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RE: Bernard Law - 1/15/2011 11:42:34 PM   
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Size 5 or greater ...



You mean a size 5 or greater PORT with a shipyard?

That was my assumption as I can find no shipyard size figure other than tonnage.

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RE: Bernard Law - 1/16/2011 12:29:50 AM   
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All shipyards have a size. Click on the city, click on the shipyard icon below. It will show the the shipyard size.


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RE: Bernard Law - 1/16/2011 1:11:39 AM   
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RE: Bernard Law - 1/16/2011 1:18:20 AM   
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The size is the tonnage divided by 1,000


Ah..good to know. That means Sydney will work for the two US carriers asking for an upgrade but it will have to be one after the other.

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RE: Bernard Law - 1/16/2011 1:19:06 AM   
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All shipyards have a size. Click on the city, click on the shipyard icon below. It will show the the shipyard size.



I never tried that.

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RE: Bernard Law - 1/16/2011 1:34:29 AM   
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My dearest Spri;

What do you think of the idea of a demonstration South of Katherine to suggest an overland offensive toward Darwin? Is there some way to have a noisy build-up at Daly for eg. This would have the effect of making recon and attacks on Wyndham look like part of a land offensive. Also, if we could tempt the Jap divisions at Katherine onto the track South of town we might even be able to get ashore at Darwin. Also, I just noted that Aus I Corps HQ is way up the track. That might be useful for overland exploitation if the Jap troops pull back from Katherine, but I Corps HQ would also be useful in the landing. I think we could get the staff to Alice by air and thence to Perth by train. Also, I am trying to gage how severly to strip troop transports from the Pacific. Will US 32nd ID be going by ship?

One Bn M-10's just landed at Melbourne and will go by train to Perth. An EAB is North of Tahiti and will be there in a few weeks. More aviation support has left San Diego. I have about 35 C-47's leaving from Pearl and Samoa for Australia.

Lastly, there are a couple of mobile CD units in Australia that could be used for Wyndham and Port Headland. They will require points to transper to SWPAC.

With sincere sincerity

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RE: Bernard Law - 1/16/2011 2:19:26 AM   
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The size is the tonnage divided by 1,000


Ah..good to know. That means Sydney will work for the two US carriers asking for an upgrade but it will have to be one after the other.


No, you can upgrade them both at the same time. the shipyard just acts as an enabler.

And if one or more ships end up in the shipyard using capacity following an upgrade, you can change them to pierside to rid out the rest of the upgrade time (I think even readiness but I use pierside).

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RE: Bernard Law - 1/16/2011 2:30:17 AM   
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The size is the tonnage divided by 1,000


Wow! Someone who not only reads the manual but understands it!



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RE: Bernard Law - 1/16/2011 3:19:07 AM   
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The size is the tonnage divided by 1,000


Ah..good to know. That means Sydney will work for the two US carriers asking for an upgrade but it will have to be one after the other.


No, you can upgrade them both at the same time. the shipyard just acts as an enabler.

And if one or more ships end up in the shipyard using capacity following an upgrade, you can change them to pierside to rid out the rest of the upgrade time (I think even readiness but I use pierside).

This works for upgrades, sometimes NOT conversions, FWIW.

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RE: Bernard Law - 1/16/2011 5:52:14 AM   
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If we're invoking the spirit of Monty can I point out that that map was FAR too wide... Everyone knows a good narrow thrust is all you need. I think we need a MUCH narrower but longer map.

P.s. Monty was a Freudian analyst's dream. All that repressed sexuality.



Isn't that true for all Brits ?

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RE: Bernard Law - 1/16/2011 5:54:30 AM   
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This is way too complicated for me.


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RE: Bernard Law - 1/16/2011 6:22:43 AM   
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RE: Bernard Law - 1/16/2011 10:33:39 AM   
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mobile CD units in Australia


We're not doing a remake of "Priscilla, Queen of the Desert". Are we?

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RE: Bernard Law - 1/16/2011 10:34:14 AM   
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ORIGINAL: Nemo121

If we're invoking the spirit of Monty can I point out that that map was FAR too wide... Everyone knows a good narrow thrust is all you need. I think we need a MUCH narrower but longer map.

P.s. Monty was a Freudian analyst's dream. All that repressed sexuality.



Isn't that true for all Brits ?


Mother says that's not very nice.

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RE: Bernard Law - 1/16/2011 12:05:32 PM   
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We're not doing a remake of "Priscilla, Queen of the Desert". Are we?

I believe inflicting that on the WJD would be against the Geneva convention and entirely unkeeping with the spirit of things what?

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RE: Bernard Law - 1/16/2011 12:19:43 PM   
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mobile CD units in Australia


We're not doing a remake of "Priscilla, Queen of the Desert". Are we?



Lord Admiral Sprior: I believe the references to "CD" that you quoted alluded to "Coastal Defense", not "Cross Dresser" units.

ETA: However, if you can find a subject that can shoot ping pong balls out of unexpected orifices, perhaps you'll find a terrific distraction for JJ and friends.

I can see it now: A skirmish line of ping-pong ball firing bar ho's assaulting the Japanese lines en masse, whilest a brigade or two or your lads slipped around the flank and gives the WJDs the what for.

ETA II: I'd better go and take my medication for the day.



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RE: Bernard Law - 1/16/2011 1:28:09 PM   
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RE: Bernard Law - 1/16/2011 1:54:47 PM   
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We're not doing a remake of "Priscilla, Queen of the Desert". Are we?

I believe inflicting that on the WJD would be against the Geneva convention and entirely unkeeping with the spirit of things what?


Au contraire, mon frere, there would be no real problem with the Geneva Convention of the time as IIRC, Japan was not a signatory. In fact they probably would view it as some sort of Western version of Shinto.

Alfred

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RE: Bernard Law - 1/16/2011 2:48:41 PM   
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A skirmish line of ping-pong ball firing bar ho's assaulting the Japanese lines en masse


I suspect would look like this:






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Le Lotus - 1/16/2011 2:55:39 PM   
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Admiral of the Fleet Mandrake, CIC Pacific Ocean Areas, Canada West of Great Slave Lake, Easter Is., Panama and La Tortuga: <reading message from Eastern Fleet HQ..doubtless some charming colonial building with a polo and cricket field outside and lots of brown-skinned waiters in starched white jackets> ..."Priscilla, Queen of the Desert"??? This is still in code. <takes a sip of cognac>

Aide: No sir, that is how it decodes.

Admiral of the Fleet Mandrake, CIC Pacific Ocean Areas, Canada West of Great Slave Lake, Easter Is., Panama and La Tortuga: Goddamnit, then find out what "Priscilla, Queen of the Desert" is. I am so tired of these pedantic 19th century literature references. Probably some quivering romance novel. I knew we were going to have trouble when we lost Warspite. I told you they would be mad about that.....

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RE: Bernard Law - 1/16/2011 2:57:17 PM   
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RE: Bernard Law - 1/16/2011 3:00:14 PM   
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RE: Bernard Law - 1/16/2011 3:10:20 PM   
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The size is the tonnage divided by 1,000



You have it backwards.

Repair Yard capacity is the Shipyard size, times 1000.

A Repair Yard can have more total tonnage assigned to it than it's rating, but can't have a single ship larger than it's rating.
Example - A size 50 Repair Yard has a rating of 50,000 tons; it can have more than this assigned, but can not service a single ship larger than 50,000 tons.

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RE: Bernard Law - 1/16/2011 3:25:58 PM   
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Or possibly this:







PSYOPS! It's brilliant! How are we on trumpet and feather headresses in inventory? Maybe you could convert that Anson squdron down by .....oh whe the Hell is it called....you know...the capital of Australia.

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RE: Bernard Law - 1/16/2011 3:27:10 PM   
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RE: Bernard Law - 1/16/2011 4:00:13 PM   
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A?


Alice Springs? That doesn't sound right but I could be wrong.

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RE: Bernard Law - 1/16/2011 5:45:08 PM   
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A?


Alice Springs? That doesn't sound right but I could be wrong.

Dear Cap'n. Der Britisher is pulling ze fast one on you. "Capital" as in capital letter in Australia=A. "Capitol" as in seat of government = some other city probably having a 'woomba' or 'oomba' or 'kooka' or 'berra' sound in it somewhere. Probably choc-a-bloc full of poisonous spiders too.

ETA: I meant venemous spiders.

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RE: Bernard Law - 1/16/2011 6:03:45 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

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A?


Alice Springs? That doesn't sound right but I could be wrong.

Dear Cap'n. Der Britisher is pulling ze fast one on you. "Capital" as in capital letter in Australia=A. "Capitol" as in seat of government = some other city probably having a 'woomba' or 'oomba' or 'kooka' or 'berra' sound in it somewhere. Probably choc-a-bloc full of poisonous spiders too.

ETA: I meant venemous spiders.


I suppose it wouldn't do at this point to pretend I meant "capital" as in means of production?

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RE: Bernard Law - 1/16/2011 7:28:06 PM   
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My Dear Admiral of the Fleet Mandrake, CIC Pacific Ocean Areas, Canada West of Great Slave Lake, Easter Is., Panama and La Tortuga,

Thank you for your latest missive. There appears to have been a misunterstanding about what constitutes a "mobile CD unit". After consulting mater and pater it would seem you meant a coastal defence unit, not what Captian Binns MC orignally had anotated. Yes, that is the erstwhile Lt Binns Minor last seen deflating JJ's bicycle tyres in Malaya.

There is still an overland route from Daly Waters to Wyndham, if we can get 32ID down that route unobserved then we might be able to take and hold Wyndham. We do appear to have some base orces at Tennant Creek that could go too to allow us to base fighters there. I am quite happy for JJ to stay put at Katherine rather than trying to entice him furtehr south and cut off this route.

The East African Brigade will start embarkation tomorrow and we are sending transports to Aden to bring 2nd UK Div to Perth. The R class battleships at Ceylon will also start moving down to provide bombardment support.

Yours

Admiral Lord, etc, etc.

PS. One plays cricket on a cricket pitch, there is no such thing as a cricket field.


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RE: Bernard Law - 1/16/2011 7:52:23 PM   
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A skirmish line of ping-pong ball firing bar ho's assaulting the Japanese lines en masse


I suspect would look like this:








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