Midway questions

[Stejones82]

A "Deployment Box" is a scenario design feature. The scenario designer can define a geographic area "box" for initial placement of ships/units. This feature is nice so that any given scenario does not play the same way each time.

For example, if you play the "Getting Started" scenario in Midway more than once, you will find that the Japanese fleet does not always appear in the same place.

You are right in that there is no way for the player to know this unless it is mentioned in the scenario description.

I have not yet played that scenario, so I cannot address the Land Based Air question. Land based air units are possible in the game.

And again, it is not always easy to compare units, but if you open the "help" menu and then click "Database data" you will find the significant parameters for every unit. Aircraft are towards the end. A quick check shows that the two are fairly equivalent, with a slight speed and dogfight advantage to the Hellcat.

You are correct in that morale and training quality do not enter the game mechanics.

Hope this helps!