Bdu transfer to La Spezia

jimmyjam25 · 05-15-12, 01:45 AM

I was stationed at St Nazaire and on my 8th patrol when I got a message from Bdu saying to head to La Spezia to join that flotilla... Well I managed to get past Gibraltar and all the way to La Spezia but when I got there and started a new patrol from there it says my orders are to return to St Nazaire after the patrol... And I couldn't access my medals or anything like that when in La Spezia... What went wrong? Was I meant to do something else to transfer properly? Or should I just return to St Nazaire? Im confused...

jimmyjam25 · 05-15-12, 02:20 AM

Any help/advice would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

benitorios · 05-15-12, 03:10 AM

hi jimmyjam,

I think the message you got was an immersion-only message. I used to get a similar one at the very onset of the war, asking me to re-base at Kiel (I was originally based in Willemshaven), only to find out that the next patrol's orders were to re-base back to WH.

I think the "real" re-base orders read something like:

"Base has been changed to XXX"

If you get one of these, that really means the base has been moved and you need to dock there at the end of your patrol.

Hope this helps!

Boompus · 05-15-12, 04:32 AM

My base once was "Changed to Brest" mid patrol ... (I was based in Kiel)
I went back to Kiel ang got renown, medals etc.. My next patrolorder was "Patrol grid NILL". Start base Kiel, end base Brest. Just bring the Iron Coffin to the new base. In one piece if possible

RConch · 05-15-12, 06:29 AM

Speaking of those immersion messages-I love the ones where my U boat number at another location is having a better patrol than I am with the actual U boat.

jimmyjam25 · 05-15-12, 08:12 AM

Darn it! I should have gone back to St Nazaire when i got that message...

now i have to get out of the med

05-15-12, 01:45 AM	#1
jimmyjam25 Soundman Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 146 Downloads: 39 Uploads: 0	Bdu transfer to La Spezia I was stationed at St Nazaire and on my 8th patrol when I got a message from Bdu saying to head to La Spezia to join that flotilla... Well I managed to get past Gibraltar and all the way to La Spezia but when I got there and started a new patrol from there it says my orders are to return to St Nazaire after the patrol... And I couldn't access my medals or anything like that when in La Spezia... What went wrong? Was I meant to do something else to transfer properly? Or should I just return to St Nazaire? Im confused...

05-15-12, 04:32 AM	#4
Boompus A-ganger Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Somewhere in Grid AN85 Posts: 80 Downloads: 84 Uploads: 0	My base once was "Changed to Brest" mid patrol ... (I was based in Kiel) I went back to Kiel ang got renown, medals etc.. My next patrolorder was "Patrol grid NILL". Start base Kiel, end base Brest. Just bring the Iron Coffin to the new base. In one piece if possible __________________ Boompus AOB 90°, Q'plah..Los!

05-15-12, 06:29 AM	#5
RConch Captain Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: No. Virginia Posts: 619 Downloads: 518 Uploads: 0	Speaking of those immersion messages-I love the ones where my U boat number at another location is having a better patrol than I am with the actual U boat. __________________ "Noch und Noch" Prowling the Nord Atlantik with GWX 3.0.

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05-15-12, 02:20 AM	#2
jimmyjam25 Soundman Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 146 Downloads: 39 Uploads: 0	Any help/advice would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

05-15-12, 03:10 AM	#3
benitorios Sailor man Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: On the shores of the East China Sea Posts: 44 Downloads: 53 Uploads: 0	hi jimmyjam, I think the message you got was an immersion-only message. I used to get a similar one at the very onset of the war, asking me to re-base at Kiel (I was originally based in Willemshaven), only to find out that the next patrol's orders were to re-base back to WH. I think the "real" re-base orders read something like: "Base has been changed to XXX" If you get one of these, that really means the base has been moved and you need to dock there at the end of your patrol. Hope this helps!

05-15-12, 08:12 AM	#6
jimmyjam25 Soundman Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 146 Downloads: 39 Uploads: 0	Darn it! I should have gone back to St Nazaire when i got that message... now i have to get out of the med