Routine Convoys and Other Transport ?

[Mike Carroll]

I have just discovered this game. How come a game that is 10 years old seems better than all these so-called RTS games (Build and rush). I am really enjoying myself. The only problem I have is sometimes understanding the differences between the manual and the upgrades that have occured over time.

1. Routine Convoys - To get ships to on the convoy I just place them in LA and Calcutta (as allies). Do I need to incude tankers or are MCS sufficient? Also are escorts in the ship pool automatically included?

2. How do I add ships to the transport units? I have all these transports in my pools, but I can not add ships to the units. How do you get a 50 ship MCS unit?

3. Can transports carry any nationality LCU's. Can my US troop transports carry British or Australians and vice versa?

Thanks for the answers. This is a great game, I have been looking for something like this for years.

I do wish the graphics were a little better, but a small price to pay.

Oh one last question. Is there a list of all bases with hex locations available somewhere?

Again Thanks Mike

[mdiehl]

1. Routine Convoys - To get ships to on the convoy I just place them in LA and Calcutta (as allies). Do I need to incude tankers or are MCS sufficient? Also are escorts in the ship pool automatically included?

Put tankers in LA to keep fuel distribution flowing. The AOs you can keep yourself for tactical use to support TFs at sea.

2. How do I add ships to the transport units? I have all these transports in my pools, but I can not add ships to the units. How do you get a 50 ship MCS unit?

Click on the unit. If ships are available in the pool, and if the unit is not at an isolated base, it should give you the option to send ships to the pool or GET ships from the pool. If you can't get any, go to another unit of the same type, click on the unit, and send ships to the pool. Then return to your original unit, click on it, and use the GET POOL function.

3. Can transports carry any nationality LCU's. Can my US troop transports carry British or Australians and vice versa?

Yes. Any Allied nationality on any Allied transport. You will find, however, that some units are simply not "loadable." For example many of the Aussie divisions in Australia, because these are designated home guards by hard-coding. Eventually when you see forces trasferred from ANZAC to SW Pacific, they will be loadable.

Oh one last question. Is there a list of all bases with hex locations available somewhere?

If you do not have the paper manual, you should probably have access to the PDF file. The list of bases/locations is one of the appendices.