Supermarine Walrus *Done*

I'm agree with making it a fighter type as it would prevent escort from being used to protect it. I just threw it out there as a PB since that was technically what the unit was.

According to my book on Flying Boats by William Green, the Walrus was sent on bombing missions a time or two. The most well known being launched from HMS Dorsetshire on Italian Somaliland. But I think it was a rarity overall. They were doomed if there was any air opposition. Unlike the Ar 196 and Pete that were used offensively quite a bit.

Spotter, not Pinpointer. Please!

I agree. These little guys need Spotter. I tried making a few myself without it, and even though they where Patrol Bombers (which means they could be escorted), flew every turn, and didn't impact the land airbase....no body uses them!

There are two now three Sea Basing units in the Game;;   Rufe; Late 298; Ar 196; 2 Fighters 1 Torpedo Bomber

  There are two Fighters in the game without an AA value Myrt and Zero Kamikaze;;

This plane was launched by ships recovered by ships and did land on Carriers if need be;

  Maybe i don't see it but Please tell me where does Patrol Bomber come from.

I hopes its not just because it can be protected by cheap Fighters;

  I would think Low Cost; Spotting; Sea Basing [doesn't hurt the Airfield cap and the added turn placement] along with maybe an Alt Payload

would be enough.

I did find some still images of Walrus' on aircraft carriers. So I guess it is true. Sadly, no video that I could find.

So I guess if we make it a fighter with Sea Basing it can technically land on a carrier as long as we don't give it "Land Fighter?" I would be okay with that. I am not sure what use it would be since Sea Basing pretty much allows unlimited use, but you never know. It might find a use in a specific set of scenario rules.

While I like the idea of Sea Basing or Carrier basing, there are couple of weird rules interactions to consider.

From the WOTC Clarrifications: www.jgray-sfb.com/WarAtSea/War_at_Sea_Clarifications.pdf (This is specifically about the Rufe, but at the time, I think it was the only Sea Based unit. It adds some specifics about how Sea Basing works)...

"A6M2-N "Rufe": These units must observe stacking limits when returning to base (four aircraft squadrons per sector). If there are no coast or island sectors on your side of the map, then this
unit uses any sector in your Ship Deployment Area as its base. Rufes must be placed during the Air Mission Phase; they cannot be sent to the land airbase or remain at their base (but can be
placed "in the air" above an island base)".

Additionally, page 18 of the Rulebook ( www.jgray-sfb.com/WarAtSea/WAS%202010%20Rulebook.pdf ) says Aircraft can't remain on the carrier at the end of the Air Mission Phase (they must be in the air in a sector or on the Land Airbase. Obviously, SAs like Poor Facilities and special rules like the Long Distance rules create exceptions to that. I honestly had forgotten about this rule until recently, but as near as I can tell, its still in effect, even though there are a bunch of exceptions to it now.

*I think* all of this creates a funky interaction where if the Walrus with Sea Basing is on a carrier, it must fly, and can't be sent to the Land Airbase (which is the same restriction it would face if it was just Sea Based). I'm sure SAs could be written to iron that out somehow, but as it stands, some of the rules interactions here could get a bit confusing.

As an aside, this is actually one ofv the biggest challenges I've found with relatively lightweight Sea Based planes - they are essentially "forced" to fly every turn, and if they don't have good stats and/or can be escorted, they die in droves if you don't have air superiority. I've made a few as custom cards with Sea Basing, and left them as bombers so they can be escorted (with a higher cost to go along with it), but even that hasn't really been enough to help their survivability in most cases.