ZeldereX Online/Walkthrough

Follow the ZX Video Tutorial, even if you want to learn the game without it
It is vital that you do this as completing each part of the tutorial earns you money which basically gives you back the money you spend while building in the tutorial. You get free buildings!

Buy a research center as soon as you can
This building advances you in the game by allowing you to research in different areas. Research lets you buy more advanced technology and buildings. A Research Center takes two hours to construct so the faster you start construction the better. The next time you log on you can start upgrading it. Upgrading your Research Center will allow more research to be started such as Intelligence. Researching higher levels of Intelligence allows you to construct and manipulate more game play elements such as a Mining Platform and Ore Storage (for increasing income) and a Bombing Runway (for efficient building destruction).

If you can get online often enough to activate them, Mining Platforms are very efficient income generators. If you only log on once or twice a day, focus on the Trithium Refinery and Trithium Storage buildings.

Troops are overrated
Don't be an army nut! You can turn off the attack protection early but few players do and most of those don’t attack after doing so. It is quite hard to turn a profit off units early in the round. To pay for themselves by attacking and stealing 15% of available trithium, Land units must attack 50 times, Hover units 34 times and Air units must attack 63 times. Chances are you will lose one of your units before that happens.  You should buy a couple of laser walls, this should be enough defense for the first week. If you are being pestered by someone, don't try to buy up the units to fight back against them unless you already have 1 or 2 extra bases. Work on colonizing a new base and upgrading your Trithium Refinery, chances are you will get out of their attack range soon enough.

Bonuses
Don’t save them for later do them right away. You get double the bonus money to spend at your leisure during the first three days of the month and $66,000 is a lot of money in the beginning. The $33,000 difference between the first and the tenth of the month might cost you 50 ranks. Bonuses are good for some of those expensive purchases, try to use them wisely.

Be a cheapskate
Money can’t be stolen from you only trithium so relax. Don’t feel the need to have your money spent as soon as you get/convert it. It can be kept forever, it's always worthwhile to save up and again, money cannot be stolen.

The Big Researches
Intelligence and Colonization are the two most important researches in the beginning at a cost of $80000 and $55000 respectively. Researching Colonization allows you to build another base and therefore make more income. Players find they make so little money at the start that it's hard to transport enough to a new base in order to start a strong second base early in the game. Researching Intelligence is expensive and costs precious time but allows players to construct a Mining Platform which increases their income. You should upgrade your primary Trithium Refinery/Storage before researching these.