Alfred
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ORIGINAL: dr.hal Alfred as the walking dictionary of WITPAE, when a ship/TF is docked (thus not disbanded into the anchorage), can it be hit by torpedoes? I think I read a restriction here along those lines. Also in terms of AA fire on port attacks, don't docked ships contribute but at 50% or is that anchored ships. So many variables so little time. Thanks, Hal 1. A TF is a TF (except when we are talking about submarine TFs). It is irrelevant whether the TF is out at sea 400nm from land, or is at sea within 40nm of a port (aka in the same hex as the port), or is docked at the port. 2. A TF is targetted by an air unit with "Naval Attack" as its offensive mission. As such the normal criteria for aircraft to fly with torpedoes as their ordnance apply. 3. Ships which are anchored are much less likely to be "visited" by torpedo carrying planes. This is because: (a) from the air, anchored ships can only be targetted by air units with "Port Attack" as their mission, and that mission does not always target anchored ships, (b) there is only a small percentage chance that torpedoes will be carried by torpedo bombers, the assumption being that the anchored ships are protected by torpedo nets, are in drydock etc. However don't breathe too easily at the escape from facing torpedoes. Very large bombs instead (aka 800kg AP by the Japanese) may be dropped. This depends on group experience, die rolls and how many first born have been sacrificed. 4. Aircraft attacking a port run the gauntlet of AA fire from both land installations and docked TFs. Unable to confirm that the TF AA fire contribution is only 50%. A dev (Nikademus) confirmed quite some time ago that port attack was SAIEW and I do recall classical WITP had something about the 50% contribution but whether that was a myth in classical WITP or confirmed by the devs back then I can't recall. Furthermore michaelm has tweaked AE port flak (land installation and docked TF) in the beta. I haven't tracked down the exact tweaked change. 5. Aircraft attacking a docked TF run the gauntlet of AA fire only from the anti-aircraft guns of the TF. Alfred
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