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Phantom Leader PBF

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06 May 2010 08:54 #62095 by Bullwinkle
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MattDP wrote:

...if there's a "tie" situation about how to make a decision I suggest we give the casting vote to the player with the most experienced (presumably highest-ranked) pilot. In this case, Bullwinkle.

AS IT SHOULD BE

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06 May 2010 09:00 #62096 by Matt Thrower
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Bullwinkle wrote:

AS IT SHOULD BE


Sir! I'm beginning to wish I'd fudged that die roll, Sir!

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06 May 2010 09:06 - 06 May 2010 09:09 #62097 by Schweig!
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Bullwinkle wrote:

Because of this distance to the target, we're at -2 WP

I already factored that in. The A-6 can carry 8 WPs.

MattDP wrote:

Mind if it all goes horribly wrong then this short campaign will be super-short. That's probably not how decisions get made in military circles.

Failure is not an option.
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06 May 2010 10:06 - 06 May 2010 10:07 #62104 by Dogmatix
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Sir, Poco reporting in. The Factory looks good and juicy, sir... Over...


[edit: doh. Navy pilots. Substitute an "aye-aye, skip." in there somewhere ;)
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06 May 2010 10:31 #62108 by Bullwinkle
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Schweig! wrote:

I already factored that in. The A-6 can carry 8 WPs.

Oh, hey! Sweet. I've been looking at the file in a reduced size, so the 8 looked like a 6.

Matt, do we have 6 GBU-10s?

Failure is not an option.

You can fly my wing anytime.

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06 May 2010 10:35 #62109 by Bullwinkle
Replied by Bullwinkle on topic Re:Phantom Leader PBF
MattDP wrote:

Sir! I'm beginning to wish I'd fudged that die roll, Sir!

ENSIGN THROWER REPORT TO THE LATRINE ASAP

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06 May 2010 10:37 - 06 May 2010 10:48 #62110 by Matt Thrower
Replied by Matt Thrower on topic Re:Phantom Leader PBF
Okay, F:AT wing your target intelligence is in and ready for study. It's pretty hot out there: watch the eastern target approach.

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The site draw hasn't been kind considering we're up on a big target. In particular we're going to have to have someone drop a ton of bombs on that eastern approach, preferably fast pilots hitting from a distance, otherwise the sites there will make mincemeat out of anyone in the center. Unless my two weedy pilots just load up on rockets and try to suppress them constantly.

At least we can stay low and avoid those SA-2's.

Time to arm up. We'll need some AtA cover, some special weapons to use against the factories, some AGM and/or rockets to try and take out those deadly sites, and everyone else can just load up on Mk82/84 bombs and hope. I'll arm my pilots last, since they're not going to be worth wasting SO points on.
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06 May 2010 11:20 - 06 May 2010 11:28 #62114 by Schweig!
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Ouch, ouch, ouch. Flying at high altitude would be suicide, but we can't use GBUs at low altitude.

I guess our best bet is to use 5 of the 6 SO reserved for GBUs on Tanker Priority and carry an arse load of dumb bombs.

When flying at low altitude, the best Easy Money can do is load rockets and hope to knock out AAA sites from a distance before they can fire back.

Since Gringo is slow this isn't an option and all he can do is deliver bombs to the factory.
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06 May 2010 11:29 #62115 by Matt Thrower
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Schweig! wrote:

Ouch, ouch, ouch. Flying at high altitude would be suicide, but we can't use GBUs at low altitude.

I guess our best bet is to use 5 of the 6 SO reserved for GBUs on Tanker Priority and carry an arse load of dumb bombs.


We have to go in low eventually to try and make a mess of the factory, and when we do those sites on the east side are going to make a mess of us. I don't see we have much alternative but attempt to destroy or suppress them.

If we come in from the east we can at least avoid them firing at us for a couple of turns.

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06 May 2010 11:40 #62116 by Schweig!
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MattDP wrote:

We have to go in low eventually to try and make a mess of the factory [...]

Nah, all the good bombs are ejected from high altitude. But we must fly low all the time anyway because I don't see any way to cope with the 5 SA-2 at 3 different locations and the two high firing AAA sites in the Eastern approach zone.

If we come in from the east we can at least avoid them firing at us for a couple of turns.

Surely you mean from the west.

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06 May 2010 11:52 #62117 by Matt Thrower
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Schweig! wrote:

Nah, all the good bombs are ejected from high altitude.


True, but we can't rely on them to do the job for us alone. So I was assuming we'd better stay low so we can use all the crappy bombs as well.

Surely you mean from the west.


Yes. Yes, I do. Good job I'm not in command of this operation :)

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06 May 2010 12:06 #62120 by Bullwinkle
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We are well and truly fucked.

Here's what I'm going to suggest. We approach low from the east. Buick, Poco, and Barbarian take AtA duties. Showtime takes ground duty with 2 rockets and 2 napalm. Easy Money takes rockets for suppression. The others take Mk. 82s/84s.

1st turn: Showtime fires 2 rockets at the KS-19. EM suppresses the M1939.

2nd turn: Showtime napalms the M1939. Easy Money suppresses the center.

3rd turn: Showtime napalms one S-60. Easy Money suppresses what he can. Gringo and Driver dump their payload on the factory, and Midas does whatever he needs to.

4th turn: Strafe the factory if needed, or move out to the east.

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06 May 2010 12:39 #62124 by Schweig!
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Easy Money is fast, so I should be using my rockets for destruction instead of suppression. With +2 AtG I'm even better at it than Showtime.

And I don't think you should be using Napalm. Miss chance for a +1 pilot dropping two Mk.82s is 0.16 as opposed to 0.1 for the BLU-1. If you were a +2 AtG pilot I'd say go for it, because then you couldn't miss with Napalm.

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06 May 2010 13:10 - 06 May 2010 13:11 #62129 by Dogmatix
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Bullwinkle wrote:

We are well and truly fucked.

Here's what I'm going to suggest. We approach low from the east. Buick, Poco, and Barbarian take AtA duties.


Christ, what a mess. Agreed on my duties; guess I'll be flying CAP for this one. I'm going to be trapped at work today until late [meaning I'm nowhere near my PL stuff] but really want to get airborne, so Bullwinkle, can you serve as Buick & Poco's ground crew and suggest the best loadout for my pair?
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06 May 2010 13:56 #62132 by Bullwinkle
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Schweig! wrote:

Easy Money is fast, so I should be using my rockets for destruction instead of suppression. With +2 AtG I'm even better at it than Showtime.

I didn't notice that. That's amazing. Good point, you should fire your rockets, too. Which might change my loadout to 2 more rockets to hit the S-60s on turn 2.

And I don't think you should be using Napalm. Miss chance for a +1 pilot dropping two Mk.82s is 0.16 as opposed to 0.1 for the BLU-1. If you were a +2 AtG pilot I'd say go for it, because then you couldn't miss with Napalm.

I'm confused...isn't my miss chance higher with the Mk. 82s?

Dogmatix wrote:

Bullwinkle, can you serve as Buick & Poco's ground crew and suggest the best loadout for my pair?

Will do.

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