Urgent Message from U-8008: All U-Boat Captains..

[Silverleaf]

Greetings,

I did not start this thread to ask anyone to read my current work "The war" #2 said "is passing us by"...

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...=145693&page=3

However something happened within the context of the story that has me completely at a loss for where to go from here. Call it writer's block if you will, but for those of you that write or know of the process, many times stories take on a life of their own, and the author doesn't really control what is happening. Such is the case here as my last entry on page 3 testifies:

Recent events have led to the discovery of a bell attached to the net cutter of my boat U-8008. Said bell is British and has quite a history - HMS Hood.

I feel attached to this story on a very personal level, and my gut instinct is to try and contact someone in the British navy and return this bell in person. It's one thing to sink an enemy ship, and not be connected to it, but this is a very different circumstance.

I need your help to decide what I should do as Captain of the boat as a couple options come to mind, but I want the story to (pun not intended) ring true, to continue in a manner that would be consistent with a real Sub skipper.

Naturally I need to contact BDU 1st, since we came through quite an adventure. From there I could:

1) Return to base, hand the bell over to my commanding officers and go about my business.

2) Contact - in some way - a British ship and give them the bell back first hand.

Other options and suggestions/considerations are more than welcome.

I'll take the best option, and include it in the story.

Many thanks for your help and time. 8)