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I have uploaded a revised carrier utility and a carrier armor / durability spreadsheet.

I used a revised primary distribution list - if you want RHS files and did not get these sheets - send my your email address. If you got them and do not want a LOT of RHS files in the near future (when data entry of all the revisions ends) - tell me to take you off the list.

The carrier utility tells you what classes and ships are in what scenario. In RHS - you get to pick what ships appear by picking your scenario.
There is a similar battleship spreadsheet if you want it - but it has not been revised and probably does not need revision.

The new utility is easier to read than postings in the Forum. It tells you historical deck armor - a revised value to account for it not being on the flight deck (unless it is on that deck) - and a revised durability to compensate. Since carrier durabilities were all over the place - it also tells you what they should have been (as well as the new system).

It does not appear we need to adjust anything else - that is - revised durabilities work re production, victory points, damage control - all well enough.

These will be reissued - during data entry I found some eratta AND thought of some changes for the enhansed scenarios:

Aside from some eratta to Illustrious family carrier data - the deck armor is consistent throughout and the durability revises according to ship displacement values to reflect this armor -

Victorious was changed from Illustrious class to Indomitable class in ALL scenarios
the impact of this to increase air group by 9 machines.

Unicorn was changed to a repeat Indomitable class in EEO and EBO scenarios ONLY -
this also including stripping CVE Shah of her FAA squadrons in favor of Unicorn (which had none)
and the reformation of No 1772 Squadron FAA as a repeat No 1771 - also for Unicorn.
She takes the name Irresistible from the second unit of the Audacious class.

Audacious is not redesigned with bigger hangers in 1942 - delaying when she can be completed.
But the other units of the class are not able to be laid down in time and are cancelled to permit use of steel and components for other vessels. Similar to Unicorn/Irresistible, she gets an air group from other FAA squadrons - and another CVE converts to a transport/emergency strike carrier.

Note that in RHS there are UNASSIGNED carrier squadrons (using dummy carriers) so you CAN put air groups on transport CVEs.

The revised spreadsheets are now both posted and uploaded to the primary distribution list.

I have added seaplane carriers to all three "carrier navies" - and corrected a tiny number of eratta - and am uploading the revised revisions to primary distribution for the carrier armor (and durability) spreadsheet.

These spreadsheets are now available on the RHS web site.

Working on scenario descriptions I discovered not all data in EBO in particular and some for EEO are on the spreadsheets - so I will recast them again in a more accurate form. Also I am working on a massive cruiser sheet - explaining just what class in what variation appears in which scenarios - and also when?

There is a revised RHS scenario description page now at the RHS web site.

This reflects implementation of all conversion options by the Japanese player - and it is very unlikely this will actually occur (just as Brazil Maru was not converted as planned because she was lost - and there are other examples). It does reflect the total possible numbers of carriers and their capacity. Presentation has been reworked to give separate capacity for each scenario group. Allied seaplane carriers (essentially only Albatross except in BBO family) are also shown in the capacity totals at the bottom - where we compare both sides side by side.

There will be no similar update for Battleships - which are fine as is. Cruisers are next - if I ever get them all listed - there are MANY cruisers in various scenarios.