AI, Defend Thyself (mine question)

[Shepherd]

I'm playing a game right now, and the Amon'krie are sending ships into my minefield...one at a time. They seem to be doing one test ship, then one minesweeper, then another test ship, repeat. And once when I dropped the ball and let them clear out all the mines, a full attack fleet of 13 ships came in on the next turn. Very crafty tactics, actually.

I'm pleasantly surprised by how good the AI has gotten in the Gold Version. SEIV is now a challenging game.