What Would You Do?

Carcassonne · 08-24-05, 02:05 PM

2nd Career, 18th patrol.

I came across a beautiful convoy, all enemy and all C2 or larger. After my initial attack I received some swft punishment. I lost stern dive planes as well as port and starboard rudders...in short, I could only dive, surface, and move fore and aft.

So the question: what would you do?

1). Warp back to port via "Exit Patrol"
2). Play dead is dead and assume your career is over?

Beery · 08-24-05, 02:08 PM

Warp back to port. BdU never left a U-boat drifting in the Atlantic.

However, I would never have got as far as an 18th patrol. No real U-boat commander did more than 16 patrols.

Catfish · 08-24-05, 03:38 PM

Hello,
just try to set course to base, maybe the boat will travel back without direct rudder commands. The possibility to repair the planes as well as steering with the screws is not implemented in the game (propshafts were not aligned with the hull but some degrees off to both sides). If it doesn't work, warp back ....
Greetings,
Catfish

U-104 · 08-24-05, 05:14 PM

I would wait for the amount of days it took the tow ship to get to me and then the amount of days it took for me to get back and then hit warp.

08-24-05, 06:05 PM

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Originally Posted by U-104

I would wait for the amount of days it took the tow ship to get to me and then the amount of days it took for me to get back and then hit warp.

Great idea! Much more realistic than doing it immediately. I never thought of that one. Thanks!

August · 08-24-05, 08:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

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Originally Posted by U-104

I would wait for the amount of days it took the tow ship to get to me and then the amount of days it took for me to get back and then hit warp.

Great idea! Much more realistic than doing it immediately. I never thought of that one. Thanks!

What kind of tow boat could BDU send in such a situation? Probably another sub i'd imagine but could one sub tow another and still submerge if attacked?

Happy Times · 08-24-05, 09:33 PM

Another sub would come with spare parts and try to repare it.If that wouldnt work,they would scuttle the boat and take the crew onboard.. :hmm:

JohnnyPotPie · 08-25-05, 12:24 AM

this is when we all wish for the ability to control each screw individualy.

bookworm_020 · 08-25-05, 03:30 AM

Had this happen to me on an early patrol. Came across a convoy near Liverpool. Took out a T2 and a C3 and made a C2 lean some.

The escorts (5 of them, what did I sink, the Queen Mary???) took a dislike to my behaviour, and proceeded to give me a right royal booting

They destroyed my rudder, bow planes, radio, damaged three of my five tubes and a leak in two compartments. My hull integerty wasn't all that great either.

When I surfaced, the only choice I had for a destination was ahead for England or all back for Ireland. Did everything in the book ( and a couple of things that weren't) to try and get home, but no luck.

Had to quit and restart my patrol. Didnt save before getting beat up

KapitÃ¤n Cremer · 08-25-05, 06:02 AM

In case a U-boat was disabled out in the Atlantic it was standard procedure to send out a resupply sub, also known as Milk Cow, to try and repair any damage. If the U-boat couldn't be repaired it would be destroyed by its own crew.

As always it was a race on both sides because the allies were keen on getting their hands on the german enigma code machine.

Have you ever seen the movie U-571. Although a bit over dramatized it does draw a good picture of the strugge of the Enigma.

Happy Times · 08-25-05, 06:16 AM

Yeah,but also here the real story could have made a better movie,i think..

Carcassonne · 08-25-05, 12:15 PM

I ended up simply "warping" back to port and ended the mission. I had done so prior to reading a post about waiting a given length of time to simulate receiving repairs from another vessel.

Thanks for the ideas, I'll certainly use them in the future.

Also, there was a comment about plotting a course and seeing what happens. I tried manual going hard starboard and port to no avail, I simply would only turn if the currents moved me in that direction...oh well. I guess I will say that I'm glad the "warp" feature is included, it certainly would be a shame to eternally float.

KapitÃ¤n Cremer · 08-25-05, 02:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Happy Times

Yeah,but also here the real story could have made a better movie,i think..

Absolutely..but you know...once Hollywood wants to make a movie it has to involve blowing up half a continent for starters....

Only exception is Das Boot....Accurate historic uboat movie who doesn't put brawns before brains.....

Beery · 08-25-05, 02:17 PM

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Originally Posted by KapitÃ¤n Cremer

...once Hollywood wants to make a movie it has to involve blowing up half a continent for starters....

Only exception is Das Boot....Accurate historic uboat movie who doesn't put brawns before brains.....

I think Das Boot was made in Bavaria.

martes86 · 08-25-05, 02:24 PM

Bavaria Studios, MÃ¼nchen, Germany.

08-24-05, 02:05 PM	#1
Carcassonne Loader Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 82 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	What Would You Do? 2nd Career, 18th patrol. I came across a beautiful convoy, all enemy and all C2 or larger. After my initial attack I received some swft punishment. I lost stern dive planes as well as port and starboard rudders...in short, I could only dive, surface, and move fore and aft. So the question: what would you do? 1). Warp back to port via "Exit Patrol" 2). Play dead is dead and assume your career is over?

08-24-05, 02:08 PM	#2
Beery Admiral Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Silver Spring, MD, USA (but still a Yorkshireman at heart - tha can allus tell a Yorkshireman...) Posts: 2,497 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Warp back to port. BdU never left a U-boat drifting in the Atlantic. However, I would never have got as far as an 18th patrol. No real U-boat commander did more than 16 patrols. __________________ "More mysterious. Yeah. I'll just try to think, 'Where the hell's the whiskey?'" - Bob Harris, Lost in Translation. "Anyrooad up, ah'll si thi" - Missen.

08-24-05, 05:14 PM	#4
U-104 Grey Wolf Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: United States Posts: 797 Downloads: 187 Uploads: 0	I would wait for the amount of days it took the tow ship to get to me and then the amount of days it took for me to get back and then hit warp. __________________ My heart is steadfast, O God. I will sing and make music with all my soul. Ps. 108:1 Survival of the fittest does not explain arrival of the fittest. we live in a single spoken sentence.. "God said, let there be"

08-24-05, 09:33 PM	#7
Happy Times Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 2,950 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Another sub would come with spare parts and try to repare it.If that wouldnt work,they would scuttle the boat and take the crew onboard.. :hmm: __________________

08-25-05, 12:24 AM	#8
JohnnyPotPie Loader Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 89 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	this is when we all wish for the ability to control each screw individualy. __________________ be more aggressive

08-24-05, 03:38 PM	#3
Catfish Dipped Squirrel Operative Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky Posts: 17,766 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	Hello, just try to set course to base, maybe the boat will travel back without direct rudder commands. The possibility to repair the planes as well as steering with the screws is not implemented in the game (propshafts were not aligned with the hull but some degrees off to both sides). If it doesn't work, warp back .... Greetings, Catfish

08-25-05, 03:30 AM	#9
bookworm_020 Navy Seal Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sinking ships off the Australian coast Posts: 5,966 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Had this happen to me on an early patrol. Came across a convoy near Liverpool. Took out a T2 and a C3 and made a C2 lean some. The escorts (5 of them, what did I sink, the Queen Mary???) took a dislike to my behaviour, and proceeded to give me a right royal booting They destroyed my rudder, bow planes, radio, damaged three of my five tubes and a leak in two compartments. My hull integerty wasn't all that great either. When I surfaced, the only choice I had for a destination was ahead for England or all back for Ireland. Did everything in the book ( and a couple of things that weren't) to try and get home, but no luck. Had to quit and restart my patrol. Didnt save before getting beat up

08-25-05, 06:02 AM	#10
KapitÃ¤n Cremer Sailor man Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 47 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	In case a U-boat was disabled out in the Atlantic it was standard procedure to send out a resupply sub, also known as Milk Cow, to try and repair any damage. If the U-boat couldn't be repaired it would be destroyed by its own crew. As always it was a race on both sides because the allies were keen on getting their hands on the german enigma code machine. Have you ever seen the movie U-571. Although a bit over dramatized it does draw a good picture of the strugge of the Enigma. __________________ Ship sighted ! Arm the Torpedoes KapitÃ¤n Cremer, U333

08-25-05, 06:16 AM	#11
Happy Times Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 2,950 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Yeah,but also here the real story could have made a better movie,i think.. __________________

08-25-05, 12:15 PM	#12
Carcassonne Loader Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 82 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I ended up simply "warping" back to port and ended the mission. I had done so prior to reading a post about waiting a given length of time to simulate receiving repairs from another vessel. Thanks for the ideas, I'll certainly use them in the future. Also, there was a comment about plotting a course and seeing what happens. I tried manual going hard starboard and port to no avail, I simply would only turn if the currents moved me in that direction...oh well. I guess I will say that I'm glad the "warp" feature is included, it certainly would be a shame to eternally float.

08-25-05, 02:24 PM	#15
martes86 Grey Wolf Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: The Colourful Seville - Spain Posts: 971 Downloads: 18 Uploads: 0	Bavaria Studios, MÃ¼nchen, Germany.