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Author: Arivne

Jun 26th 2011 at 3:35:32 AM

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* Stewart Cowley's ''Spacecraft: 2000 to 2100 A.D.''. During the war with Proxima Centauri, the perimeter of Earth's solar system was seeded with nuclear mines. They would home in on the warp generators of arriving enemy ships and destroy them while they were recharging their power banks after the warp jump.

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* ''StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' episode "Balance of Terror". The Romulan ship uses one of its [[SelfDestructMechanism self destruct devices]] as an impromptu mine in an attempt to destroy the Enterprise.

[[AC:TabletopGames]]
* ''StarFleetBattles''. Ships can "roll a mine out a hatch" and leave it to blow up a ship pursuing them. Mines can be set to accept only certain sizes of ships as targets. Major space installations often had minefield belts protecting them. Some of the mine types available:
**  The Romulans have a Nuclear Space Mine based on the ''StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' episode "Balance of Terror".
** Command mines can be ordered to detonate or to activate/deactivate themselves.
** Chained mines detonate when other mines explode.
** Transporter bombs can be beamed into position.
** Captor mines can fire weapons at targets.