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Originally Posted by Commander Gizmo
Since the idea is a signal flare used to alert other ships to your presence, would not a daytime firing make sense? In RL you could see a star shell (and certainly hear the shot) during the day, yea?
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You are somewhat correct, but starshells in terms of military usage were to illuminate objects at night, they would not illuminate objects as brightly as they do in the game during the day.
But as far as using them to signal other vessels, you do make a good point. My only other objection to this point of thinking is that most vessels carried signalling flags and lights to signal other ships during the day, starshells or flares were used specifically at night mainly to illuminate an area to compromise the U-boat's position.