Follow up, follow up:
So I've decided I'm not gonna tell those idiots jack about what I find til after I sink it, now.
After I got the cruiser, I went north to my objective (and got a pair of sampans along the way
). Patrolling in the area nets me a merchant before I get another blob of contacts, which turns out is a large and very fast moving convoy. They tell me to attack despite the fact that I kinda of screwed up and left myself without a good angle to attack from. So I try. It is night, after all, so why not?
Why not, indeed. Damn DD's caught wind of me and I got nailed by a depth charge. I managed to slink away a small distance, but I couldn't maintain depth at 1 knot without blowing balast and was soon low on compressed air. I try 2 knots. Still sinking. 3, still sinking.
In the end I had to push it to 7 knots to stop losing depth rapidly, and this unfortunately made enough noise to attract the destroyers again. This time I wasn't so lucky.
So ends the patrol of the Seal. It's patrol and the lives of it's crew cut short by incompetent brass who don't know how to leave well enough alone.
Still, had more fun with that patrol than I had in a while.
I am liking TMO immensely. I admit, sometimes I've messed up horridly and succumbed to the urge to load the save.
Trying to wean myself off that, tho. :P