Lost my first man tonight

Foghladh_mhara · 03-25-07, 06:41 PM

On patrol off Casablanca and I decided to rumble with an armed trawler. Seeing as i had sucessfully anihillated a tug earlier using my patented technique and I was bored i decided to surface behind him and take him out. The trawler went down ok then I noticed my flak gunner was looking a bit off. I stuck him in the stern quarters with the medic but being dead he didnt recover. I buried him at sea before even looking at his name. I feel bad

Foghladh_mhara · 03-25-07, 06:50 PM

I nearly lost 44 men while typing that last message! Went back to find I hadnt paused and i was at 51% hull integrity with a couple of planes flying over me dropping bombs. Doh!

Brag · 03-25-07, 07:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Foghladh_mhara

I nearly lost 44 men while typing that last message! Went back to find I hadnt paused and i was at 51% hull integrity with a couple of planes flying over me dropping bombs. Doh!

Those tubs aren't worth it--I lost two men to a tug. Ptooey!

P_Funk · 03-25-07, 07:34 PM

You should always submerge when you leave your ship unattended.

Hell just be careful about not paying attention in general.

Otto Kretschmer was sunk and captured just because he went to his bunk at the end of a convoy attack and let an officer pilot him out. The officer made the wrong decision, submerged near a DD and became a target.

Always take care of that ship!

emtmedic005 · 03-25-07, 10:11 PM

Yeah i lost an Officer, two Chief WOs and 5 Sailors when i decided to go after a Armed Trawler and a Plane. It sucks when you lose men out there, the worst part is that i crashed dive when they all died, fearing my boat would sink. So that was there burial at sea.

03-25-07, 06:41 PM	#1
Foghladh_mhara Commander Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Kent Posts: 473 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Lost my first man tonight On patrol off Casablanca and I decided to rumble with an armed trawler. Seeing as i had sucessfully anihillated a tug earlier using my patented technique and I was bored i decided to surface behind him and take him out. The trawler went down ok then I noticed my flak gunner was looking a bit off. I stuck him in the stern quarters with the medic but being dead he didnt recover. I buried him at sea before even looking at his name. I feel bad __________________ The beauty of not planning is that failure comes as a complete surprise without any of the stress that might normally precede such a venture

03-25-07, 06:50 PM	#2
Foghladh_mhara Commander Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Kent Posts: 473 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	I nearly lost 44 men while typing that last message! Went back to find I hadnt paused and i was at 51% hull integrity with a couple of planes flying over me dropping bombs. Doh! __________________ The beauty of not planning is that failure comes as a complete surprise without any of the stress that might normally precede such a venture

03-25-07, 07:34 PM	#4
P_Funk Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Canada, eh? Posts: 2,537 Downloads: 129 Uploads: 0	You should always submerge when you leave your ship unattended. Hell just be careful about not paying attention in general. Otto Kretschmer was sunk and captured just because he went to his bunk at the end of a convoy attack and let an officer pilot him out. The officer made the wrong decision, submerged near a DD and became a target. Always take care of that ship! __________________

03-25-07, 10:11 PM	#5
emtmedic005 Weps Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: North Andover, MA Posts: 361 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Yeah i lost an Officer, two Chief WOs and 5 Sailors when i decided to go after a Armed Trawler and a Plane. It sucks when you lose men out there, the worst part is that i crashed dive when they all died, fearing my boat would sink. So that was there burial at sea.