The Lost Fleet series had pretty good fleet battles. Viewed through the eyes of the main commander, and slowly building up in complexity of description/execution because of plot points.
Randomly picked it up cause I liked the title for whatever reason.
A Relativistic Time Strategy (RTS) based on the Lost Fleet series.
Basically a space battle game centered around a star system. The main difference between this game and a normal RTS is the implementation of relativity. Because of the large scale of a solar system, your intel on an enemy fleet is time-delayed. Thus, if your fleet and the enemy fleet is 4 light-hours distant, you would only be able to see a 4 hour time delayed picture of their movements. As you get closer to the enemy, your intel (as well as the enemy's intel) becomes more and more real-time.
Relativity plays other roles, such as the distortion of intel at high velocities. Due of the large scale, ships would be able to travel at ~0.2c. However since the ships are massive, the acceleration/deceleration would be too slow to dogfight. Instead, your ships and enemy ships would aim for an intercept. With the high speeds, ships would only have fractions of a second to fire weapons in range. Then after the firing pass, you would need to turn yours ships around in a long arc for another run.
Formation, planning, and deception would be key to this game. It's important to use relativity to your advantage by delaying your actions until the final encounter. By the enemy sees your intentions, it would be too late to change their own formation. Relativity also plays a role in issuing commands. Orders given to ships far away would be time-delayed so careful planning is needed to ensure that the correct orders arrive at the right time.
I would really like to see a game based on these principles, and I highly encourage people to read the series (which is quite entertaining sci-fi). The battles are explained better in the books.
Read these books:
http://www.amazon.com/Dauntless-The-Lost-Fleet-Book/dp/0441014186
The Lost Fleet: Dauntless - by Jack Campbell.
It's a militaristic sci-fi.
Series of books by Jack Campbell. They are excellent and you should read them!
https://www.amazon.com/Dauntless-Lost-Fleet-Book-1/dp/0441014186