AAR: Matrix Shield

Here's Herman's half of the AAR...it pretty much sums it up, though from my perspective once I zeroed in on the sub I was forced to treat it like a cornered bulldog...let it expend its energy (torpedoes) before we got in too close with the ELMA's. A few too many beers and a bloody mary (BAAAAD Composite Warfare Commander!) led to some poor attention to detail that allowed a couple of my ships to be lost needlessly. That and the nine passes I made over the Kilo trying to drop ELMA's that wouldn't fire! But once the FSG's screamed in with the SET-65's his goose was cooked.

Thanks to Herman for the great game and the scenario and Tony for the server.

Brandon

Brandon and I met up for another match, tonight. We decided to try

Matrix Shield made with the favourite

database of Harpoon3:ANW, the PlayersDB.

This scenario has not yet been published, but anyone wanting to give it

a try can find it on the HarpGamer ANW

Server.

The scenario is a training exercise between a CIS submarine against

combined Swedish / Polish Baltic ASW groups. Brandon elected to play the

Hunters while played the role of the Hunted. But, as is often the

case, the tables can quickly be turned around.

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My Kilo-Class sub was just creeping around, patiently awaiting targets

to appear. Soon enough, a pair of Hugin missile boats was detected to

the NE and she crept off to intercept. Not long afterwards, a Goteborg

corvette was detected nearby the Hugin and they were heading right for

the Kilo. Minutes later, they were both in torpedo range and a pair of

TEST-71 torpedoes was fired at the Goteborg and a single torpedo at the

Hugin. As the torpedo room crew hurriedly re-loaded, the attack centre

counted down the seconds. Less than 1nm from the target, the torpedoes

must have been detected for the Hugin abruptly turned about-face and

raced off at 36kts! The torpedo was only capable of 40kts so the prey

would escape, this time. However, the Goteborg was not so fortunate and

she was caught in a tremendous explosion. I didn't know if the enemy

had pinpointed me, but he had to know that their target was in the

general vicinity.

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The surviving Hugin was not finished and she tried to locate me. I had

the answer to that pest in the form of a 53-65 Wake-Homing torpedo.

These babies were capable of running 70kts and she would not escape,

again. Or so I thought. Once again, she came forward seemingly oblivious

to her fate. A single 53-65 torpedo was launched after her and the crew

anxiously awaited the explosion. Once again, she turned to run.

However, the torpedo elected to chase a target on the opposite side of the

map! (Oh, great. Looks like the targeting bug is back.) There went

half my torpedo inventory rendered useless.

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The surviving ASW forces started to swarm into the area. They knew

that a diesel boat couldn't run very fast. However, this diesel boat

still had some teeth. Although she was seemingly surrounded by hostiles,

she gave a good account of herself with her remaining TEST-71

wire-guided torpedoes and sank another Goteborg and 3 Hugin boats before the

Polish corvette, Kaszub raced in to deliver a SET-65 torpedo that killed

her. It looks like both sides had their technical problems. The 53-65

torpedoes did not work for me, but neither did the ELMA ASW rockets work

for the Hunters! In the end, the sub was sunk before it could bag its

goal of 6 ships. Another excellent game even if it was a bit

frustrating to see that some bugs just won't die.

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Thanks to HarpGamer server for the use of their server and to Brandon

for being a crafty opponent.

Anyone looking for an MP game can drop a line here or look for us on

[link=http://www.harpgamer.com/chat/phpMyChat.php3]HarpGamer

pHp chat room[/link] or the HG

[link=http://www.harpgamer.com/HARP_chat.php]mIRC chat

room[/link].

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