Patrol 3 & Strange Behaviour

predavolk · 03-25-08, 12:57 PM

No, and yes you were incredibly lucky! So were the merchants who didn't hit each other!

Brag · 03-25-08, 02:10 PM

First of all, welcome aboard Slateford.

Pasive destroyer:

Was it tea time? :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:
Seriously, never heard of anything like that. Ditto on the convoy.

FIREWALL · 03-25-08, 02:55 PM

Welcome Slateford

You had an interesting patrol.

Slateford-5 · 03-25-08, 05:53 PM

Thank you for the welcome!

As you might have guessed, my luck ran out: I doubled back on the dancing convoy, even though it was getting perilously close to the British mainland, for another nibble. The next evening was quite still but again, I managed to slip inside the destroyer screen at persicope depth silent running, cutting diagonally through the small fry with my eye on 2 large merchants: Then, in my self-satisfied smugness, I popped up the periscope and locked on the furthest of the two LM's, fatally forgetting to check what was going on around me as I licked my lips at the crosshairs ticking down 25,20,15 as the angle on bow ticked up 75,78, 82 degrees, salvo of two for the first one, flood tubes 1 & 3....suddenly the periscope blacked out (or more accurately, greyed out): small merchant 10 m ahead...cue grinding metal noises...

Currently somewhere south of Oslo with nothing but the engines working, wondering gow to explain this to Onkel Karl

FIREWALL · 03-25-08, 07:52 PM

Turn around and head for New York. :p

Jimbuna · 03-25-08, 08:17 PM

Sounds like all the ships have entered into the anti collision routine. This happens at times and can take a while for them to sort themselves out again.

Hard coded I'm afraid....nothing can be done about it.

03-25-08, 02:10 PM	#2
Brag Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Docked on a Russian pond Posts: 7,072 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	First of all, welcome aboard Slateford. Pasive destroyer: Was it tea time? :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: Seriously, never heard of anything like that. Ditto on the convoy. __________________ Espionage, adventure, suspense, are just a click away Click here to look inside Brag's book: Amazon.com: Kingmaker: Alexey Braguine: Books Order Kingmaker here: http://www.subsim.com/store.html For Tactics visit:http://www.freewebs.com/kielman/

03-25-08, 02:55 PM	#3
FIREWALL Eternal Patrol Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CATALINA IS. SO . CAL USA Posts: 10,108 Downloads: 511 Uploads: 0	Welcome Slateford You had an interesting patrol. __________________ RIP FIREWALL I Play GWX. Silent Hunter Who ???

03-25-08, 07:52 PM	#5
FIREWALL Eternal Patrol Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CATALINA IS. SO . CAL USA Posts: 10,108 Downloads: 511 Uploads: 0	Turn around and head for New York. :p __________________ RIP FIREWALL I Play GWX. Silent Hunter Who ???

03-25-08, 08:17 PM	#6
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,876 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Sounds like all the ships have entered into the anti collision routine. This happens at times and can take a while for them to sort themselves out again. Hard coded I'm afraid....nothing can be done about it. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

03-25-08, 12:57 PM	#1
predavolk Weps Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 369 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	No, and yes you were incredibly lucky! So were the merchants who didn't hit each other!

03-25-08, 05:53 PM	#4
Slateford-5 Watch Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Edinburgh, Scotland Posts: 30 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	Thank you for the welcome! As you might have guessed, my luck ran out: I doubled back on the dancing convoy, even though it was getting perilously close to the British mainland, for another nibble. The next evening was quite still but again, I managed to slip inside the destroyer screen at persicope depth silent running, cutting diagonally through the small fry with my eye on 2 large merchants: Then, in my self-satisfied smugness, I popped up the periscope and locked on the furthest of the two LM's, fatally forgetting to check what was going on around me as I licked my lips at the crosshairs ticking down 25,20,15 as the angle on bow ticked up 75,78, 82 degrees, salvo of two for the first one, flood tubes 1 & 3....suddenly the periscope blacked out (or more accurately, greyed out): small merchant 10 m ahead...cue grinding metal noises... Currently somewhere south of Oslo with nothing but the engines working, wondering gow to explain this to Onkel Karl