A Terrible Patrol

bill clarke · 02-15-06, 06:17 AM

What a lousy patrol I had, absolutly nothing up around Norway, so after the prerequisite 24 hr patrol in my grid, I thought I'd sail to the firth of forth. So I charted a course in to the firth, terrible weather, as I get closer, I thought I'd better go to periscope depth, at 512 compression, next thing I know I have damage, What the

. I pan in on the map and there is a port , not marked on the map and I've run in to a wall, hull integrity down to 14%

so I wasnt going to chance that, back home with 5 eels, boy was uncle Erich mad

kapitanfred · 02-15-06, 06:28 AM

That is a bugger isn't it. Be careful with the time compression.

STEED · 02-15-06, 06:34 AM

Been there done it, I know how you feel

Tonnage_Ace · 02-15-06, 12:26 PM

Didn't TC drop down to 4? If you've altered that file, didn't it start lagging for you? Whenever I get with in 50Km of a port it starts laggn if I'm higher than 512TC.

bill clarke · 02-16-06, 01:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Tonnage_Ace

Didn't TC drop down to 4? If you've altered that file, didn't it start lagging for you? Whenever I get with in 50Km of a port it starts laggn if I'm higher than 512TC.

No mate, just barrelled along till I hit the wall, I'd like to know why it wasn't marked on the map, any ideas ?

Wolfram · 02-16-06, 09:51 AM

A terrible patrol is the one where the logbook has no final entry...

Dowly · 02-16-06, 09:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Wolfram

A terrible patrol is the one where the logbook has no final entry...

Wolfram · 02-16-06, 10:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Dowly

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Originally Posted by Wolfram

A terrible patrol is the one where the logbook has no final entry...

Perchance I misunderstand but I feel a boat and a crew that survives a "good" patrol. Thus a terrible patrol to me is one where the fate is sealed by the depths...

To each his own I guess sir.

Dowly · 02-16-06, 10:18 AM

That

was to be a sad face mourning the loss of the many uboats. My mistake.

Wolfram · 02-16-06, 10:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Dowly

That

was to be a sad face mourning the loss of the many uboats. My mistake.

I understand better now.

And I agree.

It is no worry sir for we think the same on this matter.

Good Hunting Herr Kaleun!

02-16-06, 01:15 PM

I agree too. It's just like the old pilot's saying: "Any landing you walk away from is a good one".

02-15-06, 06:17 AM	#1
bill clarke Captain Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Wagga Wagga, NSW Australia Posts: 519 Downloads: 40 Uploads: 0	A Terrible Patrol What a lousy patrol I had, absolutly nothing up around Norway, so after the prerequisite 24 hr patrol in my grid, I thought I'd sail to the firth of forth. So I charted a course in to the firth, terrible weather, as I get closer, I thought I'd better go to periscope depth, at 512 compression, next thing I know I have damage, What the . I pan in on the map and there is a port , not marked on the map and I've run in to a wall, hull integrity down to 14% so I wasnt going to chance that, back home with 5 eels, boy was uncle Erich mad

02-15-06, 06:28 AM	#2
kapitanfred Planesman Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: South Australia Posts: 191 Downloads: 28 Uploads: 0	That is a bugger isn't it. Be careful with the time compression.

02-15-06, 06:34 AM	#3
STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	Been there done it, I know how you feel

02-15-06, 12:26 PM	#4
Tonnage_Ace XO Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Vancouver Posts: 411 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Didn't TC drop down to 4? If you've altered that file, didn't it start lagging for you? Whenever I get with in 50Km of a port it starts laggn if I'm higher than 512TC.

02-16-06, 09:51 AM	#6
Wolfram Weps Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: periscope depth Posts: 354 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	A terrible patrol is the one where the logbook has no final entry...

02-16-06, 10:18 AM	#9
Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,052 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	That was to be a sad face mourning the loss of the many uboats. My mistake.

02-16-06, 01:15 PM	#11
Sailor Steve Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	I agree too. It's just like the old pilot's saying: "Any landing you walk away from is a good one".