Newbie help question: problem with ground attack

[Merry Jolkar]

Thank you for the quick reply! Yes, I did give the fleet the Capture Planet strategy.

In fact, the only way I know to assign a strategy is by assigning the ship to a fleet, and assigning the fleet a strategy. Can one assign strategies to ships that are not in fleets? And, can one assign a default strategy to different ship designs, to avoid having to assign strategy anew each time a ship is built?
Thanks!