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Issue #27 October 2004 Table of Contents Product Updates Update from AGS Features Changing Times 1 In Print H3 Single Player Harpoon Scenario: Taiwan Tripwire 2 The draft of Christoph Kluxen’s Baltic The Macintosh version 3.6.2.1 is in Annex A - Ships for Taiwan Tripwire 4 Arena is 90% complete, and will be available open beta, as is 3.6.2.2 of the PC product. An Imaginary Aircraft - Unfortunately 5 From “400 tonners” to “Flush Deckers” 6 for Cold Wars ‘05. Jay Wissmann and Bill We are setting our work list for version New Chinese Ship Classes 11 Madison are also making progress on the 3.6.3 of the game, especially bug fixes. FG&DN Scenario: The First Balkan War 12 DoRS Forms booklet, which should be ready Also for 3.6.3 we are working on making Annexes A & C1 for the First Balkan War 16 for the summer 2005 conventions. installation easier and producing an updated Q&A - Italian Gunnery in WW II 19 After that, we will begin pulling User’s Guide! Malvinas Follow-up 19 together Atlantic Navies and Stars & Stripes, CaS Scenario: A Slight Misunderstanding 20 our next planned CaS and Harpoon releases, H3 Multiplayer (MP) & Professional Annex A - Ships for respectively. (Pro) A Slight Misunderstanding 21 We are releasing new beta copies every Harpoon Scenario: Hormuz Station 22 Semper Paratus - US Coast Guard For the Computer week for testing and are trying very hard for Operations in Vietnam 1960 - 75 26 There have been a lot of “What’s next?” open beta of MP in September, and release Annexes for the USCG 1960 - 75 28 questions from players following Ubisoft’s of Pro to our lead military customers at the Rules Changes & Clarifications announcement that their computer Harpoon same time. New Trilogy Annex Designations 10 development program was officially Automating Sonar Detection in Harpoon4 18 canceled. Harpoon Classic Simplified Torpedo Rules in CaS 24 We’ve decided that the best course will We have restarted the polish work Q&A - Unexploded Bombs 25 be to develop the next version in-house, required on HC 2002 Gold Westpac beta. Q&A - Kamikazes in Harpoon 31 maintaining full control over the content Byron Audler has been rallying the troops Departments and the pace of development. While this to complete more Westpac scenarios for a Product Updates 1 will be slower than using a larger developer/ “Gold” Version of HC 2002 Gold with the Update from AGS 1 Book Review publisher, it has to be quicker than the last Westpac BattleSet. German Air-Dropped Weapons to 1945 31 attempt, which began in 1997! Don Gilman will manage the effort, Team Cover: USS Woolsey (DD-77) is launched and you can check his new website, www. We are happy to have Mike Mykytyn on 25 September, 1918. computerharpoon.com, for information. providing play and editor support for U.S. Navy, colorized by Edward Tambunan. BT the Harpoon 3 community and Patrick O’Shea providing Harpoon Classic and H3 Installation Support. Changing Times We also appreciate the great artwork done by John Dye (the new logos are his). Other Advanced Gaming has a new site, www. computerharpoon.com. It features forums for beta testing, Classic, MP and Pro products (H3 Single Player forums are at www.harpoonhq.com). It also has a support request form and many features to improve our effectiveness in serving up computer Harpoon. Don “Uncle Harpoon” Gilman Cover: USS Woolsey (Destroyer # 77, later SampleDD-77) launchingfile at the Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, on 17 September 1918. Note that she has steam up in at least one boiler, and is painted in Baltic Sea (June 7, 2004) - A Russian Ka-27 Helix helicopter lands on the flight deck of the dazzle camouflage. She was commissioned less than guided missile cruiser USS San Jacinto (CG 56) during Baltic Operations (BALTOPS) 2004. two weeks later. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 2nd Class George Sisting U.S. Naval Historical Center Naval SITREP Page 1 Issue #27 October 2004 Harpoon4 Scenario: Taiwan Tripwire by Chris Carlson Locate, board and bring Yuanwang 1 well *Successful Capture = Must spend two Tactical Location: East China Sea, 22 July 2006. within our territorial waters. If you have to sink Turns alongside the spy ship for transport of the ship, it must do so within 12 nm of our prize crew and marines. Must reach minimum Environment: 0900, daylight, slight seas coast. To support your mission, each ship in the safe distance (10 nm) inside Taiwanese waters (Sea State 3). Wind from 120°T at 15 knots. Dragon SAG has a marine squad assigned to it. to maintain the claim on ship. Until that point, Visibility is 70%, with scattered (25%) cloud Air support can be requested, but this should Chinese warships can still sink or recapture ship cover. Acoustic conditions are poor with sonar be considered an emergency action. If faced by to prevent Taiwanese possession. performance 60% of listed Annex K ranges. Chinese warships, do not hesitate to engage from Maximum depth is Intermediate II. There are no within Taiwanese waters. If engaged by Chinese PLAN Operational Situation: A massive Convergence Zones. warships, concentrate on inflicting maximum political rally in Taipei has pushed the Taiwanese damage. president closer and closer to a declaration of Taiwanese Operational Situation: A massive independence. Successive rounds of strong political rally in Taipei has pushed the Taiwanese Taiwanese Forces: rhetoric from both sides immediately followed president closer and closer to a declaration of Chi Teh, Ex-US Kidd class DDG the rally and the tension between Taiwan and the independence. Successive rounds of strong Cheng Ho, Kuang Hua I class FFG People’s Republic has gotten considerably worse. rhetoric from both sides followed the rally, and Cheung Kung, Kuang Hua I class FFG Calls for full Taiwanese independence have the tension between Taiwan and the People’s Kang Ding, Kuang Hua II class FF been matched by threats of a Chinese invasion, Republic of China has gotten considerably worse. Chi Yang, Ex-US Knox class FF followed by warnings of American intervention. Calls for full Taiwanese independence have The PLA has decided that another been matched by threats of a Chinese invasion, Taiwan Setup: See accompanying map. The demonstration of its military power is required, followed by warnings of American intervention. Dragon SAG starts 35 nm bearing 160°T from and they have announced that they will conduct The PLA has decided that another demonstration Yuanwang 1. Formation, course, and speed a large-scale missile exercise. of its military power is required, and they have should be decided by the player. All radars are off announced that they will conduct a large-scale and all aircraft are at Alert +15. PLAN Tactical Situation: To curb any further missile exercise. independence nonsense, the Central Committee Taiwanese Victory Conditions: Decisive: has decided to make a strong show of force to Taiwanese Tactical Situation: Intelligence Successfully capture the spy ship*. Tactical: If demonstrate our resolve. However, it is believed reports from multiple sources strongly indicate engaged by PLAN forces, sink the spy ship in by all levels of the government and the military that the PLA is quietly mobilizing. There has Taiwanese waters and lose two ships or less. If that an invasion of Taiwan will be necessary, been a significant transfer of naval assets to the the spy ship escapes, serious damage must be and soon. The transfer of naval assets to the East East Sea Fleet, including a doubling of their inflicted on the PLAN ships, with at least two Sea Fleet has already begun. Within the week, amphibious assault forces. Numerous mobile ships sunk. our amphibious assault forces will be doubled. missile units have been deployed from their Numerous mobile missile units have been garrisons, under the pretense of the announced deployed from their garrisons, under the pretense exercise. PLAAF Flanker air-defense fighter units are deploying to wartime positions and strategic SAM units have been placed on alert. The exercise is to be conducted this morning and reportedly will include a DF-31 ICBM and over a dozen CSS-6 and CSS-7 SRBMs. The DF-31 shot is an obvious warning to the United States not to get involved with internal Chinese affairs. More critically, all intelligence data indicates that several CSS-6 missiles will overfly Taiwan. The consensus of the Taiwanese leadership is that China will strike soon after the exercise while America analyzes its position. We cannot afford to wait for the U.S. President to make his decision, so we will preempt the Chinese attack, to throw off their timetable and give the U.S. time to mobilize its forces and come to our aid. Taiwanese Orders: The PLAN has arrogantly placed one of their missile monitoring ships, Yuanwang 1, just outside our territorial waters to monitor the missile firings and our reactions as well. SampleThe Dragon SAG has been deployed to file capture or sink this ship. But this must occur within our territorial waters if we are to have legitimacy within international law. Taiwanese Kuang Hua II frigate Kang Ding Globalsecurity.org Naval SITREP Page 2 Issue #27 October 2004 of the announced exercise. PLAAF Flanker air- defense fighter units are deploying to wartime positions and strategic SAM units have been placed on alert. The missile exercise is to be conducted this morning and will include a DF-31 ICBM and PLAN Covering fifteen CSS-6 and CSS-7 SRBMs. The DF-31 Force shot is an unambiguous warning to the United States not to get involved with internal Chinese affairs.