                               Command : LMINE

NAME
   lmine - Mine a sector with an engineering unit

Level: Expert

SYNTAX
   [##:##]% lmine <UNIT> <NUMBER>

This command causes a unit with the engineering ability to lay mines in a sec-
tor.  (see  info  Unit-types).   If you ask to lay more mines than the unit is
carrying, then it will attempt to keep resupplying itself  until  all  of  the
mines have been laid.  It costs 1 mobility point per mine laid, so an engineer
with 20 mobility can lay a maximum of 20 mines.  The 'strength'  command  will
list how many mines you have put in each sector.

See info Hitchance for the chance of something hitting a land mine.

If a defender in land combat has land-mines in the sector, he receives a bonus
to  his  defense.  See  info attack for more information.  If the attacker has
engineering units with him, the bonus is less.

In the command syntax <UNIT> is the number of one of your units  and  <NUMBER>
is  the  number  of  mines  you wish to lay.  That number of shells, (assuming
you've got them), will be dropped in the sector that unit occupies,  magically
becoming mines.

You need not fear mines in sectors that you are the old owner of. This is nor-
mally  all  your  sectors.  When you capture a mined sector, however, you will
need to worry about those mines until you become the old owner of that sector.
Once  you  are the old owner of a sector (i.e when you get the message "Sector
x,y is now fully yours."), you have the mines located, and will no longer  hit
them.

If you are in a captured sector, and the original owner attacks, you will  not
get the mine bonus (as he knows where all the mines are)

Mines can only be removed safely by  a  unit  with  the  engineering  ability.
(Other units can remove them by hitting them, but...) Engineering units moving
through a sector with unlocated mines will attempt to remove them.  The number
of  times  each  engineer  sweeps  for mines is equal to 2 times the number of
mines it can carry.  The chance of the engineer finding a mine on  each  sweep
is  equal  to 50% times its 'att' value (see show land stats).  If an engineer
sweeps more mines than it can carry, then it will drop the rest as shells into
the sector.

SEE ALSO
   march, strength, move, explore, transport, Hitchance, Damage, Attack,  Lan-
dUnits

