[REL] Fall of the Rising Sun Ultimate, full release

[KaleunMarco]

on a recent career-mission, we caught a Shimsu separated from her convoy, just sitting stationary, about 3 or 4 miles away from the remainder of the group.

no idea what the logic for that would be, but ok, if you want to make it easy on us, we'll take it.

so we creep up on her into a firing range. i say creep because she has hydrophones and sonar.

we set up to fire one at the middle of the keel and one to explode abaft of midships to knock out her engines, shaft, props, etc.

so, we fire one, we fire two. we were close enough that we could watch the fish as they approached her using the scope underwater. the first fish hits amidships, perfectly. the second fish runs right through the props and the rudder, utterly destroying them. parts flying every-which-way. but the torpedo keeps going. no explosion. WTF!?!?!?!

i have never seen that, ever.

[1Patriotofmany]

Originally Posted by KaleunMarco

on a recent career-mission, we caught a Shimsu separated from her convoy, just sitting stationary, about 3 or 4 miles away from the remainder of the group.

no idea what the logic for that would be, but ok, if you want to make it easy on us, we'll take it.

so we creep up on her into a firing range. i say creep because she has hydrophones and sonar.

we set up to fire one at the middle of the keel and one to explode abaft of midships to knock out her engines, shaft, props, etc.

so, we fire one, we fire two. we were close enough that we could watch the fish as they approached her using the scope underwater. the first fish hits amidships, perfectly. the second fish runs right through the props and the rudder, utterly destroying them. parts flying every-which-way. but the torpedo keeps going. no explosion. WTF!?!?!?!

i have never seen that, ever.

That would've been cool to see. A dud but still made the ship dead in the water!

[JapLance]

in line with that, the Kaya eqp load-out has been changed also. They will still have a rack of depth charges, but no throwers, no torpedoes... those were "landed" to allow for the troops and Daihatsu being carried. But they still carried some weaponry. The light cruiser re-armament program has been completed, and moving on to the Kaya, torpedo boats & patrol boats...

I've been doing some reading about the Kayas (or Momi-class old destroyers). They were classified as Escort ships before the war started, and had a boiler removed, so max speed was down to 18 knots. Even though most surviving ships were again converted to transports in 1942, that low speed made them unsuitable for the Tokyo Express missions in the Solomons. At least in that particular group, I would suggest exchanging them for proper destroyers (Mutsukis probably, I have to dig some more).

Apart from that, Kaya itself didn't survive long enough to see WW2, as she was removed from the Japanese Navy in 1939 or 1940. I have changed its name in the Roster for "Fast DD Transport Momi Class".

[KaleunMarco]

Originally Posted by 1Patriotofmany

That would've been cool to see. A dud but still made the ship dead in the water!

actually, she sank...and yes, it was cool to see. truly. after thousands of missions, one rarely sees uniqueness. that is why i leave the external viewer and event camera on. you never know when something unique is going to happen. of course, i wish i would had the presence of mind to bang ctrl+F11 and captured the moment but i must admit i was in awe of the experience itself.

[propbeanie]

Originally Posted by JapLance

I've been doing some reading about the Kayas (or Momi-class old destroyers). They were classified as Escort ships before the war started, and had a boiler removed, so max speed was down to 18 knots. Even though most surviving ships were again converted to transports in 1942, that low speed made them unsuitable for the Tokyo Express missions in the Solomons. At least in that particular group, I would suggest exchanging them for proper destroyers (Mutsukis probably, I have to dig some more).

Apart from that, Kaya itself didn't survive long enough to see WW2, as she was removed from the Japanese Navy in 1939 or 1940. I have changed its name in the Roster for "Fast DD Transport Momi Class".

Thanks for the note JapLance. We have altered the eqp file on the ships, but we'll keep the speed where it is, just due to the fact that the Japanese did use regular DD (usually) for their "Rat Runs" (as they called them), or "Tokyo Express", as the USN called them. The reason being so that the player "sees" the 'important' targets, not that you could very well "see" them in real life, but, we do want to impart that they are carrying reinforcement troops. As you say, in reality, they used regular DD for that purpose at the time. Later, the player will see Type 101 Fast Transports earlier than historical, to also signify "reinforcements" for other locations. They are listed as Type=103 for Transport, and therefore worth more renown. As for the Kaya Class designation, I think that is an anglicisation for the original "root" ship of the "class" for that style transport. Several of the older Momi and other classes were converted to transports, and others to patrol boats, in attempts to extend their utility. Their older names were usually removed, and then given numbers.