GWX2, mines and TC

Tobus · 01-17-08, 01:52 PM

So here I am: It's 22 march 1940. I've just left Wilhemshaven and set course with my IXB due north, passing Helgoland on the eastern side. I set speed at 8 kts, put enough men on the bridge for lookout and set TC at 1024x.

Just pas Helgoland, BOOOOOMMMMM!!!!. TC drops back to 1x. My men scream, dead and wounded are strewn through the ship, the engines stopped. I go to external view, expecting to have been ambushed by an unseen aircraft or destroyer. This is, after all, the time of the Norwegian invasion, so English activity in German and Norwegian waters is above normal. But nothing can be seen. I go to my crewscreen and see that my ship is heavily damaged and leaking in multiple compartments. I also count 3 dead and 2 wounded. I set repaircrews at work and 4 hours later most damage is repaired. My hull is at 45% and both diesels are wrecks. Since I saw nothing, I can only expect a mine.

I scan around the ship using external view to maybe spot more of them, but nothing. I have to quit, but am still in range of Helgoland, so dock there.

I think I hit a mine, but is that even possible when TC is set as high as 1024x? Does a visible mine set off an alarm and TC back to 1x like finding a ship?

It startled the sh*t out of me anyway

01-17-08, 01:52 PM	#1
Tobus Lieutenant Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 260 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	GWX2, mines and TC So here I am: It's 22 march 1940. I've just left Wilhemshaven and set course with my IXB due north, passing Helgoland on the eastern side. I set speed at 8 kts, put enough men on the bridge for lookout and set TC at 1024x. Just pas Helgoland, BOOOOOMMMMM!!!!. TC drops back to 1x. My men scream, dead and wounded are strewn through the ship, the engines stopped. I go to external view, expecting to have been ambushed by an unseen aircraft or destroyer. This is, after all, the time of the Norwegian invasion, so English activity in German and Norwegian waters is above normal. But nothing can be seen. I go to my crewscreen and see that my ship is heavily damaged and leaking in multiple compartments. I also count 3 dead and 2 wounded. I set repaircrews at work and 4 hours later most damage is repaired. My hull is at 45% and both diesels are wrecks. Since I saw nothing, I can only expect a mine. I scan around the ship using external view to maybe spot more of them, but nothing. I have to quit, but am still in range of Helgoland, so dock there. I think I hit a mine, but is that even possible when TC is set as high as 1024x? Does a visible mine set off an alarm and TC back to 1x like finding a ship? It startled the sh*t out of me anyway