Attacking Two Ships at Once

[Laconic]

Attacking two targets in a TF simultaneously, one using the TDC and the other using the Dick O'Kane method. Landed nine of ten torpedoes, and sank a heavy cruiser and a battleship (Guadalcanal TF in RSRD), all in glorious HD!

(The boring setup)

(The fireworks)

[Ducimus]

I just watched that. Good job, and some fancy shooting there mister! I won't lie and say it doesn't put a grin on my face seeing folks use TMO. I do have a question though, and it's not meant as any sort of criticism, but more of ah, "Did i do something wrong?" kind of question.

The night periscope, is there any reason you didn't use it? Is it not working properly?

[Laconic]

I'm under the (perhaps mistaken) impression that it doesn't ascend as high as the attack scope. I do like the night scope, but I wanted to stay as low as possible, so I used the attack scope. Am I incorrect?

[magic452]

Nice shooting and very nice video. four thumbs up.

I use the night scope all the time and haven't had any problem but I seldom shoot from inside a TF.

By the way did you get away?

Magic

[Laconic]

Originally Posted by magic452

Nice shooting and very nice video. four thumbs up.

I use the night scope all the time and haven't had any problem but I seldom shoot from inside a TF.

By the way did you get away?

Magic

Yeah, clean getaway, the DD's never even made contact. I always sneak out the direction the TF came from...I figure that if there's prop noise from all of the ships above me, I'm that much harder to hear. By the time the DD's can get in position to look for me, I'm already squared away deep. Later in the war, the better active sonar on escorts can make this sort of attack risky.

[Inner Sound]

Mmm, very satisfying.

Just one wee thing: I've long understood that a sub cannot hover, except, rarely, float on top of a denser thermal layer. To control its depth a sub must have way on.

Like the combination punch and the way you set up the knobs and dials beforehand.

[Ducimus]

Originally Posted by Laconic

I'm under the (perhaps mistaken) impression that it doesn't ascend as high as the attack scope. I do like the night scope, but I wanted to stay as low as possible, so I used the attack scope. Am I incorrect?

The night scope not extending as high as the attack scope only appears on the early war conning towers of the Porpoise, salmon, and sargo. Once they get the fairwater cut down it's not an issue. I'd have changed this, but from what ive heard the periscope heights are historically correct. If i have that wrong, id happily change them.

[Laconic]

Originally Posted by Ducimus

The night scope not extending as high as the attack scope only appears on the early war conning towers of the Porpoise, salmon, and sargo. Once they get the fairwater cut down it's not an issue. I'd have changed this, but from what ive heard the periscope heights are historically correct. If i have that wrong, id happily change them.

I've got no idea what the historical limitations were...I'm a history buff, but I'm no historian. I just seem to remember that the night scope only went up so high in the S-Boat I started the war in, so I assumed that they were all like that. This is a Gato, so they're probably the same height and I'd just never noticed.

Originally Posted by Inner Sound

Mmm, very satisfying.

Just one wee thing: I've long understood that a sub cannot hover, except, rarely, float on top of a denser thermal layer. To control its depth a sub must have way on.

Didn't know that. Floating in one point in space may not be realistic, then, but it makes attacks like this so much more fun!

[I'm goin' down]

They have a word for captain's like you. It is "ACE." You are ready to instruct at the War College.

[Laconic]

Originally Posted by I'm goin' down

They have a word for captain's like you. It is "ACE." You are ready to instruct at the War College.

Pshaw. I knew nothing when I picked up this game two years ago, just careful study and practice. It took me about five takes to get the video like I wanted it...some of the bad takes were technical issues, but on one at least I forgot to set the speed on the TDC when I activated it for the battleship, and sent my torpedoes harmlessly astern of it...NARF.