You want some Pearl Harbor action on Dec. 7? Then why . . .

[Brooke]

Why not join us for the awesome Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7 in Special Events 2 arena? 

It is the most-popular of all "This Day in WWII" events!

We want YOU to fly in it! 

It runs at two times on Thursday, December 7:
-- 3 pm Eastern (for European prime time)
-- 10 pm Eastern (for US prime time)

[Brooke]

[Brooke]

[Volron]

And don't forget, the SBD, TBM, D3A and B5N are now all up-to-date!

[Brooke]

[BBQsam]

Will the Americans have bombers enabled?

[Dundee]

Will the Americans have bombers enabled?

I don't recall them being involved on December 7th,1941...other then the flight that was supposed to come in on that morning.....and they would have been unarmed

[BBQsam]

http://ahevents.net/index.php/events/this-day-in-wwii?task=view&id=608

Allies (Bishops):
-- F4F-4 available at a4 (Ford) and a5 (Ewa).
-- P-40C available at a19 (Wheeler).
-- M16 (as AA defenses).
 
Axis (Knights):
-- Two TG's (C8 and C9) start in bottom of 10.12.
-- A6M2, D3A1, B5N2.
 
In first launch, IJN launches.  Script is typed (see below).  Then US launches.
No dot radar is available -- only sector counters.
Ammo Bunkers, Fighter Hangars, and Vehicle Hangars stay down 1 minute.
CM will periodically jump IJN TG's to keep them at least 1/3 sector away from land.
Ships in harbor are structures easier to sink than ships in Main Arena.
Harbor ships stay sunk once sunk.
No 8" guns available.
 
Points:
-- 1 point per kill of enemy.
-- 0.1 point per object destroyed.
-- However, IJN loses if it does not sink at least 1/3 of ships in harbor.
 
Side split 2:1 axis to allies.

[Brooke]

Setup is updated as terrain doesn't have the static ships.  We will use usual TG's in their place with following setup:

Welcome to This Day in WWII: Pearl Harbor!
All are welcome to play.
Runs on December 7th in Special Events II Arena at two times:
-- 3 pm Eastern Time.
-- 10 pm Eastern Time.
-----------------------------------------------------------
 
Objective: Kill enemies, sink enemy ships, and destroy enemy objects.

Event duration: 2 hours, but play as much or as little as you want of that.

Unlimited lives.

Allies (Bishops):
-- F4F-4 available at a4 (Ford) and a5 (Ewa).
-- P-40C available at a19 (Wheeler).
-- M16 (as AA defenses).
-- Put two task groups near harbor (c6 and c34).

Axis (Knights):
-- Two TG's (C8 and C9) start in bottom of 10.12.
-- A6M2, D3A1, B5N2.

In first launch, IJN launches. Script is typed (see below). Then US launches.
No dot radar is available -- only sector counters.
Ammo Bunkers, Fighter Hangars, and Vehicle Hangars stay down 1 minute.
CM will periodically jump IJN TG's to keep them at least 1/3 sector away from land.
No 8" guns for IJN.
No 8", 5", or quad 40 mm on US TG's.

Points:
-- 1 point per kill of enemy.
-- IJN gets 0.1 point per object destroyed.
-- IJN gets 15 points per ship sunk

Side split 2:1 axis to allies.

Arena Settings:
Terrain = pearl
ArenaFlags = 13358
ChangeCountryTime = 0
ExitWhileMoving = 508
FlightModeFlags = 5248
RadarMode = 0
StratFlags = 1
TaskGroupCommandCnt = 6

Object Settings:
Bunk Ammo, Down Time = 1
Ftr Hangar, Down Time = 1
Structure, Down Time = 600
Gun Bat Armored, Down Time = 800
GroundAutoLethality[Armored] = 0.02
GroundAutoLethality[Hard] = 0.02
GroundAutoLethality[Soft] = 0.02
Gun Bat, Down Time = 800
Gun Bat Armor, Down Time = 800
Gun Bat Soft, Down Time = 800
Hard Gun Bat, Down Time = 800
Ship, Down Time = 800
TaskGroupRespawnTime = 360

Disable weapons:
No bombs on P-40C, F4F-4, A6M2.
F4F-4 gets 4-gun option only.
b5n gets torp and 2x250
.det f05baa00c 1 (and for d and e, and for f06) -- gets rid of 8"
.det baa and bat on those two US task groups.

cv hardness 3000 lbs, long downtime
ca hardness 3000 lbs, long downtime
de hardness 1000 lbs, long downtime

[Easyscor]

In the meantime, the Pearl Harbor battle rages in the AvA. Great practice for Brook's Pearl Harbor. And here's some screenshots from the AvA terrain. It runs all weeks.

Example:

[NatCigg]

"In first launch, IJN launches. Script is typed (see below). Then US launches."

Will the IJN raid be over the island before US airfield are open?   

 

[Brooke]

In the meantime, the Pearl Harbor battle rages in the AvA[/url].

That terrain in AvA is AWESOME.

Folks, if you haven't been in there to see what a great job they did, you owe it to yourself to do so! 

[NatCigg]

Am I left to assume this will be the same as years past? The US at 20,000 feet circling for the raiding japanese? aka the pearl harbor turkey shoot.  I really dont want to be duped again.

 

I will give credit to you for getting me excited again, hoping for a realistic setup.

 

[Oldman731]

Am I left to assume this will be the same as years past? The US at 20,000 feet circling for the raiding japanese? aka the pearl harbor turkey shoot.  I really dont want to be duped again.

Heh.  Probably one of those historical battles that can't be structured to be perfectly fair, no matter what you do.

Years ago we came up with the "Lost Cause" series of wargames we'd like to see some day.  They included, of course, Pearl Harbor, along with Custer's Last Stand, the Alamo and others that seemed to have preordained conclusions.

- oldman

[captain1ma]

well it could be made more realistic if you couldn't launch until the base you're at started flashing. then it would be a mad scramble. the other problem is the sheer numbers of one side vs the other. if both sides are even, then its already out of whack. if you lean more to one side, then that side complains they got slaughtered. how do you make it reasonably even? historically, it wasn't! 2-1 numbers should help keep it close.