CVG 1 and 8 Composition - OpOmega

[kalos72]

The oil found for OpOmega isnt German...its the German merchant marine that secures the deal for leaving the US heavy equipment.

Now with possibly 2 carrier groups in the area, I cannot see the US being ok with leaving them, thats just silly. Especially since at least one is nuclear...

Hell Russia had a destroyer off the coast of Mexico working in 1999...

But again, I am not trying to rehash this point as I know it's one of those highly contested details.

The fanzine details help alot, thank you!

[Legbreaker]

Originally Posted by kalos72

The oil found for OpOmega isnt German...

The tanker was found off Borkum Island, which is part of Germany. A look at territorial waters shows it is very likely the ship was in at least the German Exclusive Economic Zone, if not the Contiguous or even Territorial zone - the latter being most likely since the Island is specially mentioned as the nearby landmark.

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Now if we really want to dig into salvage law and if the ship was found in international waters (unlikely), we'll see that the cargo is actually still the property of the owners of the ship, even if the ship itself becomes the property of the salvagers. Given the US only sources a small percentage of their oil from the North sea, both compared to total US imports and total European (specifically North Sea) production, it seems extremely unlikely a US company owns it.

So, in summary, it's not US oil and Germany has a VERY good claim on it.

[kalos72]

Your reading into it...

Accordingly, SACEUR, the Supreme Allied Command, Europe (or what’s left of it) has decided to evacuate all USAEUR (US Army, Europe) forces from the continent and return them to America. The German government (what’s left of it) has agreed to cooperate and to allow the American forces to make use of the remains of the German merchant marine. The fleet consists of a hodge-podge collection of container ships, general cargo ships and tankers (converted to passenger service by rough wooden constructions in their holds), excursion ships, and smaller vessels (river boats and channel ferries) felt to be large enough to be able to survive the crossing.

An oil tanker, found drifting at sea off Borkum Island in the North Sea, is being tapped to provide the fuel for the crossing (crude oil can be burned in diesel engines, but it doesn‘t do them much good). There is no refinery in northern Germany operating yet, and it will be too long before one can be brought back on line.

In return, the Americans have agreed to leave their heavy equipment behind for use by Germany (since there is no room for it aboard the evacuation fleet anyway). The evacuation has been code-named Omega, the final letter of the Greek alphabet and a traditional symbol of endings and final chapters.

[Legbreaker]

I'm extrapolating based on the information presented in the books, along with international and German marine law.
With that in mind, there's practically no way it's US oil.