At dawn we slept...in the cab on the way back from Olongapo

[Disco Duck]

ORIGINAL: Simonsez

The USS Nimitz suddenly emerges from the swirling clouds of a strangely electrified maelstrom. 2 F-14 Tomcats sit at cats 1 and 2 straining against their launch shuttles in full afterburner. An E2-C Hawkeye taxis slightly behind them waiting for its turn. A figure in yellow gives a snap salute and leans into the wind screaming over the bow of the carrier as it slices through the dark blue ocean......

Suddenly, six long lance torpedoes slam into the USS Nimitz. Escorts are unable to locate the Japanese Submarine.

[witpqs]

ORIGINAL: rtrapasso

I tried to PM Captain Mandrake but the forum software says I don't have permission... [X(] [8|] [&:]

Does anyone know how to contact Mandrake directly?

I think BigB is a personal friend and local. He might be able to contact him directly.

[rtrapasso]

ORIGINAL: Disco Duck

ORIGINAL: Simonsez

The USS Nimitz suddenly emerges from the swirling clouds of a strangely electrified maelstrom. 2 F-14 Tomcats sit at cats 1 and 2 straining against their launch shuttles in full afterburner. An E2-C Hawkeye taxis slightly behind them waiting for its turn. A figure in yellow gives a snap salute and leans into the wind screaming over the bow of the carrier as it slices through the dark blue ocean......

Suddenly, six long lance torpedoes slam into the USS Nimitz. Escorts are unable to locate the Japanese Submarine.

Strangely, they were all duds... [:'(]

[Zorch]

ORIGINAL: rtrapasso

ORIGINAL: Disco Duck

ORIGINAL: Simonsez

The USS Nimitz suddenly emerges from the swirling clouds of a strangely electrified maelstrom. 2 F-14 Tomcats sit at cats 1 and 2 straining against their launch shuttles in full afterburner. An E2-C Hawkeye taxis slightly behind them waiting for its turn. A figure in yellow gives a snap salute and leans into the wind screaming over the bow of the carrier as it slices through the dark blue ocean......

Suddenly, six long lance torpedoes slam into the USS Nimitz. Escorts are unable to locate the Japanese Submarine.

Strangely, they were all duds... [:'(]

Now THAT is weird.

[Disco Duck]

ORIGINAL: Zorch

ORIGINAL: rtrapasso

ORIGINAL: Disco Duck



Suddenly, six long lance torpedoes slam into the USS Nimitz. Escorts are unable to locate the Japanese Submarine.

Strangely, they were all duds... [:'(]

Now THAT is weird.

If they were American torpedoes I would say all duds would be a distinct possibly. Japanese not so much.

[Zorch]

Mandrake Expletives

When Cap gets restored/rebooted/re-whatever, how will he describe the experience?

[Cap Mandrake]

I have respawned. Mostly intact but my left leg is partly transparent.


Sadly, Pinhead passed away. That messed everyone up at the Mandrake household. [:(] Very hard thing.

[witpqs]

[:(] Sorry, man.

Glad to see you back.

[Kursk1943]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

I have respawned. Mostly intact but my left leg is partly transparent.


Sadly, Pinhead passed away. That messed everyone up at the Mandrake household. [:(] Very hard thing.

Sad to hear. I remember lots of funny stories you told about Pinhead.

[rtrapasso]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

I have respawned. Mostly intact but my left leg is partly transparent.


Sadly, Pinhead passed away. That messed everyone up at the Mandrake household. [:(] Very hard thing.

My sincere regrets. [:(]

I am glad to hear you are largely intact, and I suppose the leg being transparent is better than perhaps some other body parts being affected.

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

I have respawned. Mostly intact but my left leg is partly transparent.


Sadly, Pinhead passed away. That messed everyone up at the Mandrake household. [:(] Very hard thing.

Curious what was up with Pinhead. Feel free to PM me if you'd like to get into it further. Sorry for your loss, dude.

[BrucePowers]

Sorry to here that Cap. Losing a family pet is hard.

[Zorch]

ORIGINAL: BrucePowers

Sorry to here that Cap. Losing a family pet is hard.

+1

[Disco Duck]

Sorry about the dog. it's hard

[zuluhour]

I had a friend with a great dane. He called her dufus. This smallish dane would bring me a
six pack on the 5th hole of our course when a I called B ahead. Damn, I miss Dufus to. That
dog got a sense of accomplishment you could see when she dropped the six on the green.
I think she got her nickname because whenever she got a chance to ride in the truck, she
always left her ass and tail out. You had to shove her all the way in. Maybe she sucked at
dog math. Sorry about pinhead Cap. If you want to switch up to a two legged pinhead I live
35 minutes from the capitol........of pinheads.

[Cap Mandrake]

The week got worse. My dad passed away last night from metastatic lung cancer. We only got the diagnosis two weeks ago. He had designated me as medical decision maker for all the 8 sibs and my mom. Man, that was a heavy load. He would have been 89 in a week. 8 kids. 28 grandkids, 8 or 9 great grandkids. He didn't really believe in oil changes. He just drove a a car until it gave up mostly (or, until one of the kids wrecked the thing [:)]). One time he went wild and bought a Ford Maverick with racing stripes. I wrecked the radiator and front suspension running up a curb after I was "run off the road by some gypsies in a van". I doubt he believed me but he never said anything.

Physicist and Program Engineer mostly sold satellites and missiles to generals and admirals in the glory days of "cost plus" contracts. He went to every kid and gandkid's sports things even if you weren't all that great at it. Loved college basketball and track but if you were doing water polo or lacrosse it didn't matter.

Great guy. Oh..for some reason he enlisted in the Air Farce too. Rose to the exaulted rank of Staff Sgt. One time we found his old 45 in the garage as kids and managed not to shoot each other.

Salute!

[Cap Mandrake]

************December 20, 1942(e)************

PI: Canberra task force is low on ammo and just trying to run east to Midway and some LYB trannies try to commit hari kiri.

Night Time Surface Combat, near Camiguin at 85,72, Range 11,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
PB Shotoku Maru, Shell hits 2
xAK Kaiko Maru, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
xAK Sinsyu Maru, Shell hits 4, on fire
PB Shinkyo Maru, Shell hits 9, heavy fires, heavy damage

Allied Ships
CA Canberra
DD Nicholas
DD O'Bannon
DD Duncan
DD Gansevoort
DD Hughes
DD Conyngham

[Cap Mandrake]

I sent some P-38's down to Mindanao to protect some transports there. This left Luzon uncovered.

Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 10
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 1
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 3

Allied aircraft
P-38E Lightning x 2

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 4 damaged
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 3 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-38E Lightning: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged

Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Airbase hits 13
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 15

and

Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 3 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 0 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 3
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 13

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 2 damaged
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 destroyed by flak
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 7 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
B-17F Fortress: 1 damaged

Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Airbase hits 16
Runway hits 16

[Cap Mandrake]

Sarrys run into the CAP over Luzon.

Afternoon Air attack on Cagayan , at 79,89

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 7

Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 1
Spitfire Vc Trop x 5
Kittyhawk IA x 1
P-38F Lightning x 2
F4F-4 Wildcat x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged

[Cap Mandrake]

Solomons: Bombardment of Lunga. A bit better with higher recon number.

Night Naval bombardment of Lunga at 114,138

Allied Ships
BB Indiana
BB West Virginia
CL Adelaide
DD Bailey
DD Barton
DD Buchanan

Japanese ground losses:
116 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 4 (2 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Vehicles lost 9 (2 destroyed, 7 disabled)

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 12
Port hits 5
Port supply hits 2