What Would You Have Done? New KTB

[Von Tonner]

Originally Posted by Aktungbby

95% hull integrity! Welcome home Kaleun Here is your Mauser and orders for Stalingrad

At what percentage of hull integrity would one justifiably turn back for home ?

It is 1942 and at dead of night while on the surface on my way to my designated patrol grid I came across a coastal freighter and merchant. I lay in wait on the surface as it was pitch dark. As the coastal freighter passed I fired one torpedo and waited agonisingly for the merchant to cross in line. My game plan was to have fired the second torpedo before the first torpedo hit the coastal freighter and then get under. Unfortunately it did not happen that way. The first struck minutes before I was able to get the second off.

The sky lit up and I was under heavy fire from both ships. I should have immediately crash dived as these ships were going nowhere with no escorts to help them from a submerged attack. But I don't know, one tends to get caught up in the moment and become irrational as the adrenaline of attack, attack pumps through one. So I waited out those precious minutes exposed on the surface and under attack to release the second torpedo.

My officers were screaming out the damage we were taking but one kinda becomes so transfixed in one's game plan that reason becomes the first casualty.

Though the two torpedo's did their work I now sit submerged with hull damage at 62% and wonder if, for the sake of my crew and boat (I play DID) I should not turn back for home. And yes, I know its a bit late down the track to start behaving like a real Kapitan who would never have got himself into this position to begin with I would however like your opinion - go home or continue?

There is a milk cow within distance but I feel that is a little cheat as they were really only there for fuel, supplies and torpedo's - not major repairs to one's boat.