When space battles are being waged, you can see the violence in real time. The 3D rendered combat you see is set in a round ‘arena’. You can manoeuvre your ships, position them in different formations etc. The ships fire automatically at their targets. Weapons can variate from lasers and missiles to bombs. Once the targets are destroyed, they explodes and disappears.
You can also bomb a planet to remove the species living there. You an overview of the planet that is being bombarded and the number of casualties.