Mine
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A mine is an anti-starship weapon deployed in a region of space to prevent enemy travel. Usually small, unmanned devices, most mines explode either on contact or when their proximity sensors detect an enemy starship nearby. The deployment of mines is generally considered an act of war.
A mine does not necessarily have to inflict damage on a vessel when they come into contact, different types of mines have been known to merely disable vessels, such as those used by the Hekarans Serova and Rabal in the Hekaras Corridor. These mines were designed to emit verteron pulses to simply disable subspace systems on passing starships. (TNG: "Force of Nature")
The Romulan Star Empire has been known to use cloaked spatial mines, as evidenced by the Romulan minefield encountered by the Enterprise NX-01 in 2152. (ENT: "Minefield")
In 2372, the Klingon Empire secretly deployed cloaked mines around the Bajoran star system to prevent the Federation from sending reinforcements to the sector, as a precursor to a Klingon invasion. However, their activities were exposed when an accidental mine detonation caused severe damage to the IKS Drovana. Lieutenant Commander Worf and Kurn were able to infiltrate the Drovana and obtain the mines' detonation codes. Subsequently, Major Kira Nerys aboard the USS Defiant detonated the minefield. (DS9: "Sons of Mogh")
In some instances, smaller mines are used, such as anti-personnel mines which the Dominion deployed around a communications array at AR-558. (DS9: "The Siege of AR-558")
[edit] Types of mines
- Anti-personnel mine
- "Houdinis"
- Antimatter mine
- Gravitic mine
- Multi-kinetic neutronic mine
- Pulse mine
- Romulan mine
- Self-replicating mine
- Subspace mine
