Well, hadn't seen much around, launched at him earlier only to be dodged. He popped back down and I thought I would try at it again later in the day... it worked:

The attacker has won the battle !
You receive 52325 units of Metal, 55530 units of Crystal and 595713 units of Deuterium.
The attacker has lost a total of 0 units.
The defender has lost a total of 209.392.250 units.
A debris field containing 88.305.600 units of Metal and 24.026.250 units of Crystal has formed in orbit around the planet.
The probability of creating a moon is : 18 %

GLoTR HumanMachine.