Mine Strike

Up to date for latest version, 0.97a.

Mine Strike
Offensive Ship System
Technical data
Range (su)	1000
% base flux per use	10
System charges	5
Regeneration rate (sec/charge)	5
Charge up duration (sec)	0.25
Charge down duration (sec)	0.25
Cooldown (sec)	0
Game data
ID	mine_strike

	Teleports a heavy proximity mine to the target area. Can be used while phased.
–In-game description

	Teleports a heavy phase mine to the target area. The mine will slowly track nearby enemy ships and explodes a few seconds after its proximity trigger is activated. Can be used while phased.
–Full Codex description

Mine Strike (station)
Offensive Ship System
Technical data
Range (su)	3500
% base flux per use	0
System charges	7
Regeneration rate (sec/charge)	3
Charge up duration (sec)	0.25
Charge down duration (sec)	0.25
Cooldown (sec)	0
Game data
ID	mine_strike_station

Overview

Availability

This ship system is known to be used on the following ships:

• Doom
• High Tech Star Fortress

Notes

Mine Strike is a very powerful ship system. Even improperly used, it can create distractions for the enemy AI and PD fire, and force ships to turn their shields or risk significant damage. A properly placed mine can kill whole fighter wings or damage multiple too-closely-packed ships.

The Doom stores five mines at once, which recharge over time (one every 5 seconds) and have a range of 1500 units. The Star Fortress's Station Battery Modules have an improved version with a 3500 unit range and seven stored mines, recharging every 3 seconds.

The mines are considered medium missiles and therefore benefit from (Elite) Missile Specialization skill. They are also affected by Target Analysis.

See Minefields for the minefields used by Star Fortresses.

Tips and Strategies

The following section contains user-submitted suggestions, these may be inaccurate or outdated.

References

• Starsector blog post: Minefields