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Good bye to a hero (In game of course!) - 10/4/2009 6:15:00 AM

skrewball

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Joined: 12/10/2000
From: Belgium
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So I started a game as the Allies 2 weeks ago. It was against the AI and I make it a point to not assign any orders to anyone but the chinese on the first day of war.

And in the first 3 days of the war, I had an Aussie Buffalo pilot out of Singapore with 7 kills! He had single handedly saved the Repulse and PoW! He show down 4 Nells and 3 Betties by my count. His squadron helped turn back wave after wave (4 or 5). Repulse took 3 Torps and limped home with 80ish float damage and the PoW only took one with about 20ish float damage. It was exciting to watch!

Well the other night I decide it's time to reinstall my OS. I THOUGHT I copied all of my important game files over, but alas, there was one I missed. (Sadly my WitP:AE file)

I was only 3-4 turns into the last game so I decided to restart again last night. Well one turn and 9 torpedoes later the Repluse and PoW are future scuba diving attractions.

You will be missed my nameless aussie friend!

Does anyone else have any stories of heroism in game?

Also here is a random thought for the Devs: Would there be a way to put in a way to recognize heroism? Say after a turn you can click a button (Award Recognition) and it opens a little notepad where it saves the date and a small snippet about what a unit did on that date so you can review it at a later time?

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"Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they've made a difference. The Marines don't have that problem."

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RE: Good bye to a hero (In game of course!) - 10/4/2009 9:56:27 AM

Wittmann30

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Definitly my personal in-game hero is Rear Admiral Francis Rockwell, Commander of a large surface combat TF in my PBEM game. Killed on board of BB New Mexico on 13th April 42 after bravely batteling through a series of encounters to relieve Port Morseby and finally runs out of ammo. On 13th later his TF was slaughtered by Japanese Carrier based planes. Rest in peace...

The combat events of the 2 days of battle:

12th April 1942

Day Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 96,133, Range 15,000 Yards

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

Japanese Ships
CV Hiryu, Shell hits 1
CV Soryu
CV Shokaku, Shell hits 2
CV Zuikaku
CV Junyo
CS Nisshin
CS Chitose, Shell hits 2
CA Tone, Shell hits 2
CA Chikuma, Shell hits 1, on fire
CA Haguro, Shell hits 18, and is sunk
DD Akigumo
DD Tanikaze
DD Yamagumo, Shell hits 5, heavy fires
DD Asagumo
DD Arare, Shell hits 1

Allied Ships
BB Maryland, Shell hits 3
BB Arizona
BB Pennsylvania
BB California
BB Tennessee, Shell hits 2
BB Idaho
BB New Mexico, Shell hits 3
CA Portland, Shell hits 2, on fire
CA New Orleans
CA Astoria, Shell hits 1
CA San Francisco
CL Raleigh
DD Sims
DD Hammann
DD Russell
DD O'Brien
DD Walke, Shell hits 1
DD Dunlap, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Fanning
DD Mahan, Shell hits 1
DD Drayton, Shell hits 1
DD La Triomphant

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Day Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 97,131, Range 22,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Kikuzuki, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
DD Mochizuki
DD Yuzuki, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Asakaze
DD Hatakaze
xAP Kitano Maru, Shell hits 1

Allied Ships
BB Maryland
BB Arizona
BB Pennsylvania
BB California, Shell hits 1
BB Tennessee
BB Idaho
BB New Mexico, Shell hits 1
CA Portland, on fire
CA New Orleans
CA Astoria
CA San Francisco
CL Raleigh
DD Sims
DD Hammann
DD Russell
DD O'Brien
DD Walke
DD Dunlap, heavy fires
DD Fanning
DD Mahan
DD Drayton
DD La Triomphant

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13th April 1942

Night Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 97,131, Range 1,000 Yards

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

Japanese Ships
DD Minazuki
DD Fumizuki
DD Hayate, Shell hits 2
DD Asanagi, Shell hits 14, and is sunk
DD Kuretake, Shell hits 4, on fire
AMC Kinryu Maru, Shell hits 20, and is sunk
xAP Shanghai Maru, on fire

Allied Ships
BB Maryland
BB Arizona
BB Pennsylvania, Shell hits 3
BB California
BB Tennessee, on fire
BB Idaho, Shell hits 1
CA New Orleans
CA Astoria
CA San Francisco
CL Raleigh
DD Sims, on fire
DD Hammann
DD Russell
DD O'Brien
DD Walke
DD Fanning
DD Mahan
DD Drayton
DD La Triomphant

Japanese ground losses:
Vehicles lost 10 (6 destroyed, 4 disabled)

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 98,130, Range 1,000 Yards

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
CA Chokai, Shell hits 21, and is sunk
CA Mogami, Shell hits 2
CA Mikuma, Shell hits 1
CA Suzuya
CA Kumano, Shell hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage
CL Katori
CL Kashima
CL Nagara
CL Natori, Shell hits 1
CL Abukuma, Shell hits 1, on fire
CL Tama
CL Kiso
DD Kagero
DD Maikaze
DD Tokitsukaze
DD Urakaze
DD Hamakaze
DD Shiratsuyu
DD Harusame, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Yugure, Shell hits 3, on fire
DD Ariake
APD Nadakaze
DD Hasu
DD Tsuga, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
TB Hato
TB Sagi
xAK Aratama Maru
xAK Azuma Maru
xAK Kano Maru
xAK Katuragi Maru
xAK Takaoka Maru
LSD Akitsu Maru
xAP Asama Maru
xAP Tatsuta Maru
xAP Kamakura Maru
xAP Argentina Maru
xAP Terukuni Maru
xAP Haruna Maru
xAP Kashima Maru
xAP Katori Maru
xAP Keihuku Maru

Allied Ships
BB Maryland
BB Arizona, Shell hits 8
BB Pennsylvania
BB California, Shell hits 4, on fire
BB Tennessee, Shell hits 4, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
BB Idaho, Shell hits 43, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
CA New Orleans, Shell hits 2
CA Astoria, Shell hits 14, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
CA San Francisco
CL Raleigh
DD Sims, on fire
DD Hammann
DD Russell
DD O'Brien
DD Walke
DD Fanning, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DD Mahan
DD Drayton
DD La Triomphant

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 96,133, Range 1,000 Yards

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
DD Mutsuki, Shell hits 1
DD Kisaragi
DD Uzuki, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Minekaze
DD Sawakaze
AO Ken'yo Maru
AO Kokuyo Maru
AO Kyokuto Maru
AO Nippon Maru
AO Shinkoku Maru
AO Toei Maru
AO Toho Maru

Allied Ships
BB California, Shell hits 2, on fire
BB Tennessee, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
CA Astoria, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Mahan, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Drayton
DD La Triomphant

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Day Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 97,131, Range 2,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CA Mogami, Shell hits 17, heavy fires, heavy damage
CA Mikuma, Shell hits 8, heavy fires, heavy damage
CA Suzuya, Shell hits 39, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
CL Katori, Shell hits 11, on fire, heavy damage
CL Kashima
CL Nagara, Shell hits 2
CL Natori, Shell hits 1
CL Abukuma
CL Tama
CL Kiso, Shell hits 26, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Kagero
DD Maikaze, Shell hits 21, and is sunk
DD Tokitsukaze
DD Urakaze, Shell hits 7, and is sunk
DD Hamakaze, Shell hits 1
DD Shiratsuyu
DD Harusame
DD Yugure
DD Ariake
APD Nadakaze
DD Hasu, Shell hits 7, and is sunk
TB Hato
TB Sagi
xAK Aratama Maru
xAK Azuma Maru
xAK Kano Maru
xAK Katuragi Maru
xAK Takaoka Maru
LSD Akitsu Maru
xAP Asama Maru
xAP Tatsuta Maru
xAP Kamakura Maru
xAP Argentina Maru, Shell hits 1
xAP Terukuni Maru
xAP Haruna Maru
xAP Kashima Maru
xAP Katori Maru
xAP Keihuku Maru
xAP Ural Maru, Shell hits 1
xAP Tango Maru

Allied Ships
BB Maryland, Shell hits 2
BB Arizona
BB Pennsylvania, Shell hits 44, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
CA New Orleans, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
CA San Francisco, Shell hits 1
CL Raleigh, Shell hits 2
DD Sims, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DD Hammann
DD Russell, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD O'Brien
DD Walke, Shell hits 1

Japanese ground losses:
9 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled