Minesweepers

[tbontob]

How do minesweepers sweep mines.

Is it in order of size? That is are Mines1 swept first? Then Mines2? Then Mines3?

Or is it random?

A somewhat similiar question is "When a ship takes damage in a minefield, do mines1 'hit' first, then mine2 etc or is it totally random?"

[Gryphin]

tbontob
I'm guessing but if they are consistant with other SEIV elements then:
FIFO = First In First Out, (or off)

[Skulky]

From earlier Posts i've found the following. Sweepers sweep mines, not warheads (hence a headless mines still uses a sweep slot) in the order they were lain.

The warheads do damage like they say. And that damage is abosorbed by any non-sheild poitns, so armor can help a ship weather a mine field.

[Pablo]

Skulky, you mean mines 'skip' shields? Or did I misunderstood?

[oleg]

Originally posted by Pablo:
Skulky, you mean mines 'skip' shields? Or did I misunderstood?<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">yes.

[Suicide Junkie]

Does anybody know if multiple warheads on the same mine can hit different ships?

IE: if you have one mine in a sector, with 10 modded warheads on it, and 10 ships fly in without sweepers, will one ship take all the hits, or will most of them suffer light to moderate damage?

[Pax]

Originally posted by Suicide Junkie:
Does anybody know if multiple warheads on the same mine can hit different ships?

IE: if you have one mine in a sector, with 10 modded warheads on it, and 10 ships fly in without sweepers, will one ship take all the hits, or will most of them suffer light to moderate damage?<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Each mine can hit at most one ship; a hit -- against no matter how insignificant a ship -- eliminates the mine outright, period.

[Krsqk]

"Skulky, you mean mines 'skip' shields? Or did I misunderstood?"

Due to recent legislation pushed by the Save-Outer-Space-from-Cosmic-Radiation-Group, all ships are required to travel with shields inactive in any area likely to contain minefields, especially warp points.