COMSUBPAC hates me!

[TheBeast]

Originally Posted by TheBeast

Every place I am sent to patrol is mined or I am to confirm if it is mined!
I haven't seen a trace of a convoy in more then 1 year (Game Time).
Current date is Sept. 13, 1943 - Current Mission: I am to maintain strick radio silence. My order send me to verify if La Parouse Strait is mined and patrol the Northern Sea of Japan area. When I finish patrolling the SOJ, I am to return via the mined strait and patrol down the east coast of Hanshu Island as far South as I can go before returning to port.
Every radio convoy report is always as far away as it can get(WTF).

I am running PE4, ROW Sound Effects, RSRDC, Environmetal_4.2 (Scene.dat only), Poul-Sound_for_SH4(Really good btw, from AotD).

Is it normal in RSRDC_550 + patch to not encounter convoys like this?

-TheBeast

November, 10, 1943: Patrol Zone - 130nm SW of Bungo Strait. Sighted first convoy I have seen in the past 1.5 years.
November, 11, 1943: I got into position for a attack run, Ranged the first 6 Cargo ships and calculated impact times for each. Foreward Tubes Loadout is 4 M-18's 2 M-14's.
06:15 (Midway Time) Salvo'd all bow tubes. 1 Miss, 3 dud, 2 impact.
06:30 Midway Time) 2 Large Composite sunk. Spent the next 5 hours evading DC attacks. This was a small Convoy of 9 boats but it had a 6 or 7 DD escort screen.
Nov. 11, 43: Surface to patch up and report back to ComSubPac. Recieved radio intel report of Small Task Force heading my way, ETA 1 day. I move to esitmated intercept location and camp. This is my first radio intel contact report during my career I can actually do something about.
Nov. 12, 43: 10:10(Midway Time) The sun is coming up, Light Fog, Light Wind. The sea is fairly calm. Running at radar depth, detect Taskforce approaching. Esitmated Range 21 miles. Start Plotting. 10:30 hours: I see the Conning towers, Looks like DD, BB, CV, BB, CV, Mogami, LC, DD with 1 more DD runing along both sides of the convoy. Esitmate Convoy speed 18-20 knots Course 341, current bearing 315, esitmate range 3,000 yards. Unable to get good fix on targets. They are running a smoke screen Hall'n ass for home. Current LoadoutL 2 Mk-18's 4-Mk14's. I press in closing the range to 1,500 yards. I lead the first ISA BB 20 degree and start shooting, 1 fish every 15 sec. Hard right rudder, come to course 90. Make depth 350'. the 4 Mk-14's miss but then IMPACT followed by IMPACT. The MK-18's hit the 2nd ISA BB she is the fourth ship in the line, many secondary exposions, ISA sunk. The Task Force must have increased speed by approx 10 knot or my initial esimate was way off. Evade DD DC attacks completely and head to my next designated patrol zone.
I think the curse has finally been lifted.

-TheBeast