[Fyron]

Originally posted by Stone Mill:
Only, I'm not sure about the strategy behind
"Change fleet target priorities to kill minesweeping/stellar/supply ships first."
Does this actually work, and what is the value?

If you set your fleets to target non-combatant ships, you can knock out the support ships of large fleets. This has great value if you can not destroy the fleet directly. Knock out their sweepers, and they might just die on your next minefield.

You missed the "launch mines in empty sectors" trick. Launch mines in sectors that are along the ship paths between warp points. People often do not suspect that someone will have launched mines in empty space, only over planets and warp points.