damn - killed, but don't want to be dead

Keelbuster · 11-01-05, 12:36 PM

I've got a dilemma. I have (had) a great team, on their 22nd patrol in June '42. Last 3 have been out of the La Spezia and we've been using this time as a vacation from the insanity out on the atlantic. This last patrol we ran into a task force in perfect weather (CN39) - King George and 4 destroyers. I sunk KG with 4 torpedoes at 3km. It was beautiful. I escaped without a single DC. Which is all fine and dandy.

On the way home from our distant patrol grid (CO69), I was between Valletta and Bengasi in that space that is supposed to be air-cover free (by the map that comes with the game). Well, at 512 time compression my warning thing went red and an aircraft was spotted. I jumped to the keyboard and pressed periscope, then crash dive. U-47 dove hard and was almost under (tail showing) when one of those wide-winged planes dropped 6 DCs on her. It was bad. Front four compartments were red and flooding. Radio room team dead. I hit periscope depth adn started allocating damage teams. I have a great damage team - 4 people with repair skill. Now, we would have been able to fix the damage, but we were sinking - fast. I was still at flank speed, and we were going down at 11 knots. Bad bad bad. 180m. 220m. Fast - speeding up. At about 340 (i think), the bow compartment crushed and the boat followed.

U-47 lost. I can't handle that. I've loaded. But now I'm feeling guilty - i had intended to play for keeps, and was, up until now.

I want to finish the war - it's mid-1942 and i feel like it's only begun (22 patrols until now).

What would you guys do, in my fish-eaten shoes?

K.B.

11-01-05, 12:36 PM	#1
Keelbuster Ace of the Deep Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: BA 72 Posts: 1,092 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	damn - killed, but don't want to be dead I've got a dilemma. I have (had) a great team, on their 22nd patrol in June '42. Last 3 have been out of the La Spezia and we've been using this time as a vacation from the insanity out on the atlantic. This last patrol we ran into a task force in perfect weather (CN39) - King George and 4 destroyers. I sunk KG with 4 torpedoes at 3km. It was beautiful. I escaped without a single DC. Which is all fine and dandy. On the way home from our distant patrol grid (CO69), I was between Valletta and Bengasi in that space that is supposed to be air-cover free (by the map that comes with the game). Well, at 512 time compression my warning thing went red and an aircraft was spotted. I jumped to the keyboard and pressed periscope, then crash dive. U-47 dove hard and was almost under (tail showing) when one of those wide-winged planes dropped 6 DCs on her. It was bad. Front four compartments were red and flooding. Radio room team dead. I hit periscope depth adn started allocating damage teams. I have a great damage team - 4 people with repair skill. Now, we would have been able to fix the damage, but we were sinking - fast. I was still at flank speed, and we were going down at 11 knots. Bad bad bad. 180m. 220m. Fast - speeding up. At about 340 (i think), the bow compartment crushed and the boat followed. U-47 lost. I can't handle that. I've loaded. But now I'm feeling guilty - i had intended to play for keeps, and was, up until now. I want to finish the war - it's mid-1942 and i feel like it's only begun (22 patrols until now). What would you guys do, in my fish-eaten shoes? K.B. __________________