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Check Campaign 4: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
Study Check Campaign 4: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign, a Dr. Alex Clarke video from 22 Jan 2024, with 35 time notes. Topics include Battleships, Fleet Logistics, Fleet…
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- 2:03Relearning UAD after a major systems updateChapter
The campaign tests how ship design and strategy must adapt to Ultimate Admiral: Dreadnoughts' revised systems.
- 9:12Research priorities for a battleship-led campaignChapter
The campaign's research plan shifts toward protection, machinery, and battleship development while older forces cover a worldwide war.
- 13:40QuestionCould viewers design ships and compete for construction contracts in a future campaign?AnswerQ&A
Possibly: he likes competitive viewer shipyards, but would first define rules that keep submitted designs usable rather than purely comic.
- 20:56QuestionWhat does the Starship and Super Heavy test suggest about the role of private companies in space exploration?AnswerQ&A
Governments usually finance the high-risk frontier; smaller private firms follow as technology opens commercial opportunities, and larger firms enter once the risk and cost fall.
- 22:36Concentrating submarines and battle fleets across a global empireChapter
Submarines are redistributed from bases that can spare them while heavier forces assemble for invasions against Spain.
- 31:05QuestionWhy do British submarines have designations such as E2 and N?AnswerQ&A
They reflect traditional Royal Navy letter-and-number naming systems that began around the First World War era.
- 37:25Why mixed AI gun batteries weaken fire controlNotable Point
The game's AI favors many gun types instead of coherent batteries optimized for fire control.
- 40:10Using fleet tonnage to dominate Caribbean invasionsChapter
The British fleet masses far more tonnage than required to seize Cuba and prepare further operations against Spanish possessions.
- 47:33QuestionWhy do so many conflicts center on canals, ships, and ports?AnswerQ&A
Because they control communications and enable heavy or bulky cargo to move with much less friction and infrastructure than overland transport.
- 48:27QuestionWhich late-1930s Royal Navy captain would suit a raiding role against Spanish treasure traffic?AnswerQ&A
Robert Sherbrooke is his preferred example, with Tribal-class senior officers generally well suited to the aggressive role.
- 50:27Ridicule as psychological warfare against Russian prestigeNotable Point
An in-game phrase prompts an explanation of how Ukrainian humor can attack Russia's political image by making official claims look absurd.
- 55:00Building a submarine cordon around Russian routesChapter
War with Russia prompts a global redeployment designed to block key ports, contain the Baltic Fleet, and attack economic capacity.
- 1:01:23QuestionDo destroyers become more useful and much faster as the campaign advances?AnswerQ&A
Yes; later destroyers improve substantially, and their capabilities increasingly converge with those of light cruisers.
- 1:23:35University teaching should build independent judgmentNotable Point
University teaching should develop independent critical thought instead of leading students toward a prescribed answer.
- 1:25:49A modernized battle line overwhelms Russian pre-dreadnoughtsChapter
A tactical battle demonstrates the advantage of speed, long-range gunnery, and coordinated screens against slow Russian capital ships.
- 1:31:36QuestionWhich Royal Navy names have prestige comparable to the United States Navy's original six frigate names?AnswerQ&A
Names associated with first rates rank highly; he specifically includes Warspite, Dreadnought, and the repeatedly revived Queen Elizabeth.
- 1:32:13QuestionWould a modified Trieste-class LHD be a good replacement for HMS Ocean?AnswerQ&A
Yes; three ski-jump-equipped derivatives could replace Ocean, Albion, and Bulwark while providing amphibious lift and limited carrier backup.
- 1:35:33Command initiative should prevent fleet collisionsNotable Point
Game collisions prompt a historical point about captains' duty to use judgment rather than slavishly follow orders into danger.
- 1:44:17Slava's historical reputation amid a virtual fleet defeatNotable Point
As the Russian squadron is destroyed, Slava's reputation as a capable and determined fighting ship separates history from the game result.
- 1:45:53QuestionCan the campaign reproduce Copenhagen by seizing the Russian fleet?AnswerQ&A
Perhaps, but money or territory is preferable because captured AI-designed ships are usually poor assets that must be refitted or scrapped.
- 1:49:49Why new warships may need an immediate refitNotable Point
An immediate in-game refit reflects the real gap between a ship's design date, trials, and entry into operational service.
- 1:56:15Rebuilding the Renown class for speed, range, and protectionChapter
A detailed refit trades added displacement for oil firing, 28-knot speed, stronger protection, improved steering, and longer range.
- 2:05:35QuestionWhy has Russia so often treated or maintained its warships badly?AnswerQ&A
Money, doctrine, corruption, dispersed fleets, and inadequate ports all matter, but the central problem is poorly located infrastructure that Russia often cannot afford to expand.
- 2:09:19Balancing battleship numbers, cruiser shortages, and yard capacityChapter
With 39 battleships but too few light cruisers, the campaign exposes the tension between fleet balance, refit queues, and construction capacity.
- 2:16:23Researching an unwanted caliber to unlock better gunsNotable Point
Fourteen-inch-gun research continues for the advances it unlocks, even though the fleet is meant to standardize on heavier weapons.
- 2:17:04Standardizing older battleships around 28 knotsChapter
Two capital-ship refits seek common speed, protection, and gun standards so older designs can remain useful with the main fleet.
- 2:28:33Motor torpedo boat crews and improvised firepowerNotable Point
A joking gun proposal recalls reports that British motor torpedo boats sometimes appeared to hit with weapons far heavier than they carried.
- 2:29:18Cruiser refits expose speed and armament tradeoffsChapter
Successive cruiser refits trade speed against machinery weight, gun upgrades, armor, and stability when the older hulls cannot accept every desired improvement.
- 2:34:31A twelve-gun Queen Elizabeth-class counterfactualNotable Point
A Queen Elizabeth design rebuilt around four triple 16.5-inch turrets would radically alter the dreadnought competition.
- 2:51:13Why coastal-force improvisations are hard to documentNotable Point
Motor-boat crews combined Home Guard-style ingenuity with aggressive initiative, but weak records leave many colorful ideas difficult to verify.
- 2:53:36QuestionWould improvised Home Guard tactics have been treated as Geneva Convention violations, and which Allied force generated the most such folklore?AnswerQ&A
Modern war-crime law was formalized relatively recently, and Canada is jokingly identified as the Allied force most associated with stories of rules being written afterward.
- 2:57:18Choosing Chinese invasion targets by port and economic valueChapter
A new war with China sends submarines and task forces toward Shanghai and eastern China, chosen for port capacity and economic value.
- 3:04:56QuestionShould all Allied light-cruiser and destroyer commands adopt the mentality of motor torpedo boat crews?AnswerQ&A
No; different ships attract and require different personalities, and forcing the same aggressive type into every command creates problems.
- 3:09:56QuestionWould a Barnes Wallis-designed Lancaster with Rolls-Royce Griffon engines have been substantially better?AnswerQ&A
Not necessarily: heavy bombers benefited more from efficient multi-engine production, larger bombs, and high-altitude performance than from simply fitting the latest engines.
- 3:24:06Designing the Bristol light cruiser to fill a fleet gapChapter
The stream closes with a new 9,000-ton light cruiser built around six-inch guns, torpedoes, armor, and the realities of remaining yard capacity.