Galaxy Legion: Kronyn Evac Pod

Another 2 weeks, another new temporary mission in Galaxy Legion. This time around we have a mission which costs 25 energy and is worth 55 experience, just like the last 2. This one has to be done only 50 times to get the reward and you can get 10 of them total. The reward is a one-shot artifact which you can use to permanently add 15 scientists to your crew. Then if you have at least 5 planets with a x1.25 or better research multiplier you get an extra 15 scientists for a total of 30. Anyone who has been playing the game for any reasonable length of time should hit that mark easily (and if you don't you should hold on to the artifacts until you do, and you should join the Team Comf legion and we'll share appropriate planets to colonize so you can get there). So, for 1250 you can get 30 scientists. Is that good?

Well, when the Kronyn Datacube came out I decided it was worth 18.5 research per hour for me, and cost 2000 energy to get. I decided it was awesome and made sure I got all 6 of them. This is 30 research per hour and costs 1250. By being scientists and not a buff to a planet it also makes you better at raiding and is less vulnerable to loss (the buffed planet could be conquered, you can't lose the crew in any meaningful fashion). It's fantastically good. I've been focusing on completing the Octafari chain to get some of the later rewards but I am absolutely stopping to pick up all 10 of these new artifacts. For lower ranked people they're even better since the 300 research will be a larger piece of their pie than it is for mine. Definitely go get these!

Remember, if you don't get this done in the next 2 weeks you're stuck waiting for 500 flux probes to do the first mission. That's not happening anytime soon, so if you want 300 more research per hour you need to get it now.