Command: Showcase Ford Class Coming Soon

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Command: Showcase Ford Class Coming Soon

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Command Showcase is a series of scenarios that will put you in command of the most significant weapons sensors and units in the modern era with new and hypothetical theaters of war.

Your Second challenge:

Command Showcase: Ford Class

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Russia, in an attempt to break international sanctions, has set up a trade agreement with Angola. Unfortunately, the situation has turned ugly with the death of the Angolan President, back and forth claims of Russian and/or US and/or European interference fused with a fractious domestic political situation boiling down to civil war. While many nations attempt to evacuate non-combatants, Russia has vowed to send ‘Peacekeepers’ and the US is adamant that its Embassy will remain open and US citizens will be protected.

Enter the USS Ford and her dispersed Strike Group, diverted from a scheduled visit to South America. Simultaneously, the Russians divert their newly refitted Battle Cruiser Admiral Nakhimov from a mission to the Mediterranean. Suddenly two of the most powerful ships on the planet are steaming at high speed towards a tinderbox situation.

What could possibly go wrong?



Features:
-Playable by the US side only and focused on the USS Ford.
-Configurable air wing for the USS Ford with 10, 14 or 20 F-35s and varying numbers of other aircraft to round out the wing.
-Randomized starting positions for many elements.
-P-8, RQ-180 and other high end surveillance aircraft.
-High end SSNs on both sides.
-Airborne insertion of US Marines to the US Embassy.
-A NATO airlift not under the player’s control but needing protection.
-A fast-moving and dynamic situation on the ground which will complicate the player’s ability to achieve tasks and missions.
-An escalation mechanism where both Russia and Angola will gradually lose patience with player actions at different rates and for different reasons, and likely start shooting.

Command Showcase: Ford Class Out on 6th March
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Re: Command: Showcase Ford Class Coming Soon

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Looking forward to it!
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Re: Command: Showcase Ford Class Coming Soon

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Well this is a surprise! I was honestly not 100% sure there was going to be another Showcase installment.

This looks to be more promising than the results of Queen Elizabeth. That last one was honestly a bit of a disappointment for me.

The QE DLC wasn't actually focused on the QE group in practice, as you also had a pair of USN flattops at your disposal. Additionally, there were important elements in the scenario that were unexplained, and the player was effectively unable to use the few Hypersonic weapons provided.
(The HWAC onboard the B-52 was nuclear tipped, so completely useless, and the HWAC ASM prototypes onboard a few F-35s were not actually Hypersonic, being only 1600kts, so they were easily defeated by PLAN ship defenses)

This scenario seems to better fit the 'Showcase' mold though. It's in a more isolated area than the Western Pacific, with more room to maneuver and hide, although I get nervous with the CVBG being dispersed. I hope the 2 or so ships close to the carrier have a laser turret onboard!

I like the idea of being to experiment with a few different air wing configurations as well!

The ultimate outcome of the Ukraine War I think will affect the plausibility of this scenario, so we'll have to file it more under purely hypothetical, rather than plausible-future-combat.
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