Question: Laying mines on top of a enemies planet

[PsychoTechFreak]

Originally posted by geoschmo:
Although it might launch mines before combat so you still may get to lay your field.

It should be before combat if I read 14.0 Turn Sequencing correctly:

14.0 Turn Sequencing
...
14.1 Simultaneous.
14.1.1 Stellar manipulation happens before ship movement in simultaneous
14.1.2 Ship movement in sim games appears to take place before construction queues. I had an enemy move into orbit around my home planet. The blockade effect reduced my resource generation and I got a "Out of resources" message and no construction on that turn.
14.1.3 In general, things occur in the order that they appear in the turn Log.
14.1.4 I have tried to put in order the sum of the knowledge expressed here and have added a new Category "SHIP/FLEET EXPERIENCE, facility". Also added "SHIP/FLEET EXPERIENCE, combat" to the movement phase on the assumption that combat experience is updated after each round of combat.
A) UNIT LAUNCHING, planets
B) TREATY CHANGES, TRADES
C) MOVEMENT, 30 days, combat at every 5tth day.
-MINELAYING
-MINE SWEEPING
-UNIT LAUNCHING, ships
-LOADING
-UNLOADING
-STELLAR MANIPULATION
-SHIP/FLEET EXPERIENCE, combat
D) INTEL
E) RESOURCE CONVERSION
F) INCOME
G) MAINTENANCE
H) RESEARCH
I) PRODUCTION
J) RETROFIT/MOTHBALL
K) REPAIR
L) SHIP/FLEET EXPERIENCE, facility
New ships and ships which have their final movement at a planet with a ship training facility benefit from the facility in that turn, as do fleets. (tbontob)

[Roanon]

The sequence is not enirely correct, J) Retrofit/Mothball and K) Repair happen before F)Income.
I haven't tested yet if mine laying really happens before combat, has anyone else?

[ July 17, 2003, 20:21: Message edited by: Roanon ]

[PvK]

I was under the impression that combat also occurs whenever new ships arrive at a location with hostiles, and my guess is that would happen before minelaying, but I haven't tested it.

PvK

[PvK]

I think J) RETROFIT happens before movement and combat, too.

PvK

[Slynky]

Without testing (relying on my memory), I'm pretty sure I have sent a minelayer to a wormhole to launch mines, get my turn and see it was killed and yet there were mines in the sector.

As I also recall, ships leaving the area where I had launnched (the next turn), suffered mine damage.

But I could be wrong on the Last point.

[ July 17, 2003, 23:21: Message edited by: Slynky ]

[Cheeze]

I'm pretty sure I've seen my minelayers get destroyed in their target sector and left mines some times and not on others. Perhaps it depends on both their movement rate and that of the attacking ships.

[PsychoTechFreak]

Originally posted by Slynky:
Without testing (relying on my memory), I'm pretty sure I have sent a minelayer to a wormhole to launch mines, get my turn and see it was killed and yet there were mines in the sector.

Me too, saw this in my Last PBW. But no idea about any movements left or not.