Scenario Design & Discussion

AAR: There's No Place Like Home [spoiler Alert] A Harpoon Classic scenario By Patrick Howard The time is the present, and the Kosovo crisis and the resulting Serbian invasion has led to long simmering tensions between Russia and the US exploding, with the sinking of an American submarine found within Russian territorial waters near Archangel. The Commander of the ASW frigate involved has been cashiered for his aggressiveness, but the loss of USS Dallas and 155 American sailors has the US public infuriated and the US government is bent on revenge. American diplomatic staff has been recalled and war is imminent. Unfortunately, the AFS Kuznetsov, with his escorts,…

File Name: Bases Loaded (HCWW BS) File Submitter: donaldseadog File Submitted: 24 Sep 2009 File Updated: 5 Feb 2011 File Category: WestPac DB Used: HCWW 090917 Authors: don thomas Battleset-WPac: .scq - WPac - WestPac Another WWII type scenario. Requires minimum HCWW 090917. Various bases and surface groups for both sides attempting to reinforce/ destroy new bases. Click here to download this file

File Name: Shinano Redux File Submitter: CV32 File Submitted: 7 Apr 2007 File Category: GIUK DB Used: Original database Authors: Brad Leyte Battleset-GIUK: .sci - EC2000 - EC2000 Shinano Redux EC2000 Battle for the Norwegian Sea You are commander of the USS Archerfish, the fourth hull of the Seawolf class. (Which is modeled in this scenario by the SSN-23). The Russians have borrowed from an American idea and built a mobile offshore base. The structure is now enroute from the White Sea to the North Cape, where it is expected to take part in the ongoing wartime operations against NATO. Since the Russians already control the Norwegian Sea, the movement of this…

File Name: ASW-ASUW Primer File Submitter: wombat1417 File Submitted: 10 Sep 2009 File Category: GIUK DB Used: N/A Authors: M J Andress Battleset-GIUK: .sc1 - Orig - Original From 1990. Good practice for a beginner. Click here to download this file

After Action Report: Bear Goes South 2 A scenario by jugasa77 This is a pretty short AAR, but I felt I owed the author at least a few comments. Bear Goes South 2 is a new HCE scenario for the EC2003 GIUK battleset. I played the scenario using beta 2009.017 and the HCDB database. This is a fairly large and busy scenario. And challenging. I lost both the HMS Illustrious and the HMS Invincible to brutal SS-N-19 SLCM attacks from Oscar class submarines at short range. So short in fact that I had virtually no opportunity to defend. My base at Orland, Norway, was also under constant threat. In the end it sustained only minor damage, but there were seve…

File Name: Dawn Patrol File Submitter: wombat1417 File Submitted: 10 Sep 2009 File Category: GIUK DB Used: N/A Authors: Unknown Battleset-GIUK: .sc1 - Orig - Original The original GIUK Scenario 1.0 from Harpoon DOS, just in case you don't have it around. Click here to download this file

File Name: Red Raiders File Submitter: wombat1417 File Submitted: 10 Sep 2009 File Category: GIUK DB Used: N/A Authors: Chris Battleset-GIUK: .sc1 - Orig - Original From 1992. Ship-to-ship off Iceland. Good basic scenario for beginners. Click here to download this file

File Name: Home Alone File Submitter: wombat1417 File Submitted: 10 Sep 2009 File Category: GIUK DB Used: N/A Authors: Andy Charters Battleset-GIUK: .sc1 - Orig - Original From 1991. The Royal Navy in single combat against the Soviet Northern Fleet. Click here to download this file

File Name: Zap Syria File Submitter: wombat1417 File Submitted: 11 Oct 2009 File Category: MEDC DB Used: N/A Authors: Saul Jacobs Battleset-MEDC: .scg - HDS3 - HDSG From 1994. A reworking of original MEDC 9.0, Lebanon's Coast 1. Click here to download this file

File Name: Ambush File Submitter: wombat1417 File Submitted: 10 Sep 2009 File Category: GIUK DB Used: N/a Authors: Ron Artigues Battleset-GIUK: .sc1 - Orig - Original From 1991. A Royal Navy carrier group vs. Soviet submarines (or is it the other way around?) Click here to download this file

View File Sth East Asia Exercise #1 Scenario Background: More and more the countries of South East Asia are co operating together in military exercises. In this scenario Japan and Australia partner up with Indonesia and the Philippines in a 4 day exercise where a beachhead has been established on a small Philippines Island by a combined Indonesia and Australian force while Japan and The Philippines are tasked with reversal of the invasion. Notes on Platforms The RAN FFG Newcastle is meant as an example of their project 3000 General Purpose Frigate replacing the old Anzac class. see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_general_p…

File Name: Too Close For Comfort File Submitter: wombat1417 File Submitted: 15 Mar 2009 File Category: MEDC DB Used: N/A Authors: Luis Carlos Battleset-MEDC: .sc3 - Orig - Original The US gets involved in defending Israel; may the USSR won't get involved. Click here to download this file

File Name: Hold Fast! File Submitter: rainman File Submitted: 17 Sep 2008 File Category: GIUK DB Used: HCDB 080712 Authors: Patrick Howard Battleset-GIUK: .scm - EC2003 - EC2003 UK vs Russia in the GIUK in a post-USA world. A companion piece to "Hermes the Thief" This one may be kind of hard. Duck. Click here to download this file

File Name: Cherchez les Rouges File Submitter: wombat1417 File Submitted: 9 Aug 2009 File Category: IOPG DB Used: N/A Authors: Shawn Abigail Battleset-IOPG: .sc4 - Orig - Original From 1992. French and Russian CVs fight it out. Click here to download this file

File Name: Red Line File Submitter: CV32 File Submitted: 12 Sep 2012 File Category: Middle East A Harpoon Commander's Edition (HCE) scenario for the Middle East battleset. This scenario is designed for play by the BLUE side. During the past few years, and even more so during 2012, the international news headlines have been dominated by stories of the suspicion surrounding the nuclear activities of Iran, whether that nation is actively pursuing a nuclear weapons program, and if so, the mortal threat faced by Israel. Slowly but surely the story has been building toward a potential flashpoint, with increasing concern about the possibility of unilateral action …

File Name: Serhiy's Decision File Submitter: CV32 File Submitted: 13 Mar 2008 File Category: MEDC DB Used: HCDB Authors: Brad Leyte Battleset-MEDC: .sco - EC2003 - EC2003 Serhiy's Decision A Harpoon Commander's Edition scenario for the EC2003 Battle for the Mediterranean Battleset. This scenario is designed for play by the BLUE side. Although formally established by presidential decree on a warm summer day in August 1992, the slow and painful partition of the Soviet Black Sea Fleet between Ukraine and the newly independent Russian Federation took several more years. Arguably, the first ship of the Ukrainian Navy came into being on 26 January 1992 and…

AAR: Oubliette [spoiler Alert] A Harpoon Classic scenario By Brad Leyte The war in Central Europe is bogging down, and although NATO has suffered horrendous losses, the Soviet armored thrust has lost its momentum. There are rumours of growing dissension and unrest among the upper echelons of military command in Moscow. The risk of the Soviets resorting to the use of nuclear weapons in desperation has climbed considerably in the past few days. US Navy ballistic missile submarines, already deployed and at sea, have been directed to their patrol stations in case things go south. Several of these boomers, including the USS Tennessee, have been ordered to take up pos…

File Name: Mex10a1.zip File Submitter: Mgellis File Submitted: 20 Sep 2008 File Category: Custom DB Used: HCDA Authors: Mark Gellis Battleset: CaribbeanBasin Battleset-Custom: .scz - Custom BS - Custom BS A small scenario pitting Mexican forces (with a little help from the United States) against Colombian ones. This scenario uses the HCDA database. Click here to download this file

File Name: La-La Land. File Submitter: wombat1417 File Submitted: 3 Jan 2010 File Updated: 3 Jan 2010 File Category: GIUK DB Used: N/A Authors: Unknown Battleset-GIUK: .sc1 - Orig - Original From 1991. One (possibly two) Improved LAs vs. a Soviet landing force. 125th rehabed scenario. Click here to download this file

File Name: Phantoms Over Norway File Submitter: wombat1417 File Submitted: 13 Apr 2012 File Category: GIUK DB Used: N/A Authors: Unknown Battleset-GIUK: .sc5 - HDS1 - HDS1 From 1990. A wing of F4s must defend Norwegian bases and a Marine Amphibious Group from destruction. Click here to download this file