With IRCWCC NATs going to PA, it will be time for the small boats to play. My Mississippi's will be there with the boys and myself, thats 3 small boats... Who's bringing a boat with 3.5 to 4 units to NATS?
PA is at extreme travel range for me but if I attend I could bring 1.5 unit HMS Gorgon, 2.5 unit Profintern/Krasni Krim, 3.0 unit Canarias and 3.5 unit HMS Minotaur.
I've battled both sides, don't really care what side anyone plays one, just would like the fleets to be nearly even. I like using the Kongo, even in a small pond she's got the sidemounts to slug. I've also battled with VDT and Moltke, like Moltke better. But in trade for spending a couple weekends helping Tyler wire his basement I got an Iboat that Zach used this fall. He did rather well with it and wants to use it at NATS. So I'll go Allied to stay with him. Unfortunately Andy can't make it this year, first NATS he's missed since he started in 08, due to a family vacation. That would have made it easier to bring Kongo. I do like battling that ship and with the huge numbers/talent separation of Axis/Allied I would hardly have to patch it.
Well welcome to the NEW Allied Fleet, and if you bring Kongo I think you may want to stock up on silkspan, just a thought. Sorry to hear about Andy not being able to make it, but as one of IRCWCC greatest captains would say: "Family comes second" (Don Fisher).
Canarias is useful because it's Neutral and can battle in either fleet as needed; I've had a lot of experience using it as a run and gun ship. Profintern/Krasni Krim is intended for use in Campaign Lite as a base defense ship with 1/2 unit spurt guns in the bow casemates. I'm not sure how Minotaur would fare - might need the swimming trunks if I use it, though it wasn't sunk in NABS or Cannats battles. It was sunk in a Treaty Combat battle, being much slower and having the pump output significantly restricted in that format. (It's converted back to IRCWCC specs.) If Indefatigable is finished in time it'll replace Minotaur.
Based on his performance, fair to say he did very well. But El Supremo, meh. Kind of indecisive at points, which is interesting given how decisive he _could_ be at times. He was a relatively pragmatic man, but imperfect as we all are. If I want to immortalize someone, I want it to be someone who was decisive much of the time and who did great deeds.
Actually the only reason to pick the name Jaime is that she fought on the Republican side and was in fact one of the 'Good Guys'
