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Welcome Aboard Mister Bond.....
The key to evading escorts is depth and speed - and patience. After you fire your shots - go to silent running - and as you dive be listening to see if you cross a thermal layer. If not - then your going to HAVE to stay at silent running and creep off.
Best bets - go as deep as possible, set your speed to 1 or 2 knots and be at silent running. Since SH4 doesnt tell you when an escort makes a run on you - your handicapped. (There is a mod that fixes that somewhere - its a great help for some!) Once you know DC's are on the way - then and only then do you hit high speed with a change of direction - if your afraid they will bracket you.
2 good tactics - head in the direction 180 degrees from where the convoy was headed - this adds their speed to yours in opening distance. Helps avoid detection. Second - go slow and have your helm over about 20 degrees - confuses the escorts - harder to judge a circular course than a straight line for where to drop DC's. Remember - depth is your friend - and under NO circumstances should you ever try to come up and get another shot in. A sub caught shallow by escorts is nothing but a target.
Patience is the biggest key - running fast or trying to fight back will get you killed.
Good Luck and Good Hunting!
Captain Haplo
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