Does invading planets work in strategic combat?

[eagleton]

Last night, I tried out troops for the first time. I attacked a planet of the Sallega with four light cruisers and a small troop transport.

In tactical combat, I chose auto and watched what my troops would do. To my annoyment, the transport would not even try to come close to the planet even when it had no weapons platforms anymore! When I took over to manual, ist was easy to invade the planet.

The transport's strategy was "capture planet", and I have no idea why it did not do that.

Will this be the same in strategic combat?