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Command Showcase: Ford Class Coming Soon

Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2023 1:32 pm
by Roby7979
Command Showcase is a series of scenarios that will put you in command of the most significant weapons sensors and units in the modern era with new and hypothetical theaters of war.

Your Second challenge:

Command Showcase: Ford Class

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Russia, in an attempt to break international sanctions, has set up a trade agreement with Angola. Unfortunately, the situation has turned ugly with the death of the Angolan President, back and forth claims of Russian and/or US and/or European interference fused with a fractious domestic political situation boiling down to civil war. While many nations attempt to evacuate non-combatants, Russia has vowed to send ‘Peacekeepers’ and the US is adamant that its Embassy will remain open and US citizens will be protected.

Enter the USS Ford and her dispersed Strike Group, diverted from a scheduled visit to South America. Simultaneously, the Russians divert their newly refitted Battle Cruiser Admiral Nakhimov from a mission to the Mediterranean. Suddenly two of the most powerful ships on the planet are steaming at high speed towards a tinderbox situation.

What could possibly go wrong?



Features:

-Playable by the US side only and focused on the USS Ford.
-Configurable air wing for the USS Ford with 10, 14 or 20 F-35s and varying numbers of other aircraft to round out the wing.
-Randomized starting positions for many elements.
-P-8, RQ-180 and other high end surveillance aircraft.
-High end SSNs on both sides.
-Airborne insertion of US Marines to the US Embassy.
-A NATO airlift not under the player’s control but needing protection.
-A fast-moving and dynamic situation on the ground which will complicate the player’s ability to achieve tasks and missions.
-An escalation mechanism where both Russia and Angola will gradually lose patience with player actions at different rates and for different reasons, and likely start shooting.

Command Showcase: Ford Class Out on 6th March
https://www.matrixgames.com/game/comman ... ford-class

Re: Command Showcase: Ford Class Coming Soon

Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2023 2:54 pm
by BDukes
Wow looks great!

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Re: Command Showcase: Ford Class Coming Soon

Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2023 4:54 pm
by lumiere
Nice. Will the next showcase be Fujian/Kuznetsov/De Gaulle, or move on to the other platforms?

Re: Command Showcase: Ford Class Coming Soon

Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2023 7:24 am
by BobTank63
Cool! I hope this scenario incorporates the feedback from the QE scenario and does focus more on the highlighted unit.

Re: Command Showcase: Ford Class Coming Soon

Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2023 1:12 am
by HalfLifeExpert
BobTank63 wrote: Fri Feb 24, 2023 7:24 am Cool! I hope this scenario incorporates the feedback from the QE scenario and does focus more on the highlighted unit.
Based on the screenshots and the theatre of Operations, I think it will. Seems that Ford's group is scattered, and therefore must be re formed.

It's also a far less crowded environment than the East-South China Seas, with both sides operating far from home (except the Angolans of course).

I just hope that if those experimental Anti-Ship HWACs from the QE scenario are included, that their DB entry is updated to make them actually hypersonic (3334 kts or more)