A bad day at the office?

[goodwood]

Hi Just fiddling with the long campaign game with the variable start option on, talk about being unlucky, checkout the combat report for PH. Does this give the Japanese a good kick start or not?

Day Air attack on Pearl Harbor , at 112,68

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 76
D3A Val x 126
B5N Kate x 143

Allied aircraft
F2A Buffalo x 9
F4F-3 Wildcat x 17
P-26A x 8
P-36A Mohawk x 3
P-40B Tomahawk x 11

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 34 destroyed, 6 damaged
D3A Val: 42 destroyed, 57 damaged
B5N Kate: 18 destroyed, 25 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
F2A Buffalo: 20 destroyed, 4 damaged
F4F-3 Wildcat: 25 destroyed, 10 damaged
P-26A: 19 destroyed, 2 damaged
P-36A Mohawk: 24 destroyed, 18 damaged
P-40B Tomahawk: 71 destroyed, 42 damaged
PBY Catalina: 38 destroyed, 46 damaged
B-18A Bolo: 28 destroyed, 20 damaged
SBD Dauntless: 13 destroyed, 15 damaged
A-20B Boston: 16 destroyed, 6 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 2 destroyed, 11 damaged

Allied Ships
BB Oklahoma, Bomb hits 6
BB West Virginia, Bomb hits 6, on fire
CV Enterprise, Bomb hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
CV Lexington, Bomb hits 9, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
BB Arizona, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 1
BB Maryland, Bomb hits 4, on fire
BB Pennsylvania, Bomb hits 8, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
BB Tennessee, Bomb hits 5, on fire
BB California, Bomb hits 3, on fire
AV Wright, Bomb hits 1, on fire
CA San Francisco, Bomb hits 1, on fire
CA Portland, Bomb hits 1
DD Monaghan, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
CL Raleigh, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
CL Phoenix, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
BB Nevada, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 1
DM Preble, Bomb hits 1, on fire
PT PT-29, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage


Allied ground losses:
180 casualties reported
Guns lost 5
Vehicles lost 1

Airbase hits 51
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 215

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x A6M2 Zero attacking at 100 feet
9 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet
26 x B5N Kate bombing at 9000 feet
13 x A6M2 Zero attacking at 100 feet
20 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet
23 x B5N Kate bombing at 9000 feet
14 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet
18 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
15 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet
17 x B5N Kate bombing at 9000 feet
23 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet
25 x B5N Kate bombing at 9000 feet
25 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet
27 x B5N Kate bombing at 9000 feet

[Dunhill_BKK]

I'm hoping not to see something like that on my first PBEM.

I'd like to know how many eventually sink.

[goodwood]

I wonder though, how many gamers actually use the variable start option?

[von Murrin]

I'd use it more if it wasn't random.

[Culiacan Mexico]

ORIGINAL: von Murrin

I'd use it more if it wasn't random.

[:D]

[2ndACR]

I will use vary starts all the time if my opponents agree to let me attack somewhere else if I so choose.[X(]

Can be a real game killer after spending many hours doing your first turn and then get bushwhacked by the Allied CV's.
That far from home KB is doomed if any take more than 30% flt damage.

Of course my crews use the "lets cut holes on the other side of the ship so the water will drain out" method of Damage Control.

[von Murrin]

ORIGINAL: Culiacan Mexico

ORIGINAL: von Murrin

I'd use it more if it wasn't random.

[:D]

I once tried for two hours to get HOME PLATE as the Allies. I may be a glutton for punishment, but I prefer such masochism to be confined to actual play.[:D]

[goodwood]

I just ran another random game start, this time the US carrier was caught NW of Hawaii, both the Lex and Enterprize were sunk! Less BB damage though, I will stick to the historical setup I think[:D]

[The Gnome]

I got the *infield* draw too, us CV's struck KB without incurring a counterstrike. I thought I had only dinged two CV's but a month or two later I found out the Zuikaku had sunk near one of the home islands.

[byron13]

Lex looks to be in bad shape, but I'm guessing the Enterprise survived and can be repaired in about six weeks to two months. If you're a battleship fan, this is not a bad start as most of your BBs look like they were hardly scratched!