Say it ain't so ...

PappyCain · 04-20-10, 09:57 AM

Just got orders to relinquish my command to my exec and report to Kiel to assume training young squids ... say it ain't so!

Weiss Pinguin · 04-20-10, 10:14 AM

Time to move over ya old fart, make way for the new kids!

Immelman · 04-20-10, 10:28 AM

Its pretty much the same fate really. Dodging Depth Charges and Hedgehogs from DDs in the Atlantic or dodging 1000lb bombs from bombers at the naval yard... SSDD. At least while commanding a boat you can strike back and sink some ships!

Just curious what year is it in your campaign?

Sailor Steve · 04-20-10, 12:12 PM

He has to be using Commander. That's the only source that has a "Realistic career length" option.

Exakt · 04-20-10, 12:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

He has to be using Commander. That's the only source that has a "Realistic career length" option.

Yes, for sure... my first DID captain with that option enabled got transfered to BdU after 10 patrols.

DaveP63 · 04-20-10, 05:30 PM

Got the same orders Saturday PM! After the 9th patrol, late 1940 and over 100K. (I turned it off this time!)

PappyCain · 04-21-10, 07:24 AM

Well being retired (twice in RL) and now with Commander (12 patrols) allows me the chance to spend more time with Helga ashore.

Meanwhile I passed the baton to a capable exec who has reported 12,000+ tons off Rockhall on Oct '41, U-56. Very aggressive feller. "Ok ya squints and swabbies, take a seat. Class starts now! Stand up. Sit down. Stand up. Sit down. Stand up. Sit down. Stand up. Sit down. "

PC

flakmonkey · 04-21-10, 07:42 AM

Gotta love sh3 commander for things like this, my commander got retired and then was hit by a truck and died a week later!

Platapus · 04-21-10, 06:53 PM

They will get my Type VIIb when they pry my cold dead fingers from the periscope.

Lord_magerius · 04-21-10, 07:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Platapus

They will get my Type VIIb when they pry my cold dead fingers from the periscope.

Damn straight, if I get retired I'm putting a request in for a position as ships cook aboard my beloved U-47. How could I turn her over to somebody else? it's my U-boat. MINE!!!!! I'm not sharing!!

frau kaleun · 04-21-10, 09:10 PM

Protip: once you've peed on the conning tower ladder, the ship is permanently marked as yours and they can't take it away from you. It's a longstanding naval tradition, kind of like rum and sodomy.*

*Sodomy is not officially endorsed as a method of laying permanent claim to crew members, and may actually result in increasingly urgent requests for transfer.

Immelman · 04-21-10, 09:50 PM

There is so much blood and DNA of mine in my trusty U-83 VIIB that we are practically related. If they retire me they have to retire it and give it to me as my pleasure yacht.

04-20-10, 09:57 AM	#1
PappyCain Samurai Navy Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: on the Atlantic Ocean Posts: 559 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Say it ain't so ... Just got orders to relinquish my command to my exec and report to Kiel to assume training young squids ... say it ain't so! __________________ DID, no cheats, no shortcuts, no non-historic equipment deviations. Boat and crew safety is integral with my immersion style! Follow the historic events during your patrol: http://www.uboat.net/today.html

04-20-10, 10:14 AM	#2
Weiss Pinguin Ocean Warrior Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Auburn, Alabama Posts: 3,333 Downloads: 101 Uploads: 0	Time to move over ya old fart, make way for the new kids! __________________

04-20-10, 10:28 AM	#3
Immelman Sparky Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 150 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Its pretty much the same fate really. Dodging Depth Charges and Hedgehogs from DDs in the Atlantic or dodging 1000lb bombs from bombers at the naval yard... SSDD. At least while commanding a boat you can strike back and sink some ships! Just curious what year is it in your campaign? __________________ Fotia kai tsekouri

04-20-10, 12:12 PM	#4
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	He has to be using Commander. That's the only source that has a "Realistic career length" option. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

04-21-10, 07:24 AM	#7
PappyCain Samurai Navy Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: on the Atlantic Ocean Posts: 559 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Well being retired (twice in RL) and now with Commander (12 patrols) allows me the chance to spend more time with Helga ashore. Meanwhile I passed the baton to a capable exec who has reported 12,000+ tons off Rockhall on Oct '41, U-56. Very aggressive feller. "Ok ya squints and swabbies, take a seat. Class starts now! Stand up. Sit down. Stand up. Sit down. Stand up. Sit down. Stand up. Sit down. " PC __________________ DID, no cheats, no shortcuts, no non-historic equipment deviations. Boat and crew safety is integral with my immersion style! Follow the historic events during your patrol: http://www.uboat.net/today.html

04-20-10, 05:30 PM	#6
DaveP63 Sailor man Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 43 Downloads: 154 Uploads: 0	Got the same orders Saturday PM! After the 9th patrol, late 1940 and over 100K. (I turned it off this time!)

04-21-10, 07:42 AM	#8
flakmonkey Grey Wolf Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Staffordshire, Uk Posts: 944 Downloads: 78 Uploads: 0	Gotta love sh3 commander for things like this, my commander got retired and then was hit by a truck and died a week later! __________________

04-21-10, 06:53 PM	#9
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,361 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	They will get my Type VIIb when they pry my cold dead fingers from the periscope. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

04-21-10, 09:10 PM	#11
frau kaleun Rear Admiral Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Skyri--oh who are we kidding, I'm probably at Lowe's. Again. Posts: 12,706 Downloads: 168 Uploads: 0	Protip: once you've peed on the conning tower ladder, the ship is permanently marked as yours and they can't take it away from you. It's a longstanding naval tradition, kind of like rum and sodomy.* *Sodomy is not officially endorsed as a method of laying permanent claim to crew members, and may actually result in increasingly urgent requests for transfer.

04-21-10, 09:50 PM	#12
Immelman Sparky Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 150 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	There is so much blood and DNA of mine in my trusty U-83 VIIB that we are practically related. If they retire me they have to retire it and give it to me as my pleasure yacht. __________________ Fotia kai tsekouri