The Battle of Sol (that I had no involvement in beyond search and rescue) is mostly over.
Final tally is ~190 wrecks, and interred on Mars are 11700 and 6400 survivors respectively.
The fireworks had been fairly impressive, around 150 simultaneous explosion of WH19 missiles, several hundred of WH5 ones and offensive AMMs, some volleys may have pushed a thousand. Point defence hardly got anything.
Beam combat was fairly s rare and seemingly one-sided with massive salvos of 16-damage impacts.
The losing and more numerous side appears to be behind me in engine tech (Magneto-Plasma to ICF) and sensors, but considerably ahead in weaponry.
The winner is mostly unknown, but their ships are a little slower. I expect some fancy particle beams in the wreckage, because of those strength-16 hits.
For a possible confrontation (I may have to, for slowdown reasons) and taking into account the sheer numbers, the most effective route appears to be shelving missiles and going heavy on flak barges... but will that suffice if something nasty comes out of that wormhole 3 jumps away?