minefields, mothballs

[Dogboy]

Thanks guys. One final Q: Does a ship encountering a minefield keep hitting mines until every last mine explodes (or the ship is destroyed), or can a ship pass through a mine field and only encounter some of the mines?

[Nocturnal]

It's a very simple mechanic. Either the ship sweeps all the mines, the ship blows up, or the mines run out. Whatever happens first.

[Dogboy]

Thanks. With the massive amount of damage they do, one could easily lose a major attack fleet to a relatively cheap mine field. Do people normally send attack fleets with the capacity to sweep 100's of mines per turn?