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Offline AKKuya

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What if Scenario for CM Consideration and FSO Player Review
« on: December 10, 2011, 10:29:23 PM »
A What If Scenario.

It's early 1943 and both European Allied and Axis powers have begun to develop many tactics and strategies from over three years of hard conflict.  Both sides have filmed thousands of hours of aerial gun camera footage and gleaned every tiny morsel of intel on how the other side flies their aircraft.  Fueled with this knowledge, both sides have begun secret training of thier personnel for the next phase of covert operations.

The Executive Branch of the United States of America has commissioned the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) to coordinate espionage activities behind enemy lines for the branches of the United States Armed Forces.  Operation Brother's Keeper was authorized to sow dissension and paranoia withing the battle hardened German Luftwaffe.  The primary goal is to recruit, train, and insert highly capable German speaking pilots behind enemy lines in order to impersonate authentic Luftwaffe pilots and commadeer as many Luftwaffe aircraft and create havoc and destruction as much as possible.  These brave men were empowered to utilize the stolen aircraft armed with heavy firepower to bomb and strafe German industry and airfields and to fly side by side with trusting LW pilots and easily slide in right behind them and shoot them down while thier guard was down.  These brave men knew that this would be the most dangerous assignment of thier lives and would make a powerful blow against the enemies of freedom.

Wilhelm Canaris, commander of the Abwehr (Defense - German Military Intelligence), created a special section called Kriegluft (Air War).  This section fell under the Amtsgruppe Ausland (Foriegn Branch) which coordinated with the military.  It's goal was to take the creme of the crop from the leading Luftwaffe Aces and train them to speak perfect English and send them behind enemy lines.  There they were to create fear and panic by stealing Allied aircraft to bomb and strafe towns filled with civilians in order to make the British think the RAF and USAAC had bezerk pilots killing civilians.  This would help make the British not welcome the Americans and drive them apart.  Each operative was aslo given instructions to locate any RAF or USAAC aces and shoot them down in flight under the guise of friendly aircraft.  These operatives each sworn an oath to follow thier orders or die in the attempt for the Fatherland and thier Fuerher.

Both sides have begun experiencing strange stories of fellow countrymen going berzerk and suspicion has started to make lifelong friends to mistrust each other.


This FSO would create this hypothetical scenario by having each side be given a "renegade squad".  The Admin CM will send an email to one non-CIC Allied and one non-Axis squad per frame when the Objectives are sent.  The chosen "renegade squads" will be kept secret from the side CIC and side squads known only to the Admin CM.  The side CIC's will create the Frame Orders and mail them out accordingly.  When the "renegade squad" receives the Frame Orders, they have no requirement to follow them.  They can choose to do whatever they want and create chaos and confusion in whatever fashion they choose.  They must act as if they are on the enemy side and can shoot down friendly aircraft plus bomb and strafe "friendly targets". 

This will create the Air of Suspicion.  Will the squad flying with you watch your back?  Will the Strike Commander have your squad be used in a suicide mission?   



BoB Terrain
Killshooter OFF
Abilirt to destroy friendly fields and towns.

USAAC/RAF
A-20 (min 12)
B-25C with formations
Hurricane IIC  (max 12)
Hurricane IID  (max 12)
Mossie (fighter)
P-38J
P-51B (max 12)
Spitfire 5
Spitfire 8 (max 12)
Spitfire 9 (max 12)
Typhoon (max 12)

Luftwaffe
Bf-109F4
Bf-109G-2  (max 24
Bf-109G-6  (max 24)
Bf-110G2  (max 24)
C205  (max 12)
FW-109A5 (max 24)
Ju-87  (min 12)
Ju-88 with formations

The plane set-up will faciliate the Attack mentality rather than long range bombing and high altitude bombing.
Chuck Norris can pick oranges from an apple tree and make the best lemonade in the world. Every morning when you wake up, swallow a live toad. Nothing worse can happen to you for the rest of the day. They say money can't buy happiness. I would like the opportunity to find out. Why be serious?

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Re: What if Scenario for CM Consideration and FSO Player Review
« Reply #1 on: December 10, 2011, 10:48:42 PM »
   I like the originality. Good points and bad from what I can see. Good points is that unknown factor. Rather than a whole squad I would privately recruit a single member from a few squads. Make it so if the traitor killed a "friend" and ran to an allied base he could fly the following frame as allied.New traitor pilots wopuld be recruited for the next frame. If he died or was captured while "axis" after committing the treacherous act he would be forced to sit out the remainder of the event.

 Bad points...nobody wants a friend to kill them. My squad has done that to me enough times without the built in design :P

  I like the idea though..just need to make it real risky as stated above.


PS  Any treacherous acts may not be committed till after everyone is airborne and so many minutes into the frame to prevent a wholesale slaughter on roll out.


  

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Re: What if Scenario for CM Consideration and FSO Player Review
« Reply #2 on: December 11, 2011, 07:37:18 AM »
There does need some restrictions built in.  This would take some tweaking for solid gameplay.  Squads chosen should be of equal size per frame (4-6 or 7-10).
Chuck Norris can pick oranges from an apple tree and make the best lemonade in the world. Every morning when you wake up, swallow a live toad. Nothing worse can happen to you for the rest of the day. They say money can't buy happiness. I would like the opportunity to find out. Why be serious?

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Re: What if Scenario for CM Consideration and FSO Player Review
« Reply #3 on: December 11, 2011, 12:18:02 PM »
I'm not sure how long this would last. I personally wont shot down fellow squad members and I'm sure there are quite a few who feel the same way. It wouldn't take long before the players who will are targeted and taken out of the equation as soon as they lift off, even if they aren't a spy that frame. Strategically you just couldn't leave players your not sure of on your 6. I think it might actual reduce the number of players that play in the FSO.

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Re: What if Scenario for CM Consideration and FSO Player Review
« Reply #4 on: December 12, 2011, 10:45:49 PM »
Move this scenario to "1946" with Japan being knocked out first and Germany stands alone.  Let the ALLIES mass the B29's being escorted by any fighters against the large industrial centers.  Let the AXIS use any fighter and in any quantities they want.  Don't worry about types of AC or min and max's.  Make it easy and BIG.  Use a 40% AXIS 60% ALLIED split.  The split difference would be the number of ALLIED bombers (10%) leaving the fighters fairly even in the air and at the engagements.  20K Air spawn's for both sides.

Then add in Kuya's idea for the scenario :)

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Re: What if Scenario for CM Consideration and FSO Player Review
« Reply #5 on: December 13, 2011, 10:01:29 AM »
I think it might actual reduce the number of players that play in the FSO.

This would be only for one FSO.   Just to make things interesting.  Once the rogue squad has been identified, then the country text channel will fill up with "Hot Pursuit" and which way the squad went.

After the FSO, then back to normal filled with talk of last FSO dastardly squads.

In fact, once word spreads on about this little caper.  Interest might spring forth from other MA squads on how creative set-ups could be.
Chuck Norris can pick oranges from an apple tree and make the best lemonade in the world. Every morning when you wake up, swallow a live toad. Nothing worse can happen to you for the rest of the day. They say money can't buy happiness. I would like the opportunity to find out. Why be serious?