Vampire in the Storm - An Indonesian Confrontation Scenario

The date is November 1964. 

The Daring class destroyer, HMAS Vampire, is on patrol in the Timor Sea. A tropical storm, Typhoon Louise Marge, is sweeping through the region causing widespread destruction and high seas, with storm conditions and torrential rain. Despite the terrible weather, HMAS Vampire has been ordered to patrol the area south of Sawu Island, with orders to engage any hostile forces that she encounters. 

Three Riga class frigates of the Indonesian Navy based in Kupang, KRI Ngurah Rai, KRI Jos Sudarso and KRI Kaliali have been ordered to intercept an unidentified radar contact detected by long range Soviet supplied radar on West Timor. It is suspected that enemy warships will use the cover of the weather to land special forces units on some of the many remote islands in the area, to observe naval operations and to reconnoitre then sabotage vital military installations. 

In this scenario, HMAS Vampire is deployed as a contact marker, operating with passive radar, at the Western end of the table heading East. The three Riga class frigates deploy at the centre point of the Northern long edge of the table as contact markers, with active radar switched on, heading South. The sea state is Storm and Visibility is reduced due to heavy rain (refer to p34 in the 4th edition or p17 in the 2021 edition of the rules). 

The Riga class frigates are poorly maintained and may break down due to the sea state and weather conditions, Roll a D10 for each ship in the Damage Phase; on a roll of 10 it will get Engine / Propulsion damage and Flood. This is in addition to any battle damage in the turn. No torpedoes may be used due to the seas state but gunnery is unaffected.

The objective for the RAN player is to sink or heavily damage at least two of the Indonesian frigates, which will cause the third frigate to withdraw, while the KRI player must sink or heavily damage HMAS Vampire. Any other result will be a draw. I am planning to play this scenario twice, once with the 4th Edition of the rules and then re-run it with the new, 2021 edition of the rules to see how they work.