[Iron Giant]

When I couldn't figure out what had just happened, I clicked on every system that I was in and looked for a large fleet somewhere over a burnt out homeworld and couldn't find one.

Good idea on the save game, I'll see if there is one. Its possible thats what I saw since I let the battle go automatically. But I could have sworn it was my homeworld. I'll check later tonight if I can.

Oh I re-read your message. So you can occassionaly see a battle that you were not meant to see?