Too bad ships can't launch mines or sats in Simulatneous games. Maybe pay more for the lauch bay. I'm guessing it would require too much hard code change.
All below is true but...
I think you can shoot at mines with direct fire weapons outside of combat - But only at your own mines!
by selecting the minefield and then the recycle icon and choosing "fire upon"
[ October 28, 2002, 21:48: Message edited by: Ruatha ]