BdU "ettiquette"?

[nemchenk]

Thanks guys

I appreciate the game-related aspects, for example that GWX has removed the patrol reward, and that there are no penalties I sort of meant more roleplay-wise -- what did the Kaelun's do back then?

I presume that if BdU tells us to patrol a certain grid, they really do mean "go there as fast as you can, remain as long as you can, and attack at your discretion", don't they? They must be trying to arrange a good coverage of important grids with the boats they have, and if one boat goes "sod that, I've been here for 24 hours and there's nothing up here! I'm off to [insert name of preferred target]!" that will really screw up BdU's plans!

Also, does anyone have any ideas what 1st Flotilla did in WWII? Being based in Kiel and with Type II boats, I am surprised that they keep ordering me into outer reaches of the North Sea, especially since there is a war going on just "down the road" in Poland!

[Sailor Steve]

"Nein! Do not listen to zem. If you disobey orders you vill be shot!"

I always go to my assigned grid and stay for at least two weeks. On the other hand if you use SH3 Commander you can assign yourself to a grid of your choosing. I've gone to Poland that way more than once. And as both Jim and Frau K pointed out, with GWX there is no real gain from following those orders.

And 1st flotilla will receive VIIs soon enough. Like right about the time they move to France.

[frau kaleun]

Originally Posted by nemchenk

Thanks guys

I appreciate the game-related aspects, for example that GWX has removed the patrol reward, and that there are no penalties I sort of meant more roleplay-wise -- what did the Kaelun's do back then?

I presume that if BdU tells us to patrol a certain grid, they really do mean "go there as fast as you can, remain as long as you can, and attack at your discretion", don't they? They must be trying to arrange a good coverage of important grids with the boats they have, and if one boat goes "sod that, I've been here for 24 hours and there's nothing up here! I'm off to [insert name of preferred target]!" that will really screw up BdU's plans!

Also, does anyone have any ideas what 1st Flotilla did in WWII? Being based in Kiel and with Type II boats, I am surprised that they keep ordering me into outer reaches of the North Sea, especially since there is a war going on just "down the road" in Poland!

Real Kaleuns obeyed orders, cuz that's how the real military works.

Since Germany's primary goal in the BoA was to blockade Britain and cut off as much of her shipping as possible, there had to be an effort to keep the available u-boats on patrol in strategically important areas. If commanders had been free to go anywhere that suited them in order to beef up their own tonnage scores, it would have been impossible to maintain any semblance of an effective blockade. As it was, BdU rarely had enough boats available to cover the area that needed to be covered, and maintained regular radio contact with the boats they did have in order to know exactly where they were and to send them exactly where they wanted them to go.

For basic info about 1 U-Flotilla, you can start here:

http://www.uboat.net/flotillas/1flo.htm

If you click on the links to the individual boats of the flotilla you'll get patrol records and have some idea of what the flotilla was up to over the years.

[Sailor Steve]

Thanks for pointing that out, ma'am. The very first boat listed spent most of her patrols on the east side of the North Sea, ranging all the way up to the north end.

[nemchenk]

heh @ Sailor Steve


Thanks, Frau Kaelun. I too had stumbled upon uboat.net shortly after posting, in my own search for more historical info. U-9 seems to have had an interesting career...

1st Flotilla did seem to range in the North Sea as well as the Kategat, so perhaps my assignments aren't too weird... But I've cheated and set myself to patrol off Danzig with SHIII Commander, so we shall see how that goes!

[STEED]

Nuts to Bdu, what the hell do they know? Sitting on there asses drinking French wine while I'm at sea in the middle of it all! I do as I damn well please.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by STEED

Nuts to Bdu, what the hell do they know? Sitting on there asses drinking French wine while I'm at sea in the middle of it all! I do as I damn well please.

LMAO

[Sailor Steve]

My Dear Kaleun Steed;

Ve haff heard rumors zat you haff been playing fast und loose mit ze rules. Be advised zat ve haff our eyes on you at all times. Do not sink zat you are getting avay mit anysink. You are not. Ve know vere you live.

Mit all our luff;

BdU