Confusion in the task force...

[+1977Frenchie 1,037]

I saw a lot of funny/weird things in SF2, but i encounter this one for the first time last night.

 

I was coming back to my aircraft carrier with fuel enough to land (yes, i screwed on fuel management thanks two a for ship formation of vietnamese Fresco's :))

 

Everything was fine until final approach, 3 miles for the carrier when i saw that ''something'' was in the way between me and my carrier...

 

See for yourself!

 

 

 

Result, wave-off and ended by ejection after having no more fuel...

 

Thanks skipper!

 

hhahaha

[Do335 382]

bah.....

Could it be the 2 carrier groups spawned/merged into the same place? or is it another final countdown spinoff...

 

and you could've just pressed "Esc" without the "shift":p

Edited January 12, 2015 by Do335

[+1977Frenchie 1,037]

Nice one Do335!

 

I guess this is a risk when 4 carriers are operating in the same area :)

 

Taken from my current campaign (Rolling Thunder , 4 carrier operating in the same ''zone'')...

 

I love when these kind of things happens...

[+1977Frenchie 1,037]

Yeah Do, i could have done that, but i like to stick to ''reality''... Pressing escape would for sure make sure i finished the mission, but not loosing the aircraft... By ejecting, i finished the mission anyway AND lost the bird :)

[Milktrout 9]

If you really want to enforce full realism then you need to sink both carriers first thing on your next mission.

[Do335 382]

Yeah Do, i could have done that, but i like to stick to ''reality''... Pressing escape would for sure make sure i finished the mission, but not loosing the aircraft... By ejecting, i finished the mission anyway AND lost the bird :)

right! i didn't realize by ejecting over friendly territory, the pilot survives and the mission is success. im digging it.

 

i really need to have a better awareness of fuel consumption... not only how much is needed for RTB but also pound per hour.

Edited January 13, 2015 by Do335

[Lexx_Luthor 57]

Its NOT funny.

 

Something like this actually happened and blew my mind when I read about it.  USN sailed a carrier task force through an RN carrier force during the Suez War.

 

 

 

Suez Crisis, 1956
By Tom Cooper

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The Strike against Luxor

 

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....In the middle of this activity, the USN’s Coral Sea carrier battle group sailed though the center of the Royal Navy Task Force launching own aircraft! As in a miracle, there were no collisions – neither between the ships, nor between the aircraft....

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