The only time I die in SH4 is when I take silly risks because (a) I want to see what will happen or (b) I'm too lazy/impatient to take all precautions I would in RL.
Regarding the above post, yeah, I recently read the book "Finest Hour" which includes the story of the sinking of the City of Benares with 77 evacuee children on board. Wikipedia: "The sinking ship took on an immediate list, thus preventing the launching of many of the liferafts and trapping numerous crew and passengers below decks. As a result, many of the 400 people on board were unable to escape. As hundreds of survivors struggled in the water, the U-boat's powerful searchlight swept once over the chaotic scene, before the boat left the area for good. The survivors in the boats were not rescued for nearly 24 hours, as the nearest allied units were 300 miles away, and in that time dozens of children and adults died from exposure, or drowned, leaving only 147 survivors. One boat was not picked up for a further eight days."
Really sobers you up.
Several Japanese merchant ships sunk by U.S. submarines, unbeknownst to them, contained Allied POWs. Worth pondering next time you send one to the deep.
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