Some news about my game against Stone Mill.
Everything is going brilliantly though I guess Stone wouldn't say so
At the turn 2404.0 there was the big battle which I expected. I can't imagine how Stone was able to brought that fleet to my system and I have to admit that I was very lucky. The Stone's fleet emerged from the nebula system and attacked one of my planets. Luckily my large attack fleet was just passing the planet and the two big fleets ran across.
The result of the combat was overwhelming. The ships count was even, we both had 24 ships. And the losses was the following: Stone lost all of his ships and I lost one planet, furthermore two of my ships damaged.
The reason is simple: my ships were more advanced and more experienced. For example PBB 5 vs DUC 5, ECM 2 vs ECM 1, Combat Sensors 2 vs none. And I had trained my ships.