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el cid again -> RE: RHS v7.xxx how do I do this (5/4/2007 11:49:50 AM)
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Level 7 features the addition of a new mini-map for Madagascar and the Spice Islands as well as a fully developed off map movement track system. This system exists in two forms:
a) The mini-maps of Panama [Which is revised and oriented differently - including of the Caribbean Sea] and Madagascar and their approach tracks, accessable to both sides;
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b) Tracks accessable only to the Allies, including those to Aden, Capetown [S Africa], Durban [S Africa], Recife [Brazil], New Orleans, Rio de Janario [Brazil] and Valparaiso (Chile). [Note the absense of Muscat from this list. Axis units of all kinds may enter and/or attack Muscat.]
On the SW map corner, Axis ships OF ALL KINDS may not enter hex 1,149 (one hex East of Durban) nor any hex to the east of it in Row 149. Axis ships CL and below may enter any shipping channel going to the Madagascar mini map north of Row 149. CL and below means no CA, BB or carrier may enter these shipping channels or the Madagascar mini-map. [The case of seaplane carriers is ambiguous and is left undefined for players to decide]
On the Eastern map edge, Axis ships may not enter hex 141/131 nor 147/131 (one hex south of the South Pacific Access Channel) nor any hex south of those hexes. Axis ships also may not enter any hex of the Caribbean Sea. Axis ships of any size MAY enter any of the shipping channels north of Row 131 between the Eastern Pacific Ocean and Panama. [Note that this does not include the shipping channels to New Orleans or to Recife which are not on the Pacific side of Panama].
Air operations in the mini-maps and off map meta-bases are somewhat restricted. There are NO air bases in New Orleans, Rio, Recife or Valparaiso - and no air operations of any kind are permitted from them. Air units at those bases may ONLY load on (or unload from) ships. Air units in Capetown, Durban or any base on the Madagascar mini-map may only be set to operate at a range that does not permit them to enter the main playing map. [Range set your aircraft missions so they will not cross the barrier into the playing map]. Similarly, air units on the main playing map should be range set so they will not cross the barrier into the Madagascar mini-map. Note that air units MAY operate INSIDE the barriers (against targets in the shipping tracks). Short range air units normally cannot transfer from Capetown, Durban or any base on the Madagascar mini-map to the main map (except by ship. However, long range aircraft MAY transfer to or from Aden OR ADDU ATOL [Revision]. Similarly, long range aircraft may transfer to or from Aden to or from Karachi or Bombay (and NO OTHER POINTS).
In a similar way, air operations in the Eastern map area should be range restricted so they do not cross the barriers (but MAY enter the barriers). Air units on the Panama mini-map may NOT be range set to conduct operations in any hex of the regular playing map. Air units on the regular playing map may NOT be range set to conduct operations on any hex of the Panama mini map. But air units inside the barriers or on the Panama mini-map MAY operate against any target in the Caribbean, the Gulf of Panama, Panama itself, or inside the barriers (so long as the range is not so great it would permit operations in the Pacific Ocean). Short range aircraft on the Panama mini-map may not normally transfer (except by ship). However, long range aircraft may air transfer to or from San Diego, Long Beach or Los Angelus.
Allied use of the shipping channels is unrestricted. The British exit points are Recife and Aden - and many British units also enter at these points. Other units enter at Durban, Capetown and New Orleans. Units may generally transit by any route - the sole exception being that the Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth may never use the Panama Canal (move between Colon Panama and Panama City). Units between hex 1/149 and below hex Row 131 on the Eastern map edge should never be subject to Axis submarine or surface attacks. Most of this route will usually also be out or range of Axis aircraft, but Axis bases on the Madagascar mini map or carriers on the South Pacific Access Channel may reach some targets near the ends of these routes. The main intention is to introduce flexability and uncertainty into the Allied strategic reinforcement process. A secondary intention is that exporting resources and oil to appropriate points will pay off in additional supply, fuel and heavy industry points (for the Allies). The trade off choices about shipping allocations will be under direct control of the Allied player. [This means ships sent to one point for a military mission are not moving economic cargo to another point, and vice versa. Further, the distances involved require time - the ship tracks are almost perfect speed/time/distance computers and tie up the ships for the right amount of time.]
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