Soundman
01-27-09, 02:52 PM
After finishing my most current TMO patrol, I went ahead and put in the new TMO 162 version. Well, I'm a manual reading fool, so I also downloaded the manual now available at Ducimus' download page along with the patch. Glad I read it. There are some interesting changes he's made and I thought I'd go ahead and post this here because I doubt most folks will be aware of this change. It deals with the types of missions you will encounter depending on which home base you currenly reside in. I suggest everyone download the manual and check it out. Anyway, here's an excerpt of the pertenent section.
Career Options
Trigger Maru has 8 career options available to you:
1. Pacific Fleet: Standard flotilla based in Hawaii. Patrols the mid pacific, East China Sea, and
Empire waters.
2. Pacific Fleet / Div 2: More heavily involved in Special operations, receiving a Spec Ops
mission of some kind every other patrol. Operates in the mid pacific, East China Sea, and
Empire waters. (a “gamey” option for those bored with the usual routine of hunting ships)
3. Asiatic Fleet: Patrols the south west Pacific, and South China Sea.
4. Asiatic Fleet / Div 2: More heavily involved in Special operations, receiving a Spec Ops
mission of some kind every other patrol. Patrols the mid pacific, East China Sea, and Empire
waters. (a “gamey” option for those bored with the usual routine of hunting ships)
5. Alaska Command: This is a very basic campaign focusing on S boats in the Aleutian islands
during the time of the Japanese invasion of Kiska and Attu.
6. Holy Loch, UK: This is a very basic campaign focusing on small time frame in which the US
was sending some of its fleet boats from Submarine Squadron 50, into the Atlantic.
Operation Torch is NOT scripted, although I would very much like to get this done someday.
7. New Construction, 42: It was not uncommon for an executive officer on one submarine, to be
detached from his current boat, and be sent back to the United States to commission a new boat
as it's captain. This was more or less called, “being sent to new construction”. Selecting this
option will start you off near Mare Island, California. Where your newly commissioned Gato
class submarine is to undergo sea trials before transferring to the Pacific Fleet as a front line
combat submarine. If you absolutely must have a Gato class as early in the war as possible,
this is an excellent option.
8. New Construction 43 . This is the same as New Construction 42, except that your
commissioning a Balao class submarine instead of a Gato. If you absolutely must have a Balao
class as early in the war as possible, this is an excellent option.
Career Options
Trigger Maru has 8 career options available to you:
1. Pacific Fleet: Standard flotilla based in Hawaii. Patrols the mid pacific, East China Sea, and
Empire waters.
2. Pacific Fleet / Div 2: More heavily involved in Special operations, receiving a Spec Ops
mission of some kind every other patrol. Operates in the mid pacific, East China Sea, and
Empire waters. (a “gamey” option for those bored with the usual routine of hunting ships)
3. Asiatic Fleet: Patrols the south west Pacific, and South China Sea.
4. Asiatic Fleet / Div 2: More heavily involved in Special operations, receiving a Spec Ops
mission of some kind every other patrol. Patrols the mid pacific, East China Sea, and Empire
waters. (a “gamey” option for those bored with the usual routine of hunting ships)
5. Alaska Command: This is a very basic campaign focusing on S boats in the Aleutian islands
during the time of the Japanese invasion of Kiska and Attu.
6. Holy Loch, UK: This is a very basic campaign focusing on small time frame in which the US
was sending some of its fleet boats from Submarine Squadron 50, into the Atlantic.
Operation Torch is NOT scripted, although I would very much like to get this done someday.
7. New Construction, 42: It was not uncommon for an executive officer on one submarine, to be
detached from his current boat, and be sent back to the United States to commission a new boat
as it's captain. This was more or less called, “being sent to new construction”. Selecting this
option will start you off near Mare Island, California. Where your newly commissioned Gato
class submarine is to undergo sea trials before transferring to the Pacific Fleet as a front line
combat submarine. If you absolutely must have a Gato class as early in the war as possible,
this is an excellent option.
8. New Construction 43 . This is the same as New Construction 42, except that your
commissioning a Balao class submarine instead of a Gato. If you absolutely must have a Balao
class as early in the war as possible, this is an excellent option.