Yup, exactly. This is just a relatively minor offensive, after all, limited to one sector, not a total war; simply damaging the base and taking out the support fleet serves their purposes just as well if not better than destroying it outright.
As for those who are wondering when I'm actually going to post more... well, my last hard final is about an hour from now, then I'll be spending the rest of the day and most of tomorrow revising my term paper from my German Lit class. After Thursday, though, I'll be in the clear, and my goal is to have something up by the weekend, early next week at the latest. Bear with me a little longer.