Things that make you go "Did I just do that?'

Walruss · 02-22-11, 01:20 AM

After seeing the popularity of the 'Things that make you go @#@@$' thread I thought I'd start a similar thread in a different tune. Post here your most amazed 'was that me?' moments, where something unbelievable but AWESOME happens to you in your campaign.

Mine: In the middle of my patrol in my new IXB, august 1940. Patrolling around iceland, AL 22. 200 klicks sws of me I get a convoy report, so I immediately plot an intercept and order 12 knots.

3 days of hunting later, after I'd given up and was heading south for warmer waters, maybe 20 klicks off of the rockwell bank, a huge storm brews up. Disability less than a kilometer. At 1 am, I get a 'ship sighted' and I head up to the bride, to discover I've somehow (quite unbeknown to me) sail right up between the escorts into the side of the convoy. I notice this because a medium merchant out of panama nearly runs me over. after some drastic emergency evasive action, I slip in just 30 meters behind the merchant. At this point I'm thinking 'Wha? no alarms, no searchlights... wow...' and continue on my way. I then spot and sneak up behind a brit whale factory ship and pop off a torp from 300 meters to explode under her. no dice. so I drop back a bit, re-align, and just as I'm about to fire I hear the first torp detonate... but it's not on the whaler. Hurriedly i finish my shot and drop like a stone. as I head for the deep, i take a quick peek out of the obs scope to see my second torp hit home, and a revenge class sinking by the stern where her aft magazine had ignited!!!!!

Needless to say by the time the escorts had woven their way through the convoy I was long gone and running surfaced.

But it gets better.

Having run around the convoy and escaped the escorts, I began tryying to reacquire it, though it's getting harder and harder as it's now 3 am and the storm is only getting worse. At about 3:25 am I nearly get run over AGAIN, this time by a tanker. As she crosses my bow I take my shot and she explodes almost instantly.

From there I figured my luck was not going to be pushed much further, and my fore stores of torps were empty (externals only and far too rough to load them), I set a course ssw, and put as much distance between me and the convoy as possible before the storm broke.

22,000 GRT in merchant shipping
31,000 GRT in warship.

Heading south to calmer waters to reload my externals

EDIT: Yup. Game just crashed. Nope, no save

Excuse me while i go murder something cute and fluffy.

02-22-11, 01:20 AM	#1
Walruss Soundman Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 144 Downloads: 126 Uploads: 0	Things that make you go "Did I just do that?' After seeing the popularity of the 'Things that make you go @#@@$' thread I thought I'd start a similar thread in a different tune. Post here your most amazed 'was that me?' moments, where something unbelievable but AWESOME happens to you in your campaign. Mine: In the middle of my patrol in my new IXB, august 1940. Patrolling around iceland, AL 22. 200 klicks sws of me I get a convoy report, so I immediately plot an intercept and order 12 knots. 3 days of hunting later, after I'd given up and was heading south for warmer waters, maybe 20 klicks off of the rockwell bank, a huge storm brews up. Disability less than a kilometer. At 1 am, I get a 'ship sighted' and I head up to the bride, to discover I've somehow (quite unbeknown to me) sail right up between the escorts into the side of the convoy. I notice this because a medium merchant out of panama nearly runs me over. after some drastic emergency evasive action, I slip in just 30 meters behind the merchant. At this point I'm thinking 'Wha? no alarms, no searchlights... wow...' and continue on my way. I then spot and sneak up behind a brit whale factory ship and pop off a torp from 300 meters to explode under her. no dice. so I drop back a bit, re-align, and just as I'm about to fire I hear the first torp detonate... but it's not on the whaler. Hurriedly i finish my shot and drop like a stone. as I head for the deep, i take a quick peek out of the obs scope to see my second torp hit home, and a revenge class sinking by the stern where her aft magazine had ignited!!!!! Needless to say by the time the escorts had woven their way through the convoy I was long gone and running surfaced. But it gets better. Having run around the convoy and escaped the escorts, I began tryying to reacquire it, though it's getting harder and harder as it's now 3 am and the storm is only getting worse. At about 3:25 am I nearly get run over AGAIN, this time by a tanker. As she crosses my bow I take my shot and she explodes almost instantly. From there I figured my luck was not going to be pushed much further, and my fore stores of torps were empty (externals only and far too rough to load them), I set a course ssw, and put as much distance between me and the convoy as possible before the storm broke. 22,000 GRT in merchant shipping 31,000 GRT in warship. Heading south to calmer waters to reload my externals EDIT: Yup. Game just crashed. Nope, no save Excuse me while i go murder something cute and fluffy. __________________ Lt. Z. S . Werner Krautsch Assigned: U-66 (IXc), 2nd Flot. 1. JAN 1941 Date: JAN 41 Patrols Completed: 0 Warships:0 Subs:0 Merchants: 0 Status: AT SEA Last edited by Walruss; 02-22-11 at 01:31 AM.