 > 3.00%
400,000-499,999 > 4.00%
500,000-599,999 > 5.00%
600,000-699,999 > 6.00%
700,000-799,999 > 7.00%
800,000-899,999 > 8.00%
900,000-999,999 > 9.00%
1,000,000-1,099,999 > 10.00%
1,100,000-1,199,999 > 11.00%
1,200,000-1,299,999 > 12.00%
1,300,000-1,399,999 > 13.00%
1,400,000-1,499,999 > 14.00%
1,500,000-1,599,999 > 15.00%
1,600,000-1,699,999 > 16.00%
1,700,000-1,799,999 > 17.00%
1,800,000-1,899,999 > 18.00%
1,900,000-ABOVE > 19.00%

so any fleet crash that generates 1,900,000 df (metal+crystal combined) gets you maximum chance of having a moon which is 19%

the following is the list of moon shot fleets.

Small Cargo Ship 792
Large Cargo Ship 212
Light Fighter 1,056
Battleship 53
Espionage Ship 3,726 (for speed/massacre or other universe that has different espionage ship cose it takes 932)