Jumped in the RIPs and sent them. (Another 2 hour flight). He must have been building some ships too, because I sent exactly the amount of Recs required for the initial probe report but there was 15 million resources still sitting. Sent in more Recs to capture the remaining DF.

Followed up with 2 more RIP raids. But TheSnake came online 20 minutes before they hit.
Good luck on rebuilding TheSnake.

Defender TheSnake
Destroyed!
The attacker has won the battle !
You receive 32.882.954 units of Metal, 15.541.039 units of Crystal and 42.250.016 units of Deuterium.
The attacker has lost a total of 0 units.
The defender has lost a total of 439.030.150 units.
A debris field containing 62.486.190 units of Metal and 52.209.900 units of Crystal has formed in orbit around the planet.
The probability of creating a moon is : 19 %
You collect; 50.000.000 units of Metal and 50.000.000 units of Crystal.
You collect; 12.486.190 units of Metal and 2.259.900 units of Crystal.
Total Profit:
95.369.144 Metal
67.800.939 Crystal
42.250.016 Deut