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Tynan · 03-18-10, 06:21 PM

Turning due East after leaving the Wilhelmshaven docks, I plotted a course for the Straight of Dover and decided to do a test run of the Batteries and Oxygen. I wanted to establish how long the Batteries would hold out while submerged at Ahead Standard.
I submerged to P-depth and pinged the DuK (Depth under Keel). 18 meters. I dived to 20 meters and the DuK became 10 meters. I figured it wouldn't get much shallower than that because the course I set pretty much followed parallel with the shoreline. Big mistake.
Time compression at 8x, moving along, turned due North at next waypoint to leave the Bay, an hour later, then BAM....systems were getting knocked around left and right. I immediately surfaced and did damage control. To my horror, the DuK (while surfaced!) read 12 meters?!
Probably the only complaint that I have so far is the depth of the ocean in this game. It's just not realistically deep enough. The continental shelf at 5km out from shore should be at least 80 to 100meters, not 12-20...
Anyway it wasn't a total loss. Everything repaired, leaks repaired, and going steady at 14kts.

03-18-10, 06:21 PM	#9
Tynan Watch Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 23 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	Shaky start....complaint Turning due East after leaving the Wilhelmshaven docks, I plotted a course for the Straight of Dover and decided to do a test run of the Batteries and Oxygen. I wanted to establish how long the Batteries would hold out while submerged at Ahead Standard. I submerged to P-depth and pinged the DuK (Depth under Keel). 18 meters. I dived to 20 meters and the DuK became 10 meters. I figured it wouldn't get much shallower than that because the course I set pretty much followed parallel with the shoreline. Big mistake. Time compression at 8x, moving along, turned due North at next waypoint to leave the Bay, an hour later, then BAM....systems were getting knocked around left and right. I immediately surfaced and did damage control. To my horror, the DuK (while surfaced!) read 12 meters?! Probably the only complaint that I have so far is the depth of the ocean in this game. It's just not realistically deep enough. The continental shelf at 5km out from shore should be at least 80 to 100meters, not 12-20... Anyway it wasn't a total loss. Everything repaired, leaks repaired, and going steady at 14kts.