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This mission instructs a ship with torpedo launchers to convert the torpedoes into mines. The mines are laid in a circular mine field around the starship position. If the ship already is inside a "compatible" mine field, that field is enlarged (PHost chooses the mine field with the lowest Id, while HOST chooses the one with the nearest center).

The number of mines laid is Torps * TorpType^2 * UnitsPerTorpRate. The radius of the mine field is the square root of the number of units.

The actual mine laying order differs between PHost versions, see description of the MineLaying stage.

Preconditions:

• ship has fuel
• ship has torpedoes

Relevant Friendly Codes:

• miX (registered only): lays a mine field that belongs to race X.
• mdX (registered only): lays the specified number of mines only.

Related Missions:

• Lay Web Mines
• Lay Minefield
• Lay Mines In
• Mine Sweep

Relevant Configuration Options: AllowMinefields, AllowMinesDestroyMines, AllowMinesDestroyWebs, AlternativeMinesDestroyMines, MaximumMinefieldRadius, MineIdNeedsPermission, UnitsPerTorpRate.

Relevant PControl Stage: MineLaying.

Relevant Formulas: Mine Laying.