I'm sure everyone's noticed you can stop it at any time, and that damage carries over to the next sim, right?
The stop button isn't actually a stop button. Its a "pause" button. If you want you can stop the battle mid-stream, re-position the ships, add renforcements, remova ships, whatever. Quite handy.
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