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Carriers in Combat

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pcsully
last edited by Mar 11, 2011, 12:13 AM

Assume no issues involving fighters landing. After launching its aircraft, can a carrier move into battle to absorb hits even though the carrier has no attack value? Thanks for your help.
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Cow TripleA
last edited by Mar 11, 2011, 12:35 AM

absolutely.
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Graunie
last edited by Mar 11, 2011, 12:41 PM

The bummer is a damaged carrier can’t land planes.
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Subs vs loaded carrier question

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• • Sep 9, 2016, 3:06 AM • WoodyWanKenobi Sep 15, 2016, 4:29 PM

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T Sep 15, 2016, 4:29 PM

Aircraft are trumping units in this game; they are better than their cost, more flexible than any other unit (since they can be on land or sea). They prevent the game from being like Risk; where only numbers matter and all the units are the same.

This is just like the sub rule, its to represent the overpowering advantage aircraft had and have over all other types of unit during that era. Not sure what objection that raises, except that they are OverPowered. Which is true in real life also, airpower is OP compared to its costs and that’s why they keep using it.
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G1 Carrier Build

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• • Aug 25, 2016, 7:44 PM • Amalec Oct 18, 2016, 2:06 AM

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C Oct 18, 2016, 2:06 AM

The carrier is simply something to help give your fleet a backbone and protects everything in 112 and means you don’t have to land a t bomber in Holland (from Germany). It protects your transports if you are threatening sea lion and can be used to protect sea units at Gibraltar or 127 (Archangel). If you can get it to the Mediterranean Sea it can really help Italy too. The only con is that it does virtually nothing against Russia.
So basically, do you think being in 112 is useful? Do you like to threaten (not take) Sea Lion to help Itake? Do you like hoping Italy in the Med? Do you like taking Gibraltar? Maybe getting South Africa every ten games? Do you like feigning Sea Lion then hitting Leningrad? If you answered yes to any of these, a carrier can be useful.
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Carrier rule question from new player

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• • Jul 15, 2016, 2:37 PM • Zarito Jul 15, 2016, 6:32 PM

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P Jul 15, 2016, 6:32 PM

@Zarito:

I was just wondering if it is allowed to send more than two planes to a battle in a seazone when only one carrier could be there at the end of turn. The motivation would be that some of the aircraft would die in the battle and each individual aircraft can land on the carrier. Did not find an answer in the rulebook but probably didn’t look thoroughly enough.

Look here:

@rulebook:

Air Units
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You cannot deliberately send air units into combat situations that place them out of range of a place to land afterward. In the
Combat Move phase, prior to rolling any battles, you must be able to demonstrate some possible way (however remote the
possibility is) for all your attacking air units to land safely that turn. This could include a combination of combat moves. It
could also include noncombat moves by a carrier or the mobilization of a new carrier.

In order to demonstrate that an air unit might have a safe landing zone, you may assume that all of your attacking rolls will
be hits, and all defending rolls will be misses. You may NOT, however, use a planned retreat of any carrier to demonstrate
a possible safe landing zone for any fighter or tactical bomber. Once possible landing spaces for all attacking air units have
been demonstrated, you have no obligation to guarantee those landing zones for air units in the course of battle. For example,
aircraft carriers may freely retreat or be taken as casualties, even if doing so leaves air units with no place to land after
combat (such air units will be destroyed at the end of the Noncombat Move phase). However, during noncombat movement
and new unit mobilization, you must provide for safe landing of as many air units as possible after all combats are resolved.
…

HTH :-)
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The case for a second US carrier

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• • Jun 28, 2015, 6:41 AM • Witt Jul 7, 2015, 1:38 AM

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@barney:

Ha Ha! No I didn’t add it at the start. The Us fleet went south and Japan and HI were throwing blockers at each other. I bought one so a fighter had round trip range like a bomber.

Oh, okay. Sorry for my confusion.
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Scramble and Combat

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• • Mar 24, 2015, 4:30 PM • leobarron2000 Mar 25, 2015, 3:12 PM

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Y Mar 25, 2015, 3:12 PM

@Krieghund:

@Young:

Hey Leo, if the subs sitting in 91 don’t want to attack so that they can move during the non-combat phase, you only need to declare that the subs will not be participating in combat even though there is a battle in the zone they occupy.

This is incorrect.Â All units in the space where a battle occurs participate in that battle, whether or not they have legitimate targets.Â As a result, they may not move in noncombat movement.

Any units that sea zone that you want to move elsewhere must move during combat movement.Â This is legal even if they are not moving into combat if they are moving to escape combat (even if it’s just potential combat due to a possible scramble).

Sorry Krieghund, I will PM the OP and inform him of your correction.
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Non combat moves through territory you just conquered.

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• • Jul 8, 2013, 7:59 AM • eddiem4145 Jul 8, 2013, 9:09 AM

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K Jul 8, 2013, 9:09 AM

No, you are not missing anything. That is a perfectly legal move. I am assuming that the Allies still control Gibraltar, right?

In fact, in your example, since Gibraltar has a friendly naval base (assuming it hasn’t been bombed), the US fleet could go all the way to Sea Zone 95 and park right next to Italy if Italy had no ships there OR they just had submarines and/or transports. Even if Italy had fighters on their air base, they couldn’t scramble because it is the US NON-combat move.

You can basically move your ships to any sea zone you want as long as there are no enemy surface warships blocking your way, or as in your example you have cleared any enemy warships.
Of course, that US submarine would have to remain in the sea zone just east of Gibraltar since it moved in the combat movement.
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Aircraft carriers in battle

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• • Dec 15, 2010, 1:33 PM • keplar Dec 15, 2010, 10:08 PM

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R Dec 15, 2010, 10:08 PM

@The:

If you oppenet selects the Cv as the OOL you always retreat and cost them the fighters it turns out better for you as you can then attack again especially if the Cv has one or two turns to take before it reaches a port

As the attacker yes, it’s great when your opponent takes the CV as a hit (and especially if they have nowhere to land the fighters).

As the defender, you don’t get the opportunity to retreat so if the attacker takes the CV as a hit, they still have more offense than they would if they lost a fighter (even if they end up losing all their fighters in the end, they have a greater chance of winning).

I guess it all depends on which side you’re on and how badly you want/need to win that naval battle.
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Non-combat movement

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• • Dec 12, 2010, 2:57 AM • cts17 Dec 12, 2010, 2:57 AM

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C Dec 12, 2010, 2:57 AM

Yes, that is allowed. Tanks can do the same thing.

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