The rescue mission becomes urgent when the players discover that the scenario forbids night launches. Only four hours remain, so completing the operation now depends on whether dawn arrives before the deadline. The players had not allowed for that restriction when planning the mission. Their review identifies faster destruction of the enemy carrier as one way to leave time for the rescue. The scenario makes the sequence of tasks and available daylight part of the carrier command problem.
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Nightfall and the carrier mission deadline
A rescue deadline exposes the operational cost of planning around daytime launches without allowing for nightfall.