Zombie Ships

AhhhFresh · 04-27-07, 09:32 AM

I apologize if this has already been discussed at length, but I had a strange experience out on patrol last night in my S-boat after stalking a convoy.

On my first attack on said convoy I took down a large tanker and medium freighter before retreating to surface and reload so I could make another end around to intercept further down their path. Sunk another tanker and damaged a freighter but was out of torps and my S-boat was low on gass for the trip to Freemantle so I let the damaged freighter and rest of the convoy go since it wasn't even limping.

As I motor down at 2/3rds the watch officer spots a ship... an unescorted large tanker!? Well that's odd. Can't complain though, since that means I can take her with my deck gun... as we get into range another ship, a medium freighter, is spotted back on the same bearing the tanker came from... which is, oddly enough, where I made first contact with the convoy... and sank a tanker and a freighter... hmm.

Well anyway, I pepper her with shots through the superstructure and water line and down she goes... but no acknowledgement from the crew and no entry in the log book. Strange. On to the freighter then! Down she goes as well... but still nothing in the log.

It appears that after a certain period out of sight sunk convoy ships reanimate themsevles and go to rejoin the convoy... kind of odd. I guess it's good you don't get credit for the second sinking, since it could easily be exploited but it also is a bit immersion breaking.

04-27-07, 09:32 AM	#1
AhhhFresh Mate Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 52 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Zombie Ships I apologize if this has already been discussed at length, but I had a strange experience out on patrol last night in my S-boat after stalking a convoy. On my first attack on said convoy I took down a large tanker and medium freighter before retreating to surface and reload so I could make another end around to intercept further down their path. Sunk another tanker and damaged a freighter but was out of torps and my S-boat was low on gass for the trip to Freemantle so I let the damaged freighter and rest of the convoy go since it wasn't even limping. As I motor down at 2/3rds the watch officer spots a ship... an unescorted large tanker!? Well that's odd. Can't complain though, since that means I can take her with my deck gun... as we get into range another ship, a medium freighter, is spotted back on the same bearing the tanker came from... which is, oddly enough, where I made first contact with the convoy... and sank a tanker and a freighter... hmm. Well anyway, I pepper her with shots through the superstructure and water line and down she goes... but no acknowledgement from the crew and no entry in the log book. Strange. On to the freighter then! Down she goes as well... but still nothing in the log. It appears that after a certain period out of sight sunk convoy ships reanimate themsevles and go to rejoin the convoy... kind of odd. I guess it's good you don't get credit for the second sinking, since it could easily be exploited but it also is a bit immersion breaking.