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RE: USS Tambor - 1/26/2007 9:34:44 PM   
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Wow! Who'd you have to bribe to get working Mark XIVs???




After a moment's reflection, the answer became obvious...


The gentleman in question probably offered a "premium service package"

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RE: USS Tambor - 1/26/2007 10:04:59 PM   
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LadySmith - 1/27/2007 1:25:26 AM   
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Jean watched as Rosa played with her young son, then gently scolded him on his language. She was the family's most trusted servant when they had occupied the top floor of the Manila Hotel and she was the only one that could be brought out given the emergency. Only Rosa knew about her planned trip to Brisbane. It had to be that way. Rosa could be trusted. She hated to leave her son but she told herself this undertaking was for his benefit. She was off to buy the PanAm Clipper tickets. She fitted some some dark sunglasses in place and tied her hair back. Before closing the door to the townhome she checked one last time to make sure the LadySmith .38 was where she had put it.......

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RE: LadySmith - 1/27/2007 1:28:52 AM   
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******************Georgetown, D.C., April 28, 1942*********************

Jean watched as Rosa played with her young son, then gently scolded him on his language. She was the family's most trusted servant when they had occupied the top floor of the Manila Hotel and she was the only one that could be brought out given the emergency. Only Rosa knew about her planned trip to Brisbane. It had to be that way. Rosa could be trusted. She hated to leave her son but she told herself this undertaking was for his benefit. She was off to buy the PanAm Clipper tickets. She fitted some some dark sunglasses in place and tied her hair back. Before closing the door to the townhome she checked one last time to make sure the LadySmith .38 was where she had put it.......


Uh oh.... Big trouble brewing...

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PAA - 1/28/2007 8:04:02 PM   
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Found on the window of the Pan American Airways office in Washington.






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RE: M&MA - 1/28/2007 8:09:18 PM   
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Can there be any doubt that capitalism is the natural state of the economic intercourse (no snickering) of man?


Found on a small orange and grey kiosk next to the PAA office:




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RE: M&MA - 1/28/2007 8:38:52 PM   
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Bay of Bengal...again - 1/28/2007 9:02:48 PM   
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Status: offline 		I am concerned he is up to something around Ceylon way. I think this is the Junyo force because one of the captured Kate pilot, who had the misfortune to parachute onto the sinking Cochin and was made to believe he was going to drown but this was preposterous as he was blown to smitherines by one of the three torpedoes that hit the ship, anyway, I digress, so he admited he belonged to a Kate Daitai assigned to the Home Defence Force. Clearly then, this isn't one of the three unaccounted for Jap fast fleet carriers which have not been seen for weeks. Also the presence of a large surface force is odd. Is he really so confident that the Junyo, one CVL and two CVE's can beat the RN carriers, or does he know they aren't in the area? Hmmm?

Possible explanations:

1) Junyo is bait and the the three CV's are holding back out of search range ready to pounce.
2) He knows the Brit CV's are not about
3) He is simply confident that the Junyo force sould give more than it gets (which I believe to be true given the Zeroes and elite Kates)

If 2 or 3 are true then he is:

a) Planning a raid on Colombo?
b) Hoping only to intercept shipping in the Arabian Sea?
c) This is the schwerpunkt of an invasion force for Indian or Ceylon?


This is a great game...btw....WIPT, I mean. Did I mention that?




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RE: Bay of Bengal...again - 2/6/2007 2:53:39 PM   
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RE: Bay of Bengal...again - 2/9/2007 12:01:09 AM   
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What happened to this game...


The CINCPAC was away trying to hit a 98 mph fastball...we are officially back in the saddle again as of Monday....more to come...must go now...shelling getting real heavy now..over and out!

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RE: Bay of Bengal...again - 2/9/2007 8:05:43 AM   
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What happened to this game...


The CINCPAC was away trying to hit a 98 mph fastball...we are officially back in the saddle again as of Monday....more to come...must go now...shelling getting real heavy now..over and out!


I take it CINCPAC has one of those bats with a hole in it?

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RE: Bay of Bengal...again - 2/9/2007 1:45:35 PM   
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What happened to this game...


The CINCPAC was away trying to hit a 98 mph fastball...we are officially back in the saddle again as of Monday....more to come...must go now...shelling getting real heavy now..over and out!


I take it CINCPAC has one of those bats with a hole in it?


i think they have several boats with holes in them...

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Historical Fidelity - 2/11/2007 9:07:16 PM   
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i think they have several boats with holes in them...



Hey now. At least we are trying! Doesn't that count for something?


A quick aside. The level of historical detail in this game is simply astounding. Here are the
Herring twins in the SEAC command. They were genetically identical and could complete each other's sentences. While one slept, the other was able to continue working without so much as a change of command ceremony. They served in Siam and Burma.




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RE: Historical Fidelity - 2/11/2007 9:08:48 PM   
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Status: offline 		I found a picture of the two from a reception for Lord Mountbatten in Colombo, in 1942

Note: There is a spelling error in the game OOB. I believe based on some research that "Hering" is the correct spelling. Still, a minor point.




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Burmese, 3-headed python - 2/11/2007 10:07:27 PM   
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Status: offline 		The Akyab defenders have been trying to walk out to the North as the air field is completely wrecked and they are subject to repeated naval bombardment. A seaborn rescue was entertained in poor weather, but later scuttled. The Japanese 16th Div has to be tired after crossing the mountains and having been subjected to repeated air atacks from Chandpur and Impahl....but Akyab will fall soon. Curiously, another 23K troops are crossing the mountains behind the 16th. This seems much too large a force than needed to defeat the pitiable defenders of Akyab, which consists of a severely depleted Indian Brigade without it's support elements and the remnants of the Rangoon fortress troops.




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RE: Burmese, 3-headed python - 2/14/2007 12:10:43 AM   
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Surface Raiders - 2/18/2007 1:48:23 AM   
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Status: offline 		Pago Pago is taking a pounding. Jap carriers are parked just offshore waiting for us to try something. Instead, we attempt to interdict shipping heading East from Fiji to reinforce his landing force on Pago pago.

The Tally:

Japanese Losses:

1 x DD
1 x MSW
1 x PG SUNK

1 x DD, 1 x MSW, 1 x PG damaged

Allied Losses:

USS Pensacola sunk
USS Rathburn moderately damaged (can be repaired in theatre)

On points, we lost this one, but shortly afterward, his carriers did leave station, their whereabouts unkown.








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HMS Bounty - 2/20/2007 9:36:54 PM   
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Tojo - 2/20/2007 9:52:43 PM   
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Spring "Defensive" in the CBI - 2/24/2007 7:38:28 PM   
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I feel like sneaking out and keying my bosses car...oh wait...that's me.


The Japs are on the move in the CBI. I wish I could have seen the look on the face of the Captain of the Haruna when he saw 150 bombers overhead.

BTW..we have a house rule. Allied Heavies at min. 10,000 ft., otherwise it might have been worse.




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RE: Tojo - 2/24/2007 10:08:04 PM   
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Status: offline 		Meanwhile, M&M Enterprises has entered yet another alternate reality... check out " Small Ship, Big War - The Voyages of the Hibiki" by Cuttlefish:

http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/fb.asp?m=1391523

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RE: Tojo - 2/25/2007 12:18:59 AM   
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Meanwhile, M&M Enterprises has entered yet another alternate reality... check out " Small Ship, Big War - The Voyages of the Hibiki" by Cuttlefish:

http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/fb.asp?m=1391523



Crickey! That stuff must be left over from WWII(a)

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Mail Call! - 2/25/2007 2:02:33 AM   
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RE: Mail Call! - 2/25/2007 3:14:40 AM   
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RE: Mail Call! - 2/25/2007 3:29:15 AM   
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Throwing items in the ocean and expecting delivery on time is, is not a very good model for capitalism.


it was all a clever plot - Capt. Ishii didn't mention they found them after they homed in on the radio beacon inside the boxes...

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Strategic Planning - 2/25/2007 7:14:08 PM   
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M. Minderbinder (President): <finishes rereading a battered letter..pauses..then asks> Yossarian, you ever have salted sea urchin eggs?

Yossarian (VP Advertising jingles and official corporate soothsayer): Yeah, they are kinda fishy for my taste but those that like them seem to develop some kind of religious zeal for the darn things. The Japanese make the best, therefore the scarcity seems to be a draw.

M. Minderbinder (President): Hmmm. Interesting. I have just received the strangest order for 300 tins of M&M Enterprises Salted Sea Urchin Roe. I think your dad forwarded it to us but the letter writer seems to be a Captain in the Japanese Navy and the stamp is from the Marshall Islands. I do see opportunity here, but I have no idea what the good Captain is talking about. He claims he found some of our product floating at sea. The crate had M&M Enterprises stamped on it and the aforementioned sea urchin eggs within. Very odd. I think I know the product line like the back of my hand but I don't ever remember greenlighting this.

Yossarian (VP Advertising jingles and official corporate soothsayer): Ah, I suspect its left over from the last war. I'm finding more examples as we go along. I have started to call them leaks. There is the Flt. Lt's Ghost..now Tojo and these. Leaks.


M. Minderbinder (President): Yossarian, you are starting to sound crazy again, you crazy SOB.


Yossarian (VP Advertising jingles and official corporate soothsayer): Oh, I am most definitely crazy. You are crazy too, you crazy SOB. You are crazy because you want to run for Congress. Cathcart is crazy because he wants to win a medal. Snowden is crazy because he wants to be here. The Chief is crazy because he is 3 ft tall and wants to create the perfect coktail. The Professor is definitely crazy just like his great great great grandfather Captain Bligh. The Bounty boys on Pitcarin are crazy. Even the Maori stewardesses are crazy for working for an airline with torpedoes for fuel tanks. We are all crazy.


M. Minderbinder (President): Yossarian. You are the craziest SOB I have EVER known...but you have good instincts. I am going to try to find a supplier for salted sea urchin roe. By the way, how did you know about the Congress thing?

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Intercourse....economic, I mean - 2/27/2007 12:28:34 AM   
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RE: Intercourse....economic, I mean - 2/27/2007 1:52:25 AM   
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Status: offline 		As a patriotic officer of the Imperial Japanese Navy Captain Ishii would never line his own pockets by dealing with the enemy. On the other hand, there is someone aboard the Hibiki who would get along very well with Milo...someone who might even write letters in the captain's name if he thought he could get away with it. Hmm, I sense a new plot line brewing.

On the other hand, if Milo can get hold of some Type 93 torpedoes I think our friend the captain might be willing to deal with him at this point...

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RE: Intercourse....economic, I mean - 2/27/2007 3:35:06 AM   
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As a patriotic officer of the Imperial Japanese Navy Captain Ishii would never line his own pockets by dealing with the enemy. On the other hand, there is someone aboard the Hibiki who would get along very well with Milo...someone who might even write letters in the captain's name if he thought he could get away with it. Hmm, I sense a new plot line brewing.

On the other hand, if Milo can get hold of some Type 93 torpedoes I think our friend the captain might be willing to deal with him at this point...


Alas...there are hard core types everywhere

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RE: Intercourse....economic, I mean - 2/27/2007 3:42:46 AM   
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Now, look here, Mandrake, ol' boy. Can't (pronounced, kahnt) you see the classic ploy? He is simply trying to drive the price down.

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