AAR-Oubliette

[FreekS]

Hi,

I played this scen from the US-side.

Mission is to get a SSBN on station near Sachalin. I have an escort (Chicago) and an old sub (Tullibee) to sanitise the passage. Also I have a P3 (unarmed) for Reccon

I plotted a 10knots, 60 hour course to the ref-point. Needed to pass the Kurils, where I expected submarines. I also navigated Tullibee towards the refpoint to gather intell. The P3 took off from Japan.

Soon I was tracking numerous ESM and Accoustic contacts. Tullibee was closing on a SAG containing Novorossiisk (the Carrier) and Chicago and my SSBN were avoiding all surface contacts.
Tullibee was getting ready to fire a BOL attack with Mk48s from about 10nm when suddenly she disappeared - hit by a nuclear torpedo evidently dropped by a rocket. I decided to give theSAG a wide birth with my other subs.

Chicago ran into a submerged contact between two of the Kurilles islands - 5nm so close, and immediately fired two Mk48s Thesub died and no counterattack was detected.
Hourse later Chicago detected several more subc, a Mike, a Victor-1 and a November. These were all detected at 10nm+ and so I could box them.

Approaching the target area I detected another sub at 20nm. I continued to close (figuring it to be a noisy nuc) and when it turned towards me I fired to Mk48s at 10nm (BOL-attack). both hit (she was subsequently identified as a Delta-2 occupying my patrol area). Victory was awarded a few minutes later.

It turned out beside the Delta-2 and the Kilo I killed, the Russians also scored an own goal on one of their own SSBNs

Nice scen, slow and low but well playable. I spent the time plotting the enemy patrol zones which helped avoid some of the threats.

I played in 3.9.2 and the only 'behaviour' I did not like was the fact that my P3 could fly anywhere - she was regularly intercepted and buzzed by fighters but never shot down and the AI did not think my unarmed plane was a threat to her.

Freek

[hermanhum]

Many thanks for the report. I agree that it is a shame that the non-engagement behaviour persists, see: Unarmed units not engaged