One of the things that won't be mentioned about Prince Philip is that he was one of the last people alive to have passed through Western Approaches Tactical Unit's training course, in which wargamers - including women - kicked officers' arses until they knew what they were doing.
And if you don't know the story of WATU, do go and rectify that immediately.
Forgotten I'd written this until I went looking and I'll warn you that there's a bit of early installment weirdness as I didn't know how to write back then. I'll redo it at some suitable point, and then look out...

Anyway - rectification ahoy: https://twitter.com/TheDreadShips/status/1049750246622941186?s=20
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