DARKSTAR CAMPAIGN UPDATE: DUCHESS ANNABEL’S WAR IS OVER

Entry – 21:10 GMT

The battle heats up!  As the heavily damaged Prussian electronic warfare escort frigate KMS Nordwind flees … the way is open for Russian, Chinese, and British torpedoes!  The two Prussian light cruisers move in, hoping to cut broadsides across the stern of the Russian Narva that lost initiative.  But now the Petrograd cuts across the stern POINT BLANK of the two German cruisers, and the battleship Von der Tann cuts across her stern!  Chinese cruisers and destroyers cut across the battleship’s stern!  Dozens of torpedoes sail in!

Message from the Petrograd …

WITNESS ME !!!!

AUGHHH! 21:25 GMT … first torpedoes are impacting! We’ve shot down all Prussian torpedoes coming at us! It’s been a holocaust of Prussian scouts!

WHAT A DAY!
WHAT A LOVELY DAY!

Update: 23:03 GMT –
Long fire phase plus a slight break for dinner –

The fire phase from hell is over!

First, the Petrograd manaced to cripple both the Gustow and the Rossbach, but was of course blown inside out by the huge guns of the Von der Tann (primary guns only).  Secondary guns crippled the Chinese destroyer Hohhot.  The Hohhot and the Xu Shan crossed the Von der Tann’s sterns for point-blank broadsides that did an incredible amount of damage against the pocket battleship’s stern and DAMNED NEAR took her out …  but she’s still clinging to life at the moment.

This thing could still go either way!  I’m pretty sure that Prussian pocket battleship is going down this next turn, but she’s taking out multiple ships per turn, and big ships too … Most of the allied hopes are now in the HMS Kraken … as the Russian CPK Narva is badly damaged in the stern and has lost her aft shielding as well.

Update:  23:10 GMT –

Torpedoes coming in for the round of combat.  My poor Russian heavy cruiser rolled very badly on her point-defense roll here, and is rolling on a penalty because of sensor damage sustained last turned.  I only shot down one of these torpedoes, and the other three pretty much automatically hit because this cruiser also lost her aft shielding (last broadside volley from the Prussian cruisers Gustow and Rossbach).  These detonated in the engines, and have probably knocked out this Russian heavy cruiser as well.

Update:  23:15

Torpedo and missile spreads from Chinese, Russian, and British cruisers that has probably crippled the Von der Tann finally.