I let one go

[GoldenRivet]

I was near Gibralter in late 1940 sitting slow and siltent listening or hydrophone contacts when suddenly a merchant was approaching at medium speed.

I intercepted it and had a look through the observation periscope. I didnt take the time to positively ID it but im fairly sure it was an empire freighter.

at any rate, it had this beautiful red hull! i had never seen a red hull in SH3 like this one, it was a vibrant red like it had just been painted.

Well.... to make a long story short, my grandfather was a merchant marine, and he was the captain of a ship, similar to the one i had in my cross hairs.

but what struck me most... the boat he spent a lot of time aboard was a red hulled ship... the same striking vibrant red color as this one i was targeting in SH3! it was as if the color scheme was hand picked and modeled after my grandfather's ship.

i could not bring myself to fire a salvo at her, and i watched as the beauty sailed by.

:up:

[Rg370]

Bdu won't be happy herr Kaleun, imagine what would happen if all merchants had a red hull.:lol:

[U-104]

wow thats odd and cool.:D

[GoldenRivet]

lol i let ONE go... the next red hulled boat is going down though :rotfl:

[Reece]

It's ok GoldenRivet, I called the guys with the white jackets, they should be there soon!:yep:

[Madox58]

Well,
I was not an Empire unless you have some mod installed.
There's only one unit simiar to the Empire that uses a Red Hull.
And NO!!
I'm not going to tell you what it is!!
:smug:
The Recognition Manual is your friend!!
:rotfl:

[GoldenRivet]

spent too much time admiring it and didnt even open the manual...

but here (shuffles around) let me get my hard copy manual and have a look.

(more shuffling)

well... just by memory i think it was the "Ore Carrier"

sound about right?

[Madox58]

You sure it was not an
Ammunition Ship?

Has a very nice Red Hull.

And if you let that through?
BDU wants to talk to you!!
;)

[GoldenRivet]

No, it wasnt an ammunition ship. im sure of it. im very familiar with that class. had it been an ammunition ship i would have blown it out of the water.

im pretty sure it was more along the lines of ore carrier or something very similar.

EDIT: yeah... just went through the museum. Ore carrier it was

[Kielhauler1961]

My father served on HMS Illustrious from 1944-45.

But that didn't stop me from sinking her!:arrgh!:

[Jimbuna]

That ore will assist in producing the steel that will help to maufacture the escort that will play a major part in your eventual demise. :p

[astak9]

Sentiment is NOT allowed for Kaleuns:smug:

[sharkbit]

That ore will assist in producing the steel that will help to maufacture the escort that will play a major part in your eventual demise. :p

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

Ouch!
:arrgh!: