Torpedo boats T-68, T-21, A-5, A-20 and A-40 Karlsruhe (1934–1935) Chief of the Personnel Office (1936−1937) Commander, Torpedo Boats (1937−1939) Commander, Scouting Forces (1939−1940) Fleet Commander (1940−1941)
Wartime specifics Commander of North Sea destroyer forces sept-39 > april40 Commander of surface forces - Denmark/Norway invasions Operation Berlin, successful long raiding mission with S&G 18000m sailed, 100000+ tons sunk Operation Rhienbung, battle of denmark straight and loss of hood, last battle of the bismark.
Experienced officer. Continuous service since ww1 Operated torpedo boats/destroyers in his junior career Was considered an excellent staff officer, planned commanded the major naval operations of 1939-40
Notes: The Secret Breakout ability is reason to consider options other than deployment/movement.
Worth consideration of abilities that are also applicable to destroyers for his north sea command for flexibility.
Gunther Lutjens - Commander - 1939 (REQUIRED)Commander: This ship in the deployment phase. If that submarine is destroyed or removed from the map, this unit is removed from play.
Flagship Bonus: If this unit is attached to a classification with the attribute*. You gain the Bonus to that ship.
Fleet Bonus: If you control Number of classification with the attribute*. You gain Bonus (for your fleet)
The Flagship bonus could be: 1) when attached to a battleship, that battleship rolls an extra die when making main gunnery attacks against or BBs or 2) an Ace ability (OPG reroll an main gunnery attack against another battleship)
University Student— Lover of Plato, Aristotle, War At Sea, Palestrina, and Mozart
Could lutjens be the first counter initatibe commander? Consider, a negative on initative, and group bonus that marks a enemy ship and removes it immediately if vitalled, so if you go first, you can knock a ship off before it can fire back in extreme circumstances
I like the sound of that. The counter initiative would also work well with a smoke DD fleet, and complement Lütjens' earlier service as a flotilla commander.
University Student— Lover of Plato, Aristotle, War At Sea, Palestrina, and Mozart
I like the sound of that. The counter initiative would also work well with a smoke DD fleet, and complement Lütjens' earlier service as a flotilla commander.
Flagship bonus of -1 and negation of ships flag rating
Gunther Lutjens - Commander - 1939 (REQUIRED)Commander: This ship in the deployment phase. If that ship is destroyed or removed from the map, this unit is removed from play.
Aggressive: All flagship values on friendly ships are negated and you get -1 initative.
Breakout: Local friendly ships have +1 when making a concealment roll