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tater · 04-23-07, 11:54 PM

So I spent the last few hours chasing a large task force (days in game time). I was an S-18, the S-40. I had to run at flank on the surface for ages trying to end around this convoy, and I started out in front of it (had to dive as 3 escorts came at me in daylight, then the whole TF must have turned). I have my contacts set low, AND I have edited the mission layers so that ships/TFs are less likely to even generate a contact report.

Aircraft were everywhere, too, carriers...

So I luck out and manage to get past the escorts and fire 4 fish. Kongo listing, CV down at the bow. Some CA burning (fired a spread, no way all 4 wouldn;t hit someone, it was that crowded). Water was shallow, not much under the keel. Scope was down, but I didn't rig silent, i wanted to shoot again (dumb). A DD came right at me FAST and beat the @%$#@% out of me with DCs. I had to blow tanks.

I'm sitting there hoping the boat will move (engines dead, repairing) and started shooting the deck gun. I torched a DD with 3-4 shots, but the CA were driving in on me shooting. Everything was shooting. I was dead in under a minute. I think sea state plays a huge role, it was pretty calm.

04-23-07, 11:54 PM	#22
tater Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: New Mexico, USA Posts: 9,023 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 2	So I spent the last few hours chasing a large task force (days in game time). I was an S-18, the S-40. I had to run at flank on the surface for ages trying to end around this convoy, and I started out in front of it (had to dive as 3 escorts came at me in daylight, then the whole TF must have turned). I have my contacts set low, AND I have edited the mission layers so that ships/TFs are less likely to even generate a contact report. Aircraft were everywhere, too, carriers... So I luck out and manage to get past the escorts and fire 4 fish. Kongo listing, CV down at the bow. Some CA burning (fired a spread, no way all 4 wouldn;t hit someone, it was that crowded). Water was shallow, not much under the keel. Scope was down, but I didn't rig silent, i wanted to shoot again (dumb). A DD came right at me FAST and beat the @%$#@% out of me with DCs. I had to blow tanks. I'm sitting there hoping the boat will move (engines dead, repairing) and started shooting the deck gun. I torched a DD with 3-4 shots, but the CA were driving in on me shooting. Everything was shooting. I was dead in under a minute. I think sea state plays a huge role, it was pretty calm.