duds, duds and more duds

[CptChacal]

Originally Posted by CSGdesign

Thankyou for your explanation... however to my completely new-to-this mind you've just replaced one name "the wire" with another name "the firing point". What does a "firing point" refer to. I'm totally unfamiliar with all terminology, I've just picked up the game and started playing and teaching myself the history and terminology and techniques and such to get more immersed in role-playing the game...

All this vocabulary comes from historical sources. I can only suggest reading the fleet submarine handbook online for the official terms, and books like O'Kane's "Clear the bridge!" which show how they were used by sub crews, along with some less-official terms. Such books are all over amazon.com.