[jimbob55]

I am fairly sure that mines take damage from the shields. I've had enemy ships waltz through my somewhat heavy minefields and take no internal hits whatsoever (not organic races). The ships had about 1500 shields, I thought they were taking the hits...

OK, if shields aren't active in minefields, how about armour skipping mines... muwhahahaha. I'd have to make them REAL expensive or big, or both.