Sailing in harms way: InHarmsWay (J) vs Andav (A) Scen2

[InHarmsWay]

PaxMondo, It is October 25th 1942. I have a total of 12 George factories currently. Current date for production start is July '43. Currently researched 56% toward a June date. The remaining factories (all size 30) are repaired to: 29 / 28 / 27 / 25 / 23 / 23 / 22 / 22 / 21 /20.

I am hoping that I will get a third factory to 30 here in a week!

Frank research is a dozen factories as well. one is size 22 of 55. I liked your previous idea of making that a zero factory day one. The 11 remaining size 30 factories are currently at: 22 / 22 / 17 / 16 / 16 / 16 / 15 / 14 / 14/ / 14 / 0 (yes, just switched a zero factory over). I think the Tojo will be really long in the tooth by the time the Frank shows up. I wonder if it is feasible to get a stopgap plane researched, I think not as it would just dilute the research I am doing...

The most important factory that I am worried about is my Sam production: Currently I have 14 factories researching, as follows: 16 / 13 / 11 / 10 / 9 / 8 / 7 / 7 / 6 / 6 / 4 / 2 / 2 / 0. I really wished I had put more factories into Sam's earlier!!! I think I started with 9 or 10, and ramped them up a few months ago.

[PaxMondo]

PaxMondo, It is October 25th 1942. I have a total of 12 George factories currently. Current date for production start is July '43. Currently researched 56% toward a June date. The remaining factories (all size 30) are repaired to: 29 / 28 / 27 / 25 / 23 / 23 / 22 / 22 / 21 /20.

I am hoping that I will get a third factory to 30 here in a week!

Barring the absolute worst luck, you should have 1 - 3 more factories fully repaired within 10 days. That would be a total of 3 - 5 kicking out RnD points, which will then in a few weeks accelerate the rest of those factories to complete. So, by Dec 1, good chance that you will have 5-7 fully repaired RnD centers ... every 15-20 days you advance another month PLUS every 30 days the calendar moves a month.

If 5 are fully repaired by Dec 1, every 20 days you gain a month, and using your 7/43 start date:
Dec1 - 7/43
Dec20 - 6/43
Jan10 - 5/43
Jan30 - 4/43
Feb20 - 3/43
Mar 1 you get George.

The rest of the factories WILL repair before 1 Mar, so you reasonable chance to get George before 1 Feb ...

Frank research is a dozen factories as well. one is size 22 of 55. I liked your previous idea of making that a zero factory day one. The 11 remaining size 30 factories are currently at: 22 / 22 / 17 / 16 / 16 / 16 / 15 / 14 / 14/ / 14 / 0 (yes, just switched a zero factory over). I think the Tojo will be really long in the tooth by the time the Frank shows up. I wonder if it is feasible to get a stopgap plane researched, I think not as it would just dilute the research I am doing...

You look to be another 2 months or so before you get a factory to finish repairing. Lucky would be that the two at 22 now keep repairing fast. the odds are it will be one of the 16 or 15 that will finish up first. Then another month for the 2nd and the 3rd a month after that. So my guess for you is something like this:

1Mar43 - 4/44 ; 3 facts
1Apr43 - 3/44; 4 facts
25 May43 - 2/44; 4 facts
20 May43 - 1/44; 4 facts
10Jun43 - 12/43; 5 facts
28Jun43 - 11/43; 6 facts
15Jul43 - 10/43; 7 facts
30Jul43 - 9/43; 7 facts
mid Aug 43 Frank start

The most important factory that I am worried about is my Sam production: Currently I have 14 factories researching, as follows: 16 / 13 / 11 / 10 / 9 / 8 / 7 / 7 / 6 / 6 / 4 / 2 / 2 / 0. I really wished I had put more factories into Sam's earlier!!! I think I started with 9 or 10, and ramped them up a few months ago.

Sam arrives 9/45. This one is still pretty far out. most likely you are still 5 - 7 months away from your first to fully repair, and it could be longer. Look at it this way, this far out your "lucky" factory will repair 2 or 3 per month. with 12, you should get 2 or 3 lucky factories each month. Your 16 needs to get lucky 3 more times, your 6 would need 5 more times. As you say, if you had had 14 from 7Dec41, you would likely have all 14 now above 10 .. that's a big deal.

[PaxMondo]

How about an update? Please???