Campaign 3 Playtest

Campaign 3 Playtest
	; Photograph of a playtest of Crysis (2007) in Leipzig, Sachsen, Deutschland.
Location	Planet Baolo, Ghoveo Island Chain
Status	Ongoing
Factions
BBM_Ping; Sticky; Sirdog; SierraKomodo; Comrade	OPFOR
Strength
2 battlecruisers; 1 battleship; 1 bomber; 1 cargo tender; 2 cruisers; 3 destroyers; 1 fleet carrier; 1 interceptor; 1 multi-role fighter; 1 sea warfare helicopter; 1 stealth destroyer; 1 strategic reconnaissance aircraft; 2 strike aircraft; 2 submarines	5 hydrofoil flotillas
Casualties and losses
N/A	3 hydrofoil flotillas

The Campaign 3 Playtest (start 26 March 2025) is an informal campaign designed to determine the efficacy of a massive rewrite of the war game rules from version 3 to version 4.

Background

Map provided by command on 25 February 2025 of the Ghoveo Island Chain with markings of the deployment zone and the Tabar Straight.

The regiment, commanded by BBM_Ping, was advised that he would land to the southwest of the Ghoveo Island Chain. He was then ordered to secure the general area around the Tabar Straight for further operations in the area.

Pre-deployment planning

Map with writings by BBM_Ping of his general plan of action once deployment was underway.

The regiment was comprised of 2 battalions led by Sticky and Sirdog. After a meeting held on 3 March, it was determined that SierraKomodo and Comrade would fall underneath Sticky's command. In contrast, Sirdog was a single element by himself. The fleet makeup decided by BBM_Ping was that he would comprise the fleet carrier, Sirdog would be air operations, Sticky would be a screening fleet, Comrade would be a surface action group, and SierraKomodo would be reconnaissance.

BBM_Ping sent out a general order that the specifics of fleet composition, to be influenced by the aforementioned planning, was due on 9 March. After this was completed and approved by him, BBM_Ping confirmed to command that his regiment was ready to deploy.

Initial deployment was executed on 26 March.

Element makeup

See footnotes for more information. Footnotes in the column headers explains how to read the relevant cells. Anything bolded and underlined means the value/keyword/command has been modified from what the base unit/refit is by something.

BBM_Ping

Unit Information
Unit	Name	FS/HC	Armor	Speed	View^[1]	Weapons^[2]	Upgrades	Keywords	Commands
Unit 1	Fleet Carrier	HC 5	2	1	3/-/-	CIWS Anti-Missile Missiles	Anti-Missile Missiles Catapult Expanded Stores 2^[3]	Cargo-H 9 Deck Crew Headquarters Orbital Runway-H Catapult	C-Adv C-BrkT C-Hold C-Mnvr
Unit 2	Cargo Tender	HC 3	N/A	2	2/-/-	CIWS MR-AAM	Mid Range Anti Aircraft Missile	Cargo-H 9 Deck Crew Orbital Well Dock	C-Adv C-BrkT C-Hold C-Mnvr C-Replenishment
Unit 3	Destroyer	HC 3	1	3	5/-/2	Light Deck Gun MR-AAM Anti-Submarine Rocket	N/A	Cargo-H 2 Deck Crew Emitter Runway-HELO Orbital Sonar WPN Priority	C-Adv C-Ass C-BrkT C-Hold C-Mnvr C-Yankee Search
Unit 4	Multi-role Fighter	HC 2	1	5	-/4/-	Internal Rotary Cannon SR-AAM	N/A	Bail Out! FW-L Jump Gear-Orbital	C-Adv C-BrkT C-Hold C-Mnvr C-LandAircraft

Weapon Information
Weapon Name	Statistics^[4]	Keywords / Commands
CIWS	D4 / AP0 / RNG0 / Su/A / CST1	Auto CIWS
Anti-Missile Missiles	D4 / AP0 / RNG1 / A / CST1	Auto CIWS
MR-AAM	D4 / AP0 / RNG1-3 / A / CST1	N/A
Light Deck Gun	D6 / AP0 / RNG2 / Su/A / CST1	C-ADS
Anti-Submarine Rocket	D4 / AP0 / RNG1 / Sub / 1	IF Precise
Internal Rotary Cannon	D4 / AP0 / RNG0 / A / CST0	N/A
SR-AAM	D4 / AP0 / RNG2 / A / CST1	N/A

Sticky

Unit Information
Unit	Name	FS/HC	Armor	Speed	View^[1]	Weapons^[2]	Upgrades	Keywords	Commands
Unit 1	Battleship	HC 5	4	2	4/-/-	A-HDG Rotary Cannon	Autoloading Heavy Deck Gun Nuclear Propulsion^[5]	Cargo-L 2 Headquarters Orbital WPN Priority	C-Adv C-Ass C-BrkT C-Hold C-Mnvr
Unit 2	Cruiser	HC 4	1	2	5/8/1	CIWS LR-AAM	Close-In Weapon System	Cargo-L 1 Emitter Orbital WPN	C-Adv C-Ass C-BrkT C-Hold C-Mnvr
Unit 3	Stealth Destroyer	HC 3	-	3	5/-/2	Light Deck Gun MR-AAM VL-ASROC	Vertical Launch Anti-Submarine Rocket	Cargo-H 2 Deck Crew Emitter Runway-HELO Orbital Sonar Stealth 4 WPN Priority	C-Adv C-Ass C-BrkT C-Hold C-Mnvr C-Yankee Search
Unit 4	Sea Warfare Helicopter	HC 4	1	3	5/-/-	Light Homing Torpedo	Surface Search Radar^[6]	HELO	C-Adv C-BrkT C-Hold C-Mnvr C-LandAircraft C-DipSonar 2

Weapon Information
Weapon Name	Statistics^[4]	Keywords / Commands
A-HDG	D8 / AP2 / RNG5 / Su / CST2	C-IFB 3 C-IFS 1 IF Spread 3
VL-ASROC	D4 / AP0 / RNG3 / Sub / CST1	IF Precise
Rotary Cannon	D4 / AP0 / RNG1 / Su/A / CST0	C-ADS
CIWS	D4 / AP0 / RNG0 / Su/A / CST1	Auto CIWS
Light Deck Gun	D6 / Ap0 / RNG2 / Su/A / CST1	C-ADS
Light Homing Torpedo	D4 / Ap0 / RNG0 / Sea/Sub / CST2	Active Homing Dumb Drop
MR-AAM	D4 / AP0 / RNG1-3 / A / CST1	N/A
LR-AAM	D4 / AP0 / R1-4 / A / CST2	N/A
VL-ASROC	D4 / AP0 / RNG3 / Sub / CST1	IF Precise

Sirdog

Unit Information
Unit	Name	FS/HC	Armor	Speed	View^[1]	Weapons^[2]	Upgrades	Keywords	Commands
Unit 1	Strike Aircraft	HC 2	1	4	4/2/-	Rocket Pod AtGM	Air to Ground Missile Designator Pod^[7]	Bail Out! FW-L Jump Gear-Orbital	C-Adv C-BrkT C-Hold C-Mnvr C-LandAircraft C-CAS C-LASE
Unit 2	Strike Aircraft	HC 2	1	4	4/2/-	Rocket Pod LHT	Light Homing Torpedo	See Unit 1	C-Adv C-BrkT C-Hold C-Mnvr C-LandAircraft C-CAS
Unit 3	Interceptor	HC 3	1	6	-/5/-	MR-AAM	Reinforced Airframe^[8]	See Unit 1	C-Adv C-BrkT C-Hold C-Mnvr C-LandAircraft
Unit 4	Bomber	HC 3	N/A	4	-/3/-	Unguided Bombs Guided Bombs	Guided Bombs	FW-H Jump Gear-Orbital	C-Adv C-BrkT C-Hold C-Mnvr C-LandAircraft

Weapon Information
Weapon Name	Statistics^[4]	Keywords / Commands
Rocket Pod	D4 / AP1 / RNG1 / SU / CST1	N/A
AtGM	D4 / AP2 / RNG1 / SU / CST1	N/A
LHT	D4 / AP0 / RNG0 / Sea/Sub / CST2	Active Homing Dumb Drop
MR-AAM	D4 / AP0 / RNG1-3 / A / CST1	N/A
Unguided Bombs	D6 / AP0 / RNG0 / Su / CST1	Blast 3 Dump Drop Precise
Guided Bombs	D6 / AP0 / RNG0 / Su / CST1	Blast 3 Dumb Drop LASE Precise

Comrade

Unit Information
Unit	Name	FS/HC	Armor	Speed	View^[1]	Weapons^[2]	Upgrades	Keywords	Commands
Unit 1	Battlecruiser	HC 4	2	2	5/-/1	A-HDG CIWS	Autoloading Heavy Deck Gun Expanded Stores 2^[3]	Cargo-L Orbital WPN Priority	C-Adv C-Ass C-BrkT C-Hold C-Mnvr
Unit 2	Battlecruiser	HC 4	2	2	5/-/1	Heavy Deck Gun Reinforced Bow	Reinforced Bow Damage Control Teams 3	Cargo-L Orbital WPN Priority	C-Adv C-Ass C-BrkT C-Hold C-Mnvr
Unit 3	Cruiser	HC 4	1	2	6/8/1	Light Deck Gun LR-AAM Cruise Missile	Cruise Missile Radar Search^[9]	Cargo-L 1 Emitter Orbital WPN	C-Adv C-Ass C-BrkT C-Hold C-Mnvr
Unit 4	Destroyer	HC 3	1	3	5/-/2	Light Deck Gun MR-AAM S-ASM	Small Anti-Ship Missile	Cargo-H 2 Deck Crew Emitter Runway-HELO Orbital Sonar WPN Priority	C-Adv C-Ass C-BrkT C-Hold C-Mnvr C-Yankee Search

Weapon Information
Weapon Name	Statistics^[4]	Keywords / Commands
A-HDG	D8 / AP2 / RNG5 / Su / CST2	C-IFB 3 C-IFS 1 IF Spread 3
CIWS	D4 / AP0 / RNG0 / Su/A / CST1	Auto CIWS
Heavy Deck Gun	D6 / AP2 / RNG6 / Su / CST2	C-IFB 2 C-IFS 1 IF Spread 4
Reinforced Bow	D8 / AP2 / RNG5 / Su / CST2	C-IFB 3 C-IFS 1 IF Spread 3
Light Deck Gun	D6 / Ap0 / RNG2 / Su/A / CST1	C-ADS
LR-AAM	D4 / AP0 / R1-4 / A / CST2	N/A
MR-AAM	D4 / AP0 / RNG1-3 / A / CST1	N/A
S-ASM	D6 / AP0 / RNG6 / Sea / CST2	Active Homing IF

SierraKomodo

Unit Information
Unit	Name	FS/HC	Armor	Speed	View^[1]	Weapons^[2]	Upgrades	Keywords	Commands
Unit 1	Destroyer	HC 3	1	3	5/-/2	Light Deck Gun MR-AAM Anti-Submarine Rocket	N/A	Cargo-H 2 Deck Crew Emitter Runway-HELO Orbital Sonar WPN Priority	C-Adv C-Ass C-BrkT C-Hold C-Mnvr C-Yankee Search
Unit 2	Nuclear Attack Submarine	HC 3	1	2	-(2)/-/3	Homing Torpedo S-ASM	Radar Mast^[10]	Independent Orbital Sonar Stealth 4 Submerged WPN Priority	C-Adv C-BrkT C-Hold C-Mnvr C-UpScope C-YankeeSearch
Unit 3	Nuclear Attack Submarine	HC 3	1	2	-/-/4	Homing Torpedo S-ASM	Towed Sonar Array^[11]	Independent Orbital Sonar Stealth 4 Submerged WPN Priority	C-Adv C-BrkT C-Hold C-Mnvr C-UpScope C-YankeeSearch
Unit 4	Strategic Reconnaissance Aircraft	HC 2	1	5	5/3/-	Drop Tanks	N/A	FW-H Jump Gear-Orbital	C-Adv C-BrkT C-Hold C-Mnvr C-LandAircraft

Weapon Information
Weapon Name	Statistics^[4]	Keywords / Commands
Light Deck Gun	D6 / AP0 / RNG2 / Su/A / CST1	C-ADS
MR-AAM	D4 / AP0 / RNG1-3 / A / CST1	N/A
Anti-Submarine Rocket	D4 / AP0 / RNG1 / Sub / 1	IF Precise
S-ASM	D6 / AP0 / RNG6 / Sea / CST2	Active Homing IF
Drop Tanks	D0 / AP0 / RNG0 / - / CST1	Drop Tanks
Homing Torpedo	D4 / AP2 / RNG2 / Sea/Sub / CST1	Active Homing

Campaign chronology

Round 1

Orders opened 26 March. Orders resolved 31 March.

The battle map provided by command at the conclusion of round 1.

A combined force of air and sea — comprised of units from SierraKomodo's, Comrade's, and Sticky's forces — head towards the north east. They quickly engage three hydrofoil flotillas which are immediately destroyed on contact. Then, to the western perimeter of the island of Kula, two more hydrofoil flotillas are seen heading south towards a grid with one of SierraKomodo's nuclear attack submarines. Nothing else of note occurs this round.

BBM_Ping instructs Sirdog's air units to continue heading east towards the air field on Sopau. Sticky is instructed to ensure the patrol boats spotted off the western perimeter of Kula cannot threaten the rear of the carrier, but otherwise, Sticky's forces should maintain general direction with the fleet.

Round 2

Orders opened 31 March. Orders resolved 3 April.

The battle map provided by command at the conclusion of round 2.

The battle for the Tabar Straight begins proper. The chunk of Sticky's battalion engage multiple destroyers, a cruiser and a battle cruiser right on the straight, with both sides getting direct hits on one another. As a stroke of bad luck, one of SirreaKomodo's submarines makes direct contact with an OPFOR submarine in YR-76, resulting in it being targeted by both destroyers, taking damage. Further to the north, a battleship under Sticky's direct command engages a battle cruiser at the Iron Bottom Sound with both units hitting the other. Even further north, SierraKomodo's strategic reconnaissance aircraft spots yet another destroyer and battle cruiser at the mouth between the islands of Karu and Ghoveo.

To the west, a destroyer under SierraKomodo's command that was sent to the west of Kula at BBM_Ping's orders receives fire from the two hydrofoil flotillas spotted in the previous round, though they fail to meet their target. SierraKomodo's previously unspotted submarine in grid YL-76 engages one of the flotillas, failing to get a hit.

Sirdog's units make contact with the airfield on Sopau and, after getting the greenlight from BBM_Ping, begins bombing it, managing to do some damage. Sirdog's interceptor recieves contact from an OPFOR multi-role fighter and gets hit, with the interceptor responding and missing.

Nothing else of note occurs this round. Surprisingly, no units in the operational area were destroyed.

Round 3

Orders opened 3 April. Awaiting resolution scheduled for 6 April.

Footnotes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 In order: surface, air, sea.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 Ordered list corresponds to slot weapon takes up.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Increase Munitions by X.
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 ^4.3 ^4.4 In order: damage die / armor piercing value / range / what it can target / cost to fire.
↑ Your top speed is increased to 2. Be aware of reactor failure.
↑ Increase your surface vision range up to 5.
↑ Gain the C-LASE command. Gain surface view range of 4.
↑ Increase HC by 1.
↑ Improve your Surface view detection by 1.
↑ Increase surface vision when performing C-Up Scope by 2.
↑ Increase Sea detection by 1.

[view-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 In order: surface, air, sea.

[wep-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 Ordered list corresponds to slot weapon takes up.

[:0-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Increase Munitions by X.

[stats-4] 4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 ^4.3 ^4.4 In order: damage die / armor piercing value / range / what it can target / cost to fire.

[5] Your top speed is increased to 2. Be aware of reactor failure.

[6] Increase your surface vision range up to 5.

[7] Gain the C-LASE command. Gain surface view range of 4.

[8] Increase HC by 1.

[9] Improve your Surface view detection by 1.

[10] Increase surface vision when performing C-Up Scope by 2.

[11] Increase Sea detection by 1.

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