Saved by shallow water

[Daniel Prates]

I think we all have tried to rest on the ocean's bottom every now and then, as the game easily allows it, but I have my doubts if in RL anyone tried that unless they had no other choice (like, really, no other choice, as they were helplessly sinking).

[Armistead]

Only problem is if you scrub bottom in the game you will eventually take damage, but Traveller just released a mod that fixes that. Regardless, shallow water beats heading for the deep anytime, I've done it several times, course with mods like TMO you sit there, you'll die, so you keep moving scrubbing bottom

[Hinrich Schwab]

Originally Posted by Daniel Prates

I think we all have tried to rest on the ocean's bottom every now and then, as the game easily allows it, but I have my doubts if in RL anyone tried that unless they had no other choice (like, really, no other choice, as they were helplessly sinking).

It happened to the USS Drum, I believe. It bottomed out during a particularly nasty depth charging by an IJN destroyer. It lasted well over 17 hours. I am double-checking the logs to see if it was the Drum. I want to be absolutely sure.