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ORIGINAL: TheElf

ORIGINAL: Andrew Brown

ORIGINAL: jrcar

Here are the fires plotted on an AE map!

Never though a WitP map would be used to track bushfires!

Here is a satellite pic taken of some of the the same area. The heat wave conditions this Summer have been unprecedented and the fires the worst in loss of life we have experienced. Truly terrible.

Andrew (living in Melbourne).

Meanwhile, record rainfall in Napoli this winter...

And record snowfall here in Toledo

I spent a great time in Victoria, in Promotory Park and SE coast ... sad to hear about firestorms there ...

And its snowing in Arizona right now [:D]

ORIGINAL: jrcar

ORIGINAL: Kaletsch2007

BTW, I saw strange things going on in down under, concerning weather. [X(]Are you save ?

The fires are 20km to the South and South west of here, we have light smoke over us for the 3rd day. Winds increased over night, but the weather is expected to be cool today. The problem is it will heat up again this weekend.

Elsewhere in the state the fires are still a real threat, and there are number in NSW.

The death toll is expected to be over 200, and there are over 750 homes destroyed. Several small towns cease to exisit.

It looks like a number were deliberately lit.

Cheers

Rob

We had the same problem with a number of serious fires in South Georgia (US) a couple of years ago. I simply cannot imagine a mentality which could construe arson as something to do. I know they exist, but Lord alone knows what is going in in such a mind...

Stay safe, and prayers are with all y'all.

ORIGINAL: Chad Harrison

And its snowing in Arizona right now [:D]

Any ocean-front property? [;)]

ORIGINAL: TOMLABEL

Any ocean-front property? [;)]

You bet! Premium priced right now. Be happy to sell you some. Comes with the snow too! [:D]

ORIGINAL: Chad Harrison

ORIGINAL: TOMLABEL

Any ocean-front property? [;)]

You bet! Premium priced right now. Be happy to sell you some. Comes with the snow too! [:D]

Will the Golden Gate be included as well? [:D]

TOMLABEL

ORIGINAL: RevRick

ORIGINAL: jrcar

ORIGINAL: Kaletsch2007

BTW, I saw strange things going on in down under, concerning weather. [X(]Are you save ?

The fires are 20km to the South and South west of here, we have light smoke over us for the 3rd day. Winds increased over night, but the weather is expected to be cool today. The problem is it will heat up again this weekend.

Elsewhere in the state the fires are still a real threat, and there are number in NSW.

The death toll is expected to be over 200, and there are over 750 homes destroyed. Several small towns cease to exisit.

It looks like a number were deliberately lit.

Cheers

Rob

We had the same problem with a number of serious fires in South Georgia (US) a couple of years ago. I simply cannot imagine a mentality which could construe arson as something to do. I know they exist, but Lord alone knows what is going in in such a mind...

Stay safe, and prayers are with all y'all.

It was like that last July in California--not quite as bad but comparable.

Even they have to cross water, they do not need to shock attack, as the name GT is shown in white ?
Did i got that one right ?

ORIGINAL: TOMLABEL

ORIGINAL: Chad Harrison

ORIGINAL: TOMLABEL

Any ocean-front property? [;)]

You bet! Premium priced right now. Be happy to sell you some. Comes with the snow too! [:D]

Will the Golden Gate be included as well? [:D]

TOMLABEL

If it floats over here after Cali goes under, sure thing. But that adds to the price ya know [:D]

If it floats over here after Cali goes under, sure thing. But that adds to the price ya know [:D]

It'll probably be on e-bay any day now

Sorry for the delay, work has been busy, so a quick post.

15-16 Dec 41
Lots more ASw action on both sides, I hit a Dutch DD (will probably sink) but get hit in rturn. We have recently toned down ASW search effectiveness and the subs on both sides appear to be more active, and succesful, as a result.

In Mayala I've managed to cut off one enemy Brigade, I'll post a secreen shot and description later.

Philipines sees me moving south along the coast and through the mountains, follow-on forces are landing.

Ambon is secure with a Naval HQ, Air HQ and strong air strike and defence. One thing in AE is that the naval search is also less effective than stock, so you really need the mix of SCTF and Naval Air Strike to protect bases. Raids by CL and DD class vessels can be very effective due to the new hex by hex naval movement plot. On the other hand many of these assets become one shot weapons with a major base or fleet train. For example Sorebaya can load torpedoes and rearm CA and below class vessles, but not BB's. There are basically no other ports in the DEI that can even do that with significant numbers of naval support or a fleet train.

I'm just about ready now for the second wave of invasions now I have some firm bases to move from.

China is progressing slowly, I'm moving the Tax Police unit into location so that they can tax the fleeing Chinese Army I think these guys will be my favorite unit!

Cheers

Rob

Ok here is the land action in Malaya.

I move down to Alor Star (1), Cathartes left a rearguard (I think) while the rest ran.

At 2 I moved behind the rearguard from Patani, battling the fleeing units who went south and blocking the main escape of the rear guard.

I also moved south from Kota Bharu.

With the block in place near George Town I attacked at Alor Star, defeating the rear guard who fled east.

Because I didn't have a unit in that hex (and therefore didn't own the hexsides) this retreat was allowed.

This shows a key change in AE, and shows how forces can be "slippery" if you don't physically have a unit in a hex.

So it is much harder to destroy a whole "stack", and manouvre really works, but you need follow up forces to maintain an encirlement.

Ok here is a quick demonstration on ship repair, I had the Chokai deliberately damaged to show this [8|]

First you select the ship screen for the port (as per stock) and then select "Manage Ships Under Repair"

By default the ship will anchor and the crew will repair what they can, this is "Minor Damage".

Major damage is listed (in this case 32 floatation, meaning the hull integeraty) is shown in red, and an X is displayed indicating this can't be fixed in this mode.

The number of days is also shown (in this case to repair the systems damage)

You can change the priority of the ship as well, useful when you have more than one in port.

By moving to pier side extra assets (in this case Naval support at the base) come into play and so the repair time goes down, BUT the ship is more vulnerable to port attacks, and it takes time for it to get ready once at pierside.

I don't have a repair ship at Saigon (which is the third option, readiness, pierside, repair ship), but I do have a repair yard...

I can allocated the ship to the repair yard, BUT the ship is 14,000 tons, and the yard can only handle 10,000 tons (a size 10 repair yard is 10,000 ton, a 20 20,000 tons, a 30 30,000 tons).

I can increase the size of the yard, or move it to a yard that can handle it.

Minor and Major damage accumulates at low rates due to ship movement around the place. Minor damages is usually repaired by the crew fairly quickly once the ship is stopped in a port.

Combat causes both minor and major damage. A combination of any mix of minor and major flotation damage that reaches 100 sinks the ship.

AR's can repair small amounts of engine and system major damage.

Major damage can take a long time to repair, and their are only a few places that can handle it (repair yards).

If a ship doesn't sink within a day of it being hit you can usually get it to a port (accidents, like repairs failing, happen though). Once in port you usually save it.

It is important to have a fleet train, have a base to repair the major damage that accumulates to maintain an active fleet, otherwise the fleet becomes a one shot weapon.

Cheers

Rob

i love the map...

I love the new rules: harbours, repairs, tonnage limits, extended ship habilities/limitations.