Can someone please explain this?

[DivePac88]

ORIGINAL: Mynok

Yeah, they probably should have overtaken some of them and sunk them.

Only ruthless Martian Raiders sunk unarmed merchies. [:D]

[Mynok]

Martian raiders don't sink Jap merchies, but allied ones...sure. [:D]

[Streptokok]

ORIGINAL: Sonny II

Are these reports from Patch 1?

My reports are from latest official patched version. 1.084?

[jomni]

NINJAS!!!
 

[Mike Scholl]

ORIGINAL: Mynok


Aren't those merchies gonna scatter like dropped marbles? Sure they are.... yeah, they probably should have overtaken some of them and sunk them, but I don't think the game models that concept. It would be good if it did, but those are high hopes at this point.

Of course they will TRY to scatter! But remember, they start anchored and unloading against the coast, with the enemy approaching from the sea. That eliminates about 270 degrees worth of "escape routes" to "scatter to". The "action" described is "feasible", but not "plausible". So you are absolutely right that in Daylight the Dutch should have sunk a fair number of them...

[xj900uk]

You've got to understand that you are dealing with Dutch warships here...
 
It is worth noting that there was once in Feb '42 a communique from Abdacom to Pacific C-in-C in response to Nimitz's question 'How good are the Dutch warships?' which went something like :
'Dutch warships excel at only one thing.  They sink faster than anything else we've got!'

[Sonny II]

ORIGINAL: Streptokok

ORIGINAL: Sonny II

Are these reports from Patch 1?

My reports are from latest official patched version. 1.084?

Thanks.