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Yooper, apparently the "Ferry" loadout takes 30 minutes to ready while "Reserve" takes 3 hours, I suspect Frangible intended the former if it's possible.
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The aircraft can't fly with the Reserve loadout and as Demon says they should only have taken half an hour to ready with the Ferry loadout I wanted them to have. It sort of balances out I guess because I didn't want them to take off before the new CAP is up, which they would have if they'd been rearmed to ferry. I'd also like to know which tanker or tankers the Tu-142s visited, given that only one of them was supposed to refuel from the near empty #2, because I think that they've probably hit up tankers #3 and #4 and drained them right before the new CAP needs them.
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Nov 21, 2018 08:50
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Love me some nice friendly harmless fishies
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TheDemon posted:Yooper, apparently the "Ferry" loadout takes 30 minutes to ready while "Reserve" takes 3 hours, I suspect Frangible intended the former if it's possible. Let me look into it. Once the planes landed they went into the "Reserve" loadout which has a 3 hour ready time. If I can switch the loadout to "ferry" and it only takes thirty minutes then I'll set the loadout to ready and launch per instructions. FrangibleCover posted:I'd also like to know which tanker or tankers the Tu-142s visited, given that only one of them was supposed to refuel from the near empty #2, because I think that they've probably hit up tankers #3 and #4 and drained them right before the new CAP needs them. I directed them to go to the emptiest one but I think the 2nd Bear went to a different tanker.
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Yooper posted:
Do we know who picked up that unidentified subsurface contact 58 minutes ago? Was it just a transient?
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Triggerhappypilot posted:Do we know who picked up that unidentified subsurface contact 58 minutes ago? Was it just a transient? I had cleaned up the old contacts / reference points and I think it was one that popped back in. I don't see any "last detected by" data.
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Nov 21, 2018 22:15
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Orders: no change as no aircraft are ready yet
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Yooper, am I on the same heading as the Oscar? It looks like my vector is more due easterly than its is from the picture. I wanna stay in front of it.
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Orders changes: Yelizovo air group Ready MiG-31BMs at Dolinsk with the Ferry loadout. Remain on the ground unless ordered otherwise. Ban aircraft assigned to ASW patrols from refuelling from tankers. Set a prosecution zone for the AAW patrols to a box with points at Dolinsk, Iturup, the northern cape of Sakhalin and the southern cape of Kamchatka. If either of Tanker #3 or #4 are low on fuel, launch another tanker for their mission. No further changes, continue with previous orders. FrangibleCover fucked around with this message at 02:04 on Nov 23, 2018 |
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Russia Turn 12 All is yet quiet. The Bears are halting refueling ops while the AEW is taking a drink. Beyond that the MIG-31's continue to refit for transit north. Sometime during this round the surface convoy will link up with Dandywalken.   There's a snapshot from the first ASW pass. The Bears are heading back out, having cancelled the refueling. (Nor will they take any more fuel. I hope.)  Goblin!  Mad contact! Assigning it as a hostile! The Bear will engage, Aphid will fire a single RPK.  Rocket torpedo away! The Bear continues to get good MAD resolution.  The torpedo is about to land! The Bear is circling for another pass.  It has been over a minute and a half since contact. The torpedo begins to hunt.  The torpedo is still hunting as the Bear gets a fresh MAD contact.  Echoes of a pressure chamber collapsing ripple through the sea. This was extra lucky as this Bear had zero sonobuoys remaining and strictly operated using MAD.  Another hour has passed. The Bears continue the hunt while everything else is moving. Slowly.  The convoy is officially in the Pacific ocean. They just passed Dandy. Trigger is nearly into the straits. The Bears each have roughly 2 1/3 hours of fuel on patrol. The east most Bear has 10 sonobuoy remaining.  The E-767 pokes up occasionally as does the bogey, (an eagle). The surface group has been missing for quite some time. 3 of the SU-27's will be ready in 44-56 minutes. 4 of the MIG-31's will be ready in 53-60 minutes. Orders due by Sunday!
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Nov 24, 2018 03:06
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 Well done Aphid, our first RPK kill. To many more, but not too many more!
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Good poo poo. I'd like my FFG to join up with the convoy while maintaining electronic silence. It is to run the same path as the convoy, but take a lead position and adopt the convoys speed once in position. The Grishas Id like to be arranged around the convoy perimeter about 500 meters outside the convoy itself.
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EDIT: Apparently planes are ready this turn. Contingent Mission: IF one or more eagles cross the line between Iturup and Dolinsk-Sokol. Activate an AAW Patrol mission covering up to northern Hokkaido and add one SU-27 to it for each eagle airborne. If there are more eagles airborne than we have SU-27s (3 vs 4+), do not activate the mission, CANCEL it and do nothing. Manually set all airborne eagles hostile. Weapon State, Pre-Planned: All BVR expended. Allow Easy targets of opportunity with WVR. Weapon State, RTB: Yes, aircraft leave flight and RTB as they reach weapon state. WRA: Adder B: Use all weapons against target. This is basically suicide bombing each eagle that ventures up but it'll discourage adventurism. TheDemon fucked around with this message at 19:43 on Nov 25, 2018 |
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Nov 24, 2018 04:05
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No change of orders.
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OOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH Take that, piderasts Man those Bears are nasty. Morale among their sub drivers has to be approaching toilet status. No order change.
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So we've killed half their subs, we think, and more than half of their air superiority airframes. That's pretty good work. Can I get an update on the Nurlat's batteries and a screenshot of where it and Vepr are compared to the convoy and our other assets?
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We've been operating on maximum easymode what with the lavish Bear cover but it's hard to not feel good about the fact that we've killed three boats and lost none ever since we realized that we actually have to be a bit careful with them. Ofc one managing to ambush the convoy is all it takes.
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Nov 24, 2018 18:57
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aphid_licker posted:We've been operating on maximum easymode what with the lavish Bear cover but it's hard to not feel good about the fact that we've killed three boats and lost none ever since we realized that we actually have to be a bit careful with them. Ofc one managing to ambush the convoy is all it takes. Yeah, but that last kill was with only two Bears up and no buoys, which is minimum easymode. Assuming the Japanese don't grow a spine I can probably keep you in minimum easymode for the next 12-18 hours before I start having to divert everything to cover the convoy on its run in.
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Nov 24, 2018 20:56
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What is the convoy ETA to Iturup?
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habeasdorkus posted:What is the convoy ETA to Iturup? ~ 36 hours
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Yooper posted:~ 36 hours Are we gonna stay on half-hour turns? Kinda in awe that you are gonna keep doing this for months. It has been loads of fun so far so thanks <3
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aphid_licker posted:Are we gonna stay on half-hour turns? Kinda in awe that you are gonna keep doing this for months. It has been loads of fun so far so thanks <3 The past two turns have both been one hour each. The next few will likely follow that same timeframe until more air units are up. The distances are just too long for sub-ship combat to just go with 30 minute turns.
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Yooper posted:The next few will likely follow that same timeframe I'll get back to you, I'm still thinking.
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TheDemon posted:EDIT: New orders added to account for planes ready within 1h turns. TheDemon fucked around with this message at 19:43 on Nov 25, 2018 |
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Oh poo poo, today's Sunday. Alright. Updated orders: Yelizovo Air Group Air Weapons Free. If it's not ours, kill it. R-33S set to 2 rounds per target, 2 shooters per target for unknown target types and Generation 4 fighters. RTB when Winchester, use of guns allowed when . A-50 - Support air defence detection network by patrolling in the vicinity 47°38′N 146°40′E, EMCON A when on station. If enemy aircraft approach to within 150nmi, withdraw at military speed to the Northeast keeping the radar on. If all MiG-31s currently airborne are lost or have expended all of their missiles, run for Yelizovo at max speed and minimum altitude. Il-78s - Support other assets by holding in the vicinity 49°N 149°E. If enemy aircraft approach to within 150nmi, withdraw at military speed to the Northeast. If all MiG-31s currently airborne are lost or have expended all of their missiles, run for Yelizovo at max speed and minimum altitude. MiG-31s - Refuel from the Il-78s if required. Split into two flights of four and hold 20nmi South and 20nmi West of the A-50. If the A-50 begins to withdraw, withdraw alongside it. If enemy aircraft approach within 100nmi of the A-50, engage them. If enemy aircraft engage the MiG-31s, engaged aircraft are to flee on afterburner until the missile is evaded or the enemy approaches to within 100nmi of the A-50, then engage and destroy the enemy. Tu-142s - Continue on current tasking. If enemy aircraft approach to within 150nmi, withdraw at military speed and patrol altitude to the Northeast. Once they are gone, return to patrol. Turn radars back on. Launch two more Tu-142s and transit them to the vicinity of the current ones, radars off. If enemy aircraft approach to within 150nmi, withdraw at military speed and patrol altitude to the Northeast.
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Russia Turn 13 First up, weather!  No change in rain. (none)  Sky cover is clearing, now "Light High Clouds, 20-23k ft".  Sea state remains the same. (4)  And here we go! The surface group is re-forming with Dandy in the lead. Beyond that a new set of Bears is launching as well as two pairs of MIG-31's. Three IL-78M's remain on station, one nearly empty, one mid way, one almost full.  Bears and MIG's head south.  Nurlat is slowly recharging.  Convoy has reformed and is now steaming again.  Aphids Shark Tail picks up another Goblin.  Hero bear goes in! After a few passes we classify it as a biologic.  Surface group is now heading north. AEW is still hanging over Hokkaido. In the north the MIG-31's are on patrol as are the new Bears. Older bears will head back once low on fuel.  A bunch of planes are now ready. 3/5 SU-27's are ready for combat. The other two will be ready in 1d 17 hr. 6/7 Mig-31's are ready at Dolinsk, the 7th is ready in 1d 17 hrs. Orders by Tuesday night! 
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Dagnabbit I think I'm increasing separation with the Oscar. e: These orders superseded by the ones I am about to post downthread. aphid_licker fucked around with this message at 12:48 on Nov 27, 2018 |
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Hey guys, we've thought about getting a bit more pushy with the boats. The Oscar and Bratsk sprint east under Bear cover (yellow arrow). The Kilo sprints south on full diesel (green arrow) (no flank since that drains the battery afaik). Once everyone is in place (red x) we send the two Akulas towards the end zone and leave the Kilo behind escorting the Oscar. Does this sound like a good / bad / improvable idea to you?
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Yes, a change in direction might help us take out the Japanese fleet faster. Oscar moves to the east, keeping it's speed and depth. Stago Lego fucked around with this message at 18:43 on Nov 26, 2018 |
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Nurlat agrees. Diesel it up! Uh, can someone point out Vepr for me again?
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It's the boat next to the big red cross.
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Orders for my SU-27: Do nothing and do not fly until radar contact is re-established for the northern coast Hokkaido. If our Mainstay moves up and the coast is more or less as it was last time, re-implement the mission from last turn with the same conditionals. If our Mainstay does not move up or if it does move up and there is something crazy in the air (crazy includes like a flight of 4 eagles, for example), also do nothing and do not fly. Requoting my mission from last time: TheDemon posted:Contingent Mission: IF one or more eagles cross the line between Iturup and Dolinsk-Sokol.
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New orders: Akula Bratsk to go to heading 090. All other orders unchanged. Background for internal coordination purposes: Seeing how far back Vepr is I'm gonna go with the less risky slow move east rather than a dash at flank, aiming to fall into line abreast formation with Vepr slightly to its west and then move Southwest alongside it.
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Yeli Update I have to be honest, I'm getting a little confused as to what's going on here without a map so I'm going to set my orders relative to boats instead of mapped out. Use the two new Tu-142s to patrol the routes that Bratsk and Tver are taking in a long, thinnish box. Keep the two old Tu-142s in support of Vepr and Tver until the new ones arrive on station, then release them to RTB. Provide rearm times for the two Tu-142s sent home earlier. A-50 - Support air defence detection network by patrolling in the vicinity 47°38′N 146°40′E, EMCON A when on station. If enemy aircraft approach to within 150nmi, withdraw at military speed to the Northeast keeping the radar on. If all MiG-31s currently airborne are lost or have expended all of their missiles, run for Yelizovo at max speed and minimum altitude. This is not where the A-50 currently is, it needs to be moved. Il-78s - Support other assets by holding in the vicinity 49°N 149°E. If enemy aircraft approach to within 150nmi, withdraw at military speed to the Northeast. If all MiG-31s currently airborne are lost or have expended all of their missiles, run for Yelizovo at max speed and minimum altitude. I don't know if the Il-78s are at the listed coordinates but they need to be.  MiG-31s - Split into four flights of two and hold in four patrol boxes 20nmi Southwest of the A-50 as shown. If the A-50 begins to withdraw, withdraw alongside it. If enemy aircraft approach within 100nmi of the A-50, engage them. I'm going to give it half an hour before getting the MiGs out of Dolinsk to get the AEW back forward and try to figure out what's going on over their side, so no orders for them for now.
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Russia 14  Big change so far is shifting the A-50 to the southwest. No idea why I had it where I did. I won't even try to bullshit you with some CMANO reason. Beyond that the new Bears will patrol a corridor in front of the Bratsk and the Tver. The MIg-31's are split up into groups and will patrol 20 nm before the A-50.  A-50 is headed to where it should be. Fuel line is verified to be where it should be.  A-50 is in position. MIG-31's are leapfrogging into the patrol area. The patrol areas will follow the A-50 as it moves about and stay in relative position.  Surface group has finally unfucked itself and is up to 22 knots. Trigger is moving to intercept at 10 kts.  One group of MIG-31's is going for fuel a bit early to prevent the "No Mig" syndrome we've seen before.  Resurs satelite passes over Hokkaido and sees nothing. A Yaogan-25C gets the radar though. E-767 is lit up quite well.  Skunk has appeared northeast of Hokkaido.  A-50 in position. MIG-31's are fueling and heading into position as well.  Bears are screening the subs. I think all orders shold be correct. All aircraft are no ready to ferry or in the case of Flankers/MIG-29, ready to launch. Orders due by Thursday.
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can I get a theatre picture including enemy air contacts and the range circle on the A-50
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Stago, we're currently discussing on discord how to get you a solid contact for firing your granits on those surface ships. It'll probably be this turn, stand by. e: Maybe not, but we'll go search for those ships this turn so... next turn.
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What time is dusk, by the way? Orders: Contingent Mission: IF one or more eagles cross the line between Iturup and Dolinsk-Sokol. Activate an AAW Patrol mission covering up to northern Hokkaido and add one SU-27 to it for each eagle airborne. If there are more eagles airborne than we have SU-27s (3 vs 4+), do not activate the mission, CANCEL it and do nothing. Manually set all airborne eagles hostile. Weapon State, Pre-Planned: All BVR expended. Allow Easy targets of opportunity with WVR. Weapon State, RTB: Yes, aircraft leave flight and RTB as they reach weapon state. WRA: Adder B: Use all weapons against target.
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Gonna move east for one more turn and then turn south alongside Habeas Dorkus on a 200ish heading.
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