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Keep in mind that while mines can be used to considerable effect against the AI, human players can always see them and therefore bypass them (although their ''ships ''still cannot, and will go through unless ordered to go around). Laying mines against a human is thus of limited use, unless you can lay enough the opponent ''has ''to go through at least some of them. (You might be able to do this at a star, which can have up to 500 mines, or at planets with very small gravity wells. Elsewhere, it is less practical.) However, a human will still probably be able to minimize the number of mines they set off, making the cost-benefit ratio rather unfavorable.
 
Keep in mind that while mines can be used to considerable effect against the AI, human players can always see them and therefore bypass them (although their ''ships ''still cannot, and will go through unless ordered to go around). Laying mines against a human is thus of limited use, unless you can lay enough the opponent ''has ''to go through at least some of them. (You might be able to do this at a star, which can have up to 500 mines, or at planets with very small gravity wells. Elsewhere, it is less practical.) However, a human will still probably be able to minimize the number of mines they set off, making the cost-benefit ratio rather unfavorable.
   
Finally, Advent Loyalists can research a passive ability for the Aeria Drone Host to take over mines (of any kind) in a radius of 8,000 around the ship. While the ability seems to proc (activate) only once every few seconds, when it does, the mines flip to the Advent player and are immediately cloaked and armed (unless they were still on their initial activation timer when taken over). This can potentially turn your own minefield into a costly trap if you are hiding your fleet inside it.
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Finally, Advent Loyalists can research a passive ability for the Aeria Drone Host to take over mines (of any kind) in a radius of 8,000 around the ship. While the ability seems to proc (activate) only once every few seconds, when it does, the mines flip to the Advent player and are immediately cloaked and armed (unless they were still on their initial activation timer when taken over). This can potentially turn your own minefield into a deathtrap if you are hiding your fleet inside it.
 
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