Mine units and maintenance.
 

Interesting Occurence. I received news 3 of my minefields had been scrapped due to lack of resources, despite the fact that mine units don't cost any maintenance. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...s/confused.gif. Stranger when I have had games where I was only in the game because of a minefield sitting in a system was left after everything else was lost including all resources. Its a TDM game by the way.

Re: Mine units and maintenance.
 

You've discovered another "bug" in SE4 that isn't in code, but instead in the text file description. You can add this to "nowhere does it say the ringworld must be built on a star" and "I blew up all the engines, and the self destruct device still worked"

You must have resources to cover maintenance. If you don't you lose ships or units -- even though units don't need maintenance.

"Stay in the black, or lose something, no discussion {clicky}"

SJ changed the text description in his Pirates and Nomads mod, it says "The units were scrapped for spare parts" Which is really what happened ... you got to keep a ship for one more turn by losing units instead, maybe that's a bargin?