Since I have only recently begun to play or reenact the u-boat experience -- I began to approach as tryin to find the balance between the curundrum of "Mission first -- People always." In this I see my job to complete my assigned mission and return with my men and boat intact.
The challenge of this simulation is seeing how long you can keep this balance before the odds catch up with you -- and your crew. I am playing stock 84% and am currently at the end of 1940. I have had a good career so far, but not spectacular by the standards that I often read in the forum.
I have made so many mistakes so far that sometimes when I look in the mirror I swear I'm looking at the face of Bernard. Fortunately its early in the was when there is more room for error. Later I fully expect that my mistakes will have real consequences. In submarine warfare the ocean can be mighty unforgiving for even the slightest mistake. Thats not even mentioning that there are folks and machines actively hunting you and ready to take advantage of your mistakes.
The SH family of simulations as well as all the others have done a marvelous job of giving the layman a slight taste of the experience -- and we get to resurrect after each fatal mistake, and start our careers again a little bit wiser.
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