ORIGINAL: Buck Beach
Are you saying the 164th has to hitch hike from SFO but the others get the benefit of transporting down to Melbourne (beam me down Scottie)? I don't care much for "wormhole" travel in the game, but that's just me.
I’m not a wormhole fan myself, but there are very few alternative options. In a scenario of this scale, we wanted to hew very closely to those decisions made, and deployments ordered, in the time frame immediately following PH. As time progresses, options open.
TF 6814 had a bunch more stuff than just the Americal components. The lift used to move them to OZ, through the Canal, was immediately returned to Caribbean and Atlantic station. None of the ships were under PacFlt command. So what to do? Put could put the units at ECUSA or Balboa with a delayed entry TF comprising the lift with a Melbourne destination, but that TF must be withdrawn immediately after delivering the units. Or we could avoid the clickfest and just have the movement be considered in the abstract and have the units show up where they did, when they did.
The case for the 164th is it was at Ft Ord, it was at SFO, and its assignments were historical. Everyone understands that a full div has a better combat shot than 3 constituent regts, so the intent is get people to reconstitute the div. Other intent is to give the smaller scen designers (and highly players) the opportunity to use the 164th as an early reinforcement for the Canal, with the rest of the div schlepping in later and reconstituting in situ.
Don’t forget, this is just the first 30-60 days of activity, where the historical record is clear. As the smoke blows away, ‘other’ stuff may happen. Scenario design is a very interesting exercise. There are no real answers, just probabilities. Probabilities are very high, very early on, but very soon turn into vapor. Hope this helps you understand where we are coming from and the implications we have to deal with.
