[Kodaita]

Originally Posted by Quagmire

I dont know how this all got turned into an argument but here it goes. You guys cant be telling me with a straight face that a USN damage control team couldnt figure out how to isolate the line that feeds that valve and stop water spraying all over the radar and sonar gear AFTER FIVE DAYS! We already established that it couldnt be a leak from the outside when surfaced since the roof of the conning tower would be above the waterline at that time. I think that stopping a waterfall onto sensitive electronics would be a very high priority for a trained damage control team.

I said this in another thread and I will say it again.

Face it. The water spray indicatior is a pretty stupid idea to immersively alert the player to hull damage. How about the Chief Engineer simply saying, "I think the hull is damaged, sir." or "Better not dive all the way to crush depth, sir."? It would have taken the devs one minute of the voice actors time and then a hour or two of coding.

I am no genius software developer and I thought of that one.
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I can say for a fact, that there are times that a DC team can't repair a damaged valve underway. I served on the USS San Jacinto for 3 years as an engineman and we had an incident where a valve stem went bad and water was spraying onto one of our control panels. The decision was made to tag out the panel and let the valve leak, as we where unable to fix the valve while underway. Now I understand we weren't on a sub, our damage wasn't above the waterline, and nor was the water spraying onto radar/sonar gear. But the point is that a modern, well trained DC team couldn't fix this leak in peacetime conditions. So the leak in your control room is realistic in that regard. The only flaw I could find is what that line is connected to, but I am willing to let a little slide on faith here.