can i blame the dinner?

[flag4]

In our Type II...

...after an awful first patrol with a new crew - missing two battle cruisers and many other ships in bad weather and good - dud eels, near misses, explosions en-route etc etc...
July 1940: i decided to to make my second patrol and crew more worthy and ready for medals and tonnage. we arrived on the east coast and sunk a Passenger Cargo upon arrival in a near perfect encounter - down she went, and we all cheered a GRAND HURRAH!!

...then we continued on buoyed with our new success to fresh pastures. very soon after we came across an ore carrier at around 8.000 tonnes, this then would take our total to over 10.000 tonnes - yippee we all cried, this was our day.

at 15.000 meters we were closing infront and marking him for speed - around 8 knots - when suddenly watch crew yelled WARSHIP SPOTTED!

..no way, not seen that one. and ASW was out infront a couple of thousand meters. by the way the weather was clear but rough and pushing ahead was making us go full ahead not really gaining now we had got the ASW too.

(all this time my dinner was nearing completion cooking in the kitchen - organic steak - reduced in price at a bargain, i was really hungry and not a little tired too...)

so i came to a decision - now level with the ASW i would dive and run in on the ASW - surprise him sink him and finish offf the ore carrier. so off i went with a small, but at the time not overwhelming feeling i was hurrying.

i had to go check on the steak and potatos and turned all the heat off but i didnt want an overdone and cold steak so i would have to hurry up.

it would be easy, yes?

and it was at this point i made the fatal error. i decided in all my wisdom to TC gently up to 32 and bring on the encounter with the ASW quicker so as to sink him, then i could have a break + dinner then on to ore carrier for pudding!

at TC32 he, the ASW, ran in on me - i watched the thin black line retreating towards me, and sprayed his evil spawn over my head.

DISASTER. the moment this occured i knew i was dead. the noise from inside was devastating - smashed glass explosions darkness shouting. and to cap it all - now back at normal TC - sinking by the meters very quickly.

i managed to stop the flooding - batteries were dead though and started blowing ballast, she was rising but slowly. then she came on faster as the depth charges exploded all around when we surfaced very suddenly to a hail of shrapnel, the ASW no more tham a 100 meters away coming in for the kill. full ahead we tried to run - diesels were secure but in reality it was hopeless. suddenly there was a loud hiss and the death screen popped up. U BOAT sunk - all hands - game over.

i was mortified. i had this crew from war begining and they were coming on well.

dinner was ok, steak over cooked, potatoes warm. the only consolation - off to the pub for a couple of ciders and an early night.

...i forgot to say. my son said 'Dad! why didnt you press PAUSE!'

[Diopos]

Now you are the dead meat!!!



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[RConch]

As dear old Mom used to say: "Haste makes waste".

[Pisces]

Only if Bernard was the cook then you can blame it on the dinner. :p

[VONHARRIS]

Better luck next time!
At least you enjoyed your dinner.

[jimmyjam25]

Yeah I forget to pause sometimes lol

[postalbyke]

Always blame the dinner. But at the first sign of feeling pressed, pause the game (if you're "multi-tasking") or TC=1 and take a deep breath. I've done reconstructs a-plenty for my game and almost always "failed attack" or "I'm dead" was because I hurried and ignored the warning signs.

I guess Kaleuns get paid so much to not hurry :P

Or as my first Captain said: "I'm being paid to never have a bad day."

[flag4]

Originally Posted by postalbyke

Always blame the dinner. But at the first sign of feeling pressed, pause the game (if you're "multi-tasking") or TC=1 and take a deep breath. I've done reconstructs a-plenty for my game and almost always "failed attack" or "I'm dead" was because I hurried and ignored the warning signs.

I guess Kaleuns get paid so much to not hurry :P

Or as my first Captain said: "I'm being paid to never have a bad day."

i guess the moral of the story is 'cooking stakes makes mistakes.' think i need to turn the heat down - a little - next time!

[zygoma]

Flag -- great story!
It had me ignoring "the smarter half" as I was reading it, cuz I didn't want to be distracted from hearing how it came out.
I think flowers & candy will fix it.....hope so....
I also forget to pause, as I'm not good at multitasking, so I have a hard time changing my focus. I probably would have tried what you did, including trying to outrun the ASW after I got shot up -- even if most surface fighters could go at least three times as fast as I could.
In my old public safety career, when friends found out what I did for a living, the most frequent "first follow-up" question was, "What do you do when nobody will get out of your way when you're driving with lights and siren?"
My stock answer (which I usually mentioned with a straight face) was, "Ah, no problem. I just close my eyes and floor it."

-- Zygoma --
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May your number of surface activities exceed your number of dives by precisely one at the end of your career.

diddly dahdidah

[GT182]

Flag, most have had the same thing happen a time or two. One thing to remember.... never ever be cooking anything when yer on the hunt. LOL

[flag4]

Originally Posted by GT182

Flag, most have had the same thing happen a time or two. One thing to remember.... never ever be cooking anything when yer on the hunt. LOL

NOW you tell me!

[GT182]

Originally Posted by flag4

NOW you tell me!

LOL..... Better late than never they say.

Don't feel bad, I've done the same thing. The 'Warden' says come eat or it's getting thrown out.... What choice do you have when you're in a hurry...... Abandon Ship!!!!!