Pursuing long range in high seas and rain

bert8for3 · 01-18-08, 05:50 AM

That's when you have to weigh the pros and cons, notably fuel status, distance back to base, remaining torpedoes. I just abandoned a chase in similar circumstances. At flank speed on the engines, I was only making maybe a knot better through the water than the targets. Having to maintain the necessary distance in daylight, I just wasn't going to overtake and get into attack position for a very long time. My fuel was at less than half and I've only used two torpedoes on this patrol so far, so I want to stay out on patrol. Given the distance back to base and the fuel needed to continue patrol for a decent amount of time to use my remaining torpedoes, I decided to give up the chase. BdU should understand, although some bureaucrat there will probably send me a snippy radio message.

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01-18-08, 05:50 AM	#2
bert8for3 Ace of the Deep Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 1,124 Downloads: 110 Uploads: 0	That's when you have to weigh the pros and cons, notably fuel status, distance back to base, remaining torpedoes. I just abandoned a chase in similar circumstances. At flank speed on the engines, I was only making maybe a knot better through the water than the targets. Having to maintain the necessary distance in daylight, I just wasn't going to overtake and get into attack position for a very long time. My fuel was at less than half and I've only used two torpedoes on this patrol so far, so I want to stay out on patrol. Given the distance back to base and the fuel needed to continue patrol for a decent amount of time to use my remaining torpedoes, I decided to give up the chase. BdU should understand, although some bureaucrat there will probably send me a snippy radio message.