Newbie Mine Question

[Vesuvius]

Ok, I've only played about 5 hours total but feel like I'm missing something.

I've researched mine warheads but cannot figure out how to create a minelayer and actually lay mines.

I can't seem to get the mine warheads to show up as a valid addition to any ship designs i try to create.

Could someone help me out and walk me through this? Am I missing a tech or is it just something silly?

Thanks alot!

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- Ves

[raynor]

In addition to researching the mine warhead, you also need to research Construction and then Mines. This will give you the ability to construct mines on which you can put the mine warhead component. It will also allow you to equip your ships with mine sweeper and mine layer components.

[Vesuvius]

That explains it. There seemed to be so many more glorious things to research than construction that I hadn't ventured down that path quite yet

Thanks!

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- Ves

[Taqwus]

Oh, construction's quite useful -- it allows researching fighters, satellites and mines, IIRC. And fighters make a pretty good, maintenance-free system defense. And spy satellites placed in nearby systems make for a good early-warning tool...

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