Reminded me of that Soviet destroyer that came to Persian Gulf just to witness US Navy destroying Iranian Navy during Operation Praying Mantis, LOL.
Well, they have very little choice in the matter.
I didn’t see any when I was there…
the snail aliens flew them away, trust me
There are about 21 ARB/GRB maps with rivers or lakes where boats could be played, and about seven where ships could be played; on the other hand, there’s the “Crossing the Rhine” map, where neither the river that gives it its name nor a single bridge is visible. And then someone comes along and wants to add a canal to a map that doesn’t even have one yet… crazy!
Halted yes, but there would certainly be enough military naval traffic to make it interesting. Civil traffic would be deco only…
They do already have civilian ship assets in the game. It wouldn’t take much effort to add them.
Makes me think of that old event “War in Mid Air”** where one player side just had aircraft while the other player side was just SPAA (both sides had limited selection).
(I really liked this event… was good fun).
Could have a bunch of player ships trying to get through the canal, firing AA at attacking aircraft of the other player side…
** I had to search hard to find the specific name as I recalled it being “Air War!” or something much cooler than the awkward/plain sounding “War in Mid Air”