The "Uber" Command: Modern Air/Naval Ops Thread

[Dimitris]

Miguel Molina has released a new revision of the Command community scenario pack, the compendium of Command scenarios crafted by the user community. The new release contains nine brand-new scenarios:

DACEX-14, 2014 : Each year the Spanish Air Force organize a multinational air-to-air combat exercise in the Canary Island. In addition to the local fighter squadron based in the Islands and others Spanish squadrons deploying fighters and support assets, several allied and NATO air forces send different aircrafts. You are the Joint Forces Air Component Commander (JFACC) of the Iberian Coalition and have full authority over a complex combined air component to fulfill just one order: to gain air superiority over the Canary Island. Are you up to the task? 

Northern Fury 5 – Bardufoss Blues, 1994 : Day two of a new global war. As commander of Allied Forces North, you are re-grouping your surviving units and bringing in new reinforcements as fast as you can get them. Your available aircraft are severely depleted, your pilots are tired, your ground crews are exhausted, your stock of AAW missiles is draining rapidly. Your grudgingly considering a further withdraw of forces to the South. The situation on land is stable, Soviet ground forces have linked up with the airborne forces at Banak but have not proceeded much beyond that. You must inflict damage and slow the Soviet progress. 

Northern Fury 5.5 – Trondheim Express, 1994 : The war has already gone badly. You are commander of Allied Forces North, and the situation went from being bad yesterday to disastrous this morning! You staff have focused on re-grouping your surviving units and bringing in new reinforcements as fast as possible. A major Soviet push this morning has forced your air units South, effectively closing Bardufoss, and Tromso, Evenes is still open but barely. Your heavily depleted air units have scrambled back to Bodo where 3 Norwegian and 1 Dutch F-16 squadrons with the F-15s of the US 493rd FS are attempting to hold back hundreds of Soviet A/C. The one bright spot is the arrival of a British Jaguar and 2 USAF F-16 squadrons. The situation on land is equally bad, Soviet ground forces have linked up with the airborne forces at Banak. Airmobile operation NE of Bardufoss this morning seized the passes and dislocated the units there - Bardufoss will fall in the next few hours, it is already under artillery fire. The Maritime situation is improving marginally, the Norwegian Navy has put to sea and STANAVFORLANT is moving to assist. You need to prevent the Soviet amphibious force from reaching Trondheim.

Battle Ocean '64 – Baltic Convoy, 1964 : This scenario assumes that an anti-Soviet rebellion erupted in Poland during the summer of 1964.  West Germany has decided to send a convoy with humanitarian aid to the Polish town of Kołobrzeg, currently the only port in Poland under rebel control.  Not surprisingly, the Soviet Union does not want this mission to succeed.

Battle Ocean '64 – North Sea ASW, 1964 : This scenario builds off the events in Battle Ocean '64 -- Baltic Convoy. West Germany's decision in August to send a convoy to aid Polish rebels has had results that concern the international community. While the convoy arrived safely, shots were fired by both West Germany and the Soviet Union, and both sides experienced losses. The Soviet Union has denounced West Germany's action in the Untied Nations, but its attempt to get a resolution for action in the Security Council was promptly vetoed by the United States and the United Kingdom. Less than a week later, a West German submarine on patrol just outside Polish waters was sunk by Soviet destroyers. The submarine had been in international waters, but the Soviets claimed it had made "threatening manuevers" and has refused to discipline the captain for "considering first and foremost the safety of his ship and his crew, and the interests of his country." NATO countries have warned the Soviet Union that recent events are forcing them to adopt "zero tolerance" policies.  Soviet aircraft violating the airspace of NATO countries, and surface vessels and submarines violating territorial waters of NATO countries, "will be dealt with harshly."

Battle Ocean '64 – Teesport Convoy, 1964 : This scenario is part of the Battle Ocean '64 series.  It assumes a limited "tit for tat" naval war has erupted between the Soviet Union and some of the nations in NATO. At present, the United States is playing a difficult game of diplomacy, talking with the Soviets to prevent escalation, talking to their allies in NATO to assure them that if a larger war erupts, America will stand with them. The events leading up to this scenario begin with a German convoy sending humanitarian aid to rebels in Poland in August.  The convoy came under attack, but arrived in Poland with minimal losses.  Days later, a German submarine was sunk by Soviet forces.  A couple of weeks later, in September, two Soviet submarines discovered off the coast of Scotland were sunk by British forces, which then came under attack by Soviet ships and aircraft.  Both sides have taken losses; both sides have drawn blood. The Soviet Union has stated that the "vicious and barbaric actions of the West will not be tolerated" and has threated to attack British shipping headed for Germany.  The United Kingdom has declared that such actions will be considered "nothing less than an act of war, and while the Soviets should understand we have no intention of threatening their homeland, neither will we accept any nation's attempt to deny us the freedom of the seas."

Operation Sombrero de Copa, 2000 : Tensions are mounting again in the Falklands. A British radar station being built on West Falkland and increasing Argentine economic difficulties leads to clashes resuming. But this time Argentina opts to use more covert means –specifically, submarine-delivered commandos - to accomplish its goals.

Operation Slam Gray, 1957 : The Dominican Republic was ruled for many years by a brutal dictator, General Rafael Trujillo. In history, Trujillo was assassinated in 1960. This scenario assumes that the assassination took place in 1957, and that in the chaos that followed a pro-Soviet government came to power in the Dominican Republic. The new government was immediately recognized by the Soviet Union, and rapidly given significant military aid. In accordance with the principles of the Monroe doctrine, the US government considered this an intolerable situation. A small task force centered on the carrier Intrepid is assembled to interdict all Soviet-backed forces in the area.

Jean Moulin Rouge, 1994 : This scenario assumes that tensions increased between France and Colombia in the early 1990s. The main cause is that a number of French fishing boats have not respected restrictions in Colombian fisheries and that France has not responded quickly or harshly enough to this problem to satisfy Colombia.  The problem took a rapid turn for the worse a few weeks before this scenario takes place when a French fishing boat was stopped for an inspection by a Colombian naval patrol boat; somehow, gunfire erupted and in the ensuing battle two French fishermen were killed and two Colombian sailors were seriously injured. Colombia has clamped down on the number of foreign boats allowed to enter its waters and has started aggressively patrolling the entire Caribbean looking for fishing boats engaged in illegal activities. The French government has decided to keep a close watch on Colombian activities in the Caribbean to ensure the safety and free passage of French citizens living and working in the region. 

As always, the community scenario pack is available for download at the WarfareSims download section: http://www.warfaresims.com/?page_id=1876

With the new scenario pack release, the total number of released Command scenarios is now 203!

[Jarhead0331]

Great scenarios!

[mirth]

Great scenarios!

+1 The Battle Ocean'64 scenarios, in particular, sound very cool.

[Kushan]

Just finished up a new import file.

All the soviet airfields in the former DDR I have been able to track down using Orbat, Google, and Wiki. If I've missed any please let me know and I'll add it.

Unzip into the ImportExport folder in your Command directory. Import file will be located under the CentFront 1985 Folder.

[Dimitris]

Thanks!

Do we have your permission to include this on the next update?

[Dimitris]

using the latest build 438. trying out the air tutorial again. made patrol mission and put 12 tomcats in it. first 4 launched so I decided to group them for the heck of it. when I grouped them it removed them from the patrol mission  >:(
why?? I set a mission for 12 tomcats to patrol just because I grouped 4 of them doesn't change the fact that they had a mission. I only realized they had had been dropped because they flew within range of the sam sites. my patrol zone was set up outside the range of those sites. once I assigned the group back to the patrol mission they immediately got their butts back into the patrol area and out of harms way :)  I also minimized the game on accident and when I went to switch back it froze up and had to shut down. luckily I had saved right before that!

Thank you! Added a clause in Build 593 that if all members forming a group are assigned to the same mission then the new group is automatically assigned to the mission.

[Kushan]

Thanks!

Do we have your permission to include this on the next update?

Not sure how I missed this. Ok with me.

If you want to include my USN Carriers or ELbe river bridges, feel free to do so.

[RyanE]

Any word on timing of the update.  Couple of things I am working on could use a few of the new features.

[Dimitris]

We hope to be able to release it soon. Let's hope no major issues crop up on the testing.

[Dimitris]

Thanks!

Do we have your permission to include this on the next update?

Not sure how I missed this. Ok with me.

If you want to include my USN Carriers or ELbe river bridges, feel free to do so.

Thanks!

[RyanE]

Sitting on pins and needles...

[bayonetbrant]

Sitting on pins and needles...

well, dammit - find a cushion!

[RyanE]

I actually kind of like it...it makes me feel funny.

[Dimitris]

Command-WOTY now on Christmas sale!

[Rayfer]

Command-WOTY now on Christmas sale!

The sale is tempting but I suspect I would be stymied by a nearly verticle learning curve. (Ps. I'm ignorant of modern warfare weapons systems and acronyms)