From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!npoiv!alice!sjb Newsgroups: net.games.emp Title: Re: random queries Article-I.D.: alice.826 Posted: Sun Aug 1 09:39:01 1982 Received: Mon Aug 2 00:55:50 1982 References: unc.3771 I quote from the Empire manual (under mine): ``Harbors and the water under bridge spans can be mined. Your ships will automatically avoid these mines when passing through, (and minesweepers will not pick them up).'' So I guess if you really don't want any more ships (for some odd reason) and were feeling belligerent, you could mine your harbor and let some unfortunate enemy float into it. You did bring up a point that I have been thinking about for the past couple of days: I would like to see a way to defend ships and sectors from other ships.