Long Range Cap

[heenanc]

When you long range cap an island will they just protect the island and not the ship ocupying the same hex as the island? Also if you set all the planes to long range cap the island will they then leave none to protect the CV's?

[hawker]

LR CAP will cover the land and sea units in same hex

Yes,squadron on LR CAP would not participate in defending CV if the planes are sent to cover different hex.

[heenanc]

So if you in the middle of an amphibious assault can you sweep the island with 50% and expect half to protect the ships the the other 50% will stay long range cap over the ship is this correct

[castor troy]

ORIGINAL: hawker

LR CAP will cover the land and sea units in same hex

Yes,squadron on LR CAP would not participate in defending CV if the planes are sent to cover different hex.

LRCAP will cover everything in the hex, no matter if CV or PT or airfield...

the only thing is if you set your LRCAP target a CV TF then the number of aircraft on LRCAP will be halfed. Set an AK or base as target and you have the full LRCAP over the CV...

[heenanc]

ORIGINAL: castor troy

ORIGINAL: hawker

LR CAP will cover the land and sea units in same hex

Yes,squadron on LR CAP would not participate in defending CV if the planes are sent to cover different hex.

LRCAP will cover everything in the hex, no matter if CV or PT or airfield...

the only thing is if you set your LRCAP target a CV TF then the number of aircraft on LRCAP will be halfed. Set an AK or base as target and you have the full LRCAP over the CV...

But if you are LRC the AK or base how can you have all of them covering the CV's as well?

[hawker]

If you set squadron on sweep at 50 % the rest of squadron will perform combat air patrol, NOT LR CAP.

So if you have squadron of 27 fighters and good commander then probably 7-10 of them will perform sweep and 7-10 of that squadron will perform CAP

[heenanc]

I think that's the best solution then cheers, though I had this sorted many a moon ago but it hasn't been the case and has long me many a fine ship, cheers for the info..

[hawker]

ORIGINAL: castor troy

ORIGINAL: hawker

LR CAP will cover the land and sea units in same hex

Yes,squadron on LR CAP would not participate in defending CV if the planes are sent to cover different hex.

LRCAP will cover everything in the hex, no matter if CV or PT or airfield...

the only thing is if you set your LRCAP target a CV TF then the number of aircraft on LRCAP will be halfed. Set an AK or base as target and you have the full LRCAP over the CV...

I understand that CVs are in another hex

[castor troy]

ORIGINAL: heenanc

So if you in the middle of an amphibious assault can you sweep the island with 50% and expect half to protect the ships the the other 50% will stay long range cap over the ship is this correct

no that´s not correct. Either you have sweep, or you have LRCAP, as described in my post above.

[castor troy]

ORIGINAL: hawker

ORIGINAL: castor troy

ORIGINAL: hawker

LR CAP will cover the land and sea units in same hex

Yes,squadron on LR CAP would not participate in defending CV if the planes are sent to cover different hex.

LRCAP will cover everything in the hex, no matter if CV or PT or airfield...

the only thing is if you set your LRCAP target a CV TF then the number of aircraft on LRCAP will be halfed. Set an AK or base as target and you have the full LRCAP over the CV...

I understand that CVs are in another hex

oh yes, sorry, I´ve misread that one. Of course you don´t have your fighters over your own CV if you send them on LRCAP to another hex.

[Gem35]

LR CAP over a CV TF will only result in 20% of LR CAP actually covering the CV TF according to the manual.

[castor troy]

ORIGINAL: Gem35

LR CAP over a CV TF will only result in 20% of LR CAP actually covering the CV TF according to the manual.

20%? I always thought it would be 50% but I´m too lazy to look it up now.

[Gem35]

On page 117 of the game manual:

�� Long Range CAP – The air unit’s aircraft will fly combat air patrol over all friendly units in
a hex other than the one containing the air unit’s base.
Long Range CAP will attempt to
intercept any enemy planes flying into the hex containing the Long Range CAP. The
amount of fighters protecting the friendly units at the moment of an enemy airstrike is
based on the range to the hex being protected and the normal radius of the aircraft flying
Long Range CAP.
Long Range CAP over Air Combat TF’s is only 20% as effective as
over other units since it’s harder to coordinate with an Air Combat TF that is constantly
changing course and is using radio silence. When Long Range CAP is set as the
Mission, the unit’s CAP level is set to 100.

[castor troy]

ORIGINAL: Gem35

On page 117 of the game manual:

�� Long Range CAP – The air unit’s aircraft will fly combat air patrol over all friendly units in
a hex other than the one containing the air unit’s base.
Long Range CAP will attempt to
intercept any enemy planes flying into the hex containing the Long Range CAP. The
amount of fighters protecting the friendly units at the moment of an enemy airstrike is
based on the range to the hex being protected and the normal radius of the aircraft flying
Long Range CAP.
Long Range CAP over Air Combat TF’s is only 20% as effective as
over other units since it’s harder to coordinate with an Air Combat TF that is constantly
changing course and is using radio silence. When Long Range CAP is set as the
Mission, the unit’s CAP level is set to 100.

thanks!