Why are these mines not being swept?

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87 days, 0 hours, 44 minutes ago

This message is from a game. I have a Resolute with 8 Phasers inside that mine field. Those are enemy mines. I do not have a relationship with the Feds. The mine field appears red. Why is my ship not destroying them? It swept up an overlapping minefield there. Why not this one?

86 days, 23 hours, 17 minutes ago

jomamasfat

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I forget, does matching a field's friendly code prevent sweeping?

86 days, 21 hours, 28 minutes ago

kedalion

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Yes, matching FC prevents sweeping.

86 days, 19 hours, 41 minutes ago

d-wreck

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So Mascara Alien is matching friendly codes.

Done.

86 days, 16 hours, 43 minutes ago

jomamasfat

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Who else thinks the FC is probably mkt?

86 days, 13 hours, 4 minutes ago

daniel payne

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Well, that makes sense. I must have Super Spy-changed that planet a few turns ago.

Thanks, fellas. There is always something to learn.

86 days, 12 hours, 48 minutes ago

thin lizzy

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if your opponent did not read this here and changed the code of the local planet, you can safely travel through this minefield now ;)

86 days, 1 hours, 30 minutes ago

capnkill

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Either that, or you are using a freighter :)

86 days, 1 hours, 2 minutes ago

challengespaceyard

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Freighters (or any other ships without beams) get a slightly different message when trying to sweep.

84 days, 5 hours, 20 minutes ago

bigburtie

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If you're in an Ion storm you can't sweep..........

Ion storms will cause enemy minefields to be cloaked from ships' sensors. This means that while the center a mine field is covered by an Ion storm it can not be detected or swept. The Colonial fighters however can sweep mine fields that are covered by Ion storms.

Taken from:

http://www.donovansvgap.com/help/ionstorms.htm

84 days, 0 hours, 33 minutes ago

daniel payne

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Thanks for all the input, folks. Jomamasfat and kedaliin had it right. The friendly codes matched.