Suicide mission

[Ducimus]

Much to my chargrin, i moved these missions to other locales in Tmaru as of last version. I could do them, but i have to admit, everytime they came up , my eyes would roll into the back of my head because they're such a time consuming PITA.

[ReallyDedPoet]

Welcome to SUBSIM CV43

I actually don't mind these, although it has been awhile.


RDP

[-Pv-]

These missions would be more do-able if it wasn'for the nearness of the spawn points, Obviously people exect vessles to arrive/depart near major ports. Makes sense to have these only at minor ports and leave Tokyo to the flyboys. Ive been working for a week to crack a shutter at Rabaul.
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[mookiemookie]

I really hate these missions as they're pretty unhistoric. I give credit to the developers for including a variety of mission types, but the actual execution of them is a bit silly sometimes. I'm glad our modders are working on improving this stuff!

[Torplexed]

Originally Posted by mookiemookie

I really hate these missions as they're pretty unhistoric. I give credit to the developers for including a variety of mission types, but the actual execution of them is a bit silly sometimes. I'm glad our modders are working on improving this stuff!

I agree. Just got a mission to photo recon the port of Hiroshima in 1942. Seems very ahistorical. I can only go by what I've read but the Inland Sea was pretty much off-limits to US submarines for most of the war. The waters were shallow, not well mapped and with so many important ports located on it, the Japanese mined and netted the area to the hilt. They were pretty adept at coastal artillery and signalling as well.

But then the occasional assignment to drop off an agent in Japan seems kinda far-fetched too.

[Sockeye]

I can't remember now where I read it (maybe "Silent Running"), but I seem to recall an author saying that since no boats went into Tokyo Bay, that Sagami-Nada was usually meant when refering to Tokyo Bay.

Could be wrong though, but that's what I'll add to the thread

[Ducimus]

It was "Silent Running", i specifically remember reading that a few days ago in that book.

[DeepSix]

Some of the skipper autobiographies also mention that Sagami-Nada was referred to as "Tokyo Bay."

As for special ops, there were more than a few but not a ton. Off the top of my head, they mostly were conducted early during the war and in the Philippines - supply drops (to Corregidor, not the northeast coast of Luzon and elsewhere as in the game), evacuations, the famous bullion cargo, etc. Jim Coe and S-39 spent a couple days trying to pick up a downed British air crew. This adventure even included a shore party. There were also a few photo recon missions for boats being sent to or through the Marshalls. Two or three reconn'd Kwajalein very early (around January '42). Only other one I can think of was the landing of 2nd Raider Bn at Tarawa (?) as a diversion for the big landing at Guadalcanal.