Bring me the head of Diego Garcia...and the Mayor of Addu Atoll too!

[Cap Mandrake]

***********USAAF Base Force, Ogden, Utah, Nov. 4, 1942**********

Pvt. Smith: Spike, you ever feel that the war is passing us by?

Pvt. Nichols: Well, we are all cogs in the great machine, Too Tall.

Pvt. Smith: Maybe, but just once I'd like to see a plane land here. Did you know this is the third wind sock I put up and it ain't been used once.

Pvt. Nichols: What about that crop duster?

Pvt. Smith: Spike, I heard tell of this for-profit bomber squadron in Australia. We should volunteer.

Pvt. Nichols: Ain't that Nazi?

Pvt. Smith: Not Austria, you dumb cow paddie, Australia...

[Cap Mandrake]

Santa Maria! page 2!


The Pony Express rider just arrived with the turn. It seems the station in Cedar City gave him a nag. JJ lost 15-18 Kates and an equal number of Zeroes in the fighting. We lost probably 10 medium bombers adn 3 B-17's. The main body of Jap carriers are about 11 hexes NNE of Carnovan (P-38 with droptank escort range 13). There is also another ? small surface group N of Exmouth as well as the BB's near Port Hedland. There are now 14 Jap units at PH. We don't know yet what the reinforcing units are.

The decision to send the cruisers at Exmouth to PH is Admiral Lord Sprior's. I won't say how I voted. [:)] Exmouth is now 76% to level 2. An air HQ is being flown in there today by transport to make ready for some torpedo-capable Beauforts when the field is ready.

Yorktown is fully repaired in 5 d. The B-17's are back up to 7,000 ft attack altitude at PH and will go after the airbase. We can't have Jap CAP there, it kills our medium bombers. 3 squadrons of B-24's wre moved back to Geraldton to attack JJ ground units at PH.

[Cap Mandrake]

By ra way, pretend I didn't read the manual. What do we need to effectively post a torpedo-capable Beaufort squadron at Exmouth?


1) Torpedo-capable RAAF Beaufort squadron with good pilots....check

2) Air HQ..working on that now.

3) Supply...I know this has to be in there somewhere. How much? Is just being in the black enough?

4) Level 2 airfield...will that be enough?

5) Finally, at what range will they carry torps?


Also, this just in. Stalker Girl is able to confirm that Pocahantass Girl was indeed commando at the Halloween party. It seems even the women notice this kind of thing because it is seen as a territorial threat display.

They (Pocahantass Gril and Stalker Girl) made up and went out for coffee...doubtless to complain about their husbands (I discovered they, Pocahantass Girl and her husband are still married even though he is living with some 20-something[X(]).

[Cap Mandrake]

..

[Cap Mandrake]

Very gratifyling loss of carrier-based Kates and Zeroes but we lost 10 B-25/26 and 8 converted mail-carreirs (Hudsons)...as well as 5 B-17F and 2 B-24's...uggh

[witpqs]

Good job, chaps, they're pouring troops in there instead of building up someplace important!

On the torpedoes, part of this comment might depend on which Beta you are running. Look at the Air HQ. See if it has torpedoes (and enough of them). If not click on the button and give it more. Next, click on the Show TOE button. If you are running a late enough Beta, the torpedo line will turn yellow and say (something like) automatic torpedo complement. You can click on the yellow text and give it the number you want. Thereafter, when there is adequate supply and the amount of torpedoes falls below that number, the unit will automatically draw more. As long as the unit has Replacements Enabled.

Look at the aircraft display, click at the bottom of the squadron screen, to see what weapons are carried out to normal vs. extended range.

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

By ra way, pretend I didn't read the manual. What do we need to effectively post a torpedo-capable Beaufort squadron at Exmouth?


1) Torpedo-capable RAAF Beaufort squadron with good pilots....check

2) Air HQ..working on that now.

3) Supply...I know this has to be in there somewhere. How much? Is just being in the black enough?

4) Level 2 airfield...will that be enough?

5) Finally, at what range will they carry torps?

In addition to what my Argletonian colleague mentioned (actually having your AirHQ 'buy' torps), I'd try to ensure the presence of escort fighters of the same denomination (e.g., USAAF fighters with USAAF bombers). This will make your torpedo-equipped aircraft more likely to pass their die roll and fly into the face of some opposition.

[Chickenboy]

Level 3 will be enough, not sure about level 2 without running some calculus algorithms.

[witpqs]

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

Level 3 will be enough, not sure about level 2 without running some calculus algorithms.

Oh, right! Maybe size 2 if a true Torpedo Bomber and size 3 if a Level Bomber that just carries torps.

[Crackaces]

ORIGINAL: witpqs

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

Level 3 will be enough, not sure about level 2 without running some calculus algorithms.

Oh, right! Maybe size 2 if a true Torpedo Bomber and size 3 if a Level Bomber that just carries torps.

I think the twins require a level 4 base minimum? B-17's and above require level 5? B-29's level 7? It depends on bomb load and number engines?

[witpqs]

You're asking me to pretend I read the manual! [:D]

[Cap Mandrake]

Right...it will be a bit before Exmouth is level 3 so it looks like it would have to be TBF's, Albacore or SBD's. The SBD's could make it very hazardous to bring in anything to Port Hedland. It is 7 hexes from Exmouth to PH.

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: Crackaces

ORIGINAL: witpqs

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

Level 3 will be enough, not sure about level 2 without running some calculus algorithms.

Oh, right! Maybe size 2 if a true Torpedo Bomber and size 3 if a Level Bomber that just carries torps.

I think the twins require a level 4 base minimum? B-17's and above require level 5? B-29's level 7? It depends on bomb load and number engines?

Level 3 with an Air HQ should be sufficient for the 2EBs, IIRC. The manual, plus a cloud-based SETI search algorithm, should provide the precise calculation necessary.

[Cap Mandrake]

I found it! page 234.




r=range
t=number of torepdoes at base
m=base size

[Cap Mandrake]

Which one of you idiot savant pinheads can remember the value of Planck's constant? We can solve this thing!

[zuluhour]

All TWITs at Zulu HQ are working on the equation, well trying to copy it in crayola.

[Crackaces]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Which one of you idiot savant pinheads can remember the value of Planck's constant? We can solve this thing!

Planck's constant

According to google its ... 6.626068 × 10-34 m2 kg / s ....[:D]

However, what happends when the range reaches maximum? and what effects do HQ have on supply and basesize?

IN the end your boys won't fly because of some cloud in-between or some other bad die roll ...[;)] [Noting in my game 50 B-26's/B-25's refuised to fly ..leaving a small 4 plane B-26 squadron to face 18 zeros ...][8|]

[Grollub]

So where does Heisenbergs uncertainty principle fit into all this? I know that is supposed to be applied only to the physical properties of quantum particles, but given it's called an uncertainty principle, who knows?

Could we perhaps tweak one of the known factors in the Captains formula above, such as the Planck constant, to create a larger certainty that the bomber would strike at a greater range?

Couldn't this question be put to the M&M Manhattan Project Division?

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: Crackaces

Planck's constant

According to google its ... 6.626068 × 10-34 m2 kg / s ....[:D]

This is an RAAF unit in 1942(c) so we will need that in Nautical Miles^^2 Imperial Tons/AM Turn Length

Can you get back to us?

[Cap Mandrake]

Last I heard Heisenberg was in Pitcarin trying to apply his Uncertainty Principle to the macro scale for the "Imperiar Croaking Device" contract.