[Reinhard Dietz]

My current career in stock SHIII is getting into the point where the French bases and elsewhere will be opening up shortly, and I could use some pointers on how to go forward. My objective in the career is simple, namely that I want to accomplish a few things.

I had wanted to take someone's place among the Paukenschlag boats, but the first wave was all IXBs, if I remember right, and I'm not eager to get into those. Off-hand (i.e. uboat.net) it seems that at least one IXC went in the second wave, so I might want to be in Lorient with the 10th in an IXC by late January 1942, and then assign myself an appropriate quadrant and dawdle until the timelines synch, right?

I'm sort of interested in skipping things like Black May and the battle for ONS 5, so the South Atlantic may be good from mid-1942 until late 1943/early 1944, when I need to be headed towards Bergen in order to get a XXI.

I'd like to try out a VIIC/41 but it's not an absolute requirement.

Any and all advice is appreciated.