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ORIGINAL: Canoerebel

My computer shut down with a virus on Friday (maybe GreyJoy was doing some remote viewing of porn?....).  Back up an running now, though.

Exactly. If i'm not mistaken on Friday i was remote-watching "Natural Back-Bush nr.7 - Vintage Bareback annihilation"... not a bad movie indeed, even if i didn't like the disco 80 soundtrak[:'(]

GreyJoy:  Shoo!  Go away!  Scat!  You need to be updating your own AAR rather than haunting mine with images of '80s disco music.

P.S.  Please do update yours! 

P.P.S. Edited to omit possible security breach. Sorry, GJ!

ORIGINAL: Canoerebel

Edit plz....[:-]

Thx NY59!!

Both of you need to EDIT ASAP!!!!!

A sneak preview of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy being shown right here in CRs AAR.

Yikes!  Somehow, I don't have figher CAP over Oosthaven!  I have hundreds of fighters based there, all set to 40% or 50% CAP, but none flew.  As a result, a handful of Kates sortied against my shipping, but fortunately missed some juicy targets. 
 
Why didn't my CAP fly?  Oosthaven is a level nine airfield with 325 aviation support present.  Doesn't that mean the Allies can base and service unlimited aircraft there? 
 
I have 72 squadrons at Oosthaven - perhaps twenty of them are small Dutch squadrons that I can withdraw if necessary.   The rest are mainly good USAAF and USN squadrons, with a handful of decent RAF, Kiwi and Aussie units.

I have hundreds of fighters based there

Cr I anxiously await a concentration like that! Whos in charge? ABDA, Dutch, Brit?

It's a KNIL HQ base.  Most of the Dutch units are assigned to that HQ.  The remaining units are assigned to a variety of HQ.  Most of the USAAF units are SWPac.
 
Political points have been so scarce in the game that I haven't paid any attention to aligning air unit with HQs.  I simply don't have the PP to do this.  Everything is going to buy restricited units and to replace poor ground, naval and air leaders.

Dan-

Maybe you have commented on it, and I missed it...but, which do you consider more important? Milne Bay, PM, or Horn Island?

Really enjoy your AAR.

In the overall scheme of things, I don't think any of these bases are particularly important.
 
Early in the game, Japan should be able to take the three of them without any real difficulty.  If Japan wants 'em, Japan gets em.
 
Later in the game it can be tough and costly for the Allies to reclaim these bases.  By the time I feel like I have the ability as an Allied player to take these bases, I'd rather use my power to target other bases that are more important.  So I seldom pay any attention to the three unless Japan just hasn't attended to them, as is the case in this game.
 
Of the three, Horn Island may be the most significant because it controls the eastern end of the Torres Straight. 
 
In this game, due to the peculiar defense played by my opponent, I consider Milne Bay to be the most important of the three. 
 
I do consider Merauke, a base in south-central New Guinea, to be quite important. 

Anybody know the answer to my lack of CAP query (see the post about ten above this one)?  I sure need to fix the problem before I send the turn back to Steve.  If the problem isn't fixed, Renown and Repulse are not going to have a good day tomorrow.

ORIGINAL: Canoerebel

Anybody know the answer to my lack of CAP query (see the post about ten above this one)?  I sure need to fix the problem before I send the turn back to Steve.  If the problem isn't fixed, Renown and Repulse are not going to have a good day tomorrow.

Not really. I figure your CAP should have flown, although CAP is porous. Maybe CAP did fly but that small group just slipped through unchallenged?

9/6/42
 
DEI:  Not sure what the problem is/was with my CAP at Oosthaven.  Despite being a level nine field with 300+ aviation support, an asterisk appeared when I pulled up a menu to consider transferring aircraft to the field.  When I reduced the number of squadrons from 72 to 66, the asterisk disappeared.  That's no guarantee CAP will fly, but I'll cross my fingers.
 
KB:  USN sub took a shot at CV Shokaku between Marcus and Wake Island.  The sighting occurred in a position where it doesn't seem that the CV was bound to Japan from Kwajalein to upgrade.  I'm wondering if she's heading to NoPac, either on a raid or to possibly cover the long-awaited counterinvasion of Para and/or Onnekotan.  I'll shall keep a weather eye out.
 
NoPac:  See above.  CA Quincy will lead a few supply ships into Para in the next few days, then bug out before Shokaku could arrive.
 
CenPac:  The US Army units at Ndeni destroyed the two little invading units.
 
SoPac:  Desultory (this word is for Cribtop's benefit) bombings at Pago Pago.
 
SWPac:  Tanks will land at Milne Bay tomorrow or the next day.  No sign of enemy awareness.
 
Burma:  The Happy Stalemate at Magwe continues.

Very strange - not sure why that should occur, especially given the attributes of the Level 9 airfield. At least reducing the number of squadrons should help (another reason to keep up the airfield building - so you can spread out additional squadrons).

Sincerly i think it's impossible they didn't fly...something must have happened... at Karachi i experienced months of daily fights with an AF lvl 9 crowded with 1000 planes and they always flew...[&:]

Do you have an AIr HQ at Oosthaven?

Did the combat report show the raid was detected? At what range?

9/7/42
 
We're nine months into the war.  No need to detail the favorable postion in which the Allies find themselves at this early date, as that's been recently discussed at length.
 
DEI:  Japan didn't fly any missions vs. Oosthaven, so I don't know whether my CAP is operating properly or not.  The previous turn remains a mystery (to answer Cribtop's question, the raid was detected; CAP should have been plentiful).  BB North Carolina's damage is dropping as she makes her way to map's edge.  She's two days out.  Japanese bombers plastered Padang's airfield today.  It's shut down, but that's okay.  While Steve focuses there, the Allies can focus on reinforcing Billiton, Toboali, etc.  Hornet is back on station.  Saratoga has 13 more days at Colombo.

Burma:  The Happy Stalemate at Magwe continues.  Another IJ unit is on the way, so we'll soon see if it's enough to threaten the stalemate.

NoPac:  Quincy TF and two supply xAKs will arrive at Para tonight, with a larger supply TF two days away.  Quincy will stay for about three days and then get out of dodge on the chance that enemy carriers are enroute.  Para's defenses can be defeated, but they are in reasonable shape at the moment.  630 AV with 28k supply and four forts.

CenPac:  It looks like an enemy invasion force might be inbound to Tabituea from the southwest - an odd direction.  Tabi has 100 AV behind two forts; enough to prevent it from being a freebie, but I wish I had more.

SoPac:  IJ AV at Pago Pago down to about 325.

SWPac:  Tanks are ashore at Milne Bay.  Three valuable AK are involved in this hazardous forward duty.  I hope to withdraw them in another day.  The big reinforcement convoys heading for PM and Milne are nearing Townsville.  Still no signs of enemy awareness or interest in these places.

ORIGINAL: Canoerebel


SWPac:  Tanks are ashore at Pago Pago.  Three valuable AK are involved in this hazardous forward duty.  I hope to withdraw them in another day.  The big reinforcement convoys heading for PM and Milne are nearing Townsville.  Still no signs of enemy awareness or interest in these places.

You mean Milne Bay right?

er, yes.  I shall edit to fix the 1,719,683 typo I've made to date.