ny59giants
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I sent this email to John 3rd and Dwain this morning as we move forward to getting BTS mod completed. Please let me and/or John know if you have any comments on it either here or in Mod section of forum. quote:
Gentlemen, Maybe its because I'm re-reading Tom Clancy novels and happen to be reading "Debt of Honor" with Japan being sneaky again, but I wanted both of you to see some additional thoughts I have and what we have in the "Treaty Mod" and from "Reluctant Admiral" (version 6.7 as Symon didn't reorganize the Japanese fleet into KB-1, 2, & 3). Reluctant Admiral 6.7 JAPAN: KB-1 @ Etofofu CV Akagi (75) - 24 Z, 27V, 27K CV Kaga (81) - 27Z, 27V, 27K CVL Ryujo (39) - 21Z, 18K CS Chiyoda (24 FPs) BB Hiei & Kirishima; CL, 7 DD KB-2 @ Etorofu CV Zuikaku (72) - 24Z, 24V, 24K CV Shokaku (72) - 24Z, 24V, 24K CVL Zuiho (31) - 18Z, 12K CA Tone & Chikuma; CL, 7 DD KB-3 @ Babeldoab CV Hiryu (69) - 21Z, 24V, 24K CV Soryu (63) - 21Z, 21V, 21K CVL Shoho (31) - 18Z, 12K BB Kongo & Haruna; 6DD CVEs @ Saipan CVE Taiyo (27) - 15Z, 12V CVE Hosho (18) - 12Z, 6K CL, 3 DD BBs @ Saipan - Ise & Hyuga @ Pescadore - Fuso & Yamashiro @ Cam Rahn Bay - Mutsu & Nagato ALLIES: CV Enterprise @ 167,107 (6 NE of Johnson) - 23 WC, 37 SBD, 15 Dev 3 CA & 9 DD CV Lexington @ 150,158 (3 NE Pago Pago) - 22 Buff, 36 SBD, 12 Dev 3 CA & 8 DD CVL Charlotte @ Darwin - 12 Buff, 12 SBD-1 with CA, 3 DD BBs @ Pearl - Miss, NM, Idaho, Tenn, Cal, Penn, AZ, Okla, Nev @ Seattle - Colo, Wash, Warspite (all damaged and need repairs) @ Alameda - Mary, W Va (all damaged and need repairs) Treaty Mod: JAPAN: Mini-KB @ Babeldoab CVL Ryujo (48) - 12 Claude, 12 Kate CVL Zuiho (30) - 12 Claude, 9 Kate CVL Ryukaku (27) - 18Z, 9K 4 CA, 6 DD @ Hiroshima - CVE Hosho (20) - 9 Claude, 6 Jean CVE Ibuki (20) - 9 Claude, 6 Madel BB Nagato, Mutsu, Fuso, Yamashiro, Ise, Hyuga CS Chiyoda @ Cam Rahn Bay - CVL Tokachi (24) - 15 Claude, 6 Mabel, 3 Jean CVL Kushiro (24) - 15 Claude, 6 Mabel, 3 Jean CA Hirado & Suzuka BC Ishitaka with KB (Amagi Class) ALLIES: CV Lexington @ 156,107 (10 NW of Johnson) - 27 Buff, 36 SBD, 15 Dev, 18 Vind 2 CA Burlington & Rome, 7 DD CV Saratoga @ San Diego - 27WC, 18 Buff, 36 SBD, 15 Dev 2 CA, 6 DD @ Vaitupu (Ellis Islands) - Scouting Force CVL Charlotte - (18) - 12 Buff, 6 SBD CVL Jacksonville (18) - 12 Buff, 6 SBD BC Constellation & Ranger 2 CA, 6 DD @ Aukland - CVL Wellington (15) - 9 Buff, 6 Sword @ Sydney - CVL Melbourne (15) - 9 Buff, 6 Sword Between the Storm - proposals 1) RA ship placement and TF composition takes precedent over Treaty placement. Case in point would be the Japanese BBs at Hiroshima being dispersed per RA. 2) Ships highlighted in RED are the new ones for Treaty. Those for Japan at CRB and American Scouting Force don't change. 3) Where does CVL Ryukaku, CVE Ibuki, and BC Ishitaku go?? 4) CV Lexington TF starts at historical position with TF changes per Treaty. SoPac is already strong enough with the Scouting Force and the two new hybrids at Sydney and Aukland. 5) Scouting Force remains at Vaitupu and CVL Charlotte ends up here (with reduced air capacity) vs Darwin. 6) AMC Raiders that start at 187,173 (17 ENE Tahiti) in stock come back. The two Aikoku Maru Class (Aikoku & Hokoku) may have a second pair start in general area (need to create). These can be serious raiders into Allied transports headed to USA from Australia/NZ and/or those coming out of USA. Thus, an Allied player may need to either escort his transports more heavily and/or use those two hybrid CVLs (Melbourne & Wellington) to hunt for them. They are also valuable xAPs for Japan after upgrade/conversion in 2/42. Decisions for both sides!! 7) Move CL Adelaide from Port Moresby to Aukland. This will give CVL two CLs as escorts. 8) Move 2 or 3 subs from Hawaii to off Aukland. 9) Reduce the number of Val or Kates by 3 for each heavy Japanese CV. Add a 3 plane Chutai of Recon that upgrade to the Judy-C in '42. John and I have talked about a Kate variant to perform this role at start. The Americans already have dedicated CV capable recon coming in mid-42. Dwain - I'm going to post this in my AAR and suggest that you do the same so we can get feedback before we start as many players don't visit the Mod Section of the forum. John - Did I miss any new ships?? I'll be out of town for the next three days for training. Thanks, Michael Thoughts??
< Message edited by ny59giants -- 7/20/2014 2:29:33 PM >
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