Engine Room Unable to Comply

l02turner · 10-29-22, 10:51 PM

I was recently running a career mission in the south China Sea in the model of boat that came after the Gato, a Tambor perhaps? It was late 1944, around midnight and the night was really dark, I was running decks awash at about 28-29' and the closest enemy was about 12 miles out. I had sunk a Small Old Split Freighter and a modern Large Freighter running alone, without escort several hours earlier.

I requested all ahead slow and rec'd a message saying "Cannot Compl y", I tried all the speed settings, forward and reverse, and rec'd the same message. I checked the props using the outside camera and sure enough they weren't turning and were not damaged or obstructed.

I was a long ways from home, with no help for 1000's of milesl Lucky for me, I could bail out, but my crew is still there in a saved file. Any idea how to survive or recover from this? Does it happen often?

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10-29-22, 10:51 PM	#1
l02turner Soundman Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Va Posts: 143 Downloads: 167 Uploads: 0	Engine Room Unable to Comply I was recently running a career mission in the south China Sea in the model of boat that came after the Gato, a Tambor perhaps? It was late 1944, around midnight and the night was really dark, I was running decks awash at about 28-29' and the closest enemy was about 12 miles out. I had sunk a Small Old Split Freighter and a modern Large Freighter running alone, without escort several hours earlier. I requested all ahead slow and rec'd a message saying "Cannot Compl y", I tried all the speed settings, forward and reverse, and rec'd the same message. I checked the props using the outside camera and sure enough they weren't turning and were not damaged or obstructed. I was a long ways from home, with no help for 1000's of milesl Lucky for me, I could bail out, but my crew is still there in a saved file. Any idea how to survive or recover from this? Does it happen often? Thanks -