Space Mines: Difference between revisions

** Captain Sheridan also used nuclear warheads as mines on at least two occasions, but these were remotely detonated from a starship when enemy vessels were deemed close enough.

* [[Star Trek]]

** ''[[Star Trek II the Wrath of Khan]]''. In the [[Unwinnable Training Simulation]] that starts off the movie, the ship the ''Enterprise'' needs to rescue was disabled by a gravitic mine.

** ''[[Star Trek the Next Generation]]''

** Also comes with its own hilarious form of [[Artificial Stupidity]]: patrol routes for the [[Space Station|space prison BPA Newgate]] graze the minefield surrounding it. Every so often one of the patrolling Bretonia Police Authority ships will plow into the minefield, [[Death Cry Echo|screaming]] while everyone else does [[Unusually Uninteresting Sight|absolutely nothing about it]].

* ''[[Elite (Video Game)|Elite]] 2: Frontier'' and ''Elite 3: Frontier First Encounters'' let you deploy these mines... or be blown to bits with them. Honestly, these mines are uneffective.

* ''[[Sword of the Stars]]'' has Minelayer sections in both destroyer and cruiser sizes. There are various warheads but all are proximity-triggered homers. There's also a Leap version that trades some power for much faster movement as an anti-[[Point Defenseless]] measure, as well as a Gravity mine that doesn't hurt but pulls ships to itself and an Implosion version that combines said Gravity effect with an actual blast. They can be very effective, especially [[AI Breaker|against the AI]]. There's even an upgrade to the Complex Ordnance Launcher that allows you to launch a minefield from afar.

* The Artemis System Net from ''[[Master of Orion (Video Game)|Master of Orion]] 2: Battle At Antares'' is a massive minefield that surrounds the system it's built at. It has a chance of damaging or destroying enemy warships that attack the system depending on the size class.