Insane Small Arms

McHub532 · 04-10-10, 12:19 PM

So.. here I am on my way back to the Sub-pen and along strolls this lone freighter.

I line up for a shot out the aft because that's the only fish I have left. It goes out 200 feet and then stops (see previous post about torpedos not working even when duds turned off).

So.. I whirl around and bring it to the surface to shoot it out with them.

My guys are right on target and in short order the freighter is ablaze with fire.

The enemy get their wits about them and pull out their small arms and start shooting back.

Ting.. ting..

Two rounds hit and I instantly drop to 53% hull and have uncontrolled flooding.

WTF?

SteamWake · 04-10-10, 12:32 PM

Next time stay out of their range

Ive had this happen to me as well .. fear the merchants !

McHub532 · 04-10-10, 12:34 PM

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Originally Posted by SteamWake

Next time stay out of their range

Ive had this happen to me as well .. fear the merchants !

I should have read the mission briefing better. Intelligence reports said that enemy merchant sailors are equipped with nuclear tipped rifle rounds.

McHub532 · 04-10-10, 12:40 PM

Made it back to the subpen.

I checked with my chief maintenance guy at the docks and he said he can't get ahold of any of those nuclear tipped rifle rounds for our guys.

Damn Allies !

mcarlsonus · 04-10-10, 01:18 PM

My experience as well. Early in Campaign, MG rounds simply ricocheted off. Now, they can sink you!

Well, anyway, so much for conserving the WMD's, eh?? Sure, they may have, "Insane Small Arms," but if the Engineer's not TOO depressed, I can get, "INSANE SPEED AHEAD!"

McHub532 · 04-10-10, 01:24 PM

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Originally Posted by mcarlsonus

My experience as well. Early in Campaign, MG rounds simply ricocheted off. Now, they can sink you!

Well, anyway, so much for conserving the WMD's, eh?? Sure, they may have, "Insane Small Arms," but if the Engineer's not TOO depressed, I can get, "INSANE SPEED AHEAD!"

Watchman calls down the hatch into the conning tower, "Captain! They're using Ludicrous Ammo!"
I scream back, "Clear the Deck! All Below! Dive... Dive.. Dive!"

mcarlsonus · 04-10-10, 01:29 PM

to which everyone screams back, "can't submerge now as SOME people are either too stupid or too morale-challenged to heed the alarm and come inside"

What was the command in Spaceballs (an otherwise cruddy movie, by the by!)? Was that, "Ludicrous Speed?"

SteamWake · 04-10-10, 02:30 PM

"Feel the power of the schwartz !"

McHub532 · 04-10-10, 02:33 PM

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Originally Posted by mcarlsonus

to which everyone screams back, "can't submerge now as SOME people are either too stupid or too morale-challenged to heed the alarm and come inside"

What was the command in Spaceballs (an otherwise cruddy movie, by the by!)? Was that, "Ludicrous Speed?"

Yeah, Ludicrous Speed.

mcarlsonus · 04-10-10, 02:50 PM

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Originally Posted by SteamWake

"Feel the power of the schwartz !"

OH! Spaceballs trivia ! What was the President's name?

"Skroob" - an anagram for, "Brooks!"

Westbroek · 04-10-10, 02:54 PM

"Just what we needed.... A Druish Princess."

gimpy117 · 04-10-10, 03:07 PM

hand cannons anybody? those are like 40mm pom poms on some of those ships.

but still i think a destroyer does less damage

mobucks · 04-11-10, 05:58 PM

Kinda hard to tell when they open up with everything they have at once, but some of those small arms fire are actually deck guns. Funny thread though, i love spaceballs!

KiwiVenge · 04-11-10, 06:08 PM

I have been finding if you get right in behind the merchant (his 6 o'clock) and then open up with the deck gun once you are as close as you can get without being spotted by him works well. They seem to not bring near as many guns to bear on you from that angle and the few they do have little chance of hitting you.
Works really well at night because you can get in so close and you can sink him so fast.

Nisgeis · 04-11-10, 06:24 PM

Whilst 'testing' I got strafed by three Mk.1 Hurricanes - they reduced my hull intergirty to 0 in no time at all. They use machine guns, I imagine.

04-10-10, 12:19 PM	#1
McHub532 Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Arizona Posts: 665 Downloads: 104 Uploads: 0	Insane Small Arms So.. here I am on my way back to the Sub-pen and along strolls this lone freighter. I line up for a shot out the aft because that's the only fish I have left. It goes out 200 feet and then stops (see previous post about torpedos not working even when duds turned off). So.. I whirl around and bring it to the surface to shoot it out with them. My guys are right on target and in short order the freighter is ablaze with fire. The enemy get their wits about them and pull out their small arms and start shooting back. Ting.. ting.. Two rounds hit and I instantly drop to 53% hull and have uncontrolled flooding. WTF? __________________ Thomas Jefferson - "When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty."

04-10-10, 12:32 PM	#2
SteamWake Rear Admiral Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 13,224 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Next time stay out of their range Ive had this happen to me as well .. fear the merchants ! __________________ Follow the progress of Mr. Mulligan : http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=147648

04-10-10, 12:40 PM	#4
McHub532 Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Arizona Posts: 665 Downloads: 104 Uploads: 0	Made it back to the subpen. I checked with my chief maintenance guy at the docks and he said he can't get ahold of any of those nuclear tipped rifle rounds for our guys. Damn Allies ! __________________ Thomas Jefferson - "When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty."

04-10-10, 02:30 PM	#8
SteamWake Rear Admiral Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 13,224 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	"Feel the power of the schwartz !" __________________ Follow the progress of Mr. Mulligan : http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=147648

04-10-10, 02:54 PM	#11
Westbroek Lieutenant Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: LA Posts: 256 Downloads: 121 Uploads: 0	"Just what we needed.... A Druish Princess." __________________ .Godspeed.

04-10-10, 01:18 PM	#5
mcarlsonus Weps Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 362 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	My experience as well. Early in Campaign, MG rounds simply ricocheted off. Now, they can sink you! Well, anyway, so much for conserving the WMD's, eh?? Sure, they may have, "Insane Small Arms," but if the Engineer's not TOO depressed, I can get, "INSANE SPEED AHEAD!"

04-10-10, 01:29 PM	#7
mcarlsonus Weps Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 362 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	to which everyone screams back, "can't submerge now as SOME people are either too stupid or too morale-challenged to heed the alarm and come inside" What was the command in Spaceballs (an otherwise cruddy movie, by the by!)? Was that, "Ludicrous Speed?"

04-10-10, 03:07 PM	#12
gimpy117 Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Kalamazoo, MI Posts: 3,243 Downloads: 108 Uploads: 0	hand cannons anybody? those are like 40mm pom poms on some of those ships. but still i think a destroyer does less damage __________________ Member of the Subsim Zombie Army

04-11-10, 05:58 PM	#13
mobucks Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 713 Downloads: 209 Uploads: 0	Kinda hard to tell when they open up with everything they have at once, but some of those small arms fire are actually deck guns. Funny thread though, i love spaceballs!

04-11-10, 06:08 PM	#14
KiwiVenge Medic Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: New Zealand Posts: 168 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	I have been finding if you get right in behind the merchant (his 6 o'clock) and then open up with the deck gun once you are as close as you can get without being spotted by him works well. They seem to not bring near as many guns to bear on you from that angle and the few they do have little chance of hitting you. Works really well at night because you can get in so close and you can sink him so fast. __________________ \"Emancipate yourself from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds.\"

04-11-10, 06:24 PM	#15
Nisgeis Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 2,909 Downloads: 77 Uploads: 11	Whilst 'testing' I got strafed by three Mk.1 Hurricanes - they reduced my hull intergirty to 0 in no time at all. They use machine guns, I imagine. __________________ -------------------------------- This space left intentionally blank.