Sea Power: Introduction & First Mission Attempt (Strait Of Hormuz)

[@MrBroberds]

MicroProse. That's a name I haven't heard in a very long time.

[@rubiconnn]

They've come back from the dead and started publishing some absolute bangers in the last couple years. I highly recommend Highfleet if you like this kind of "sim-ish" ELINT gameplay that combines intel and strategy. Carrier Command 2 is also a blast if you have some friends who like complex games.

[@AxlePlaysGames]

@@rubiconnn CC2 Is great me and a friend beat it with just the two of us, came down to a final showdown against the AI Carrier with me firing a full 160mm mag at it XD

[@hannesorisson1200]

They also brought Silent Hunter into the modern age. Silent Death.

[@dawfydd]

A name i haven't heard since the IBM wars..

[@yournamehere9928]

@@madlarkin8 WotS isn't published by Microprose. It's published by Killerfish, whom many of the Sea Power devs used to work for.

[@stevebarnett-f5o]

It is fantastic that GR has started on this game, I have waited since Harpoon2 in early 90's for something like this.

[@hannesorisson1200]

If I could I would double 👍🏻

[@tomriley5790]

Me too.

[@oldrustygaming3931]

Prince Andrew served on my ship HMS Brazen in the late 80's he was one of our Lynx (ASW) Pilots. he was a prat then, and didn't like that he didn't have clearance for my office!

[@bzipoli]

"what was the name of the bad one?"

[@adammullarkey4996]

I think I can shed a little light on the "Information" screen for a detected hostile. The list of units is listing everything it could possibly be, based on what you know about the contact. The information you know is in green, while white tells you about that unit. For example, for the aircraft you detected at about 12:00, you haven't detected an AN/APQ-120 radar, so that appears in white, but you have an active contact from your own radar, so you know that it's an aircraft, and you know it's RCS is "semi small," but that's all you know about it. The list (including the "and 29 more) at the bottom of the window) just lists everything it could possibly be; in this case, every semi-small aircraft in the game is on that list. If you detected radar emissions from it, the window would narrow things down based on the type of radar you detected. For the ship at 16:15, once again, because you only have an active radar contact, all you know is that it's a surface ship with a medium RCS. Again, if you detected active radar emissions from it, you could narrow down the possibilities. More importantly for surface (and sub-surface) contacts, passive sonar would give you a wealth of information; what type of power it uses (steam, diesel, gas turbine, nuclear and so on), how many propellor shafts it has, how many blades each propellor has. All of this would help you narrow things down to a positive ID. Just remember, unless the list only shows one entry, you don't know what it is beyond the things highlighted in green. Incidentally, all of this is also the reason you can't view the enemy units. If you could just teleport over and see what kind of planes they were, it would defeat the whole purpose of simulating modern naval warfare. The uncertainty is part of the fun; is it an enemy fighter on an attack run, or is it a commercial airliner taking off? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran_Air_Flight_655

[@grimreapers]

Thanks!

[@Chad.Friesen]

​@@grimreapers Hey CAP, I don't think the volume for the commanders voice worked at all. I could hardly hear you guys talking over all the repetitive tacks being called out. This was so loud that I'm having vision problems, lmao 🤣 Seriously though if you do another video of this soon, if you can figure out the volume levels that would be greatly appreciated.

[@tomriley5790]

@@Chad.Friesen wasn't a problem for me.

[@eaches]

This was 100% my job back in the day. Once you can identify the emissions from a specific contact, you can ID the platform. If you've cataloged it previously, I could ID a specific plane/ship. Basically an electronic fingerprint.

[@Jeremy_M_]

I am so happy to see you playing this. I can't get enough Sea Power videos

[@sammysmirh3889]

Love the sea battles Cap. This looks like a winner. Can't wait to see what GR can do with it

[@redgriffindiver7740]

Former S-3 NFO and Carrier Tactical Action Officer (TAO). This game is right in the wheelhouse of my experience and knowledge having server from '81 - '92. I'd love to play/participate with any GR contributors that will be playing this game. I've watched a lot of the content in KZbin and I'm looking forward to bringing my thoughts and tactics to the game. Thanks for the video!

[@AlanWester]

Hail Grimreapers, love the channel. I watch every day if possible. Seawolf345 has some great videos on how to and what to do in sea power. I recommend watching some for pointers

[@ubyseljerrytang]

This is a whole new playground to play in. I’m in awe of the attention to detail and just how much you can do with the base pre-release of this. Look forward to seeing what you guys do with it!

[@danw9520]

More naval battles? I'm here for this.

[@eaches]

Yes! That's one of my ships. I was an EW on the Crommelin around that time. Love it. ECM for the vampires, Cap. Yes we had SH-60s. And yes, that's an older cruiser, pre Tyco. I am here for any assistance you may need.

[@Squirl513]

Thanks for bringing in friends to watch. I like the banter.

[@ForceCSW]

Would definitely love to see more of this game on the channel, CAP. DCS is great, but I think you've started to reach the outer limit of what it can do with naval combat.

[@Dante347]

I love how I’ve been watching all the “serious KZbinrs” and they’ve all lost ships in this mission.. Cap comes in and smashes it! Haha love it! 😂

[@MrEsphoenix]

I've been looking forward to this game since it was announced. I loved cold waters, but always wished it had more in terms of ships you could use. I especially can't wait for the Aircraft carrier gameplay. Been waiting ages for a good modern aircraft carrier sim/RTS type game and this is the closest yet.

[@idrm1988]

I will be hearing that "Designate Track 70.." voice in my head for eternity now. Very interesting game for military nerds and lots of possibilities with the scenario editor and mods

[@corvanphoenix]

So glad they gave it to you too! I've been watching heaps of YTers having a go. They're generally nice, but clearly aren't experienced wargamers, so it gets less fun watching them. I hope it runs well on your PC!

[@lohrtom]

Had problems because the Persian Gulf is shallow, warm and noisy from all of the oil rig background noise. Probably the hardest place in the world to find a submarine. Get used to all of the radio chatter. That’s how it was done in the 80s. There was a ballad group air warfare commander, and he designated the tracks and assigned ships to shoot them down via a radio. It was very commerce not to mention there were a lot of buttons to push in order to complete an engagement. Very manual. In fact on that cruiser, the fences were mounted manually before it came out of the missile house. Also, the gun systems had a separate fire control system from the missile systems. On that cruiser, the missile system was being guided by a computer with 128K of memory.

[@eaches]

Yeah, deploying the towed array in this particular situation was basically only killing the Crom's maneuverability. Too noisy.

[@phippsies001]

With the scenario creater and mods I can't wait to see with u and your guys come up with hope u keep playing this game

[@tomriley5790]

The Moskva in this game is the helicopter carrier scrapped in 1997 but a good antisubmarine ship, the soviet unions first atempt at a carrier. The Slava class cruiser Slava was renamed Moskva at that point (which was the one sunk by Ukraine).

[@Spendingryan]

Yeah, isn't there the Varyag which is another Slava class that is still operational?

[@tomriley5790]

You get to see the contacts that are positively identified. The sunken contacts are still there both so you know where they were but also because sunken ships continue to make sonar noise as things fill with water etc. over time.

[@Davros-vi4qg]

This looks a feels like Harpoon 3, that some of us have been waiting a long time for 😳 Impressive first play through. November 12th u say, will be buying. Microprose have been quietly churning out ‘mil sim’ style war games for ever 😁

[@corvanphoenix]

Cap - you accidentally kicked ass!! Great work mate!

[@tkopp10976]

Awesome, wasn't sure if you guys would be interested in this since it's not VR / fly yourself kind of simulation. Looking forward to great videos. Hopefully this will be mod friendly so CH can work his magic.

[@starravenger1686]

Great video cap. You should do some historically accurate Falkland war battles, when the units are available.

[@Spendingryan]

Falklands might have went differently if we bought Phalanx CIWS from America, they were pretty much defenceless, not to mention two unarmed civilian ferries were used in a war zone which was obviously not a bright idea.

[@starravenger1686]

@@Spendingryanyes the British response was very odd compared to their previous responses to similar Argentinian aggression, ciws most definitely would have helped. The civilian ferry’s were a very interesting choice although they didn’t have many options

[@Spendingryan]

@@starravenger1686 yeah, must not have had the "Landing Platform Dock" type ships available i guess

[@AxlePlaysGames]

Been watching Stealth17 play it and I can't wait to see Cap have fun making some missions

[@georgewojcik2546]

Wolfpack345 made some good ones too

[@mortoopz]

In this episode Cap sparks the cold war hot by opening fire on everything he sees.

[@StupidStuff135]

LETS GOOOOOO Super excited for this game to release, stoked to see it in the channel! Love you Cap

[@wastelander89]

Yes finally you guys are playing my new favorite game to watch. Sea power. I'm so happy yput playing this. I've been hoping you would

[@exidy-yt]

With the amount of naval stuff you do Cap, this game looks to be absoluely perfect! You can re-do all the WW2 naval Pacific War stuff SO MUCH BETTER, with subs, etc. Not to mention the more modern stuff. Lookin forward to it!

[@ilejovcevski79]

This is probably my most anticipated game that's about to come out in foreseeable future, an absolute gem!

[@patricklopez1799]

It's Larry Bond's "Harpoon" with pretty graphics! AT LAST!

[@zenfinity3388]

Exactly what I was thinking...

[@kirlu50]

My thoughts exactly. I wondered if I was the only one here old enough to remember ‐ apparently not,,

[@Unknown-r2p2o]

I don’t know about that game but sea power looks cool. Might get this one is it less expensive than dcs? I know dcs cost lot but still has good graphics. This game looks good as well nearly or just as good .

[@kirlu50]

@@Unknown-r2p2o I played Harpoon, and Harpoon 2, back in the nineties. Excellent games. And I am sure this is, well, bigger. But all the graphics must be an annoyance. In the operations room, there are no unnecessary graphics. It is pretty, though.

[@hannesorisson1200]

Loved H1 H2 and the H2 commander. Played them too death.

[@adamtruong1759]

Well, you're definitely going to be an interesting creator watch play this game. Excited for the chaos I anticipate, along with the "war games" and scenarios you could make.

[@dan.vitale]

You had me at Microprose.....

[@LEH-fl8ws]

Let's go, I remember requesting this, this is awesome!

[@fastforward3695]

Good to see you playing this Cap. I think it's right up your alley.

[@BoraHorzaGobuchul]

I demand a video of Microprose Dogfight! Big shoutout for Microprose for staying alive and sticking to its mission. I still play their Dogfight and F-117 sims from time to time... Sweet childhood memories

[@Zet0rius]

Looks awesome and a lot of fun! It's fantastic that some of the good old video game companies made it to this century, looking forward to see more of this, thanks guys! 🤟

[@tomasjasiunas1911]

You did really well, I've seen a lot of people play this as their first mission and pretty much everyone lost.

[@erikerice9068]

I didn't realize they were still in business, wow😮

[@tbe0116]

NEW RADAR CONTACT!! I AM SHOUTING!

[@paulkirchner6901]

I have been waiting and anticipating you playing this game

[@Orieni]

Thanks for showing this. I won’t act immediately, but if a modding community springs up I will probably pick this up. Until then I will watch with interest.

[@howardstotler616]

The Mod 7 Mk 10 surface to air guided missile launching system as on your cruiser can carry up to 54 misdles and Asroc birds. The mod 0 launcher (as in the Farragut class) has only 2 ready service rings and would carry up to 36 Standard missiles, no asroc birds. That's why that class has its own dedicated asroc launcher.

[@joshuafelder2701]

CH can take the time he needs, I'll be looking forwards to all the cool Cold War scenarios you can run in the meantime!

[@cameronjack1095]

This game looks sick. Love the damage models too. I'm super excited to see more of this. :D

[@eaches]

Yo, Cap. I know it was completely random as to the choice of ships, but this inspired me to seek out my former Crommelin shipmates. I found some are no longer with us, but also managed to reconnect with a few of those who are. I know it's probably not great trying to make a living from doing what you do, but I wanted to send my appreciation. Thank you, Sir.

[@Gribardson]

Reminds me of EA's Strike Fleet from back in the day. Love it!

[@vonsmutt4254]

Wow the graphics look amazing😊

[@TheCaptainbeefylog]

You can adjust the operational altitude of your aircraft. The SH-2 can go from 50 feet up to 10,000 feet.

[@xenoaltrax485]

I'm hoping when the game comes out they'll allow selection of the various historically accurate loadouts for the ships as based on upgrades done to them during their lifetime. For example, the scenario shown is set in 1987 but the Fox (Belknap class) already has SM-2ER which only came in her NTU upgrade in 1990, which was her final fitout before her decommissioning. I want to be able to make scenarios which are historically accurate, as well as fictional scenarios with the "latest and greatest" loadout no matter the time period.

[@BoraHorzaGobuchul]

Yeah re the anachronistic scenarios, one could basically reenact the whole of the "battleship Kirov" alt history sci-fi series...

[@antarashnia84]

I really like the graphics of the explosions and sinking of the ships.

[@Spearhead45]

I've been patiently waiting for this game Super excited to play it, I turn on my computer click on youtube and cap uloads a new video playing it. Super stoked I fired up steam so fast to see if it was on lol

[@ohiobrian8993]

Your frigate should be leading, using its helicopter to search for subs, the cruiser should be in the center, using radar looking for air and surface threats, and destroyer aft of the 2 ships your escorting, or on the side you expect the trouble to come from looking for surface or sub threats.

[@tomriley5790]

Cap given a mission to get tankers through the straights of Hormuz ignores the tankers and tries to destroy everything.

[@Dorimeme187]

Welcome back, Fleet Command.

[@eaches]

Need more of this so the wife can again question why I'm yelling "Noooo! What the hell are you doing, Cap?!" at the TV. .....Alcohol may be involved.

[@bkraus4829]

You sir crack me up! Thank you for the details of your fitness class.

[@MarkoDash]

I've been living vicariously through everyone on YT who got early access, it's going to be a long 3 weeks.

[@Echowhiskeyone]

'Red Storm Rising' missions must be recreated.

[@BoraHorzaGobuchul]

And the battleship Kirov series Though they get very anachronistic and I'm not sure if this game has the more modern stuff like fat amy

[@ripplesnake]

I hope you're feeling better Capt.

[@bwheatley1]

Cap so happy to see you playing seapower

[@grimreapers]

Thanks!

[@mattybob12310]

This feels like what Cold Waters could have been, this is going to scratch my Naval itch very well!

[@HamburgerAmy]

microprose? i instinctively pulled 50 bucks out of my purse and threw it at my monitor when i heard that word

[@M101K3]

Good to see Cap joining the hype convoy.

[@bacco0447]

Ohh i've been waiting for this

[@hugeinjapan4635]

I'm an old cold war sailor (AEGIS SONAR UBFCS) so this pleases me. You need a Tico in the mix, Cap.

[@VonMed]

Now you can use this for "what if" scenarios!

[@captaindaedalus1]

It's pretty wild that this is your first mission of Sea Power, because I was involved in this in the real world.

[@Sol_Black]

The Grim Reapers and Sea Power! Why didn't i see that coming?

[@theadvocatesails]

Great to see you guys trying Sea Power, I wonder if there will be a multiplayer option!

[@jcremeringful]

Look forward to a whole new crop of shenanigans!

[@lohrtom]

Having escorted tags through the streets over moves in Persian Gulf in the 80s I can clear a couple things up for you. As far as emissions control you are correct out in the middle of the Pacific. It’s good to have the sensors off and keep the in guessing where you are. Because the reaction times are so short in the straight of Hormuz they were always on. Not to mention someone on the beach, could stand on the hood of their car see you visually. You weren’t hiding from anyone. The bow mounted sonar’s in the 80s were horrible. And in the Persian Gulf, even the towed array

[@99IronDuke]

This is a excellent game.

[@DarkAgeTM]

Looks like up scaled Cold Waters. Which is not a bad thing. Looking forward for the release. And more Sea Power videsos from GR!

[@TheRealSteve42]

CAP if you set your units to “weapons tight” they won’t fire at aircraft like that unless you tell them too, but they will fire at will at anything that is identified as hostile and is aggressing and/or attacking you. The helicopters are great for spotting enemy targets and IDing them without giving away the location of your fleet.

[@grimreapers]

thx

[@pgm316]

Good video listening to you both, not the AI guy, imagine having a beer with him to realise he sounds the same 😅

[@RogueKnight423]

Wow can't wait for this to come out

[@dhwave1]

I like the little detail that shows the actual vessel name on the merchant ships. A little more than just a generic skin.

[@anotherone3340]

Awesome game. Reminds me of old Global Conflict Blue but with modern graphics, it's good to see this being revived

[@Chaos8282]

Oh great now GR has got a copy of a game I can't play and posts hour long videos of it I have to watch.

[@vale.44peru]

a surprise to be sure... But a welcome one!

[@mdr270_3]

I’m so excited for this game!

[@MunjoMunjo-qi2tx]

So, it seems you guys just opened a big,bad Pandora's box. Can't wait for all the shenanigans and a lot of boom boom.

[@ivorharden]

Finally caps playing it. It's released on 12th November.

[@weibrot8324]

Getting your brain screamed out was never as fun as in this video👍

[@smooth5567]

Can’t wait for more vids 👍

[@nagynorbert1998]

hell yeah Grim Seapers

[@JasonGlasgow-vz6rl]

I like checking out your air combat videos, but this one surprised me. The Fox was my first ship, and we went through the strait back in 1991. A lot of good and not-so-good memories. I am a bit disappointed because I was a Gunners Mate and you didn't use the 5 inch gun on the small boats! Cheers!

[@BobAxiom]

Love the Belknaps! I have a plank from DLG30 Horne right next to me (commissioned 1967)! 😊

[@muskyelondragon]

I'm excited for this!

[@FleetDefenderRA5]

Excellent. This is sort of like Harpoon 1 mixed in with LA Strike Fleet. This will help me to decide whether to buy the game or not. Thank you. Perhaps like Harpoon 1 you could do a submarine surge through the GUIK gap!

[@hannesorisson1200]

Is it weird that 20 years after playing Harpoon Ii 97 I still recognize the ship’s silhouette? After Sea Power the spiritual successor of Harpoon I hope we get a Red Storm Rising spiritual successor.

[@TurboSound1983]

OMG The Hunt for Red Oktober Incoming. Nice Video.

[@smacman68]

I got into war sims with Harpoon and Harpoon II. I was very disappointed when they cancelled the franchise. This looks like Harpoon 4 if it had continued. I tried using DCS to fill that void somewhat but DCS is not about that. This looks badass!

[@susanmontgomery7121]

A British tar is a soaring soul, As free as a mountain bird, His energetic fist should be ready to resist A dictatorial word.

[@whysosyria1]

"Can I shoot the life rafts?" Well it is war crime Wednesday

[@ludacoochi]

This is great, I'd like to see a surface combatant engagement from the 2000s, no aircraft ship v ship

[@MeatVision]

This is very cool

[@carroll-w7wxv]

This looks very interesting! Shall we do another US vs China vs Russia vs UK series??