How to NOT glass a planet

[Rex_the_Hex]

I have a fleet made up of all beam ships and carriers with fighters. In strategic mode about 50% of the time my fleet glasses the planet and I don't get a chance to drop my troops and capture the planet. I even have the fighters set to not attack the planet.

Why in strategic mode do my beam ships keep firing even when all the weapons are gone on the planet?

Will a beam ship keep firing all its weapons even if the first weapon kills off the Last of the enemy weapons? These beam ships do have multipex tracking equiped.

Also, what do the damage percentages in the Damage part of the Strategies window do? I also tried setting the "Damage targets until all weapons gones" box, but it did not seem to make a difference.

In tactical combat I can attack with the beam ships and stop attacking when all the enemy weapons in the sector are gone. Then I can bring in my transport and capture the planet. But, I would like to be able to automate the procees, and use strategic combat.

Any help would be appreicated, and I know there are other treads on similar topics, but they don't answer my problem.