Let's forget who the squad involved was for a second. Put away all past history and look at this one specific event within the confines of this frame.
First of all, from here:
http://www.squadselectseries.com/events/TS/TSgrules.htmWe see this:
Quote:
5. Coastwatchers - a new field type, the coastwatcher makes its debut in the Solomons Terrain. These cannot be attacked or destroyed during the series and represent the various small detachments each side had on the islands to report enemy air and sea movements. The purple login home field F48 also cannot be destroyed.
OK, so a new field type. What did that mean historically and how should we view them within an S3?
Here is a great overview of coastwatchers:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CoastwatchersSo it looks like Coastwatchers were an Aussie or New Zealander or two hiding in the bushes with binoculars and a radio watching IJ movements with the assistance of natives:
and
I mean
So the likelihood that any WWII squadron commander would have ordered this:
To land here (uninhabited):
Which is an as-mentioned uninhabited island save a couple Coastwatchers that is surrounded by other islands full of these guys:
To avoid this:
When there were dozens of these in the area:
When the alternative was capture by those guys above with the pilots knowing what the Japanese were doing to captured prisoners...
Is basically zero.
So as a group we (or more likely Jabo) need to decide what happens when planes ditch at one of these Coastwatcher fields. Especially one that is behind enemy lines as shown on the Frame 2 map:
IMO the planes should all (10) be ruled lost and count against our score per:
http://www.squadselectseries.com/events/prules.htmQuote:
Player Scoring - Points are awarded based upon the targets each player is credited with destroying during a frame. All minus points are compared with plus points to arrive at a final point total for each pilot. Survival modifiers are cumulative so that if a pilot bales and is captured he/she loses 1.50 pts (1.00 + 0.50). This is in the process of being updated and changed as the parser is improved and WB3 develops.
•Kill of other class a/c(includes AI bombers) - 1.0 pt
•Kill of bomber class a/c - 2.0 pt
As even though that was technically "our base", there was nothing resembling an airfield and all aircraft - and likely pilots - would have been lost in the real deal.
At the very least this should be the rule (lost aircraft) for all Coastwatcher fields - especially for those behind enemy lines - for both sides regardless of who does it, going forward.
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