Battle of the Channel 1918 | Special FC multiplayer event!

[No.10_Ace_Ivo]

Attention to all pilots!

In February, the No.10/J18 joint squadron will celebrate its third year of existence. To celebrate this we would like to invite you all to join a very special event created by us, namely “The Battle of the Channel 1918”.  This will be a truly unique and special event that requires a massive amount of strategy and tactical gameplay. 

 

The missions will take place on the following dates
- Saturday February 17th 19:00 GMT: Test run for the mission and training (not the actual event)

- Saturday February 24th 19:00 GMT: Event 1st mission, during daytime

- Saturday March 2nd 19:00 GMT: Event 2nd mission, during night

 

The missions will last 3 hours and start at 19:00 GMT (usual No.10/J18 squad flight time). To access the server, a password will be required, you will find it on the No.10/J18 Discord server where you’ll also be able to sign-up for the event and join the voice chat for briefing and for comms during the mission. Contrary to some other events, you can join the mission at any time and not just at the start, however, since this mission requires a lot of strategy and tactical gameplay, it is encouraged for a maximum of fun to fly together with comrades, and to be on time for your side’s briefing. We hope that this event will bring some fun to the community and provide a unique experience.

Let's continue to show the sim world how great WW1 flying is ! 

 

Entente pilots:

Gentlemen, There the Huns go again ! We are currently inflicting some casualties to their daylight bombers who kill so many innocent civilians. But be aware that some signs show that they might switch to night attacks in the near future, prepare for possible night patrols ! We expect you to give your best ; the English public is infuriated to see the war brought on our own soil ! Our beloved King George the Vth even changed the royal family name from Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to Windsor due to the name of the evil planes doing us such harm ! Additionally to the defence of the homeland we will be tasked with finding and destroying a fleet of German submarines who have been spotted in the channel. Another evil weapon of the Huns, the submarine weapon completely took our naval forces by surprise by refusing the usual surface cannonade we became so good at. Such disgusting behaviour has to be punished, destroy all the subs you encounter ! For King and Country !

 

Central pilots:

Meine Herren, Let’s give it to the Tommies, they are resilient ! After repelling our Zeppelin attacks, we did the world’s first extended strategical bombing over English soil and certainly influenced the tactics of the world to come (currently, the Entente still believes strategical bombing is nonsense and bombers should support the front lines only...) We even made the British call back several squadrons from the front to England to defend their homeland, but now they are beginning to give our bombers some trouble. This is why the Oberste Heeresleitung has decided to switch to night attacks, which is why you all trained extensively for night operations the past weeks. The next flight will be the last taking part during daylight, from the following on you will take off at dawn and most of the flight will be during night time. Prepare your gear, Piloten, it is time we make the British pay for their naval blockade who makes our people starve to death ! Für Kaiser und Vaterland

 

General Info

 

Note that participants must sign-up in the No.10/J18 Discord to join the event, you will get access to a channel where you will receive the password for each week and private team channels, if you have any question, feel free to ask. 

Below is also a very important document that will give you all the info you need to know about the event and the mission, certainly a must read!

- No.10/J18 Discord: https://discord.gg/YgJbmP6fcX

- Event Info Documentation: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1IuudRrmDNjf68q1jvjU9ojWC3AF3ZBtxt5hH1e-QlDk/edit?usp=sharing 

- Trailer Video Made by MartinKvR:

 

 

[JG1_Vonrd]

Interesting...

I will try to make it if schedule allows.

[No.10_Ace_Ivo]

Great to hear you are interested, if you want to participate you have to sign-up in our Discord.

 

Hope to see you there! 

[JGr2/J5_Hotlead]

This looks really cool! I'll be out of town on the 24th, but I'll try to make the rest.

[JG1_Greif]

Though late, I joined the gang as well

[ACG_Bussard]

We're glad that you're taking part too. Thanks. 

[JG1_Vonrd]

Great official mission today! It was, for sure, a close fought battle!

[=IRFC=Gascan]

It was one helluva mission, for sure! If you missed it, you really missed out. Next week is the night mission.

[=IRFC=Gascan]

In case you haven't seen it, here are some videos of the first Gotha raid during the practice/testing mission, where the escorts were out of position.

 

 

Here's the second Gotha raid from the practice/test mission, but the defenders were spread out and shot up badly by the gunners.

 

 

And here's the most recent big Gotha raid from the Daylight mission this weekend. Some good attacks from fighters above, but they had some heavy loses and damage. The real heroes were the Bristols whose turret gunners shot up from below. What you don't see here is the massive furball where 4-5 Camels got into it with the escorts and cleared the way.

 

Night mission coming up this weekend! I've done a coop gotha raid over England at night before, and it was a blast, really atmospheric. I would recommend it!

Edited February 26, 2024 by =IRFC=Gascan
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