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Old 09-27-10, 05:56 AM   #10
desirableroasted
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In an early mode of war, and that it 'only' was fog and not strong winds like these situations,they could be handled by DG, which of course had its risks, you need to hear and be extremely vigilant when trading ship can get up in front of your nose.
What I mean is, they can be impossible to find if they get even 1000 m away in dense fog.... naturally if you know their course exactly, you can find them again, usually, but if you are even a little off, you can slip past them and never know it. And, of course, you don't know how fast they are moving or if they are even moving at all.

I once crippled a BB (I knew, because it vanished from the hydrophones). Since I had to dodge escorts for a while, it was long gone in the fog when I resurfaced. Had to wait 12 or so hours of game time before the fog lifted so that I could see she was 5000m off. If it had been a medium cargo, I am not sure I would have had the patience.
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