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princep01 -> RE: Small Ship, Big War (8/23/2007 4:43:00 AM)
At the risk of being pounded into protoplasm by CPO Shun, I predict that Hiryu will not survive her ordeal. There is much ocean to cross and she travels slower and slower as the flooding accumulates. Plus, there is the possibility of Allied subs being routed to intercept her (and her compatriots) while she is vulnerable.

bobogoboom -> RE: Small Ship, Big War (8/23/2007 7:19:25 AM)
I will say survive.......unless they break out the sake

brisd -> RE: Small Ship, Big War (8/23/2007 6:50:34 PM)
Ok, thanks for that clarification. 70% is surely enough in the stock game. Those were some elite Avenger pilots I guess.

Feinder -> RE: Small Ship, Big War (8/23/2007 7:34:13 PM)
I think it's amazing that, in all likelihood, Vicky will have sunk two IJN fleet CVs all by her lonesome, for nary a scratch. You certainly wouldn't see -that- in the "standard" mega-CV battle of WitP. I levels the playing field a bit more, after the problems the Allies had at Timor. Was just thinking Cuttlefish, I don't suppose your opponent is allowed in this AAR... That's a shame, to be the only one excluded from what it probably the best AAR in the forums. Great story thus far. -F-

veji1 -> RE: Small Ship, Big War (8/23/2007 7:57:09 PM)
Injured 2 IJN CVs, one mortally, not sunk 2... ANyway, greatissima AAR.

Cuttlefish -> RE: Small Ship, Big War (8/23/2007 9:34:42 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Feinder I think it's amazing that, in all likelihood, Vicky will have sunk two IJN fleet CVs all by her lonesome, for nary a scratch. You certainly wouldn't see -that- in the "standard" mega-CV battle of WitP. I levels the playing field a bit more, after the problems the Allies had at Timor. Was just thinking Cuttlefish, I don't suppose your opponent is allowed in this AAR... That's a shame, to be the only one excluded from what it probably the best AAR in the forums. Great story thus far. -F- Thanks for the compliment! I actually do let my opponent read this; I let him know from time to time when it's safe to catch up. Right now, for instance. The game date is about three weeks ahead of the AAR, and nothing he reads here will give much away. He's a First Sergeant, so it's perhaps perfectly understandable that far and away his favorite character is CPO Shun. Akagi, by the way, is at 18 sys damage with no flooding and is in no danger at the moment.

Cuttlefish -> RE: Small Ship, Big War (8/23/2007 9:38:27 PM)
March 8, 1943 Location: 690 miles southeast of Tjilitjap Course: Northwest Attached to: TF 72 Mission: Air Combat System Damage: 4 Float Damage: 0 Fires: 0 Fuel: 474 Orders: Escort damaged carriers to Tjilitjap for emergency repairs --- A convoy of oilers, escorted by several destroyers, was dispatched from Singapore when the carriers left Balikpapan on their expedition into the Indian Ocean. They now rendezvous with the carriers. It is more than slightly embarrassing that the lumbering oilers have to cut their speed to avoid outrunning the warships as their column swings in alongside Ozawa’s ships. Ozawa now faces a dilemma. It will cost him some time to refuel, and he is keenly aware that time is his enemy right now. On the other hand, some of his ships will have to refuel at some point before reaching Tjilitjap. Ozawa decides in favor of having his ships refuel. Conditions are ideal. The sea is almost unnaturally calm at the moment. The glass continues to fall, however, and if there is bad weather ahead there may not be another chance to refuel. The Japanese ships come begin to come alongside the oilers to fill their tanks for the push to Tjilitjap. --- The triumph of HMS Victorious gives a much needed boost to morale on both sides of the Atlantic, and goes some ways towards offsetting the gloom caused by the defeat at Timor. It is perhaps regrettable that some American commanders hear the praise heaped on the British as implied criticism of their own defeats, or hear honest enthusiasm on the part of some British commanders as gloating. No one is more prone to this than the sharp tempered and notoriously Anglophobic Admiral King. A potentially divisive incident is narrowly avoided when King overhears two of Sir John Dill’s staff conversing in a corridor outside a meeting of the Combined Chiefs. When King hears one of them say “…good thing we were there to show the Americans how it’s done, eh?” he forgets all about the coffee he had been looking for. He starts towards the staffer, fists clenched, and only the quick thinking of one of his aides prevents him from throwing a punch. King is dragged off until he can cool down, and the diplomatic Dill quietly passes the word to his staff to avoid discussing the victory for a while. --- Hiryu watch: Sys 42, Flood 58, Fires 0. Distance to port: 690 miles

Terminus -> RE: Small Ship, Big War (8/23/2007 9:43:38 PM)
King was probably just crazy enough to have done something like that in real life...[sm=crazy.gif]

kaleun -> RE: Small Ship, Big War (8/23/2007 9:57:44 PM)
[:D]

Capt. Harlock -> RE: Small Ship, Big War (8/24/2007 3:57:51 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Cuttlefish When King hears one of them say “…good thing we were there to show the Americans how it’s done, eh?” he forgets all about the coffee he had been looking for. Hiryu watch: Sys 42, Flood 58, Fires 0. Distance to port: 690 miles Well, the Brits did at least show the Americans how torpedoes are supposed to work! [;)]

princep01 -> RE: Small Ship, Big War (8/24/2007 5:26:06 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Capt. Harlock quote: ORIGINAL: Cuttlefish When King hears one of them say “…good thing we were there to show the Americans how it’s done, eh?” he forgets all about the coffee he had been looking for. Hiryu watch: Sys 42, Flood 58, Fires 0. Distance to port: 690 miles Well, the Brits did at least show the Americans how torpedoes are supposed to work! [;)] .....when dropped from an American designed and built torpedo bomber.

Sauvequipeut -> RE: Small Ship, Big War (8/24/2007 6:07:38 AM)
The British designed and built planes were used to show the Japanese how it could work...

Lecivius -> RE: Small Ship, Big War (8/24/2007 6:31:32 PM)
[&:] [:(] Where is the story? I have been going through this story while at work. It's all that's keeping me sane while sitting chained to my desk! I actually bought this game in part because this story [:(][:(][:(] (Helps that this is an awesome game, too!) [sm=00000945.gif]

kaleun -> RE: Small Ship, Big War (8/24/2007 6:50:24 PM)
quote: It's all that's keeping me sane while sitting chained to my desk! Wrong game[;)]Will achieve exactly the opposite.

Cuttlefish -> RE: Small Ship, Big War (8/24/2007 8:38:16 PM)
March 9, 1943 Location: 600 miles southeast of Tjilitjap Course: Northwest Attached to: TF 72 Mission: Air Combat System Damage: 4 Float Damage: 0 Fires: 0 Fuel: 458 Orders: Escort damaged carriers to Tjilitjap for emergency repairs --- Taiki quietly enters the petty officer’s mess. Though luxurious by enlisted men’s standards it is still cramped, like almost every space aboard a destroyer. Today it is more crowded than usual. Taiki is looking around for somewhere to sit when he is unexpectedly addressed. “Hey, Takahashi, nice work on the gun the other day.” The speaker is Petty Officer Toshio Aikawa. Next to Shun he is the longest-serving man aboard ship. He is sitting with Shun and several others at the “senior” table, by long tradition reserved for Chiefs and First Class petty officers. No PO2 or PO3 would dare take a seat there except by invitation. “Thank you, but the credit goes to the men, and maybe to luck,” Taiki says, not entirely comfortable with the attention from men who usually ignore him. Aikawa snorts. “You make that kind of luck through hard work,” he says, “and you drive those men hard.” “You should have heard him a couple of days ago,” says another man at the table. “He was giving some of the men hell for setting up a betting pool about the Hiryu. I tell you, after overhearing him I was ready to swear off all gambling myself.” “That good, eh?” asks another. “Bet on it,” says the first man, and there is general laughter. “Sit down, Takahashi,” says Aikawa. Taiki is unsure whether this is a command or an invitation, but either way there can be no thought of refusing. A couple of men obligingly move aside to make room, but the effort runs into a roadblock. Shun remains immobile at the center of the table. Everyone, Aikawa included, pauses and waits for Shun’s verdict. Shun slowly chews a mouthful of rice and then looks up at Taiki. After a moment he nods slightly and then shifts over a few feet. Taiki sits down and conversation starts up again at the table. Taiki takes some food and listens. Together the men at the table have served over 150 years in the Imperial Navy, and their stories are fascinating. No one pays particular attention to Taiki, but neither is he ignored if he tries to speak. After a while Taiki realizes that this is because they are simply treating him like one of them. It is a good feeling. He begins to relax, feeling more at home aboard Hibiki than he has in many long months. --- Hiryu watch: Sys 42, Flood 63, Fires 0. Distance to port: 600 miles

kaleun -> RE: Small Ship, Big War (8/24/2007 8:50:17 PM)
Oh. For heaven's sake. TELL US ALREADY![8\|]

Cuttlefish -> RE: Small Ship, Big War (8/24/2007 9:14:46 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: kaleun Oh. For heaven's sake. TELL US ALREADY![8\|] Who disturbs our meditation as a pebble disturbs a pond? This AAR is not a path to a door, but a road leading forever towards the horizon. Ed G...er, kaleun, you must learn patience. [:)]

Terminus -> RE: Small Ship, Big War (8/24/2007 9:17:54 PM)
Ohm... Ohm... Ohm...

kaleun -> RE: Small Ship, Big War (8/24/2007 9:26:35 PM)
I shall seek the path of wisdom. Patience comes to those who wait...

princep01 -> RE: Small Ship, Big War (8/24/2007 9:28:56 PM)
A slight nod, a small shift to make space.....and a graduation of sorts has taken place. High praise for such a new Petty Office, but well deserved. Meanwhile, the Hiryu, continues its slow slide into the deep of the Indian Ocean. Kaleun....I'll bet you always opened your Christmas presents a week early:).

kaleun -> RE: Small Ship, Big War (8/24/2007 9:43:30 PM)
No; not really, but I do read very fast.[;)]

Capt. Harlock -> RE: Small Ship, Big War (8/24/2007 10:26:23 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Cuttlefish quote: ORIGINAL: kaleun Oh. For heaven's sake. TELL US ALREADY![8\|] Who disturbs our meditation as a pebble disturbs a pond? This AAR is not a path to a door, but a road leading forever towards the horizon. Ed G...er, kaleun, you must learn patience. [:)] Absolutely right, Cuttefish! After all, would kaleun yell that during a movie or a play? BTW, Hiryu's flooding looks pretty bad. I imagine the petty officers on board the Hibiki are having to chase men away from the rails to concentrate on anti-submarine watch.

kaleun -> RE: Small Ship, Big War (8/24/2007 10:56:20 PM)
You guys are no fun. leaves, closes door...

rtrapasso -> RE: Small Ship, Big War (8/25/2007 12:26:49 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Cuttlefish quote: ORIGINAL: kaleun Oh. For heaven's sake. TELL US ALREADY![8\|] Who disturbs our meditation as a pebble disturbs a pond? This AAR is not a path to a door, but a road leading forever towards the horizon. Ed G...er, kaleun, you must learn patience. [:)] quote: Ohm... Ohm... Ohm... More like "Boot to the head!" i think... [:D]

Sauvequipeut -> RE: Small Ship, Big War (8/25/2007 1:09:35 AM)
She's going to do an 'Ark Royal' on us and sink in sight of port...

Feinder -> RE: Small Ship, Big War (8/25/2007 9:11:12 AM)
[sm=Crazy-1271.gif]

ny59giants -> RE: Small Ship, Big War (8/25/2007 3:54:01 PM)
quote: Hiryu watch: Sys 42, Flood 63, Fires 0. Distance to port: 600 miles The odds makers in Vegas have stopped taking bets on this. [:D] 10 hexes with 63 Flood...not good. [sm=Crazy-1271.gif]

HMS Resolution -> RE: Small Ship, Big War (8/25/2007 7:33:56 PM)
And Admiral King is enraged! This is the best alternate history ever.

Cuttlefish -> RE: Small Ship, Big War (8/25/2007 10:08:07 PM)
March 10, 1943 Location: 480 miles southeast of Tjilitjap Course: Northwest Attached to: TF 72 Mission: Air Combat System Damage: 4 Float Damage: 0 Fires: 0 Fuel: 443 Orders: Escort damaged carriers to Tjilitjap for emergency repairs --- Rain has started to fall on the Japanese ships. The wind has picked up, turning the sea choppy. Under ordinary circumstances this would be nothing dangerous, but all eyes turn to the Hiryu, slowly but steadily sinking lower as the waters make further inroads into her hull. On Hibiki’s bridge Captain Ishii is examining the horizon with his binoculars. Lieutenant Sugiyura comes up beside him. “What do you think, sir?” asks the torpedo officer. “How bad will it get?” Captain Ishii lowers the binoculars and turns to face him. “There’s a big storm out there,” he says, ”but the worst of it is well south of us. We are just brushing the fringes. My guess is that it is probably moving northeast, which means this might be as bad as it gets. If we are lucky.” “We probably deserve some luck,” comments Sugiyura. “Luck smiles on the prepared” says Ishii. “I have never know it to smile only on the just, or the deserving. If there is some balance somewhere, measuring out equal portions of good luck and bad, I have never observed it.” “Hm,” says Sugiyura, pondering this. “In that case, sir, all we can do is hope for some good luck and be prepared for some bad,” he says after a moment. Ishii gives him a small smile. “Words of wisdom,” he says. “We will make a philosopher of you yet, Sugiyura.” Sugiyura smiles back. “I don’t know about that, Captain,” he answers, “but I will admit that there is something about both being at war and having lots of time that does make a man think. Maybe that is why so many of our great warriors have also been philosophers. Men like Musashi, Jubei, and Yoshimasa.” Captain Ishii looks at him in surprise. “I think that is exactly right, Lieutenant,” he says. Sugiyura makes a deprecating gesture. “That’s as deep as my thoughts go,” he says. “I’d still rather blow things up than think about it.” --- Hiryu watch: Sys 43, Flood 65, Fires 0. Distance to port: 480 miles

Terminus -> RE: Small Ship, Big War (8/25/2007 10:24:20 PM)
480 miles, 65 flood... I'll go with 51,7% of Hiryu making it.[;)]

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