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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: dhyran on November 29, 2010, 03:00:52 PM

Title: SEC 23 - The Battle of Okinawa - on 5th 12th and 26th December
Post by: dhyran on November 29, 2010, 03:00:52 PM
Welcome to SEC "Okinawa"
 an Aces Highİ event!

Three frame event, which will be played in the Special Events Arena 2 (SEA2 in game menu).
Dates: Sundays, December 5th 12th and 26th
Start time: 3PM EST

No preregistration is needed, just be there 30-15 minutes before the start time to have time to get organized.
If you want to volunteer as a CO for either side and plan the operations for USAF or IJN in advance, please announce that in this thread. Any volunteer COs are highly respected  salute

The Battle of Okinawa, codenamed Operation Iceberg, was
fought on the Ryukyu Islands of Okinawa and was the largest
amphibious assault in the Pacific War. The 82-day-long battle
lasted from early April until mid-June, 1945. After a long
campaign of island hopping, the Allies were approaching Japan,
and planned to use Okinawa, a large island only 340 miles
away from mainland Japan, as a base for air operations on
the planned invasion of Japanese mainland.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcIAgtmrDyk

Most of the air-to-air fighters and the small dive bombers
and strike aircraft were U.S. Navy carrier-based airplanes.
The Japanese had used kamikaze tactics since the Battle
of Leyte Gulf, but for the first time, they became a major
part of the defense. Between the American landing on
April 1 and May 25, seven major kamikaze attacks were
attempted, involving more than 1,500 planes.
The U.S. Navy sustained greater casualties in this operation
than in any other battle of the war!

Aircraft losses over the three-month period were 768
United States planes including those bombing the Kyushu
airfields launching kamikazes. Combat losses were 458,
and the other 310 were operational accidents. Japanese
aircraft losses were 7,830 over the same period, including
2,655 to operational accidents. Navy and Marine Corps
fighters downed 3,047, while shipboard antiaircraft
felled 409, and B-29s destroyed 558 on the ground

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Corsair_fighter_firing_on_Okinawa.jpg/492px-Corsair_fighter_firing_on_Okinawa.jpg)

Okinawa will be played also with the damage carryover rule

Damage carryover rule for frames 1,2 and 3
The setup for frames 1,2 and 3 is the same
and any damage done to JAP fields, radars etc.
in this frame will carry over to the next frame.
This way the US can for example
destroy certain key radars and create a tactical Situation for the
next frames.


Rules about lives
Everybody has two lives per frame. You loose a life
if you get anything else than "landed successfully".

That means that you will have to land successfully
at any friendly base. This gives the JAP a slight
advantage, since they are fighting above friendly territory.

Each player is responsible of counting their own lives and is
expected to honor the rules and fellow players.
Using more than two lives
is visible from the logs after the event.

Frame 1:

Allies
*********************
Bishops, 60% of participants

Planes available:
- F4U1a, F4u1-c, F4U1D, F4U-4, F6F 
- TBM, SBD5
Vehicles
- LVT4 LVT2


Orders:
-Start from C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6
-Primery target: Attack A18 and Capture it!!!
-Secondary target: disable the Japanese Radar net, Attack V17 A14

Axis
********************
Knights, 40% of participants

Planes:
- A6M5 KI61 KI84 NIkJ
- B5N Ki67


Orders:
-Primery target: Find the US Fleet and destroy as many
 Carriers as possible, at least 2 of them!
-Secondary target: Defend Kume Shima with base A18

-Available bases A21, A16, A11

Restrictions:
-None

Arena Settings
***************
Terrains: Okinawa
Event start, game time: 5:30
Time multiplier: 1.0
Icons: Icon range 2.5k (~7500) friendly
and enemy Iconrange 1k
Fuel Multiplier: 1.0
Radar: Axis - tower radar range 65000, dar bar range 150000
 (about one full sector), 2min update rate
Allies - Tower radar range 65000, 2min update rate
Killshooter: Off.
Friendly collisions: Off.
Kill messages: Off.

design and hosted
by dhyran
Title: Re: SEC 23 - The Battle of Okinawa - on 5th 12th and 26th December
Post by: dhyran on December 22, 2010, 12:44:06 PM
Frame 3 upcoming at the 26th!

Dont miss it!

(http://flyboys.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Okinawa.jpg)
Title: Re: SEC 23 - The Battle of Okinawa - on 5th 12th and 26th December
Post by: FelixSteiner on December 22, 2010, 02:06:56 PM
to be honest I used more then 2 lives, but because my controls jammed. I didn't die by enemy fire (only once)... :)
And I'll be in lake tahoe on the 26th so I dont know if I can make it.  :cry
Title: Re: SEC 23 - The Battle of Okinawa - on 5th 12th and 26th December
Post by: Westy on December 22, 2010, 02:45:25 PM
Would love to if I was online.

dhryan have you ever though about a 1945 Soviet vs Japanese SCE
or mini scenario?  "August Storm" ?

August 45. Pit La5, La7, Yak9U & T, A-20 and IL2s against KI-84, N1K2,
A6M5B and KI-67s in battle for some type of objective in Manchuria or
Korea. Could even give both sides another light/medium twin engined
bomber or fighter as substitutions for similar USSR and Japanese models
not in game. ex/ME-110, Mossie or Boston etc for recon or twin engine
fighters/attack craft

Something different and afaik never tried before.
Title: Re: SEC 23 - The Battle of Okinawa - on 5th 12th and 26th December
Post by: dhyran on December 23, 2010, 08:26:55 AM
Quote from: Westy on December 22, 2010, 02:45:25 PM
Would love to if I was online.

dhryan have you ever though about a 1945 Soviet vs Japanese SCE
or mini scenario?  "August Storm" ?

August 45. Pit La5, La7, Yak9U & T, A-20 and IL2s against KI-84, N1K2,
A6M5B and KI-67s in battle for some type of objective in Manchuria or
Korea. Could even give both sides another light/medium twin engined
bomber or fighter as substitutions for similar USSR and Japanese models
not in game. ex/ME-110, Mossie or Boston etc for recon or twin engine
fighters/attack craft

Something different and afaik never tried before.

good hint! will do some esearch about it