I tested the arcade style out with all the parameters and am posting my first patrol. It was a dilly. I hit the first convoy on my way to Canada and wiped out 7 escorts and 21 merchants, then several aircraft appeared off Greenland and I took down 12 or 13 allied aircraft, then I hit a fast moving troop ship which I happened to intercept and one well placed eel sank her, 4 more aircraft appeared and I took them out. Then holy schmokes I saw a small convoy off Halifax and snuck in and sank 7 merchants before I had to head south to New England picking off 12-14 single merchants. When I went into NY Harbor I had a field day, we slayed 9 more merchants and a couple of small sailing vessels presumably from the New York Yacht Club Regatta. I love this game as I can blow up anything at will. Oh, a hospital ship was near the Statue of Liberty and I figured what the heck, they are the bad guys so I sank her too. So many explosions my ears hurt. I sank the Staten Island Ferry and a Circle Cruise Line tourist boat at Ellis Island so I hope I do not lose renown I need to 'buy' the new missile pack mod at the renown store! I need to set a course now for the Gulf of Mexico where I can blow up oil tankers. I'll keep you posted. I am now in pursuit of an aircraft carrier and her 7 DD escorts but my deck gun should finish those off no problem as I zip by at 90+ knots. Worse case I will use the secret laser ray gun to finish them off. It worked well on the 9 merchants and 2 sport fishing boats I sank off NJ and Delaware, and those big balloons they really smoke when hit, must of eliminated 22 blimps using my flak gun along the beaches (beaches filled with the screaming kids and terrified mothers mod).

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Good one, Pappy.

If you're not already at war with the USA, this will be a good test to see what happens when your renown passes -32767. It's possible, though unlikely, that it will wrap back around to 32768. Might as well sink a few more hospital ships and some German ships as well to be sure. I'd suggest not docking at a German base any time soon.

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Hook

Sorry, I should have mentioned it was 1939. I reconfigured the files so I could use the newest U-boat and mods. I thought those ships outside our harbor were fair game as I did not look to see their flags when shooting. I guess I must have sunk several of our ships too. I wondered why they did not shoot back at me. I thought my day-glo boat mesmerized their watch. Since my first post I think I sank that fancy yacht boat Roosevelt likes to use. I caught her in the Potomoc while she was partying.

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"Over 900,000 tons lost on our shipping lanes in one evening!! The Presidential Yacht destroyed. One U-Boat seems to be the scourge of the Atlantic. She appears to be invincible, nothing can touch her and her speed is beyond anything our sea and air power can measure. Our Navy dept. has intercepted a German transmittal. Her Commander is to be rewarded the state of New Hampshire and all of the Canadian Maritimes should Germany win the war this weekend. Oh! the humanity! We understand that this boat has just sunk an additional 400,000 tons off New Orleans in just the last half hour! The German consulate informed our State Department that this is not a game. Known now as Operation Spongebob Squarepants they intend to use every tactical mod available."


"This just in. Apparently the Commander of the U-boat has left the area leaving every tanker in the Gulf of Mexico ablaze. Our man on the scene, Bozo the Clown in Gibraltar reports they saw a boat flash by at hundreds of knots per hour. It was pink in color with polka dots or skulls. Within hours the entire Allied task force in the Med was sunk. It is believed the boat is now headed back to Germany and the war is lost, and all by a single U-boat Commander. When asked to comment on these losses at sea, the usually erudite Winston Churchill responded, 'this sucks', Roosevelt in his Patrician accent responded 'this sucks'. We are not sure what this acronym 'sucks' means yet but it seems to be the 'in' code to describe an unknown issue which is too difficult to comprehend or to research using books. One more profound code word for adroit thinkers to work on! no matter, it appears all convoys and task forces at sea were lost in a matter of hours!!"

Our contract came thru today so I am mobilizing the crew (MDU) out to the offshore salvage site. We have a salvage OSV with gas racks, class 2 bells and a medium duty ROV spread. Hopefully after we recon the target, we may go into a film production. Meanwhile I have the angle I need or the hook for the historic values site I have been yammerin about. I have many personal messages from fellas who expressed interest and I promise it will be fun!! It will not mimic anything out there or cross thread anyone's effort to date. We are just gonna enjoy ourselves playing properly to the era! No 'typewriter tough guys' need apply! These weenies have debased this site to the lowest level of discourse hiding behind their false personna i.e. Navy Seal my arse! Wannabee weenies* who need attention. I will have a forum set up where we few can discuss subjects on an adult level. If 3-4 of us can have a decent clubhouse without these weenie keyboard commandos that is fine.


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* http://www.military.com/NewContent/0...101705,00.html