sirius
21 Mar 06, 07:35
HUNTER OR HUNTED!
121200Z OCT 63
Location - Sea of Okhotsk
Sides - USS Halibut
Duration - 24hrs
Nuclear Option - On
The Commander of the SSGN USS Halibut wonders how the hell have we got ourselves in this situation,and asks "why didnt the Russians pull there Nukes outa Cuba".
Holding the correctly authenticated EAM "Emergency Action Message" he had been given his first strike order to launch his birds at the designated primary and secondary targets.
Even though the RGM 6A Regulus was a good missile it had some drawbacks,it could only be surface launched.
In training his crew could surface,load,fire 1 missile and dive in under 15 minutes but he had to fire 4 missiles at 2 different targets, which is at least 1 hr on the surface in hostile waters with a 500 mile range missile.
He was glad he had said goodbye to his wife and kids the day he sailed.... he knew he would never see them again......
USS Halibut
***EAM***EAM***EAM***EAM***EAM***EAM***EAM***EAM** *EAM***
121200Z OCT63
FM COMSUBPAC
TO USS HALIBUT
***EAM***EAM***EAM***EAM***EAM***EAM***EAM***EAM** *EAM***
STRIKE DETAILS
PRIMARY- SVOBODNYY ICBM COMPLEX
SECONDARY- SOVETSKAYA GAVAN SUBMARINE BASE
WEAPON ALLOCATION
PRIMARY- 2 RGM 6A
SECONDARY- 2 RGM 6A
LAUNCH DETAILS
ENTER BOX TRINITY AT 0200 AND REMAIN ON STATION FOR 1 HOUR.
(1)AT 130305Z SURFACE AND CONDUCT MISSILE LAUNCH AT PRIMARY TARGET 2 MISSILES ONLY.
(2)ON COMPLETION OF LAUNCH AT PRIMARY TARGET, SHIFT TARGET TO SECONDARY AND CONDUCT MISSILE LAUNCH 2 MISSILES ONLY.
(3)EXIT AREA AND AWAIT FURTHER ORDERS.
From Jeremy
Neat scenario! Just got done with it for the 2nd time.
First time made it into the Trinity box and then launched my missles. After the first two I had Mails/Madges inbound, so I dove and ran. Few minutes later Halibut was killed with no warning.
My Escorts killed a Riga and a Petya.
2nd time-
Made it into the box again and this time got the birds away clean with no aircraft coming near. ALL 4 Regulus missles MISSED, resurfaced and lauched my last one at the sub base then dove and ran East. That one hit and the victory conditions kicked in.
Escort killed nothing and the russians didn't get too close...guess I was lucky that time.
From Chris Comars
Fried Halibut anyone?
Having only mixed success with "Hunter or Hunted?" during the testing phase, thought to try it in the completed version. Since this is a single-sub scenario, had to go Full Reality so as not to see what the escorts see.
Cruised towards area Trinity as per orders evading an unidentified surface group. By 2126Z was just East of the area boundry when a Goblin and torpedo launch transient was detected to port. Fired a single Mk-37 and then evaded the incoming. Cool. Mk-37 homed in on the Goblin which fired another torpedo shortly before it was destroyed. Resumed base course still tracking the torpedo which is soon identified as a Mk-14. Uncool, I just killed one of my escorts. D'oh; the fact that he shot first is small consulation.
Continued on to planned launch area and detected a group of Riga class escorts. Successfully evaded to the north when sonar detects multiple Mk-14's in the water. Then silence. Then the Rigas are detected again. This is not a good day to be a Halibut escort. Steamed southwest hugging the bottom and left the Riga's behind. Reached planned launch point on time, ESM sweep revealed Mushroom aircraft radar but nothing in sight. Surfaced and launched first Regulus 10-seconds early but soon after that the airborne ESM contact morphed into a Madge LRMP plane at only 32-miles. It closed and sank Halibut minutes before the second missile launch was ready. The first Regulus missed the ICBM silos. Sigh...
This is a great little submarine scenario. Thanks.
Thanks for the AARs guys
The Hunter of Hunted Scenario can be found at http://www.harpoonhq.com/harpoon3/colonialwars/
http://www.harpoonhq.com/harpoon3/colonialwars/images/harp.jpg
121200Z OCT 63
Location - Sea of Okhotsk
Sides - USS Halibut
Duration - 24hrs
Nuclear Option - On
The Commander of the SSGN USS Halibut wonders how the hell have we got ourselves in this situation,and asks "why didnt the Russians pull there Nukes outa Cuba".
Holding the correctly authenticated EAM "Emergency Action Message" he had been given his first strike order to launch his birds at the designated primary and secondary targets.
Even though the RGM 6A Regulus was a good missile it had some drawbacks,it could only be surface launched.
In training his crew could surface,load,fire 1 missile and dive in under 15 minutes but he had to fire 4 missiles at 2 different targets, which is at least 1 hr on the surface in hostile waters with a 500 mile range missile.
He was glad he had said goodbye to his wife and kids the day he sailed.... he knew he would never see them again......
USS Halibut
***EAM***EAM***EAM***EAM***EAM***EAM***EAM***EAM** *EAM***
121200Z OCT63
FM COMSUBPAC
TO USS HALIBUT
***EAM***EAM***EAM***EAM***EAM***EAM***EAM***EAM** *EAM***
STRIKE DETAILS
PRIMARY- SVOBODNYY ICBM COMPLEX
SECONDARY- SOVETSKAYA GAVAN SUBMARINE BASE
WEAPON ALLOCATION
PRIMARY- 2 RGM 6A
SECONDARY- 2 RGM 6A
LAUNCH DETAILS
ENTER BOX TRINITY AT 0200 AND REMAIN ON STATION FOR 1 HOUR.
(1)AT 130305Z SURFACE AND CONDUCT MISSILE LAUNCH AT PRIMARY TARGET 2 MISSILES ONLY.
(2)ON COMPLETION OF LAUNCH AT PRIMARY TARGET, SHIFT TARGET TO SECONDARY AND CONDUCT MISSILE LAUNCH 2 MISSILES ONLY.
(3)EXIT AREA AND AWAIT FURTHER ORDERS.
From Jeremy
Neat scenario! Just got done with it for the 2nd time.
First time made it into the Trinity box and then launched my missles. After the first two I had Mails/Madges inbound, so I dove and ran. Few minutes later Halibut was killed with no warning.
My Escorts killed a Riga and a Petya.
2nd time-
Made it into the box again and this time got the birds away clean with no aircraft coming near. ALL 4 Regulus missles MISSED, resurfaced and lauched my last one at the sub base then dove and ran East. That one hit and the victory conditions kicked in.
Escort killed nothing and the russians didn't get too close...guess I was lucky that time.
From Chris Comars
Fried Halibut anyone?
Having only mixed success with "Hunter or Hunted?" during the testing phase, thought to try it in the completed version. Since this is a single-sub scenario, had to go Full Reality so as not to see what the escorts see.
Cruised towards area Trinity as per orders evading an unidentified surface group. By 2126Z was just East of the area boundry when a Goblin and torpedo launch transient was detected to port. Fired a single Mk-37 and then evaded the incoming. Cool. Mk-37 homed in on the Goblin which fired another torpedo shortly before it was destroyed. Resumed base course still tracking the torpedo which is soon identified as a Mk-14. Uncool, I just killed one of my escorts. D'oh; the fact that he shot first is small consulation.
Continued on to planned launch area and detected a group of Riga class escorts. Successfully evaded to the north when sonar detects multiple Mk-14's in the water. Then silence. Then the Rigas are detected again. This is not a good day to be a Halibut escort. Steamed southwest hugging the bottom and left the Riga's behind. Reached planned launch point on time, ESM sweep revealed Mushroom aircraft radar but nothing in sight. Surfaced and launched first Regulus 10-seconds early but soon after that the airborne ESM contact morphed into a Madge LRMP plane at only 32-miles. It closed and sank Halibut minutes before the second missile launch was ready. The first Regulus missed the ICBM silos. Sigh...
This is a great little submarine scenario. Thanks.
Thanks for the AARs guys
The Hunter of Hunted Scenario can be found at http://www.harpoonhq.com/harpoon3/colonialwars/
http://www.harpoonhq.com/harpoon3/colonialwars/images/harp.jpg