Minefield Question

Hank · #1 July 17th, 2002, 11:35 PM

A minefield question!

If one of my planets is being blockaded by a hostile vessel and I launch a minefield into that sector, under what conditions will the blockading vessel hit the mines?

If the ship moves out of the sector it hits the mines (already verified that). What if it attacks the planet or does some other kind of order?

Puke · #2 July 18th, 2002, 12:59 AM

i dont know about mines that are launched, but if a ship enters a minefield around a planet while the planet is frendly, and the planet becomes hostile while the ship is there, the ship will be able to attack the planet without being hit by the mines.

so i would assume that it works the same way if the mines are launched into the same sector as the ship. in fact, im sure it would. either way, if the ship sits still for a turn, the result is the same. the ship is sharing a sector with unfriendly mines. how they got there the turn before wont make a difference.

so yes, the ship can attack the planet without being hit, or it can attack other ships without being hit.

PvK · #3 July 18th, 2002, 10:09 AM

Really? I thought mines only went off when targets ENTERED their sector.

PvK

geoschmo · #4 July 18th, 2002, 02:05 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by PvK:
Really? I thought mines only went off when targets ENTERED their sector.

PvK

That's what Puke said Pvk. (Just not in so few words.)

DirectorTsaarx · #5 July 18th, 2002, 03:32 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by geoschmo:

quote:
Originally posted by PvK:
Really? I thought mines only went off when targets ENTERED their sector.

PvK

That's what Puke said Pvk. (Just not in so few words.)

Actually, I think PvK was surprised by Hank's statement that an enemy ship was hit by mines while EXITING the sector. Frankly, I was a little surprised as well...

kalthalior · #6 July 18th, 2002, 06:26 PM

It seems to me I've seen the minefields triggered on exiting a sector myself.