I'm in a Pickle

scrapser · 04-02-08, 10:14 PM

I'm on my first ever campaign patrol using TMO and ran across a couple merchants running tandem south/southeast of Formosa. Just as I'm about to ambush these guys (they are less than 2000 yards off my stern), I get flash traffic about a Task Force! It turns out to be south/southwest of Formosa traveling at 15 knots and looks to be heading for the Formosa Straits.

Do I...

Attack the two merchants

<or>

Scramble for the Task Force at flank (maybe intercept them north of the island)?

miner1436 · 04-02-08, 10:15 PM

Are the merchants armed?

scrapser · 04-02-08, 10:17 PM

I doubt it. It's still 1941 and one is a Hog and the other a Split something or other. Not very large either of them.

miner1436 · 04-02-08, 10:19 PM

Try to take them out with the deck gun and then run to the task force.

Rockin Robbins · 04-03-08, 05:18 AM

Radio reports aren't always reliable. Leaving real targets for something that might not pan out just maka no sensa. Also, what if this is one of those 30 knot convoys and you're not in the narrow cone of opportunity to attack it? You'd be wasting your time.

"A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush." There! Submarine wisdom from Benjamin Franklin.

Captain Vlad · 04-03-08, 05:38 AM

I'm with RR on this one. You've accomplished step one (find them). Leaving out step two (sink them) just doesn't seem right.

04-02-08, 10:14 PM	#1
scrapser Captain Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 530 Downloads: 12 Uploads: 0	I'm in a Pickle I'm on my first ever campaign patrol using TMO and ran across a couple merchants running tandem south/southeast of Formosa. Just as I'm about to ambush these guys (they are less than 2000 yards off my stern), I get flash traffic about a Task Force! It turns out to be south/southwest of Formosa traveling at 15 knots and looks to be heading for the Formosa Straits. Do I... Attack the two merchants <or> Scramble for the Task Force at flank (maybe intercept them north of the island)? __________________ Gaming Computer Specs: CM Stacker 930 DFI LP UT X58-T3eH8 i7 920 CPU TR 120 Extreme HS (lapped) 6 GB OCZ Platinum 1600 (8x175 = 1400) BFG GTX 295 Silverstone DA1000W PSU Sony GDM-FW900 24" Wide Screen CRT WinXP Pro 32-bit

04-02-08, 10:17 PM	#3
scrapser Captain Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 530 Downloads: 12 Uploads: 0	I doubt it. It's still 1941 and one is a Hog and the other a Split something or other. Not very large either of them. __________________ Gaming Computer Specs: CM Stacker 930 DFI LP UT X58-T3eH8 i7 920 CPU TR 120 Extreme HS (lapped) 6 GB OCZ Platinum 1600 (8x175 = 1400) BFG GTX 295 Silverstone DA1000W PSU Sony GDM-FW900 24" Wide Screen CRT WinXP Pro 32-bit

04-03-08, 05:18 AM	#5
Rockin Robbins Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: DeLand, FL Posts: 8,900 Downloads: 135 Uploads: 52	And remember Radio reports aren't always reliable. Leaving real targets for something that might not pan out just maka no sensa. Also, what if this is one of those 30 knot convoys and you're not in the narrow cone of opportunity to attack it? You'd be wasting your time. "A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush." There! Submarine wisdom from Benjamin Franklin. __________________ Sub Skipper's Bag of Tricks, Slightly Subnuclear Mk 14 & Cutie, Slightly Subnuclear Deck Gun, EZPlot 2.0, TMOPlot, TMOKeys, SH4CMS

04-03-08, 05:38 AM	#6
Captain Vlad Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Pollard, Oklahoma Posts: 679 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	I'm with RR on this one. You've accomplished step one (find them). Leaving out step two (sink them) just doesn't seem right. __________________ "Stop sounding battlestations just to hear the alarm."

04-02-08, 10:15 PM	#2
miner1436 Grey Wolf Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 808 Downloads: 108 Uploads: 3	Are the merchants armed?

04-02-08, 10:19 PM	#4
miner1436 Grey Wolf Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 808 Downloads: 108 Uploads: 3	Try to take them out with the deck gun and then run to the task force.