Mid-day hit

Little mid day hit... he actually had a large fleet there but i'm still trying to work out this whole defender fleet retreat/opposing supremacy thing as that seems to be a regular occurance. I'll take the res anyway, nevermind!

Battle of the day Monday, January 09, 2012
The battle lasted 2 rounds

Attackers (1):
simonberry40 [X:X:X]
Weapons: XXX% Shields: XXX% Armour: XXX%
Large Cargo 8 Lost 0
Cruiser 99 Lost 1
Battlecruiser 50 Lost 0
Loses 29.000 units
(20.000 Metal, 7.000 Crystal, 2.000 Deuterium)

Defenders (1):
guiddian [X:X:X]
Weapons: XXX% Shields: XXX% Armour: XXX%
Rocket Launcher 109 Lost 109
Light Laser 24 Lost 24
Heavy Laser 9 Lost 9
Gauss Cannon 2 Lost 2
Ion Cannon 8 Lost 8
Small Shield Dome 1 Lost 1
Loses 496.000 units
(374.000 Metal, 118.000 Crystal, 4.000 Deuterium)

The attacker has won the battle!
He captured: 65.594 Metal, 21.585 Crystal, 47.589 Deuterium

Loses
Attacking fleet: 29.000 units
Defending fleet: 496.000 units
Total: 525.000 units

Debris (1 Recycler)
Metal: 12.000 units
Crystal: 4.200 units

Profitability (1 Recycler)
Attackers (recycling): [420%] 121.968 units
(57.594 Metal, 18.785 Crystal, 45.589 Deuterium)

Attackers (no recycle): [364%] 105.768 units
(45.594 Metal, 14.585 Crystal, 45.589 Deuterium)

Defenders (recycling): [-97%] -479.800 units
(-362.000 Metal, -113.800 Crystal, -4.000 Deuterium)

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from what i've found, sending just enough ships to do the job and not your greatest fire power

That makes sense man, have a convo with Chris about this too, cheers!