Lokasenna
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Joined: 3/3/2012 From: Iowan in MD/DC Status: offline
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I don't think reaction did this. To my knowledge, BBTFs don't react. Nor do SCTFs when you set a destination. Reaction range is for patrol only. Maybe someone can correct me on that. Did you run into any TFs at Rennell? The trouble with the route that you took is that you are forced to move THROUGH Rennell to get to Tagula. Another possibility is that your TF is set to Full Refuel. With the fuel levels shown, it shouldn't be an issue, but it's possible that some mid-movement refueling of the smaller ships happened, which burns up Ops Points and causes you to not make it all the way to your destination. This is a frequent culprit, although I don't think that's what happened here. I'm 99% certain that your force contacting the TKs at Rennell, which you sunk, caused your ships to burn up enough Ops Points for the phase to not be able to make it to Tagula for the bombardment, so they remained at Rennell - their mission hadn't been completed, and they were going to do it next turn, during the night. It's also possible that they burned up all of their Ops Points in getting entangled at Rennell entirely, and didn't have enough to retreat. Did you get any messages such as "Bombardment TF 438 returning to Rabaul" during the replay? It would be in little white-text-on-black-banner in the midst of the map so if you don't look closely you will miss it. In sum, it's very important that you clear the path of your BBTFs prior to them going in, or else you risk this happening. It's an expensive lesson, and it sucks, I know.
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