Roger Neilson II -> Direct disobedience of orders (7/15/2007 8:36:10 AM)
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Ok, the situation is that my opponent has been trying to take Noumea in May/June 1942. Its CHS and therefore Noumea is not built up terribly well. I have been sending the odd CL in to cause a bit of mayhem to his invasion transports. CL Helena gets the next job and off she sails to do a fast raid and out again. However my forces on Noumea spot a BB led TF coming down to add its opinion to who should own Noumea. I issue orders to Helena to move East and hold in position some 300+ NM south of Noumea. From there she can sweep in when the big bad BBs have gone home to rearm. So back comes my move and Helena has ignored her orders, sailed into Noumea harbour and had a little argument with this lot: Japanese Ships BB Kongo, Shell hits 3 BB Hiei BB Kirishima, Shell hits 1 BB Mutsu, Shell hits 1 CA Myoko CA Nachi CA Aoba CA Kinugasa CA Furutaka, Shell hits 2 CA Kako CL Tenryu CL Tatsuta DD Urakaze DD Arare Allied Ships CL Helena, Shell hits 19, on fire, heavy damage The skipper's orders were sail to point X, patrol. His return base was Auckland. He had no reaction set. His aggression rating is 55. I can accept that in close situations there may be some latitude in interpretation of orders, but I don't see why this should have happened? Roger
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