Contact! What now?

[Pisces]

Originally Posted by sixcoins

Okeedokeee......


So, on my 4th patrol, I couldn't seem to chase anything down. Advice, anyone?

I'm chuggin along, a ship pops up on my map about 50 kilometers out....

stop drop and roll?

I mean...all stop, dive, and listen on the hydro? or... Head towards the contacts projected path...
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Well, since it is 50 kilometers out, it's not detected by your sensors (or crew). So hydrophone wont work. It must be a 'radio' report placed silently on the map. Once you click on this icon it should give an idea of it's course, speed and time of the icon. You can use that to draw the direction where it is going. If you follow the steps on the following drawing you can also meet him at the earliest possible time. (depending on how fast you want or can go)

[EDIT] If a significant amount of time has passed since the icon appeared, then you need to calculate his current position based on his probable speed. Once that is plotted you can start the steps of the drawing below.

Courtesy of Kylana for keeping it uploaded to his/her site: