[Wardad]

Raganok,

Dumbluck explained it on Adamant004 game forum.
I'll try to fill you in.

1. Mine Warhead damage does not do partial damage to componants. It is all or nothing.
2. Mine warhead 1 does 100 (Kt) damage, so armor or componants with damage points above 100 survives.
3. Mine warhead 2 does 200 damage so ...., but only Drones and space yards have greater than 200 damage points.
Since drones are units, shield points are converted to damage points, and the drone is intact until the max damage is exceeded. Mines are not capable of exceeding some drones damage rating.

That fleet had Crystaline Armor 3 with 150 damage points. Since armor is damaged first, and the damage is all or nothing, it would escape harm.

A colony ship could be used a a low tech (bug exploit) mine sweeper for mine warhead ones. Just send one into the field and only the colony componant will survive.

I hear this will be fixed in the next patch.

[ July 23, 2002, 21:55: Message edited by: Wardad ]