Shipside Assistance

[Chosun]

Playing as Portugal, I had a full stack navy of the coast of Rome. Then a storm came and kicked the crap out of my fleet. (about 30% losses) So I was kind pissed. I was cycling through my cities and Lisbon said that it had units that were retrainable. So I was curious as what needed retraining in Lisbon, maybe there was another storm there as well. My storm battered fleet showed up as ready to get retrained and refitted although they were physically still off the coast of Rome. I was like, cool! and started putting ships in the retraining que. Sure enough, the next turn, the ships in the que were all fixed ready to go. I doubt all the ships originated from Lisbon but at least some of them were. Kinda like roadside assistance from Geico or something. This only happened once so far and I wasn't actively looking for it so I am not sure if anything caused it or not.

[Flavius Gonzo]

Whoah! I've never seen that before. Maybe only after a storm. What buildings did Lisbon have?

[Snoil The Mighty]

Now that's an interesting oddity, haven't seen that before. AAA for ships anyone?

[Carl]

AAA for ships anyone?

I don't think they had Flak Cannon back then

[Nellup]

Chosun,

I've seen that before but it was when I cheated (move_character) to move my fleet. The fleet was in Cyprus' port and I cheated to move it near Constantinople, but the ships still showed as being in the port.
If you didn't cheat to move the fleet then I have no idea!

Nellup

[dopp]

I don't think they had Flak Cannon back then

No no, he's referring to something else I think:

AAA = Anti-Aircraft Artillery: Guns designed for high-angle fire to shoot down enemy aircraft.

AAA = American Automobile Association: The guys who come and fix up/tow away your car when you break down in the middle of nowhere.

[Carl]

I knew what he meant Dopp, I was having a wind up to see if anyone wuld bite, and being a touch sarcastic at the same time.

[dopp]

And I was the unlucky loser... Must remember to read more carefully in future. And concentrate on one thread at a time.

[Carl]

yep.

Not your fualt, you should see some of the things I post at 2 in the morning.

[Chosun]

Chosun,

I've seen that before but it was when I cheated (move_character) to move my fleet. The fleet was in Cyprus' port and I cheated to move it near Constantinople, but the ships still showed as being in the port.
If you didn't cheat to move the fleet then I have no idea!

Nellup

Wow, I never tried that cheat with ships before. Now I know how. Just a strange instance probably.

[baron_Leo]

I think it is not bad he explained the second meaning of AAA, 'cause I had no idea what it could be (I was really thinking about flaks:-))

[Carl]

Good Point actually, you'd probably only have heard of the AAA if you live in Britan I think.

[Snoil The Mighty]

I work night's here at good 'ol AAA in fact, though I'm not sure they are happy I spend downtime on the boards....



...but in case they are gonna have to live with it!