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12-21-07, 03:09 PM
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Watch Officer
 Join Date: May 2005
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Yeah, she is a real beauty! I visited her in 2005 and I was very pleased with the museum and staff. The old lady is lovingly cared for by a great group of people. Not what I was expecting in liberal, anti-military San Freako! The coolest thing about the museum is that there is no guided tour. They just turn you loose with a headset audio tour and let you run wild. I spent more than two hours exploring her from stem to stern. I even got to watch one of her "crew" crawl beneath the floor between the diesels and change a lightbulb. There is not a lot of room down there! The only downside is that I couldnt go into the conning tower. They had it roped off since their lawyers probably dont like the public climbing the ladder from the control room. It was a blast. Every time I play SHIV it is awesome to see what a great job the devs did in recreating that control room!
By the way, recently (YES RECENTLY) the Pampanito got a refit! See, Ducimus is right, refits do happen. Even in 2006! Deck gun when I visited in '05:  Deck gun after her refit in '06. I wonder where she was patrolling to earn it! :hmm:   Here are some more pics! Dont you wish we had this room!  More goodies   More pics to follow... .
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The day publishers figured out that they could sell flashy first person shooters to teenagers in numbers greater than sand on a beach was the day that quality simulations died. --Col. Tibbets UBI SHIV Forums I guess they should have made SH4 an open boat where we run around inside and shoot each other a 1000 times. They seem to handle those games with numerous patches. --Longam UBI SHIV Forums A sad day has dawned... |
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