Solution: RC1013 Planet Colonization

Answer: BATTLESTAR GALACTICA

Unlike most puzzles, this one tells you (mostly) exactly what to do! This particular puzzle features a logic puzzle genre known as Star Battle, and provides the rules for solving it. The puzzle has a unique solution, as shown below:

Note that the Star Battle grid and the grid of letters below are both 12-by-12 grids. We can therefore overlay the two grids and extract all the letters that correspond to squares where stars are placed in the Star Battle. Doing this yields the phrase GUESS BATTLESTAR GALACTICA, instructing solvers to guess the final answer BATTLESTAR GALACTICA.