Litheor Transmutative Locator -- would you put it on an invincible planet* for a 6% bonus and a
lot more artis per hour, rendering the defensive bonus moot, or would you put it on a project planet for more artis per hour and a nice defensive boost?
From the wiki, in case you were wondering:
Artifact: +6% and Defense: +10% OR
Artifact: +5% and Defense: +20% OR
Artifact: +4% and Defense: +30%
* I am assuming nobody here is making planets without majorly high artifact production invincible.