New Mission Request

[XLjedi]

Anyone made the mission to shoot down a bus over the pacific yet?

...is that even possible? :hmm: (I mean within the realms of the mission editor. Obviously, it's possible IRL.)


EDIT: Bah! ...wrong forum. If someone would be so kind...

[Molon Labe]

Originally Posted by aaronblood

Anyone made the mission to shoot down a bus over the pacific yet?

...is that even possible? :hmm: (I mean within the realms of the mission editor. Obviously, it's possible IRL.)


EDIT: Bah! ...wrong forum. If someone would be so kind...

As a threshold matter, you'd need a custom database that had the SM-3, target "bus," and a Lake Erie separate from the other Ticos. But what do you do from there with the playables we have? You could have them do ASW security/penetration for the Lake Erie, but really, that isn't much different from the stock TBMD mission, or any other area defense scenario for that matter.

[Pisces]

Huh? Bus, Pacific, Lake Erie?? Wat weird wargame are you guys talking about. Or is there a movie I didn't see or something?

[XLjedi]

Round 10:30 last night the Aegis Cruiser, USS Lake Erie, shot down that falling spy satellite (bus) with an SM3 missile somewhere near Hawaii.

Edit: I guess technically they didn't shoot it "down" so much as blast it into smaller bits.

[pi_sigma]

What would be player supposed to do in such mission? Just fire SM-3 at certain time??

[XLjedi]

I dunno, maybe it's harder to find a satellite... and position ships within a given time window? Maybe China or some other country could be opposed to the action?

Just a way to capitalize on current headlines as a way to generate interest. I haven't done anything with the mission editor, so I was wondering if it was even possible to actually have a target in low orbit (or very high altitude) to shoot at. I agree it wouldn't be too much fun to just arrive at a location and shoot off an SM3.

[pi_sigma]

Originally Posted by aaronblood

I dunno, maybe it's harder to find a satellite... and position ships within a given time window? Maybe China or some other country could be opposed to the action?

Well, it may be good idea for a campaign mission scenario.

I haven't done anything with the mission editor, so I was wondering if it was even possible to actually have a target in low orbit (or very high altitude) to shoot at. I agree it wouldn't be too much fun to just arrive at a location and shoot off an SM3.

Real satellite was intercepted at about 130 nm (~800,000 ft) whereas in mission editor max altitude for planes doesn't exceed 40,000 ft. I checked that E-3 SENTRY can climb up to 39,999 ft.

But, after all, I think it's worth trying to create such mission.

[Molon Labe]

Sorry, but there are no playable Ticos in DW. Any scenario would be limited to supporting the Tico.