From here to...well...it SEEMS like an eternity

[BrucePowers]

ORIGINAL: rtrapasso

ORIGINAL: BrucePowers

Hey, Great Lakes ore carriers were magnificent vessels (okay they were huge).[:D]

Capt Lightfoot should be commanding the Edmund Fitzgerald I!! [8D]

Would that be Capt. G Lightfoot?[8D]

[rtrapasso]

ORIGINAL: BrucePowers

ORIGINAL: rtrapasso

ORIGINAL: BrucePowers

Hey, Great Lakes ore carriers were magnificent vessels (okay they were huge).[:D]

Capt Lightfoot should be commanding the Edmund Fitzgerald I!! [8D]

Would that be Capt. G Lightfoot?[8D]

G. Lightfoot Sr.. [;)]

[Cap Mandrake]

The Edmund Fitzgerald wasn't built until 1958 [:)]

BTW...the part about Capt. Lightfoot and Ensign Hata..I sorta made that up.

What really happened is 4-6 Jap carriers got too close to the War in the Pacific Eastern Indian Ocean Data Wormhole and diasappeared (one CVL or something ended up back in port on Honshu but the rest completely disappeared). For the defenders of Perth this was ascribed to a "divine wind" but the Japs asked for a "do-over". The Anglophones reluctantly agreed and we had to go back two turns. This is a good example of why it is important to save files before you hit "end turn". Has anyone else experienced the War in the Pacific Eastern Indian Ocean Data Wormhole bug?

[DuckofTindalos]

Nope. That's pretty harsh...

[rtrapasso]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

The Edmund Fitzgerald wasn't built until 1958 [:)]

BTW...the part about Capt. Lightfoot and Ensign Hata..I sorta made that up.

What really happened is 4-6 Jap carriers got too close to the War in the Pacific Eastern Indian Ocean Data Wormhole and diasappeared (one CVL or something ended up back in port on Honshu but the rest completely disappeared). For the defenders of Perth this was ascribed to a "divine wind" but the Japs asked for a "do-over". The Anglophones reluctantly agreed and we had to go back two turns. This is a good example of why it is important to save files before you hit "end turn". Has anyone else experienced the War in the Pacific Eastern Indian Ocean Data Wormhole bug?

Edmund Fitzgerald I was built before 1958 in WWII(b), iirc... [:'(]

There is a thread on the main forum talking about the problem... i had a supply convoy sail off the "edge of the world" (trying to avoid a sub), but i also had a backup turn, and it reappeared in a "do over"...

[AmiralLaurent]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

The Edmund Fitzgerald wasn't built until 1958 [:)]

BTW...the part about Capt. Lightfoot and Ensign Hata..I sorta made that up.

What really happened is 4-6 Jap carriers got too close to the War in the Pacific Eastern Indian Ocean Data Wormhole and diasappeared (one CVL or something ended up back in port on Honshu but the rest completely disappeared). For the defenders of Perth this was ascribed to a "divine wind" but the Japs asked for a "do-over". The Anglophones reluctantly agreed and we had to go back two turns. This is a good example of why it is important to save files before you hit "end turn". Has anyone else experienced the War in the Pacific Eastern Indian Ocean Data Wormhole bug?

I saw that with an Allied convoy of 100 ships jumping out of the edge of the world while being chased by a Japanese BB.

For now my opponent and I have a home rule that the last row of hexes W and S are simulating the rest of the world. Any TF can't be attacked (no sub, no surface TF, no air attack) but on the other hand should follow the border up to the SW corner of the map before sailing to any Australian port.

Cap, there was this old film (olf for me, of the 80s probably) where the USS Nimitz fell in a time warp and arrived off PH just before the Japanese attack... I can't remember how it ended, just that the Zero bonus didn't help much against F-14 Tomcat...

[witpqs]

"The Final Countdown", starring Kirk Douglas.

[DuckofTindalos]

ORIGINAL: AmiralLaurent

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

The Edmund Fitzgerald wasn't built until 1958 [:)]

BTW...the part about Capt. Lightfoot and Ensign Hata..I sorta made that up.

What really happened is 4-6 Jap carriers got too close to the War in the Pacific Eastern Indian Ocean Data Wormhole and diasappeared (one CVL or something ended up back in port on Honshu but the rest completely disappeared). For the defenders of Perth this was ascribed to a "divine wind" but the Japs asked for a "do-over". The Anglophones reluctantly agreed and we had to go back two turns. This is a good example of why it is important to save files before you hit "end turn". Has anyone else experienced the War in the Pacific Eastern Indian Ocean Data Wormhole bug?

I saw that with an Allied convoy of 100 ships jumping out of the edge of the world while being chased by a Japanese BB.

For now my opponent and I have a home rule that the last row of hexes W and S are simulating the rest of the world. Any TF can't be attacked (no sub, no surface TF, no air attack) but on the other hand should follow the border up to the SW corner of the map before sailing to any Australian port.

Cap, there was this old film (olf for me, of the 80s probably) where the USS Nimitz fell in a time warp and arrived off PH just before the Japanese attack... I can't remember how it ended, just that the Zero bonus didn't help much against F-14 Tomcat...

They came within an inch of attacking the Kido Butai with the Nimitz air wing, but stopped short at the last moment.

[anarchyintheuk]

The steaming pile of the script held them back.

[DuckofTindalos]

ORIGINAL: anarchyintheuk

The steaming pile of the script held them back.

Well, they didn't make many good films in the 1980's...

[anarchyintheuk]

Caddyshack and Raising Arizona being the exception.

[DuckofTindalos]

And Blues Brothers...

[Cap Mandrake]

Remember what I said about the Japs giving up? Forget I mentioned it.

[HMS Resolution]

What's your assessment of the situation at Perth? Can the Allies win this?

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: HMS Resolution

What's your assessment of the situation at Perth? Can the Allies win this?

Yes, quite possibly they can, but I do not know how it will come out. Either the Allies will lose 40,000 troops at Perth and a bunch of aircraft or the Japs will lose 100,000+.

If the Jap 35th Brigade holding the back door falters and the 1st Div and two fresh brigades reach Perth then it is all over for the Japs. If they have failed to bring enough offensive punch and cannot take Perth by assault, then they will fail as the carriers cannot remain on station forever and, once they leave, Perth can be resupplied by sea. The airfield is untouched and there is ample supply. Once the bombers begin concentrating on the Jap land forces they will be disrupted fairly quickly. I would give the nod to the Allies, but, of course, I would [;)]

[Cap Mandrake]

D-day -1

[Cap Mandrake]

You gotta love the Beauforts [:)]

[Cap Mandrake]

[font="Courier New"]Abreviated AAR for Allied Air Forces, Perth, 8-27-42

Total antishipping sorties: 138
CAP sorties: 36
Patrol: 32

Losses: RAAF...1 x Kittyhawk, 3 x Beaufort, 1 x Hudson

Enemy: 6 x Zero

10 x AP or AK claimed sunk or heavily damaged, 4 x moderate[/font]

[ny59giants]

You gotta love the Beauforts [:)]

Entering within 4 hexes of a size 4AF or bigger with ships without Air Superiority is a risky proposition. [:D]
They are one of my favorite planes and I usually convert those 8 plane squadrons of Hudson's to these "nasty" guys. [&o][&o]

[rtrapasso]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

D-day -1

This map shows a couple of ships sinking - did Aoba and Suzuya sink? [X(] Or was it other ships?? [&:]