Can we pick up ALL Survivors?!

[Dowly]

Originally Posted by Capt.Warner

It would be Nice if you could rescue them but if they are enemys flak gun them

Or maybe put that MG34 we see in SH3's conning tower to a better use.

[Hanomag]

Originally Posted by Capt.Warner

It would be Nice if you could rescue them but if they are enemys flak gun them

Originally Posted by Dowly

Or maybe put that MG34 we see in SH3's conning tower to a better use.

Yes.. yes.. mow down the shwinehund...

Oops..sorry..

[SilentAngel]

War criminals!

[Hanomag]

Originally Posted by SilentAngel

War criminals!

Well ..my SH3Commander random fate was "captured in Venezuela in 2002, tried by the EJC (for war crimes- machinegunning survivors HMS Newcastle, 1942) and sentenced to life imprisonment. Subsequently dying of cancer in 2003."

[Kapitan_Phillips]

Well, if they cant implement picking up survivors, what about some way of signalling a rescue for them? I'm pretty sure U-Boats used to toss them cigarettes and food, and shoot a flare or something up into the air, or bring back a neutral merchant to pick them up.

[Kamikaze Krazy]

"There's a lot more to it than just pulling up beside a ship and clicking a "Rescue survivors" button. What are you going to do with them? Where are you going to offload them? What impact will they have on your patrol duties? The game would need to support answers to these questions as well, lest buyers complain of another half implemented feature" -JScones

I have thought about this and I agree with you.

What would you do with them? Offload them maybe at an Allied port, or like what Kapitan_Phillips just said:

"Well, if they cant implement picking up survivors, what about some way of signaling a rescue for them? I'm pretty sure U-Boats used to toss them cigarettes and food, and shoot a flare or something up into the air, or bring back a neutral merchant to pick them up."

As for survivors/POW's, it would be determined by what space is on your boat at that very moment. If you have all of your crew spaces in your crew management screen full, a full load of fish, and food boxes everywhere, then you might only be able to carry 5-10. On the other hand, if you have only two fish, five empty spaces in the crew management screen, and no food boxes piled high to the ceiling, then you could carry... say 30-40 survivors/POW's. There could also be a counter of how many there are on board like this: 14/30.

On top of all of this, if you pick up survivors/POW's, they could also be in the crew management screen (C.M.S.). For example, if you have an allied (Axis or otherwise) survivor, that person would have a blue ALLIED SURVIVOR stamped onto their portrait. If it is an enemy airman, there would be a red ENEMY AIRMAN stamped onto their portrait... or at least something similar to this. You can only move them to where there is an empty spot on the C.M.S.

How do you like those apples? Well, at least I think they are good ideas!

[Talyllyn]

Originally Posted by Hanomag

Yes.. yes.. mow down the shwinehund...

Oops..sorry..

Kapitänleutnant Heinz-William Heck U852 was executed for war crimes after his war diary provided evidence that he had machine gunned survivors from the Greek ship Peleus. Although his primary objective was to sink all the floating debris after sinking the ship.

You do wonder if Werner Hartenstein U156 would have tried quite so hard to save the survivors of the Laconia if they had not been mostly Italian prisoners.


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[Thomen]

Originally Posted by Talyllyn

Kapitänleutnant Heinz-William Heck U852 was executed for war crimes after his war diary provided evidence that he had machine gunned survivors from the Greek ship Peleus. Although his primary objective was to sink all the floating debris after sinking the ship.

Heck's case was, IMO, a case of "Siegerjustiz" and the sentence way over board, compared to other stuff or procedures.