SH3 -- should I be able to run on batteries on surface?
One might wonder why in the cornbread hell I'd wanna in the first place, but a couple scenarios come to mind:
Out'a fuel 200 km out from base (note to self: 20 lashes for the navigator...);
Damaged hull, gotta blow ballast to surface, and wanna keep moving whilst the engineering crew fixes the holes and diesels at normal atmospheric pressure;
Finally a chance to surface after being forced down for a protracted depth charging campaign, and want to ventilate the boat, especially with no snorkel;
good chance to vent poisonous gases from the battery banks after damage;
too damaged to dive, wanna sneak past non-radar-equipped merchants or noob base installations in the dark.
I'm sure others will have other decent reasons for wanting to run with the "wrong" propulsion for the boat's depth, but these just come to mind off the top of my pointy little head.
I already know I can assign a crew to the "wrong" engine room (just like I can apparently dive to periscope depth and still have my erstwhile bridge crew hanging on for dear life with their binocs, with 4 meters of water over their heads........although that one sounds like an "undocumented feature", as MS would call it......
Thanx es 73,
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