Newbie Q: ship placement in combat?

[Vezzra]

Originally posted by Wardad:
Maybe the enemy had a fleet pursuing yours? Or a ship arriving late?

Yep, a ship arriving late, however, this ship arrived *after* the first combat, triggering a second combat. In this second combat I was defender of course, but I shouldn't have been in the first one.

Had a few other combats till then, and everything was normal. No idea what the problem with this particular combat was...