That does sound very strange, and like his whole force should have been vaporized instantly, but of course, you don't know if he had any battle tech to help him out, cloaked ships, etc.

Another thing I've been wondering about is that I saw a dev mention there is an orbital location used for orbitals that don't belong to the planet owner. What sort of orbital can you build on an opponent's planet? Can you turn a cruiser into an energy array and blast the planet from its orbit with that? I certainly hope not