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Relmu · 03-08-15, 04:48 PM

"Ve h'ave been heet. I h'ave no contwol. Ve are sinking" ... is a rather familiar sound nowadays.

Oh I've got plenty of lines that's not a problem...now...knowing whether they're a sub or not without guessing from the frequency appears to be an entirely different matter.

The problem tends to be, sure I can track vessels quite easily, but torpedoes? Not a chance. So I can't tell whether they're heading for me or not. Generally the only thing I get is "torpedo in the water bearing xxx" then no further updates. I don't even know how the sonar guy does it because there's apparently no indication of noise in the sonar room from that bearing except *possibly* (not always) the ship/sub which fired it. Considering the cavitation from the torpedoes this always surprises me.

How does one tell friend from foe (submarine wise) without flicking on the truth layer?

03-08-15, 04:48 PM	#5
Relmu Watch Join Date: Feb 2015 Posts: 25 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	"Ve h'ave been heet. I h'ave no contwol. Ve are sinking" ... is a rather familiar sound nowadays. Oh I've got plenty of lines that's not a problem...now...knowing whether they're a sub or not without guessing from the frequency appears to be an entirely different matter. The problem tends to be, sure I can track vessels quite easily, but torpedoes? Not a chance. So I can't tell whether they're heading for me or not. Generally the only thing I get is "torpedo in the water bearing xxx" then no further updates. I don't even know how the sonar guy does it because there's apparently no indication of noise in the sonar room from that bearing except possibly (not always) the ship/sub which fired it. Considering the cavitation from the torpedoes this always surprises me. How does one tell friend from foe (submarine wise) without flicking on the truth layer? __________________ Dangerous Waters Score - Successes 30, Failures 190 ...oh boy.