Many people on the boards are passing along the conventional wisdom that if two fleets annihilate each other, the attacker wins and survives with one hitpoint.

However, as far as I can tell, this isn't the case. If I attack a ship with very high attack value with weaker ship (but still sufficient to kill it in one round), the ship with the highest rating survives.

So which is it?

A: attacker survives with 1 hitpoint
B: 'strongest' side survives with 1 hitpoint

If you say 'A', have you actually tried this lately?