All mines are "phased out" regardless of faction.

There are only 2 ways to clear a minefield:

1. Use a scout (Arcova Scout Frigate, Seeker Vessel, Jikara Navigator). It can reveal mines within a certain radius (displayed if you select the scout and however over the passive). Once being revealed the mines can be targeted and destroyed.

2. Give one or more DURABLE ships a move order to every single mine..... they will detonate then. This is often quicker than moving in a scout, however it requires some ships that can take the punishment.

Thanks alot. No wonder I could never figure it out. I don't usually deploy Scouts with my Military forces. Seems I will have to include a few Arcova's in there for mine clearing.

Thanks guys!

Indeed. This is by far the best anti mine ability.... good range and very quick.

The only drawback is that it does not reduce late game lag, as the mines are still there.

You really can't unfortunately, but if you have Rebellion my Enhanced 4X mod reduces the max number of mines per gravity well to 20 at the most. By increasing the range of each individual mine and making it so they deal over time damage rather than exploding once, I think it both mines better for both players. Players on the defense do not have to waste time rebuilding minefields, and in theory they can do much more damage, while attacking players won't take a ton of damage if one of their units briefly wonders into a mine's range, and the lower total number makes it less time consuming to sweep mines.

Well there isn't a mod specifically for it, but I think Zombie's Sins of the Fallen has one faction with some ships that look like it. Well he says it's from an anime captain Harlock I guess, but it all looks the same to me.

Wow that mods got all the things even some cowboy bebop!