Operation Berlin in GWX

[KPII]

Originally Posted by bigboywooly

Yeah thats one unit we dont have
The Warspite

Ahhh ... so that's the reason I couldn't locate it in the Renown Chart. I assumed that the Warspite was a Nelson Class and that it was the class and not the exact ship that was scripted.

Anyway, I just had the strangest experience on the way south. I Received a contact update from BdU about a Task Force south of Trondheim on April 16, and promptly orderd ahead full in that general direction since I was 300 NM out. When I approached the area the map contact was updated, so I assumed they were still in there or at least on the way out. I entered the fjord carefully going down for a listener every 20K or so. I suddently bump into a Tribal Class laying at anchor and later on a Troop Transport, so I navigate to a favorouble firing position when I realise that I know absolutely nothing about what else might be out there. I do a bit of recon and it turns out that there are 4 Tribal Class, 3 Troop Transports and a Fiji Class just lying there in the shallow waters.

To make a long story short (and get to the point!) I'm hiding in a small fjord 3 hours later doing repairs and reloading after having sunk a Tribal class (self-defense), a Troop Transport and damaged another transport. The wind has picked up so it's now a full gale. I make another approach towards the task-force and to my surprise I see that they have all run aground! The icons on the map indicate they are very much alive, but there is no movement at all and slamming a few fish into the last transport doen't make a difference - a very eeary *spelling* feel to the situation, so I legged it out before the same happend to me .

I arrive back in Wilhelsmhafen a few days later and look forward to use all the renown I have earned for sinking 60K tons on my first patrol. Suddently I remember that there was the small incident where I surfaced next to a German Large Merchant and forgot that the deck-gun was manned and set to "Fire at Will" while I was reading radio transcripts with TC set to 32 ;-)

Total renown for a great patrol: MINUS 1871

[bigboywooly]

Ouch
Tough luck

No the Warspite is a Queen Elizabeth class BB
No QE class models exist as far as I know

The Nelson is a stand in

[Kaleu. Jochen Mohr]

http://www.scharnhorst-class.dk/scha...arnberlin.html

Photo: The Scharnhorst, on 6 March 1941, seen from the German submarine U-124 in the Atlantic during Operation "Berlin".

:hmm: seems like U-124 helped in this operation to

[KeptinCranky]

Ah, the good old weserubung stationary taskforce....

I've taken advantage of those chumps to boost my renown a few times, unfortunately, with GWX there's a good chance some flyboys will steal most of the credit unless you attack them at night

[bigboywooly]

That stationary TF should now be gone in 1.04

[KPII]

Originally Posted by KeptinCranky

Ah, the good old weserubung stationary taskforce....

I've taken advantage of those chumps to boost my renown a few times, unfortunately, with GWX there's a good chance some flyboys will steal most of the credit unless you attack them at night

I wouldn't quite call it "taken advantage" - they are in very shallow waters (I got knocked down to the floor bed from periscope depth a few times in a gale), so if one DD gets a fix on you it's very difficult to get away to tell the story.

Originally Posted by Kaleu. Jochen Mohr

http://www.scharnhorst-class.dk/scha...arnberlin.html

:hmm: seems like U-124 helped in this operation to

Yes - I mentioned in my first post that my back-up plan was to try and intercept U-105, U-106 and U-124 NW of Cap Verde, since they engaged the BB Malaya and convoy SL-68 after Scarnhorst and Gneisenau aborted and sailed for the North Atlantic. As Bigboywooly mentioned, then this is not scripted, so neither the U-boats nor convoy SL-68 are to be found at that time and place.

Originally Posted by Bigboywooly

That stationary TF should now be gone in 1.04

I'm sorry to hear that - is it because the task-force always run aground in foul weather? It's a great "scenario" with some different challenges than the normal convoy attacks, so I hope yoiu guys manage to keep it in there. Perhaps adding a few more feet of water might do the trick.

I haven't done any modding in SHIII, but if coding the scenarios is only half as tedious as it is in Rome Total War and Civilization IV, then I understand why some of them are only partly implemented. Personally I find scenarios to be the most interesting part of mods - it just adds so much more to the game when you can dive into a slice of history.

[bigboywooly]

The task force should have disappeared around april 40 but the dates of the group were set to exit in 45
Thats why it just sits there

Yes they are as tedious as RTW
More so

[KPII]

Originally Posted by bigboywooly

The task force should have disappeared around april 40 but the dates of the group were set to exit in 45
Thats why it just sits there

Yes they are as tedious as RTW
More so

OK - thanks for the response. I have only seen the task-force in mid-April 1940, - since the landing zone is very accurate it's great to see it in there.