Gargamel
11-05-10, 08:24 PM
So I encounter a mini convoy last night. Its dark, medium seas. I really didnt even see the armed trawler for a while, as we were at about 10km out, but it was an Armed trawler (darkened), Medium Cargo (Lit), Large tanker (lit), tugboat (semi-lit), running close in single file.
Now I always check the flags, but its almost always neutral on lit ships, but you never know. So I find this:
http://img835.imageshack.us/img835/4601/sh3img411201018354246.png
Now at my first cursory glances, I thought it was Canadian. I was having real trouble making it out, as it always seemed to lite the backside of hte flag, and not the side im looking at. I then thinks it's Irish, as the colors are hard to make out. Eventually I made it as French, which I assumed it was an enemy.
Well it's October, 1940.
I sank the tanker. The tugboat then proceeded to run into the foundering tanker, http://i660.photobucket.com/albums/uu330/cthulhu19887/smileys/4fvgdaq_th.gifhttp://www.subsim.com/radioroom/data:image/jpg;base64,/9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAQAAAQABAAD/2wBDAAkGBwgHBgkIBwgKCgkLDRYPDQwMDRsUFRAWIB0iIiAdHx 8kKDQsJCYxJx8fLT0tMTU3Ojo6Iys/RD84QzQ5Ojf/2wBDAQoKCg0MDRoPDxo3JR8lNzc3Nzc3Nzc3Nzc3Nzc3Nzc3Nz c3Nzc3Nzc3Nzc3Nzc3Nzc3Nzc3Nzc3Nzc3Nzc3Nzf/wAARCAAWABQDASIAAhEBAxEB/8QAGAABAQEBAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYFBAf/xAAqEAACAQQCAQMBCQAAAAAAAAABAgMEBREhABIGByIxMjNBQl FhYnGBkf/EABgBAAIDAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMEAQIF/8QAGxEAAwEBAAMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAECAxEhMUH/2gAMAwEAAhEDEQA/ALTzjzoWu6ix22ZUqxGJKmZYTUPCrA4Cxrn34HbLDABXTdtYbW 631ypcamV7hUsA8ddLKWlXeQY2H2YBJICYAJ0BzCvSVp8/vFFV1Anllre+UXo8B6qYmifABKwlAynZ6t9Wd6c1jrY1CUVbHD HPurwmArfieMbCk70dZOfzyOn5GcpXO8Lr07udRcLLUQ1kjzS0 FW9KJ5Gy0q9VdSfvyFkC5JJPXJOTxzh9I7fPReOVc8oxFXV8tR TZZ2Yw4VEYltnsI+wIJBDAj5xxwiF37PBbZLLZiTbvY7P2D98E ftIwew/wje98o6b1DqqBCLzAtRE2g9OOrDXxgn+d5/rjjlWkzR1iYVOSWstZXUdI62a9XehpZJXdYoKtowd4BYLrtgDJ/Tjjjkhc8M3CbXw//9k=, and when the tanker blew up, the tug went with it. Luckily I didnt get charged with sinking the tugboat too, cause renown losses aren't based on tonnage I think.
So please, enlighten me. Why is France considered Neutral at this time? I'd have thought they were allied.
And yes I consult that nice chart GWX provides for flag recognition, hence my uber confusion when i thought they were canadian. But, when I saw they were french, I said, Kill the french!
Now I always check the flags, but its almost always neutral on lit ships, but you never know. So I find this:
http://img835.imageshack.us/img835/4601/sh3img411201018354246.png
Now at my first cursory glances, I thought it was Canadian. I was having real trouble making it out, as it always seemed to lite the backside of hte flag, and not the side im looking at. I then thinks it's Irish, as the colors are hard to make out. Eventually I made it as French, which I assumed it was an enemy.
Well it's October, 1940.
I sank the tanker. The tugboat then proceeded to run into the foundering tanker, http://i660.photobucket.com/albums/uu330/cthulhu19887/smileys/4fvgdaq_th.gifhttp://www.subsim.com/radioroom/data:image/jpg;base64,/9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAQAAAQABAAD/2wBDAAkGBwgHBgkIBwgKCgkLDRYPDQwMDRsUFRAWIB0iIiAdHx 8kKDQsJCYxJx8fLT0tMTU3Ojo6Iys/RD84QzQ5Ojf/2wBDAQoKCg0MDRoPDxo3JR8lNzc3Nzc3Nzc3Nzc3Nzc3Nzc3Nz c3Nzc3Nzc3Nzc3Nzc3Nzc3Nzc3Nzc3Nzc3Nzc3Nzf/wAARCAAWABQDASIAAhEBAxEB/8QAGAABAQEBAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYFBAf/xAAqEAACAQQCAQMBCQAAAAAAAAABAgMEBREhABIGByIxMjNBQl FhYnGBkf/EABgBAAIDAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMEAQIF/8QAGxEAAwEBAAMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAECAxEhMUH/2gAMAwEAAhEDEQA/ALTzjzoWu6ix22ZUqxGJKmZYTUPCrA4Cxrn34HbLDABXTdtYbW 631ypcamV7hUsA8ddLKWlXeQY2H2YBJICYAJ0BzCvSVp8/vFFV1Anllre+UXo8B6qYmifABKwlAynZ6t9Wd6c1jrY1CUVbHD HPurwmArfieMbCk70dZOfzyOn5GcpXO8Lr07udRcLLUQ1kjzS0 FW9KJ5Gy0q9VdSfvyFkC5JJPXJOTxzh9I7fPReOVc8oxFXV8tR TZZ2Yw4VEYltnsI+wIJBDAj5xxwiF37PBbZLLZiTbvY7P2D98E ftIwew/wje98o6b1DqqBCLzAtRE2g9OOrDXxgn+d5/rjjlWkzR1iYVOSWstZXUdI62a9XehpZJXdYoKtowd4BYLrtgDJ/Tjjjkhc8M3CbXw//9k=, and when the tanker blew up, the tug went with it. Luckily I didnt get charged with sinking the tugboat too, cause renown losses aren't based on tonnage I think.
So please, enlighten me. Why is France considered Neutral at this time? I'd have thought they were allied.
And yes I consult that nice chart GWX provides for flag recognition, hence my uber confusion when i thought they were canadian. But, when I saw they were french, I said, Kill the french!