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Russia 27  Once more into the vodka bottle! For the moment Lt Popinski is going to lead the charge. Everyone else is re-based to Iturup and assigned to new mission zones per theDemons orders. Once you have bogeys sighted I'm going to halt the round and we're going to clarify all the orders. Support zones are moved up accordingly as well. Two bears will watch the strait while two more will cover the convoy.  Torpedos continue to hunt in the strait.  Soda Popinski immediately goes Engaged Offensive upon launch. Looks like he's headed for the P-3.  Fast! M1.6 The P-3 appears to be fleeing. The AEW is also fleeing to the west.  Habeas picks up a goblin. One of the nearby Bears is going to investigate. A moment later it is classified as an SSK. I'm going to get the Bear into position before firing an RPK.  Soda Popinski closes for the kill!  Missiles away!  The goblin is proving difficult to resolve. The bear is going in low.  Two missiles take the P-3 down. I'm now adjusting the mission area to the west as the AEW is now almost over Hokkaido.  The SSK resolves to a Soryu, and only 15nm from Trigger! RPK's away!  10 kts and moving to the north-northwest. A moment later the RPK fires. The Bear is almost overhead.  The zone of uncertainty keeps shifting while the Bear circles. The only thing providing any information is Habeas's Vepr.  The 767 is racing for the airbase.  The SSK goes quiet. I've got the Bear doing a lap over the last known position area.  And Soda Popinski makes for fuel. I'll re-assign him to the MIG-31 patrol area.  And there, at the end of the potential zone of uncertainty the Bear gets a MAD hit. The bear goes engaged offensive.  Torpedo away!    Bear is going in for another look. The Soryu came up to depth, and is now diving again at 20 kts.   Vampires!  And the Bear finds its mark. Convoy goes engaged defensive and attempts to divert due west. Jammers are live.  First AA missiles are out.  One vampire is downed. Second vampire is inbound. It too is downed.  Third vampire. And down. Final vampire succumbs to the next salvo of Gecko's. Now we'll go with 30 minute turns. I let this one go a bit long to get through the harpoon event. Orders by Friday!
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Soda Popinski continues being a god drat hero I see. e: re-issuing last turn's orders, with the following changes: - SU-27 mission: max 3 rnds vs 4th gen, still use the eaglecount formula just max 3 rnds - SU-27 mission and anti-phantom foxhound missions: WRA for Air Contact - Unknown type changed to follow formula https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3871510&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=11#post491162649 e2: want to note that aphid and thp were both closer to that goblin but habeas picked it up as it was in his CZ (THP was going 35 knots and wouldn't find anything at that speed), we can possibly find a lopsided triangle with the 3 subs so that much of the convoy path is covered by CZ now that THP is out on the southern pacific side TheDemon fucked around with this message at 07:44 on Jan 2, 2019 |
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Jan 2, 2019 01:26
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Kashalot will follow the operational orders below: 1. Immediately slow to 5 knots/creep speed. 2. Upon reaching a speed of 5 knots, come to Just above the layer and proceed to the last known location of that Soryu we just exploded. 3. If no contact is made by the time Kashalot reaches the strait, begin sweeping the south side of Iturup. An example parallelogram of the search area is given below: code:ANY Goblin detected within 30 nmi of Kashalot is to be classified as a hostile submarine. Kashalot will ignore the course above and vigorously pursue the target. If at any point contact ambiguity radius is less than about 1.5 nmi, bracket the edges of the range with 2 bearing-only RPK launches. If any Goblin/Hostile submerged contact comes within 15 nmi, use active sonar to gain range information. Once range is locked in accelerate to 20 knots and continue to close. If enemy submarine enters 10 nmi radius, launch 3 conventional torpedoes bearing only on target.
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Repeating my discord request: looking for a map that includes our 3 akula and the convoy and also what's the cloud height
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Oh wow this had me at the edge of my seat. Bears and S.P. continue to kick rear end. We were lucky to catch that boat now rather than as part of the Phantom Menace's strike, that went about as well as that possibly could've for us. Nice job from the Japanese side for getting a boat there in the first place.
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I tell you what, if we'd gone for the original wide convoy route out into the Pacific we'd have gone almost right over Kobold's Soryu. Sobering.
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Jan 2, 2019 13:47
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Yeah I did not expect a boat to be there at all. Shows the value of actually sweeping and then sweeping again with boats and bears vs. trying to be clever.
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Anything we need to do lads? As far as I'm concerned we're as prepped as we get.
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Delay till Sunday.
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Alright, I don't think we're going to make any further changes but I'm just bumping the thread so that the Japanese can see it on the LP Forum and think we have a dastardly plan. Which we do, but it's already written up. Orders Update Less an update than an ensurance, please please please launch anything I have readying as it comes ready and push it south. This is already in my orders but I want to emphasise it, especially with the MiG-31s. It's going to be really easy to miss it. FrangibleCover fucked around with this message at 02:53 on Jan 6, 2019 |
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Jan 5, 2019 02:13
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TheDemon posted:Repeating my discord request: looking for a map that includes our 3 akula and the convoy  Light Low Clouds, 5k-7k ft.
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Russia 28  The convoy is just about to cease defensive maneuevers and continue on course. Beyond that Trigger is slowing down and adjusting course slightly.  Convoy is regrouping after the attack. Once the convoy gets back into position they'll resume the 22kt slog.  One of the Midas's is headed to Iturup for fuel.  Pretty quiet! Two Bears are screening in front of the convoy while 3 bears are covering the strait. Everyone is at 1000 ft ASL. Habeas is at 5 knots, as deep as possible, and is about to be overtaken by the convoy. Aphid is on patrol, slow and above the layer. Trigger has slowed down to 5 knots and is making towards the last known point of the hostile sub. Convoy is roughly 4-5 hours out from Iturup landing. Potentially a touch less if you hug the shoreline, but I wouldn't recommend is as the regrouping AI may get funky. Orders by Tuesday!
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Probably my only adjustment this turn will be to ensure that the Midas, which I think just left the forward support point, was replaced with a full one. Habeas please move to Just Above The Layer. Consider Sprint and Drift as the convoy passes you to keep your CZ ahead of it. Everyone, your current CZ coverage is as follows:  GOOD IF: - Venn diagram full overlap with spaces in between (example: Aphid+Habeas inner circle right now) - As many overlaps or circle edges as possible in the convoy path (example: THP outer circle if he was ~20nm farther south or inner circle if ~20nm farther north) BAD IF: - Two lines touching (no example right now) - Circles mostly over islands (example: THP current outer circle) TheDemon fucked around with this message at 03:41 on Jan 6, 2019 |
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Jan 6, 2019 03:38
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Orders: As per previous https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3871510&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=11#post491162649 Double-check that the Midas leaving the forward support point was replaced by reassigning one from the rear support point.
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Changes to Vepr orders: Depth: Just above the layer Speed: Sprint and Drift at 25 knots along the heading of the convoy towards Iturup.
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They'll come this turn. Surely.
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Kashalot will follow the operational orders below: 1. Continue on present course for about 15 nmi. 2. If no hostile/unidentified contacts are detected, proceed to the search area below and begin patrolling for hostile submarines. code:ANY Goblin detected within 30 nmi of Kashalot is to be classified as a hostile submarine. Kashalot will ignore the course above and vigorously pursue the target. If at any point contact ambiguity radius is less than about 1.5 nmi, bracket the edges of the range with 2 bearing-only RPK launches. If any Goblin/Hostile submerged contact comes within 15 nmi, use active sonar to gain range information. Once range is locked in accelerate to 20 knots and continue to close. If enemy submarine enters 10 nmi radius, launch 3 conventional torpedoes bearing only on target. If hostile attack aircraft (not P-3s or, god forbid, AWACS) approach within 70 nmi on a course that will take them over my vicinity, surface the boat and prepare to engage with Strelas, Vodka, and Hardbass. Submerge rapidly if anti-ship missiles are detected and return to just above the layer.
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Russia 29  Things continue! A few slight revisions to previous orders but for now it's plow on and bite nails. There is two nearly full Midas's with another 1/2 full.  The 767 slides slightly to the east. Shortly after it goes back west.  Convoy is roughly 3 hours out from landing. It regroups about every 5-10 minutes so this may vary. 2 Bears are covering before the convoy while 3 more are over the strait itself.  Lotsa stuff is going for gas. Something is almost always fueling, somewhere. Overall everything aerial is in position and holding. Still no sign of anything from the south. Orders by Thursday!
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Orders Move the forward support point 30 nautical miles west, so a little more than halfway towards the foxhound patrols. Otherwise carry on as planned. Yes, that will push the AEW forward and will probably mean we get chopped if they clear skies, but if we're going for gas so much I want our planes to have a closer run back to patrol. Being able to keep the full court press up for another 4 hours is very important. TheDemon fucked around with this message at 06:39 on Jan 9, 2019 |
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Jan 9, 2019 06:31
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If they didn't mean for us to sacrifice an A-50 they wouldn't have given us two.
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Question. The convoy keeps reorganizing itself. Every time it drops speed. To alleviate (some of) this I'd like to keep the ferries as one group and have the combat vessels follow convoy reference points. If one of the MPK's eats a Harpoon and survives it will, in the current state, slow the whole convoy done. But if it's attempting to follow a reference point the rest of the convoy will continue on. Would you like me to do this? If so, how would you like the combat vessels organized?
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That sounds great.
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Yooper posted:Question. I am 100% in support of this. The combat vessels should prooobably be screening some ways out in front of the convoy, since that's where the attack will be coming from. It's theoretically possible they have a SSK behind the convoy, I guess, but given how fast the convoy is going they'd almost certainly have taken their shot by now. Also, we might want to set some rule where any ferry to eat a harpoon but not sink should be detached from the convoy so as not to slow the rest down as well.
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Don't the ferries keep reorganizing anyway? It might be better to have them go independently and anchor the escorts to one of them. E: oh, I guess we just turn off convoy rules. That works E2: yeah we should do this and Dandy can probably specify direction TheDemon fucked around with this message at 01:07 on Jan 11, 2019 |
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Jan 11, 2019 01:00
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Launch the helo and have it begin deploying of sonobuoys in front of the convoy at about 20 miles distance working inwards.
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Dandywalken posted:Launch the helo and have it begin deploying of sonobuoys in front of the convoy at about 20 miles distance working inwards. Dipping Sonar man. Buoys are the same as what our bears have been doing.
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Turn will be run tonight. I hope!
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What's We who are about to die salute you in Russian
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Morituri Nolumus Mori?
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According to Google translate it's мы, кто умрем, приветствуем вас and also смерть аниме e: Welp I can't post cyrillic apparently. Death to anime apparently is SMERT ANIME so I'm going with that. aphid_licker fucked around with this message at 17:30 on Jan 11, 2019 |
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Jan 11, 2019 17:28
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Umeret' salyut, tovarischi.
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Russia 30  Big changes this round include the support line moving up 30 miles and a re-organization of the convoy. You'll now see distinct MPK's and also a Helix. Hopefully this will un-dumb the convoy.  MPK's split to 2 nm from each other and slightly before the convoy. Helix goes up as well.  Helix starts doing its thing.  Soda Popinski is having difficulties refueling. Even though there's 3 tanker on station everyone seems to want to use the same one. I've re-tasked him to another.  The hour ends with no action. The convoy is 1:20 to the next point then roughly another 1:30 to the landing area. All MIG's and fuelers on station, convoy is no longer being dumb, and the combat vessels are in screening positions. Orders by Sunday!
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zzzz zzzz zzzz Are they trying to bore us into doing something stupid? We're beyond the point of rearming aircraft now, they've had more than enough time to shuffle their loadouts. Either they're waiting for a sub to be in position, they're letting us get closer for no reason or they don't really understand how quickly we're moving. Yooper, can I get a quick buoy count update for my Tu-142s and a screenshot of the AO with buoys turned on?
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FrangibleCover posted:Yooper, can I get a quick buoy count update for my Tu-142s and a screenshot of the AO with buoys turned on?  Lots of buoys. This previous round lasted for one hour. The next will as well unless hostilities are detected.  Subs. Habeas is lagging as the sprint and drift is doing more drifting than sprinting. Yooper fucked around with this message at 23:06 on Jan 11, 2019 |
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If they haven't shot the convoy they aren't going to shoot you get sprinting. With 1.5h left at about 0.5h I am considering putting the SU-27s in the air, they have a 1.5h patrol time and we don't need their inbound leg as we can land on Iturup.
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I no longer think that it's out of the question that they just let us bumble into the destination unmolested due to some unfathomable fuckup on their side. "I thought you were gonna order the strike!" I'm gonna turn on the active turn after next I guess. e: we seem to be a bit light on actual coverage of the last half of the last leg of the convoy, should I turn North?
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aphid_licker posted:I no longer think that it's out of the question that they just let us bumble into the destination unmolested due to some unfathomable fuckup on their side. "I thought you were gonna order the strike!" In the time honoured tradition of the Japanese Armed Forces, they're too busy fighting each other to fight us.
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