Does Capital Ship speed mean anything anymore?

Just lost a fight against an Executor piloted by a R8 Admiral Piett (with all mods 6 dots). When I check the stats of the opposing Executor in the game and on swgoh.gg, it says "Speed 192 (74)" as is to be expected. My Executor has a R9 Admiral Piett (with all mods 6 dots) has "Speed 194 (76)".

The not so funny thing is that when the fight started, I did no go first, but my opponent did, using "Breach of Protocols", instantly destroying my Xanadu Blood.

Last time I checked higher speed means it should go first every single time (I understand that if the speed is tied, it's randomly decided who goes first), which means I should have taken the first turn.

Did I miss something, or is there something fishy going on here?