Scenario Design & Discussion

File Name: Operation Southern Guard (1985) File Submitter: Mgellis File Submitted: 10 Jun 2013 File Category: Scenarios My 19th scenario of 2013... This "what if" Cold War scenario assumes World War III took place in 1985. It also assumes that, in case the Suez Canal becomes unusable, some merchant ships and tankers are taking an alternate route around the southern tip of Africa. Soviet forces operating out of Angola will attempt to disrupt Allied shipping. Dutch, South African, and American forces in the area must protect the merchants and destroy the Soviet task force. Image: Dutch frigate HNLMS TROMP (F-801) (Source: United States Navy.) (I hope p…

File Name: Operation Southern Gulf (1982) File Submitter: Mgellis File Submitted: 18 Jan 2013 File Category: Scenarios My second scenario of 2013... Spain is conducting a training exercise in the Gulf of Sidra. Libya believes the entire Gulf of Sidra is their territorial waters. Are these two nations on a collision course? Image: The Spanish aircraft carrier Dédalo (R01) underway. Four Hawker Siddley AV-8S Harrier fighters, a Sikorsky SH-3D Sea King and a Agusta-Bell AB 212 are visible on deck. (U.S. DefenseImagery photo VIRIN: DN-SC-88-08302; Author: LCdr. John Leenhouts, USN.) Click here to download this file

File Name: Pacific War 1 File Submitter: JSF File Submitted: 27 Nov 2012 File Category: Scenarios Pacific War 1: Ignition Japan vs China Date: August 14th, 2013 Long lasting tensions tend to explode some day. The struggle regarding the Senkaku (as the Japanese name them) or Diaoyutai (the Chinese name) Islands is one of those latent conflicts. It' s not about those little rocks, it's about the ressources around them. Ignition is the first scenario of a new Battleset which displays an accelating conflict, starting around those small islands. This a sharp tactical duel, be careful using time compression! Click here to download this file

File Name: Pacific War 2 Intruders File Submitter: JSF File Submitted: 06 Jan 2013 File Category: Scenarios Pacific War 2 Intruders A scenario for Harpoon 3 UE and the HUD 4 database. In this second scenario of the Pacific Battleset your task is to guard the brand new Hyuga Class helo carrier. Several Chinese subs have made it to come close and now try to hunt the pearl of the Japanese Fleet down. Click here to download this file

File Name: Passage to Brunei (2015) File Submitter: Mgellis File Submitted: 15 Jan 2013 File Category: Scenarios Tensions have increased between Singapore and Indonesia. A convoy from Singapore must make its way to Brunei. Image: RSS Victory (P 88) fires its 76mm gun during a 2009 exercise. (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Ed Early/Released.) Click here to download this file

File Name: Passage to Dubrovnik (2018) File Submitter: Mgellis File Submitted: 23 Mar 2013 File Category: Scenarios My ninth H3/ANW HUD-4 scenario of the year... In the near future, tensions have increased between Greece and Albania. Greek ships must escort a convoy to Dubrovnik. (This is not a very difficult scenario to win, although you have to keep an eye open for the bad guys--you can lose easily enough if you get careless--and there are a lot of innocent bystanders in the area. Again, it might be a good scenario for HC players who want to give H3 a try.) Image: Greek frigate HS Spetsai, F-453 (Source: http://www.navy.mil/management/photodb/photos…

File Name: Perisher File Submitter: Herman File Submitted: 6 Nov 2008 File Category: Scenarios DB Used: Y2kDB v10.0.0 Authors: Klaus Behrmann Battleset: Stand-alone Perisher Special The USA have agreed a joint exercise with Canada to simulate the forced entry into a hostile country, using moderate air force assets, shore batteries modeling Silkworm launchers and frigates simulating missile boats. Canadian diesel submarines and one British SSN are participating; for the British commander this is a Perisher Special giving him the opportunity to try out an attack on a sophisticated carrier battle group. These scenarios have been tested with the Harpoon 3.6 …

File Name: Philappine Savior File Submitter: Steven File Submitted: 26 Nov 2011 File Category: Scenarios DB Used: HUD 3 1.6.1 Authors: Steve Raymond (Steven) Battleset: No Information A lot of hardware for you in this scenerio to defeat the PLAF/PLAN who have an equally impressive defense as they overthrow the Philappine government. All comments, suggestions, ridicule and schellackings are welcome particually in the setup of the IADS (which I believe I did not do correctly.) Click here to download this file

File Name: Pledge 1: Burma Boil 2017 File Submitter: Mgellis File Submitted: 31 Jul 2012 File Category: Scenarios DB Used: HUD 4 v1.1 beta 10 Authors: Mark Gellis Battleset: No Information Thailand and Myanmar get into a brawl over Burmese fishing boats violating Thai fisheries. (Image of HTMS Phutta Loetla Naphalai (462); U.S. Navy photo 080615-N-8138M-569 by Mass Communications Specialist 1st Class Daniel Meaney (Released).) Click here to download this file

File Name: Pledge 10: The Cardiff Incident (2014) File Submitter: Mgellis File Submitted: 15 Oct 2012 File Category: Scenarios In 2014, a British task force must liberate a trawler seized under questionable circumstances by Ecuador. The captain and crew have been accused of everything from illegal fishing practices to being spies. The Prime Minister is reputed to have said, "When the time comes, we'll go to the International Court, and if I was wrong, I'll accept the consequences. But right now, the law be damned--we're getting our people out of there." Image: The Royal Navy destroyer HMS Dauntless (D 33). U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Se…

File Name: Pledge 11: Valor and Varna 2014 File Submitter: Mgellis File Submitted: 25 Oct 2012 File Category: Scenarios Tensions between the Ukraine and its neighbors in the Black Sea region, allied Bulgaria and Romania, have reached a crisis point. Intelligence suggests that the Ukraine plans a massive attack against Bulgaria, focusing on its merchant fleet and the port city of Varna. Can Bulgaria, with the assistance of its ally Romania, defeat this threat? Image: MiG-29 take off for a combat training mission as part of exercise Rodopi Javelin 2007 at Graf Ignattevo Airfield, Bulgaria, Oct. 18, 2007. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Michael R. Holzworth)…

File Name: Pledge 12: Passage to Denmark (1991) File Submitter: Mgellis File Submitted: 30 Oct 2012 File Category: Scenarios Task Force Romeo has completed an intelligence gathering mission in the Baltic and is now on its way back to Copenhagen. However, with the Soviet Union on the verge of collapse, tensions between it and the West are rising, and the task force needs to be careful not to spark an international incident on its homeward voyage. Image: German guided missile destroyer Rommel (D 187) underway alongside the U.S. Navy battleship USS Iowa (BB-61) in 1986. (Photo ID:DNST8707145; Camera Operator: PHC JEFF HILTON.) Click here to download this file

File Name: Pledge 2: Belitung Blitz 2015 File Submitter: Mgellis File Submitted: 7 Aug 2012 File Category: Scenarios DB Used: HUD 4 v1.1 b10 Authors: Mark Gellis Battleset: No Information Multinational force headed up by South Korea and the United States takes on pirates in the Java Sea. (Image United States Navy ID 100727-N-2013O-128, by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Charles Oki/Released.) Click here to download this file

File Name: Pledge 3: Gambian Gambit 1981 File Submitter: Mgellis File Submitted: 15 Aug 2012 File Category: Scenarios DB Used: HUD 4 v1.1 b10 Authors: Mark Gellis Battleset: No Information A Marxist coup has seized power in the Gambia. Soviet and Libyan forces are in the area, offering support. The Forrestal and her battle group must eliminate these threats! (Image shows the Forrestal (CVA-59) with F-4 Phantoms parked on her deck. Image source: U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No. 1996.488.226.085) Click here to download this file

File Name: Pledge 4: Eagles over Latakia 1982 File Submitter: Mgellis File Submitted: 19 Aug 2012 File Category: Scenarios DB Used: HUD 4 v1.1 b10 Authors: Mark Gellis Battleset: No Information During the 1982 war with Lebanon, an Israeli task force of missile boats is ordered to destroy Syrian naval vessels based at Latakia. (Image of a Saar 3 missile boat, by קודקוד צהוב, and "made available under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication.") Author's note: I had a few occasions when testing the scenario where the scenario did not load properly and made it impossible for me to launch aircraft. I believe this error has been correct…

File Name: Pledge 5: Sao Tome 2018 File Submitter: Mgellis File Submitted: 02 Sep 2012 File Category: Scenarios In 2017, Nigeria invades the tiny island country of Sao Tome and Principe. China blocks any U.N. resolutions against its ally Nigeria. Early in 2018, the European Union decides to take action and sends EUROMARFOR to liberate Sao Tome and Principe. Note: Image of the Portuguese frigate NRP Corte Real; U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communications Specialist 1st Class James C. Davis (Released). Click here to download this file

File Name: Pledge 6: The Matsu Incident 2015 File Submitter: Mgellis File Submitted: 08 Sep 2012 File Category: Scenarios A routine patrol for the Taiwanese Navy. Or, at least, it should have been... Image: The U.S. Navy guided missile destroyer USS Kidd (DDG-993) crossing Thimble Shoals in Chesapeake Bay; Released to Public ID: DNSC880921; Author: PH2 K. Bates, USN. The Kidd was eventually sold to Taiwan, where she serves as the Tso Ying (DDG-1803). Click here to download this file

File Name: Pledge 8: Mission to Bahrain 1981-1982 Part 2 File Submitter: Mgellis File Submitted: 29 Sep 2012 File Category: Scenarios In early 1982, the Kitty Hawk battle group and an amphibious group must eliminate the threat to a counter-coup in Bahrain posed by Iranian forces. Destroy at least 75 Iranian aircraft and at least 20 Iranian facilities. Avoid serious losses. Image: Various aircraft parked in formation aboard the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk. Defense Image photo VIRIN: DN-SN-85-06347. Click here to download this file

File Name: Pledge 9: The Battle of El'dzhik File Submitter: Mgellis File Submitted: 06 Oct 2012 File Category: Scenarios Uzbekistan believes that Turkmenistan is using one of its dams to "steal" water from a river that runs through both countries. They have gone to the U.N., but to no avail, and have decided that their only option is to destroy the dam. Image: Uzbekistani Su-24 Fencer. Image released by the United States Air Force with the ID 050214-F-OK556-004. Author: Scott T. Sturkol, U.S. Air Force. Author's Notes: I wrote this scenario partly to explore the possibilities of smaller, air-oriented scenarios for Harpoon. It is based around a limited…

File Name: Rio Negro Response 1982 File Submitter: Mgellis File Submitted: 21 Dec 2011 File Updated: 27 Jul 2012 File Category: Scenarios DB Used: HUD 4 Official Release Authors: Mark Gellis Battleset: No Information What if, in 1982, the President had ordered punitive strikes against Guatemala for ordering the Rio Negro massacres? What if Cuba (and perhaps the Soviet Union) had decided to help protect their fellow socialist state from American aggression? Click here to download this file