[Dogfish40]

I ran across Two nice big Armed Merchants (the ones that look like troop transports, about 11 to 16'000 tons) , anyway, I put an eel in both as they were very close. Then I put another eel in one and she started to sink.
I fired a second eel at the second ship and missed, but since she was ablaze I thought I'd watch her. She wouldn't sink,.. so...I battle surfaced. By the time we got to firing I see tracers over our heads. Artillery shells. We hit her twice as I'm trying to order evasive maneuvers, then I had us crash dive (they had us homed in). I really didn't think anyone on that ship would be in a position to fire at us with all that fire on their deck.
Lesson learned, Armed merchants, are Armed and will fire even if they're on fire.
Oh hell, it was exciting!! I love this game!!
D40