Think I'm developing a Death-Wish

Foghladh_mhara · 06-03-07, 08:23 AM

I'm getting cocky now. I'm on my eleventh patrol playing DID and all the extras turned off (except external camera. I like explosions!) My tonnage bag is a little too impressive and the bridge watch have more decorations than that fat flyboy Goering. So naturally I've now started messing with the escorts.

I got careless with my periscope whilst waiting in the path of a convoy on my last patrol and a couple of Black Swans came up to get me. I spent about 2 hours underwater with depthcharges going off around my ears and the damage control party running from one end of the boat to the other trying to stop the flooding. I was rising and sinking like a yoyo. I blew so much ballast that the compressed air ran out and I thought I was gone but the crew stopped the flooding just in time. I eventually limped off at 1 knot and returned to base. Best patrol ever. Didnt sink as much as a trawler but I really enjoyed myself

Which explains why I'm now running at flank speed ahead of a convoy with two corvettes picking up speed behind me and getting ready to dive... or die possibly:hmm:
The lookouts look less than happy

nikbear · 06-03-07, 09:19 AM

This is going to end in tears before bed time if you ask me:rotfl: The men in the boats with guns have no sense of humour and get very irrate if you insist on winding them up

Packerton · 06-03-07, 09:30 AM

Haha Yeah Escort Evasion is thrilling and fun and where the series really shines in recreateing the effect of being relentlessy hunted (GWX at least anyway)

Foghladh_mhara · 06-03-07, 10:18 AM

I dont know whats happening to the Royal Navy these days. Thats not how you depth charge

Their heart just didn't seem to be in it. Very disappointing.

Now having said that I fully expect to get sent to the bottom as retribution for my cockiness:hmm:

KeptinCranky · 06-03-07, 10:50 AM

well, you could try and turn into those pesky escorts go to pd, fire off all your forward tubes, and if that doesn't work, go to flank speed, still go straight for him and just when he's about 50 meters away, blow ballast and go right down his throat, they'll never see it coming

or you could try the Med, go loiter off Valetta harbor and sink anything warshippy that moves, at one point I had 17 different warship contacts there at the same time , all moving...

Growler · 06-03-07, 11:01 AM

Heck, if you're bored, run surfaced during daylight at two or three knots... through the English Channel.

I guarantee a life of excitement... though it may be a short one.

Canovaro · 06-04-07, 08:46 AM

Foghladh_mhara you *will* get yourself killed this way

SmokinTep · 06-04-07, 09:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Growler

Heck, if you're bored, run surfaced during daylight at two or three knots... through the English Channel.

I guarantee a life of excitement... though it may be a short one.

That is truely a death wish...........

Foghladh_mhara · 06-04-07, 10:01 AM

Well I'm still a chicken**** at heart it appears. Just ran into a destroyer escort group consisting of 4-5 frigates and destroyers. The perfect opportunity to tug the tigers tail.... I went very very silent and very very deep

One has to know ones limits

HunterICX · 06-04-07, 11:04 AM

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Originally Posted by SmokinTep

Quote:

Originally Posted by Growler

Heck, if you're bored, run surfaced during daylight at two or three knots... through the English Channel.

I guarantee a life of excitement... though it may be a short one.

That is truely a death wish...........

Mmm...its not that bad...if you want to have a dead wish go flank speed right into a H&K group

stay on surface and mount the deck gun!

Sailor Steve · 06-04-07, 11:04 AM

Not chicken...just smart. At least you're here to tell us the story.

Growler · 06-04-07, 11:06 AM

Whew, that was close... glad you got over your momentary lapse of reason, man. There's bravery, yeah... but there's also suicide!

06-03-07, 08:23 AM	#1
Foghladh_mhara Commander Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Kent Posts: 473 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Think I'm developing a Death-Wish I'm getting cocky now. I'm on my eleventh patrol playing DID and all the extras turned off (except external camera. I like explosions!) My tonnage bag is a little too impressive and the bridge watch have more decorations than that fat flyboy Goering. So naturally I've now started messing with the escorts. I got careless with my periscope whilst waiting in the path of a convoy on my last patrol and a couple of Black Swans came up to get me. I spent about 2 hours underwater with depthcharges going off around my ears and the damage control party running from one end of the boat to the other trying to stop the flooding. I was rising and sinking like a yoyo. I blew so much ballast that the compressed air ran out and I thought I was gone but the crew stopped the flooding just in time. I eventually limped off at 1 knot and returned to base. Best patrol ever. Didnt sink as much as a trawler but I really enjoyed myself Which explains why I'm now running at flank speed ahead of a convoy with two corvettes picking up speed behind me and getting ready to dive... or die possibly:hmm: The lookouts look less than happy __________________ 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

06-03-07, 10:18 AM	#4
Foghladh_mhara Commander Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Kent Posts: 473 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	I dont know whats happening to the Royal Navy these days. Thats not how you depth charge Their heart just didn't seem to be in it. Very disappointing. Now having said that I fully expect to get sent to the bottom as retribution for my cockiness:hmm: __________________ 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

06-04-07, 10:01 AM	#9
Foghladh_mhara Commander Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Kent Posts: 473 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Well I'm still a chicken**** at heart it appears. Just ran into a destroyer escort group consisting of 4-5 frigates and destroyers. The perfect opportunity to tug the tigers tail.... I went very very silent and very very deep One has to know ones limits __________________ 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

06-04-07, 11:04 AM	#11
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Not chicken...just smart. At least you're here to tell us the story. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

06-03-07, 09:19 AM	#2
nikbear Sea Lord Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Northampton,UK Posts: 1,859 Downloads: 86 Uploads: 0	This is going to end in tears before bed time if you ask me:rotfl: The men in the boats with guns have no sense of humour and get very irrate if you insist on winding them up

06-03-07, 09:30 AM	#3
Packerton Sonar Guy Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Newfoundland,Canada Posts: 398 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	Haha Yeah Escort Evasion is thrilling and fun and where the series really shines in recreateing the effect of being relentlessy hunted (GWX at least anyway)

06-03-07, 10:50 AM	#5
KeptinCranky Ace of the Deep Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Netherlands Posts: 1,050 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	well, you could try and turn into those pesky escorts go to pd, fire off all your forward tubes, and if that doesn't work, go to flank speed, still go straight for him and just when he's about 50 meters away, blow ballast and go right down his throat, they'll never see it coming or you could try the Med, go loiter off Valetta harbor and sink anything warshippy that moves, at one point I had 17 different warship contacts there at the same time , all moving...

06-03-07, 11:01 AM	#6
Growler A long way from the sea Join Date: May 2005 Location: Iowa Posts: 1,913 Downloads: 21 Uploads: 0	Heck, if you're bored, run surfaced during daylight at two or three knots... through the English Channel. I guarantee a life of excitement... though it may be a short one.

06-04-07, 08:46 AM	#7
Canovaro Ace of the Deep Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Netherlands Posts: 1,062 Downloads: 34 Uploads: 0	Foghladh_mhara you will get yourself killed this way

06-04-07, 11:06 AM	#12
Growler A long way from the sea Join Date: May 2005 Location: Iowa Posts: 1,913 Downloads: 21 Uploads: 0	Whew, that was close... glad you got over your momentary lapse of reason, man. There's bravery, yeah... but there's also suicide!