Okiedokie, what's already been done:
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Russian vs US Mutiny pits navies at odds. Good fun and good matchups. The DW bread and butter.
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China versus US Also been done in good fashion. Only a semiplausible conflict that one can't really see happing in the next 20 years given that both these countries have trillions in economic investments and gain tied up into each other. Nevertheless, its interesting to play, though the battles can be slightly lopsided technology wise.
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US versus Iran Very, very, very plausible circumstances. Fun to play though the techonology mis-match makes the missions somewhat of a turkey shoot. (except the occasional kilo vs SSN)
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French vs US FERdeBOER's campaign, fun and enjoyable.
A real plausible conflict? Ha, probably not, but its fun to play around, given that the technology matchup is "reasonably" comparable enough in regards to weapons and platforms.
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Soooooooooo... :hmm: ...What else are plausible conflicts? Meaning, we can actually see them happening without too much of a strecth of the imagination. Lets brainstorm a bit to see what comes up.... what about?...
NorthKorea vs US?
A plausible conflict but the technology mismatch is sooooo lopsided that would it really be any fun to play? Some possible Kilo hunts if NorthKorea were to acquire Kilos... most everything else might just be a turkey shoot.
Europe vs Russia revisited?
Already done in Bills RSR campaign, though not exclusively Europe vs Russia. Maybe plausible as a continuance in the same line of thinking, but with missions on the European coastlines and greater involvements of AI controlled European boats. The Russian side would be straight forward. The European side would have to be seen from the viewpoint of an American ally helping the AI or even a strecthed imagination with the LA as a T-boat and the Kilo as some German Type 212? Too much of a stretch? You decide.
Europe vs US?
What possible unearthly mishap could spark a Europe vs US war? Hard to think of one that's not either 50 years in the future, or so extremely dramatic it represents pure absurdity (George Bush orders the assination of Tony Blair
). Still, it would be a good techology matchup with comparable SSN, SSK, weapons, etc, and could introduce missions to the US coastline, but would be story really make sense?.... maybe as an alternative universe... perhaps an "if the Germans had won" universe?... :hmm:
China vs Japan?
These two countries still hate in other right? Japan has absolutely loathed military conflict ever since the second WW (afaik) so if would take one of the sides acting against their current stance to motivate the conflict (China being stupidly aggressive or Japan reversing its maritime policies over the last 50 years)... but still, Japan has some good naval units that maybe fun to see in action. Perhaps the Chinese side represented as Kilos and Akula's bought from Russia. Still, the problem persist as in the Russia vs Europe with the Japanese side only being represented from an American ally perspective. Still, perhaps if the LA were really a top secret SSN that Japan has never revealed? The FFG as one of the older Japanese ASW destroyers? Again it would take some streching, but if we ever got desperate for scenarios...
Russia vs China?
That would probably be like US versus Canada. Why on earth.....?
US vs Third World Counties?
Attack of the fishing boats! Sweet! But seriously, would there really be any point of trying to script a plot outta this that wouldn't be a total technology mismatch.
Ok, those last two were a bit desperate... what else is plausible?...hmm...I'm running out of ideas. Will keep the list updated if anything good comes up.
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