The EASY way to do this.
Install RSRDC.
Build your mission with RSRDC loaded.
The F4F, etc will be there to place, as will more japanese ship choices. The japanese forces moving on Wake are already in the campaign. It would take a little looking around (read lurker's README carefully, and don't change things in the editor or the timing will be off) but you can do the following.
1. Author your single mission with the basics set up. Player sub, etc.
2. Load your mission in the editor, then MERGE the appropriate campaign layers from RSRDC that are important for your Wake mission. The Pearl harbor forces, etc. You can MERGE them without making them savable, which is important. This will allow you to SEE all those units on the map, but only your Single Mission will be saved when you save, instead of your mission, plus a bunch of layers.
3. You can now add to the Wake stuff that is in RSRDC for your single mission. All the ships are there, but you can add flights of bombers, F4F CAP waypoints, whatever.
You would be making a single mission that would only work for other RSRDC players, but it would save a lot of work, and the rest of the game world would be consistent.
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