firing order during combat

[TerranC]

Even though this isnt what you are asking for, I suggest a change in tactics.

When I am playing a game I just capture it.

What I do is get a group of about 7 light cruisers and 3 Dreadnoughts and 3 transports filled to the brim with troops and use the fighting ships to destroy any ships or stations first than bombard the planets to destroy any defensive installations and capture it.

This way, you get control of a planet, you get resources from it, and won't waste ships that would usually get destroyed by Platforms or Stations in a strategic combat.

(Of course you can try Puppet Governments but that takes too long so...)