AE Kangaroo Court
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I know a guy who on his first turn playing Japanese in WitP had the cunning plan of landing an invasion force in Manila. You should have heard him cuss when those ships passed Bataan....
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ORIGINAL: Zebedee
I know a guy who on his first turn playing Japanese in WitP had the cunning plan of landing an invasion force in Manila. You should have heard him cuss when those ships passed Bataan....
They passed? I would have expected new artificail reefs for the incomining japanese scuba tourists to enjoy.
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Well, I need to self-report here. I just blatantly hijacked the "Strategic Points" thread on the main AE page. Sorry, gents.
"Rats set fire to Mr. Cooper’s store in Fort Valley. No damage done." Columbus (Ga) Enquirer-Sun, October 2, 1880.
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There was this crazy SOB that I know that really messed up a CVE TF of his. He ordered it to follow a bombardment TF into restricted waters with 0% moonlight. A well-timed enemy IJN SCTF of three measly destroyers just so happened to be in the hex when the CVE TF appeared (but after the bombardment TF had left). It cut the CVE TF to pieces, sinking or severely damaging three of them.
The escort to the Allied CVE TF was substantial, but it probably didn't help that this crazy SOB guy I know allowed a leader with an inspiration of 35 to captain the heavy cruiser in the escort. I think the captain issued orders not to be disturbed *no matter what*. His bridge crew took his orders at face value, allowing the escorted carriers to be folded, spindled and mutilated.
What a moron this guy was. [8|]
The escort to the Allied CVE TF was substantial, but it probably didn't help that this crazy SOB guy I know allowed a leader with an inspiration of 35 to captain the heavy cruiser in the escort. I think the captain issued orders not to be disturbed *no matter what*. His bridge crew took his orders at face value, allowing the escorted carriers to be folded, spindled and mutilated.
What a moron this guy was. [8|]
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There was this crazy SOB that I know that really messed up a CVE TF of his. He ordered it to follow a bombardment TF into restricted waters with 0% moonlight. A well-timed enemy IJN SCTF of three measly destroyers just so happened to be in the hex when the CVE TF appeared (but after the bombardment TF had left). It cut the CVE TF to pieces, sinking or severely damaging three of them.
The escort to the Allied CVE TF was substantial, but it probably didn't help that this crazy SOB guy I know allowed a leader with an inspiration of 35 to captain the heavy cruiser in the escort. I think the captain issued orders not to be disturbed *no matter what*. His bridge crew took his orders at face value, allowing the escorted carriers to be folded, spindled and mutilated.
What a moron this guy was. [8|]
Ooooooh, this is a fresh one. I can still smell the paint drying.....[:D]
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No, that's me 'huffing' to get over this one. Erm...that's that guy I know I meant. [:D]ORIGINAL: crsutton
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There was this crazy SOB that I know that really messed up a CVE TF of his. He ordered it to follow a bombardment TF into restricted waters with 0% moonlight. A well-timed enemy IJN SCTF of three measly destroyers just so happened to be in the hex when the CVE TF appeared (but after the bombardment TF had left). It cut the CVE TF to pieces, sinking or severely damaging three of them.
The escort to the Allied CVE TF was substantial, but it probably didn't help that this crazy SOB guy I know allowed a leader with an inspiration of 35 to captain the heavy cruiser in the escort. I think the captain issued orders not to be disturbed *no matter what*. His bridge crew took his orders at face value, allowing the escorted carriers to be folded, spindled and mutilated.
What a moron this guy was. [8|]
Ooooooh, this is a fresh one. I can still smell the paint drying.....[:D]
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I once had 3 RN CVs at sea working up after I had upgaded their fighters to Martlets. I knew where the KB was, over 1000 miles away. It was a 1 day turn game. I was not concerned...
My RN CV TF reacted, charging at flank speed over 500 miles (with all its fighters set to training) when the KB was sighted by patrol aircraft from a base the enemy was snooping. The TF just managed to get within range of enemy patrol aircraft which triggered the KB to react to just within maximum range for trop carrying kates...
My RN CV TF reacted, charging at flank speed over 500 miles (with all its fighters set to training) when the KB was sighted by patrol aircraft from a base the enemy was snooping. The TF just managed to get within range of enemy patrol aircraft which triggered the KB to react to just within maximum range for trop carrying kates...
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The Forum Community has yet to appoint a court and prosecutor, so in the meantime we must rely on Forum members to report abuses and violations whenever and wherever encountered. To this point, most such reports have been self-made, but the time has come to vigilantly police the sanctity of the forum.
With this in mind, I would like to report a transgression by GreyJoy, who in his AAR today posted this: "FWIW i remain fixed on the typical beauty from the 70s...thin, blonde and naturally hairy[8D]"
I've never heard a man exlaim a preference for "naturally hairy" women, so I think GreyJoy is in breach of universally recognized taste in the fairer sex.
Could it be that he has a crush on a lady in her 70s who still has her own hair? [;)]
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The Forum Community has yet to appoint a court and prosecutor, so in the meantime we must rely on Forum members to report abuses and violations whenever and wherever encountered. To this point, most such reports have been self-made, but the time has come to vigilantly police the sanctity of the forum.
With this in mind, I would like to report a transgression by GreyJoy, who in his AAR today posted this: "FWIW i remain fixed on the typical beauty from the 70s...thin, blonde and naturally hairy[8D]"
I've never heard a man exlaim a preference for "naturally hairy" women, so I think GreyJoy is in breach of universally recognized taste in the fairer sex.
Could it be that he has a crush on a lady in her 70s who still has her own hair? [;)]
You younger men must understand where we "older" men of the 70s are coming from. It is what we were raised on and what the good lord intended for us to see...Now we just get intimidated and scared when faced with the baldheadness of it all... Of course, I also get scared going up a ladder these days[;)]
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The last two posts are wrong on so many levels
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I once had 3 RN CVs at sea working up after I had upgaded their fighters to Martlets. I knew where the KB was, over 1000 miles away. It was a 1 day turn game. I was not concerned...
My RN CV TF reacted, charging at flank speed over 500 miles (with all its fighters set to training) when the KB was sighted by patrol aircraft from a base the enemy was snooping. The TF just managed to get within range of enemy patrol aircraft which triggered the KB to react to just within maximum range for trop carrying kates...
That's so farfetched that you (probably) can't be faulted for that, but it is one of the worst instances of misfortune I've heard thus far. Why, it's even uglier than the thought of GreyJoy's "naturally hairy women."
"Rats set fire to Mr. Cooper’s store in Fort Valley. No damage done." Columbus (Ga) Enquirer-Sun, October 2, 1880.
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You keep on looking for troubles when speaking of GJ's love for "natural bushes", and crsutton is damn right! But i guess everybody who discovered the "golden place" in the 80s and early 90s had the same feeling...as Cat Stevens used to sing: "The first cut is the deepest"
No double senses jokes plz [:D]
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No double senses jokes plz [:D]
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My opponent was less sympathetic. He simply commented that I was foolish. True, but harsh.ORIGINAL: Canoerebel
ORIGINAL: Wirraway_Ace
I once had 3 RN CVs at sea working up after I had upgaded their fighters to Martlets. I knew where the KB was, over 1000 miles away. It was a 1 day turn game. I was not concerned...
My RN CV TF reacted, charging at flank speed over 500 miles (with all its fighters set to training) when the KB was sighted by patrol aircraft from a base the enemy was snooping. The TF just managed to get within range of enemy patrol aircraft which triggered the KB to react to just within maximum range for trop carrying kates...
That's so farfetched that you (probably) can't be faulted for that, but it is one of the worst instances of misfortune I've heard thus far. Why, it's even uglier than the thought of GreyJoy's "naturally hairy women."
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GJ: "You keep on looking for troubles when speaking of GJ's love for 'natural bushes'..."
I am rendered speechless....
I am rendered speechless....
"Rats set fire to Mr. Cooper’s store in Fort Valley. No damage done." Columbus (Ga) Enquirer-Sun, October 2, 1880.
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+1 Instant classic. The disastrous cascade of events like small stones that start an avalanche. The penalty levied on this by the Kangaroo Court will set an important precedence as this military blunder encapsulates so many important concepts critical to the role of the Court.ORIGINAL: Chickenboy
Outstanding! [:D] I mean terrible!ORIGINAL: Fallschirmjager
I know someone who put 12 brand new shiny late 1930s model USN DD's into a TF and was going to sail them to Sydney from PH to aid in convoy protection. His plan is pretty good as he knows that they will have enough fuel if he puts them on cruise speed. Well this idiot puts them on full speed instead. They burn up all their fuel about 25 hexes NE of Suva and begin to collect system damage. He routes them to Suva and loads up a AO and two more DD at PH to meet the TF and refuel it. 9 hexes out of PH (two turns) the tanker takes 3 torpedoes and promptly sinks. He returns the DD's to PH and loads up another tanker and adds six more DD's to protect this one ship. He is hell bent of saving his TF no matter the cost. He then sends this to meet the TF in mid ocean.
The game goes several more turns. Later he checks out the situation and to his horror sees that his oiler TF was set to retirement allowed. It meet the out of fuel TF but did not refuel them and then sailed away. So he spends two more turns getting the two to finally meet and refueled. Only trouble is he has put so many DD's into the oiler TF that they have sucked away almost half of the precious fuel. The 12 DD's in the damaged TF cannot fully refuel and won't be able to make it back to PH. So he races the oiler TF back to PH only to have this TF run out of fuel too. It limps back the final two hexes and takes slight damage to all ships. He then loads up two oilers this time with fuel and 5 DD's
The damaged DD TF meanwhile is about 12 hexes out of PH but only has one more turn of fuel left. He stops it dead in the water and puts it on remain on station. Brilliant he thinks. He then moves the oiler TF out to meet the damaged TF. Unfortunatly 12 damaged DDs this close to PH attract the attention of IJN submarines. Two I-Boats attack and because of the damaged and low speed managed to sink three of the DDs
Finally the two TFs link up and refuel and as one big TF crawl back to PH.
So he is down three good DDs, has 17 damaged ones and 1 damaged oiler and 1 sunk oiler. The entire operation takes almost 5 weeks.
This brilliant Admiral received a swift promotion to a weather station in Nova Scotia.
Technical blunder 1: miss-clicking to set the wrong order (speed)
Technical blunder 2: failing to properly set “do not retire”
Tactical blunder 1: not routing loaded tanker convoys with care (they are exceptionally vulnerable when loaded)
Operational blunder: violating the need for redundancy of key assets for a mission (only one tanker)
Logistics blunder: not calculating refuel requirements for both escorts and target TF
Strategic blunder: left to the imagination of the court. What strategic errors were made while the Commander Pacific Fleet was focused on this operation?
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ORIGINAL: Canoerebel
GJ: "You keep on looking for troubles when speaking of GJ's love for 'natural bushes'..."
I am rendered speechless....
I could have bet that you had stressed the Cat Stevens quoting...[:D] but maybe the double sense implied is only in my sick mind[8D]
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Isn't it Rod Stewart who sings that line?
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Many others sang that song, but i think the original version is from Cat Stevens
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Thanks, I had no idea.
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