Or alternatively Tarawa is at Omega - but doesnt show up until after the orders are issued for the evacuation - perhaps she is out of communication or has her long range radios knocked out - so she is assumed sunk
and then she steams into Bremerhaven with part of the 8th ID and the Marines on board or maybe just empty and unable to rescue them at all
We dont have any details on what exact ships were there by Nov 14 - so if she shows up between the orders issued and that date she is part of Omega and the module wouldnt mention it in any of the information the players had
Oh and it could then explain who takes the 6000 men to the RDF - its Tarawa and a few other ships
and the RDF module never mentioned what ships brought the reinforcements - just that they showed up
and Kings Ransom didnt have any naval elements in it - so Tarawa showing up wouldnt have been part of the module
so does Tarawa being there change canon - no not at all since no ships besides John Hancock were canon mentioned
I remember Leg arguing that only 9 ships existed in the USN because thats all that were mentioned at the time - then Challenger 42 comes out and now there are three DD's specifically mentioned as being in service and part of the Omega Task Force
so did canon suddenly explode and fly off into improbability - no it just expanded to add three DD's
same with Tarawa - adding her to the USN active list in now way suddenly makes the US rule the seas - she is just one more ship that is low on fuel if she is in the states or who arrives with the reinforcements at the RDF and who, like the French ships who were part of the FAR, not mentioned in the sourcebook
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