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Something else for planet capture: set your 'Capture Planet' strategy to 'Damage targets until all weapons are gone', and use direct-fire weapons to knock out weapon platforms. Once the planet itself is defenseless, your fleet will stop firing on it. This does not work with seekers, since your fleet may launch a volley of missiles that can glass the planet before the planet is considered defenseless (the game doesn't calculate how much ordnance is needed to just knock out defenses).

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