Bullwinkle58 -> RE: The Good The Bad & The Indifferent (12/6/2012 2:37:43 PM)
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ORIGINAL: Bullwinkle58 Is that the relevant way to ask the question? I hear you, but the question is relevant to me from this perspective. I wanted to begin the game totally in the dark. At this point, I'm pretty sure the Allies would have obtained enough info from constant patrol sightings of enemy carrier TFs to pretty much know exactly what Japan has. Due to intrinsic limitations in the way patrols report in the game, I'm still essentially in the dark. What I'm looking for is confirmation (or rebuttal, if required) that under these circumstances the Allies would have developed alot more info than the game has given me at this point. I have no military experience, but alot of you guys know this stuff. I think you're looking for absolution. [:)] In these first chaotic days, if I were thinking in fantasy terms here, I think the issue is not hardware or human assets to collect raw data. Intel analysis is rarely constrained by a lack of data. In Dec. 1941, given the technology-based communication bottlenecks and the panic and scrambling inherent on the Allied side, I doubt they would have come up with a firm analytical position on the questions you ask, or, more importantly, had the means to disseminate such a thing to the operating forces. An ancillary issue is that the well-developed naval intellignece of the time (remember, we had no national intelligence agency, no CIA, no OSS yet) would have had a firm read and deep analysis of Japan's pre-war building programs and ship inventories. The very things you have denied yourself. The fleet you're facing did not spring fully-formed from the forehead of Zeus. It was built over the previous decade and more in full view of Naval Intelligence operatives. IOW, I'd sure open it up and look, and look HARD. [;)]
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