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Kobayashi Maru Kampagne

First of all, please read the instructions at the end!

Foreword to the mission design

Since not everyone seems to read my instructions at the end, here are a few at the beginning. It is intended that the reinforcement fleet is in the South Pacific at the start of the game, it is also intended that a single CH46 is in the Pacific at the start of the game. Both are elements of mission events that should NOT be used until the event is over. This means do not give orders, do not change course or let them land. Or, to put it more simply, please only control the units that are in the mission area. As soon as the reinforcements appear there, you can use them, the same applies to the helicopter.
The mission is designed as a partially dynamic mission. The helicopter, for example, is an element of a small quest with two possible outcomes. The reinforcement fleet jumps to predetermined positions when another event is triggered. I could have solved both differently. However, this would have meant that the player could not control the reinforcement fleet, for example. I don't want to dangle a carrot in the form of two large carriers in front of anyone, only to find out that you can't control them. The editor is very limited at this point. I would have liked to have solved it differently, but that wasn't possible at the moment.

The story:
The impossible has happened. The armed forces of the USSR have overrun our European allies within a few weeks. What is left of the European naval forces and air forces have tried to find a way to the US east coast to continue the fight with us. Bermuda was quickly converted into a bulwark in order to be able to withstand what was coming. Unfortunately, a large part of the Atlantic fleet was either in the shipyard or deployed to RIMPAC. To defend the east coast, they have a motley force of ships from the US Navy, the German Navy, the British Navy, Belgium and other allies at their disposal to organize the defense. Reinforcements from the Pacific are on the way and have already passed through the Panama Canal. Hold on until reinforcements arrive and then repel the attack.

Playing time: approx. 4 hours+

This is the start of a campaign with 5 planned parts. For time reasons, however, the opening mission has to be done first. I'll do the rest as soon as possible.

Part 1: Operation Medusa - Beta Release
Part 2: Hunting Grounds - Alpha Testing
Part 3: Support for Friends - TBA
Part 4: Back in UK - TBA
Part 5: Final Steps - TBA

If you notice any errors, please write them in the comments. I'll try to take care of them as soon as possible.

!!! NOTES !!!

1) Unfortunately, the scenario editor doesn't offer 100% of the options I would like. So please keep your hands off the CH46 and the reinforcement fleet until the triggers have run.

2) The airfield is taken from the templates. As soon as I get around to it, I'll replace them with my own mods. But it's not a priority for me at the moment because it works as it is

3) Part 1 is currently still in beta status - fine-tuning for trigger events and enemy positioning will take some time

Disclaimer
Part 1 is a very large mission with a lot of event triggers, in the end 6 aircraft carriers, 1 airfield and all in all around 50-60 warships. I tested the mission on my PC (Ryzen 7 9800X3D, 32GB DDR5-6000, RTX 4070 TiS) and it works. If the mission doesn't load, it's possible that your PC is too weak at this point (too little RAM, too slow hard drive or something similar). Please let me know anyway. If I get enough feedback like this, I'll try to build a kind of light version that will then also run on weaker systems.