Re: [eia] Russian III fleet interception attempt

[Michael Gorman <mpgorman@xxxxxxxx>]

At 09:02 AM 5/1/2006, you wrote:
>Thus spake jjy@xxxxxxxxxxx:
> > The interception succeeds.  If I understand correctly, all of the combined
> > fleets in the area take part in the battle ?  The Russian III fleet 
> consists
> > of 27 ships, the Russian I and II fleets are 1 ship each.  If I'm right 
> that
> > the British IV is involved as well, then Jim should report its strength 
> and
> > Britain also gains a political point.
>
>If fleets other than the interceptor and the intercepted can participate,
>then that grates against my sense of what's being modeled. Sea areas are
>big, and I'm not sure how the other fleets would find the Swedes. I don't
>see anything in the rules which prevents it; in fact, I think that it
>has to be this way because all of the Russian and British fleets become
>one stack as soon as the interceptors enter the area. That's really, really
>odd.
>

You could see it this way.  The fleets in the same sea space have a much 
easier interception check normally.  They gave up the easier check in order 
to meet with the fleet from the neighboring space and then pursue the 
Swedish fleet at the reduced probability held by the neighboring space 
fleet.  So the harder roll that was required successfully reflects the more 
complicated naval maneuvering they had to achieve.

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