More newbie questions

[Suicide Junkie]

Example: You attack an enemy fleet with your fleet.
One enemy ship turns out to be a minelayer, and spews mines into space as it runs away. You and the other fleet square off and fight it out.
You win, and combat ends. Now, you are in the same square as an undetonated minefield.
Using the Sweep command allows you to sweep the mines without moving one square away, then coming back to sweep the mines.

[Dragonlord]

Thanks Sj, that helps !

[DirectorTsaarx]

I think the "sweep mines" command was intended to be used for giving orders to a minesweeper ship (i.e., instead of giving a "move to" order, give a "sweep mines" order and select the destination sector). I've also used the sweep mines command (in previous patches) to get rid of the minefield designator in sectors where I've cleared the minefield, but still have that "M" symbol and ships continue to avoid the sector. Supposedly, MM has finally fixed that bug...