Stuped Tanker Crew !!!!

Blacklight · 03-03-08, 01:03 AM

I'm in the middle of the ocean and I run into a small merchant and a nice big tanker.

I sneak up on them and line up a nice double shot to take them out. One torpedo for the small merchant and two for the tanker.

All the torpedoes manage to miss or explode halfway to the target. Damn those sabotours !!! Anyway, now the two ships are running and zagging all over.

I'm able to get ahead of them and send a shot into the merchant blowing a big hole in it's side. Then to my right side, I hear a "BOOM !!!" I turn to look and the tanker has exploded, broken in half, and is now a firey inferno.

Since there was NO land anywhere near, it couldn't have been done by the Luftwaffe or the Lolwaffe. This left only two obvious conclusions:

1. The ship may have had a deck gun on board and it fired and hit itself in a sweet spot somehow. (Yet since I was submerged, I have no clue what he would be fireing at).
2. The crew intentionally scuttled the ship to keep me from getting their tonnage !!

All in all, I ended up wasting 6 precious torpedoes durring this encounter with only ONE hit.

This is the worst mission I've ever been on. I have four torpedoes left and only three kills and I'm in an IXB boat that came loaded with a gazillion torpedoes ! My usually crack shot weapons officer is really not doing too well this time out.

Man.. I can't wait till the wind kicks up to it's default 15 meters per seccond !

03-03-08, 01:03 AM	#1
Blacklight Ocean Warrior Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Connecticut Posts: 2,507 Downloads: 145 Uploads: 0	Stuped Tanker Crew !!!! I'm in the middle of the ocean and I run into a small merchant and a nice big tanker. I sneak up on them and line up a nice double shot to take them out. One torpedo for the small merchant and two for the tanker. All the torpedoes manage to miss or explode halfway to the target. Damn those sabotours !!! Anyway, now the two ships are running and zagging all over. I'm able to get ahead of them and send a shot into the merchant blowing a big hole in it's side. Then to my right side, I hear a "BOOM !!!" I turn to look and the tanker has exploded, broken in half, and is now a firey inferno. Since there was NO land anywhere near, it couldn't have been done by the Luftwaffe or the Lolwaffe. This left only two obvious conclusions: 1. The ship may have had a deck gun on board and it fired and hit itself in a sweet spot somehow. (Yet since I was submerged, I have no clue what he would be fireing at). 2. The crew intentionally scuttled the ship to keep me from getting their tonnage !! All in all, I ended up wasting 6 precious torpedoes durring this encounter with only ONE hit. This is the worst mission I've ever been on. I have four torpedoes left and only three kills and I'm in an IXB boat that came loaded with a gazillion torpedoes ! My usually crack shot weapons officer is really not doing too well this time out. Man.. I can't wait till the wind kicks up to it's default 15 meters per seccond ! __________________ Be my friend or be a mushroom cloud. "I am coming at you. You will explode in a couple of minutes !"