Cockellshell Heroes...

[Scottydawg]

I recently played a PBEM game as the Axis, and noticed at some point early in the game that St. Nazaire, as the script-opted upgraded port from which to build German submarines from, was at a supply level of one/(1). This remained the same throughout the entire game--it never went any higher than one. After the match I did question my opponent about this; he said only that he did opt for the "Cockellshell Heroes" script and that the attack had been made successfully. A single successful attack however seems unlikely to take out the port indefinitely to a level 1 supply...right?
Might this be a glitch...has anybody else had this happen?
Is the damage caused by a successful raid on St. Nazaire permanent?

[Rannug61]

Yes, this a part of the game... for good or bad

[Taxman66]

It's a different DE for the St. Naizaire raid (I forget the name of the ship/decision event) but it's a 'modern' version of the fire ship port attack.
I don't know the chances off hand but guess that ~75% of the time the attack damages the port and it recovers (1pt/turn) and the other 25% of the time it gets clobbered for good. I suppose you could look at the script to find the exact chance.

[BillRunacre]

Hi

The details can be found in the Strategy Guide, DE 113 is for the raid against St Nazaire, and it has a 50% chance of knocking the port out permanently, otherwise the damage inflicted will be repaired and the port will become reusable after a period of time.

The Cockleshell Heroes is an event triggered by DE 114 for the UK to prepare Commando raids against occupied Europe.

[Scottydawg]

I was not aware; I'm apparently not alone. This was a valuable query...this DE is a must for anyone--all of us--concerned about hemming in the U-boat menace.Thank you all so much for your brevity in responding.

You've really got a great game here Bill; thank you in particular for all you do!!!

[Elessar2]

It wouldn't be that big a deal-if the La Rochelle port existed.