Reported a contact with a convoy.

DaveCrom01 · 01-23-08, 05:33 PM

Hello all,

Well, the last 3 days have been spent playing SH4. It's addictive :-)

One quick question for the "reality players" out there.

I had completed a patrol off Honshu, and put all my torpedoes to good use. My star was greyed out (thanks to those on my other thread!) and I had one aft torp left.

I spotted a huge convoy - battleships, destroyers and heavy tankers. I tailed it until I got a lock on of the ships and hit the REPORT CONTACT button like the good captain I am.

My new mission was "this looks important, attack and destoy".

A bit tricky with only one tinfish in the aft slots.

Sure enough, I sunk a small freighter inside the convoy with it, and now its time for home after a stop at midway for some juice.

I still have the orders. Will I fail the patrol? Wouls it actually have been better not to report it and thus not be assigned to attack it? It doesnt seem realistic to not have ignored it, but now I feel I'm about to get a black mark.

Any thoughts?

Cheers Dave,

p.s I just discovered also that I don't need to have visually put a LOCK on a target to get the sonar dude to give me distance to target! I've been brushing up on my Trigonometry and having a blast!

01-23-08, 05:33 PM	#1
DaveCrom01 Watch Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Ontario, Canada. Posts: 28 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Reported a contact with a convoy. Hello all, Well, the last 3 days have been spent playing SH4. It's addictive :-) One quick question for the "reality players" out there. I had completed a patrol off Honshu, and put all my torpedoes to good use. My star was greyed out (thanks to those on my other thread!) and I had one aft torp left. I spotted a huge convoy - battleships, destroyers and heavy tankers. I tailed it until I got a lock on of the ships and hit the REPORT CONTACT button like the good captain I am. My new mission was "this looks important, attack and destoy". A bit tricky with only one tinfish in the aft slots. Sure enough, I sunk a small freighter inside the convoy with it, and now its time for home after a stop at midway for some juice. I still have the orders. Will I fail the patrol? Wouls it actually have been better not to report it and thus not be assigned to attack it? It doesnt seem realistic to not have ignored it, but now I feel I'm about to get a black mark. Any thoughts? Cheers Dave, p.s I just discovered also that I don't need to have visually put a LOCK on a target to get the sonar dude to give me distance to target! I've been brushing up on my Trigonometry and having a blast!