Turn 241: 1255 AD

[DeepO]

Oh, and congrats on becoming Emperor!
DeepO

[Aeson]

No big deal. We should be getting a defensive bombardment with any Lego attack down there still.

[Aeson]

Thanks. This kind of work is very good for the post-count.

[DeepO]

Less lucky with the DD: it sunk before doing any damage.

We still have a 1/4 Sub left... with less favourable odds

DeepO

[Aeson]

They'll sink that Sub if we don't sink their Sub. So I guess we don't have a choice.

[DeepO]

we have a choice... the sub can reach the N fleet too, at 1 of e or e itself.

DeepO

[Aeson]

EDIT: Sorry for the delay in reply. I was refreshing to check for new posts and didn't notice it had gotten to the next page.

Hmmm. We have a chance that they don't spot our fleet next turn if we sink the Sub. The fight is 41%. We risk losing a 1/4 Sub that isn't going to do us much good for quite some time.

I think it's worth the risk. Tough call though as they likely will spot our fleet anyways with something. But if they don't it may save our D-day chain by not drawing the BB's that way.

[DeepO]

Cleaning up the save.

Moving 2 Southern most DD to their designated spot (one circled a bit, to spot a sub, but none encountered).

We currently have the following left to do:
- move our N fleet (decide on which spot exactly, I now favour 1 of e, as it will certainly put us out of reach of the BB this turn)

- move our 2/4 sub (I favour it moving 8)

- move our two ex picket ships (Blizzard one going e.g. 66633 leaves it within reach of the 1/4 DD, and still helpful for the N fleet next turn. 66699 will place it to the N of the BB fleet, but without 'leaving a trail' from the 1/4 DD)
The Northern most ship should move 22222 to get within range of the picket line in 2 turns (or even 3, didn't count)

- are we going to put all possible convoy ships on our N fleet, or keep 1 for the chaining point? The 4/4 DD at 7 of the hub can't make it to e, or 1 of e.

All the rest is done, these are the last things before ending the turn.

DeepO

[DeepO]

This sub is the one we lost sight of on turn 241 (U-Q1, handy those names ), so it was normal that it returned. That still leaves the one aiming for Hurricane around. But if we were spotted last turn, I don't see Lego not going S with their stack.

Maybe we should go for it, even if we don't succeed.

DeepO

[Aeson]

I think with the BB stack not being able to hit us next turn (read: 7 DD HP's saved), we can drop off the 7 of hub DD from the N fleet to protect the chain.

Spotting the BB stack would be nice, but I don't think we should risk the Bizzard 4/4 DD to do so. Send it further S to help cover the chain next turn?

[DeepO]

I'm going for a quick shave, and a shower... I should have left for a meeting with friends half an hour ago. Those final things will get played in 15 minutes or so, please give comments beforehand

I didn't expect it to be so soon, we can send the save onwards in 6h or so

DeepO

[Aeson]

Originally posted by DeepO
That still leaves the one aiming for Hurricane around. But if we were spotted last turn, I don't see Lego not going S with their stack.

Agreed. It wouldn't make any sense if they had spotted us to not come S with the BB's.

Maybe we should go for it, even if we don't succeed.

I think given the odds (41%) and the payoff (possibly keeping Lego in the dark as to where our fleet is) it's worth it.

[DeepO]

if we send the Blizzard DD to the BBs, it will only be as a diversion, not to spot the BBs. If we send it North enough, all BBs attacking it, can't reach the T-1 spot anymore in time... it's more effective as an extra defender on our fleet.

However, Lego might have other ships around, I strongly suspect that DD they previously had to scout is in that neighbourhood. In which case it might not help as a diversion at all, and just be easy prey

DeepO

[DeepO]

okay, attacking with the 1/4 sub. Let's hope Lego doesn't think we would be desperate to attack with a 1/4 ship

DeepO

[DeepO]

Damn. Sunk without being able to damage it... so the sub has now promoted

DeepO