Squash mines are weapon or only trade commodity?

[George Wills]

I know, you can find some mines in space in special places like around some pirate bases.
But I never see anyone use it in fight. Fighter drones use half of merchant, but none use mines. I know it's little illegal. So why some wealth pirates don't use it?
If nobody really use it as weapon, it is only commodity for trade, similar like space weed or space fuel.

Any different expeciences?


BTW using space weed for better visual and voice experiece should be cool. Something like ALIEN night vision with some deformation
Just a joke ...

[softweir]

Squash mines are in use, generally in asteroid fields in pirate sectors, but also in one or two other places. Make a habit of reading sector descriptions in the galaxy map, you will occasionally be warned of minefields. They are also used in a few plot situations.

In general they don't get used much because they are quite indiscriminate and will destroy a friend as readily as they will an enemy.

[George Wills]

In general they don't get used much because they are quite indiscriminate and will destroy a friend as readily as they will an enemy.

as PSG can do, not so effective but repeatable

until my oponents start using mines actively, it stays only commodity for me ...

even your minefields cannot convince me ... if I clear this field, will somebody place new ones? I don't think so, so no active use, only placement from Egosoft

I can easily vizualize nearly death hunted pirate laying mine under my nose and we both go to hell in huge blast
it could be really funny, isn't it?

[Ryuujin]

Try catching a freighter loaded with SQUASH mines >:)

Super Freighter: "I surrender, take my cargo"
*Super Freighter ejects 1800 SQUASH mines*
Pirate: "OH S***!!!!!!"
*Resulting shockwaves damages a station 20km's away and makes the headlines*

[WetWarev7]

Try catching a freighter loaded with SQUASH mines >:)

Super Freighter: "I surrender, take my cargo"
*Super Freighter ejects 1800 SQUASH mines*
Pirate: "OH S***!!!!!!"
*Resulting shockwaves damages a station 20km's away and makes the headlines*

[Stonerkrieg]

At one point I got fed up with being scanned every thirty seconds and started carrying them in my dragon(x2).I got scanned,was told to drop my illegal cargo,BLOOOIE,dead cop,no doughnut. Didn't do my race relations any good,though.