I have a question about the radius setting for air missions. The manual says that if I adjust the radius, the number in parentheses after the "area" field will display the "number of hexes" targeted. But with some missions, like recon and strategic bombing, it displays a much larger number than this. E.g., on a mission to bomb Essen, if I set radius to 0, I see (53). I think that actually indicates the round-trip hexes to target (52) plus the one-hex target. But if I set radius to 1, I see (134). I can't figure out how the game gets 134. I would expect something more like 52 plus 7, the 7 hexes around the target. Or maybe 52 plus 9 -- the 7 hexes around the target and a couple of approach hexes.
It's not a big deal, as the on-map graphic displays the target area, but I'd still like to understand what the number in parentheses means exactly.
Also, an unrelated, bigger question: is it insane to turn off automatic air directive creation altogether?
Do any of you set up everything from scratch?
