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Captain Norman · 03-15-07, 03:55 PM

I just started a new career in 1939, after my brave crew in my previous career perished in a brave convoy attack, and so I decided to attempt something risky. After heading to my patrol area, and sinking a ship on the way there, and another on the way back, I decided that before I returned to port, id attack stuff at the submarine base thats north of Scotland. Now, I was able to successfully sneak in undetected, with silent running on underwater. I lined up for my attack on a warship, fired two torpedoes, both hit, destroying the warship. Now, being the stupid 17 year old I am, I watched the pyrotechnics of the explosion through my periscope, taking screens, and then I started getting pinged by destroyers. For the next 20 minutes, they chased me out of there, with my ship still under silent runnings, getting depth charged constantly. Unfortanately, my crew could not repair all the compartments fast enough, so in the end, after many depth charges they got me.
Im interested in knowing if there was anything I could have done to get out of there alive, so I can attempt it agian perhaps on my next patrol.

03-15-07, 03:55 PM	#1
Captain Norman Medic Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Ottawa, Canada Posts: 161 Downloads: 16 Uploads: 0	Attacking the submarine base I just started a new career in 1939, after my brave crew in my previous career perished in a brave convoy attack, and so I decided to attempt something risky. After heading to my patrol area, and sinking a ship on the way there, and another on the way back, I decided that before I returned to port, id attack stuff at the submarine base thats north of Scotland. Now, I was able to successfully sneak in undetected, with silent running on underwater. I lined up for my attack on a warship, fired two torpedoes, both hit, destroying the warship. Now, being the stupid 17 year old I am, I watched the pyrotechnics of the explosion through my periscope, taking screens, and then I started getting pinged by destroyers. For the next 20 minutes, they chased me out of there, with my ship still under silent runnings, getting depth charged constantly. Unfortanately, my crew could not repair all the compartments fast enough, so in the end, after many depth charges they got me. Im interested in knowing if there was anything I could have done to get out of there alive, so I can attempt it agian perhaps on my next patrol. __________________ Emancipate yourself from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds.