Ships in Ports

[Ironchancellor]

Hello maybe for game reasons you cant do this. But reading the manual it says you cant attack naval ships while in a friendly port. Unless im wrong - if i remember rightly - i thought the Japanese navy was able to surprise and attack the Russian fleet at Port Arthur while it was in port. So how can you do this sort of thing then in this game? Any ideas!

[PhilThib]

Well, in fact the February 1904 Japanese surprise attack took place against the Russian ships moored 'outside' the main Port Arthur harbor, so we can consider that if the ships had been inside the inner harbor, they would have been protected...

We could not make complex handling for a slight exception, so we decided to dis-allow harbor attacks.

BTW, the 1904 attack in the scenario is there, but dealt with as a scripted event (which is feasible in a scenario with pre-set and known OOB, but not in a GC)

[Ironchancellor]

Hello thanks for your reply. Its been awhile since ive read the conflict in detail, so im glad youre on the ball with your historical background for these games. So keep up the good work and appreciate your attention to my thread thanks.