Scenario Design & Discussion

File Name: Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence File Submitter: rainman File Submitted: 25 Dec 2011 File Category: IOPG DB Used: HCDB_111211 Authors: Patrick Howard Battleset-IOPG: .scp - EC2003 - EC2003 Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence. can Iran really close the Straits of Hormuz? Even if the US is not involved? Click here to download this file

Resolve AAR Taiwan has managed to stem the tide of PRC fury against their fortress island. Unfortunately the mandarins in Beijing are unwilling to cease hostilities. Enter the United States Navy and, for good measure, Air Force. The Pentagon has concluded that one good parlyzing strike to Chinese strategic nuclear forces may be enough to force their concession. Easier said than done. Their target, Datong Missile Base, lies 1000nm inland, beyond a coastal belt of stalwart air defenses and naval task forces. The Lincoln carrier group, steaming off southern China, is given the mission of opening a lane for a bomber strike targetting Datong. Her airwing is co…

File Name: Retake of Gibraltar by Exercise Cougar 13, August 2013, Alternate History Scenario File Submitter: broncepulido File Submitted: 21 Aug 2013 File Category: MEDC Retake of Gibraltar attempt by Cougar 13, August 2013, alternate history scenario. A Harpoon Commander's Edition scenario for the EC2003 Battle for the Mediterranean Battleset and the HCDB-130729 1980-2015 Platform Database. Image: Armada Española's LHD Juan Carlos I L-61 with AV-8B+ Harrier II on the deck, Malaga Port 2013. Origin: Wikipedia Commons. Originally posted to Flickr by javicaselli at http://flickr.com/photos/9530856@N02/9167941808. It was reviewed on 8 July 2013 by the F…

File Name: Blockade, Part 2 File Submitter: Warhorse64 File Submitted: 14 Aug 2011 File Category: MEDC DB Used: HCDB-110531 Authors: Warhorse64 Battleset-MEDC: .sco - EC2003 - EC2003 Part 2: Meatgrinder in the Med In the summer of 2019 Iran's nuclear weapons program was finally about to bear fruit. Israel used nuclear weapons to halt it. Outraged, the world imposed a complete embargo on Israel. The United States decided to break the embargo, by force if necessary. In a stunning display of martial prowess, the US Navy and Air force blasted their way across the Atlantic Ocean, sweeping all opposition from their path as they shepherded a relief convoy thr…

Hey, Jan, check out the news about Israel's planned development of a new radar satellite in the Current Events section. I think this could be tied in to your scenario idea about a potential conflict between Iran and France after an Israeli strike against an Iranian nuclear powerplant (shades of Osirak). You could suppose some French technical assistance in the design and development of the Israeli TecSAR radar satellite, which is then instrumental in confirming Israeli concerns about Iranian WMD intentions. Then, after the Israeli pre-emptive strike, Iran has some more overt reasons to be angry with France. Just some brainstorming to help (hopefully) you along…

File Name: Task Force Rybakov File Submitter: CV32 File Submitted: 8 Dec 2008 File Updated: 8 Dec 2008 File Category: South Africa DB Used: HCDB-081124 Authors: Brad Leyte Battleset-South Africa: .scu - CDB - CDB Task Force Rybakov A Harpoon Commander's Edition (HCE) scenario for the South Africa Battleset. This scenario is intended for play by the RED side only. This scenario is a RED side sequel to my earlier scenario, Sixth Battle, which of course is a tribute to a favorite novel of mine, The Sixth Battle by Barrett Tillman. Although some effort has been expended at recreating the battle depicted in that book, I have also taken varied some of the…

Well, I finally got the new Harpoon (HCE). So far, I'm very impressed. A couple of questions... First, it seems like you can only load one extra battleset (South Africa, etc.) at a time. All the files use the hdsu.res and hdsu.rsr files and each time you load a new one, it replaces the last one. The scenario files remain, but you need to restore the appropriate map to play it, I guess. (I tried changing the file to something like hdsv.res, but it didn't work.) Is this normal or am I doing something wrong? Second, how do you get AI subs to move in the scenario editor? Do you set a course, and THEN set a speed, or what? So far, they just sit where …

Beta Scenario of my first attempt at an HCE scenario. This one uses the new HCDA database for the Americas. Please be kind if I made obvious mistakes and I look forward to feedback! File Name: liteson.zip File Submitter: Armando J. Heredia (Juramentado) File Submitted: 13-MAR-2009 File Category: Americas Scenario Author: Armando J. Heredia Battleset: This one uses .SCZ with the Americas HCDA-080924 database (DB file included in Zip) Scenario Background: In organizational parlance, "Keep The Lights On" means to stay in business, especially under tough or trying circumstances. Given the world's current troubles, this closely describes the d…

File Name: HMS Montrose high tension at BALTOPS 2016, June 2016. Historical Scenario/Alternate History Scenario. File Submitter: broncepulido File Submitted: 24 Jul 2016 File Category: GIUK HMS Montrose at BALTOPS 2016, June 2016. Historical Scenario/Alternate History Scenario. A Harpoon Commander's Edition introductory scenario for the EC2003 Battle for the GIUK GAP Battleset and the HCDB-150928 1980-2015 era Platform Database or the HCDB2-170401 New Standard 1980-2025 Database. This scenario is designed with advanced Scenario Editor and to be run with HCE 2015.008+ or later. Image: The new Baltic Sea Fleet Russian corvette Soobrazitelnyy with the Russian…

File Name: The Krasnodar Incident, late April 2016. Historical Scenario/Alternate History Scenario. File Submitter: broncepulido File Submitted: 01 May 2016 File Category: GIUK The Krasnodar Incident, late April 2016. Historical Scenario/Alternate History Scenario. A Harpoon Commander's Edition introductory scenario for the EC2003 Battle for the GIUK GAP Battleset and the HCDB-150928 1980-2015 era Platform Database. This scenario is designed with advanced Scenario Editor and to be run with HCE 2015.008+ or later. Image: The new diesel-electric submarine B-265 Krasnodar with the Russian Navy Saint Andrew's Cross flag raised on her commisioning day 5 Novembe…

File Name: Attack of the Aliens (tiny scenario) File Submitter: TonyE File Submitted: 5 Jun 2011 File Category: GIUK DB Used: HCDB-110531 Authors: TonyE Battleset-GIUK: .scm - EC2003 - EC2003 The aliens have landed in the mid 1980s! Can the US Navy save London? This is a very small scenario to see how to defeat a limited alien force with one of my favorite CVBGs from the late Cold War. Click here to download this file

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View File Nordstream Aftermath, Baltic Sea October 2022. Hypothetical Scenario. A Harpoon Commander's Edition scenario for EC2003 Battle for the GIUK Gap and the HCDB2-170308 new standard 1980-2025 Platform Database. This scenario is designed with advanced Scenario Editor and to be run with HCE 2015.008+ or later. This scenario is designed to be played from the Blue/NATO side or from the Red/NATO side. You should play a few times first the Blue side to avoid spoilers, and only later play the Red side. Image: Gulf of Aden February 20, 2009: The Danish flexible support ship HDMS Absalon (L 16, now reclassified as friga…

File Name: WWII skirmish File Submitter: donaldseadog File Submitted: 10 Aug 2009 File Updated: 11 Aug 2009 File Category: WestPac DB Used: HCWW-090805 Authors: don thomas Battleset-WPac: .scq - WPac - WestPac Something to start playing with the great WWs database, not included in this download, get the latest HCWW from the database downloads. If you're new to changing databases read the instructions attached to that download to ensure you don't loose your standard database. In this scenario two conflicts are taking place on either side of Australia, one above (what I guess is ) the Coral Sea, one in the east indian ocean approaching Perth. There may be som…

This is sort of scenario design question, sort of Battleset design question, but as there is no Battleset sub forum I'll bung it here. What do people think of the concept of having the names of major islands, island groups and seas included on HC texture map for a battleset . Here is a sample of the sort of thing I'm thinking of: This is something I did while playing with the HC map to include more of the islands of the south west pacific for my pacific islands battleset. My thought with the name text is to allow reference in orders to seas, oceans and islands, eg patrol the Banda Sea

File Name: Business As Usual File Submitter: Juramentado File Submitted: 14-May-2010 File Updated: N/A File Category: WestPac DB Used: HCDB-100308 Authors: Juramentado Battleset-WestPac - HCE Find it in the WestPac forum here.

File Name: Evacuation through the Alboran Sea, 2012 File Submitter: broncepulido File Submitted: 27 Feb 2011 File Category: MEDC Evacuation through the Alboran Sea 2012: This scenario is modified for employ the new planes and ships included now in the Data Base reflecting the composition and modernization of the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces. But it's compulsory to do mention of the historical facts: After I wrote this scenario (February 2011) the theorically moderate islamist Justice and Development Party won the November 2011 polls, and his candidate Abdelilah Benkirane was appointed First Minister of Morocco. As consequence, now in Morocco the government is cl…

I was glad to see that the new HCDB includes more Coast Guard ships (and, in general, we've seen a lot of patrol boats added to the HCDB). But now I'm wondering how to use them in scenarios. They are, of course, for guarding the coast. So you send them after naughty fishing boats who violate our fisheries (although unless they have escorts, this isn't much of a challenge). Or you stop smugglers of one kind or another. By the way, I figured out one way to do a "rescue" mission. You can use a neutral Green vessel, without a programmed course, to represent the vessel that you have to save. You won't know where it is at first so you actually have to search for…

File Name: Thai10a1.zip File Submitter: Mgellis File Submitted: 30 Mar 2009 File Category: WestPac DB Used: HCDB Authors: Mark Gellis Battleset-WPac: .scq - WPac - WestPac THAILAND QUARREL. Naval action between Thailand and Indonesia. Click here to download this file

View File BBB Bullies Bumping Bellies- Turkey vs Egypt 2020 In the summer of 2020, the situation in eastern Libya deteriorates to the point where Egypt and Turkey feel they have to get involved. This explores what happens next. This scenario is designed primarily to be played from the Blue (Egypt) side, and is quite challenging, even for experienced players. Also can be played from Red (Turkey) quite good for beginning or intermediate players. Created with HCSE 2015.027, and playable on 2015.027 or later, so it'll be available to folks with the older version of the game. Enjoy. Duck. Submitter …