The AI should also stop sending ships to places where a minefield has been encountered until the minesweepers clear it.
Sure, 20 ships w/o minesweepers will "sweep" mines in their own, but very much slower than 20 minesweepers could.
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"What do -you- want?" "I'd like to live -just- long enough to be there when they cut off your head and stick it on a pike as a warning to the next ten generations that some favors come with too high a price. I would look up into your lifeless eyes and wave like this..." *waggle* "...can you and your associates arrange that for me, Mr. Morden?"