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Most of my ships were at range, and some were already ready to retreat the moment there were any signs of trouble, it's likely in the time it took for you to fire the first shot, most of my ships would've left, the only ones that couldn't leave are the ships who didn't keep their engines warm and the ten squadrons of fighters and bombers.

So the way I see it is, I could go with a version where the fleet vanish back into the void once they detect the first shot or I could go with a version where they don't leave and most of the ships are either destroyed or heavily damaged. Just clarifying which path I should take here since you're the GM, which would you prefer happening?