G**d Da***t!

Steel_Tomb · 06-05-07, 03:01 PM

So close! Almost got to the end of the war! About 2 weeks from VE day and I got KIA...

Found a nice juicey convoy, usual amount of DD escorts, "nothing I can't handle" I thought (wrongly!). One escort carrier and two tankers later I'm diving down 40stb rudder "wasser bomben Herr Kaluen!"

*BOOM*. Serious flooding, shook them off and got it under control, I stay under as long as I can...the batteries nearly flat so I surface under the cover of night to charge them (hydrophone destroyed!). "waship spotted!" ALLLLAARRRMM!!! (here we go again!) BOOM BOOM BOOM - get rid of him with a well timed homing fish "hurrahh!", not really lol. Half the crew are dead, both diesels destroyed, batteries damaged and nearly out of charge...I'm forced to surface. The deceased are burried and I try to make my way back to safe territory, can't call for help, the radio's destroyed, conning towers a mess, all aft tubes out of action...a dark moment in my longest carrear! The Coup De Grace came when a aircraft comes out of nowhere, I'm a sitting duck...

You can guess the result lol, by far the most exciting patrol EVER in SHIII for me! I was gettin to the stage where I was like "don't give in you heap of junk!" fixing the leaks in the control room.

Think I'll go get meself a beer, I need it lol.

IrischKapitan · 06-05-07, 03:10 PM

Unlucky!! Were you using the XXI?

bigboywooly · 06-05-07, 03:13 PM

Wow that is unlucky
Was that from 39 ?

Jimbuna · 06-05-07, 03:26 PM

At least you were saved the humility of surrendering

STEED · 06-05-07, 03:30 PM

Is that in GWX start 1939 if so I am.........................................

Steel_Tomb · 06-05-07, 03:33 PM

IXD2 I think (get confused with all the different types of IX), from 1939 onwards yes. I've got another career with the XXI, which is very cool. The way it all ended was rather horrid, I got hit by the sunderland or whatever it was and sustained heavy flooding, she sank beneath the waves and sank to crush depth and that was the end...ouch!

Sailor Steve · 06-05-07, 04:37 PM

Are you using SH3 Commander? If so, change it to surrendered. It's not cheating to abandon ship if you were surfaced. Of course if you were killed outright by the bomb...

Brag · 06-05-07, 06:51 PM

Doom de doom. My cap off to you and your crew.

Packerton · 06-05-07, 07:03 PM

Yeah thats the thing I love about subsims you are never EVER safe.

It just feels diffrent from combat flight sims...too much of nothing before the combat.

Steel_Tomb · 06-06-07, 10:08 AM

Yeah I always use SHIII commander. I would change it to surrender, but the bomb made pretty sure I didn't have a chance lol. I would have made a last stand with the flak gun but all three were destroyed!

Iron Budokan · 06-06-07, 05:15 PM

I don't have the faintest idea what 1945 is like, much less two weeks from VE day. I've never gotten past June '43.

Wilko · 06-07-07, 04:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Iron Budokan

I don't have the faintest idea what 1945 is like, much less two weeks from VE day. I've never gotten past June '43.

You know, come to think of it, I don't think I have either

HunterICX · 06-07-07, 05:01 AM

Surrender?!

I say be glad you went out with a big Bang! fight till the end I always say

danurve · 06-07-07, 07:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wilko

Quote:

Originally Posted by Iron Budokan

I don't have the faintest idea what 1945 is like, much less two weeks from VE day. I've never gotten past June '43.

You know, come to think of it, I don't think I have either

join the club!

Steel_Tomb; sounds as if you had a good crew and a carrer to remember

Steel_Tomb · 06-07-07, 11:23 AM

To be fair, I think I would have been shot for cowardace sometimes lol. There were many times where I backed off from convoys because of the DD escorts, had some very close calls too!

06-05-07, 03:01 PM	#1
Steel_Tomb Ace of the Deep Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Cambridgeshire - UK Posts: 1,128 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Gd Da*t! So close! Almost got to the end of the war! About 2 weeks from VE day and I got KIA... Found a nice juicey convoy, usual amount of DD escorts, "nothing I can't handle" I thought (wrongly!). One escort carrier and two tankers later I'm diving down 40stb rudder "wasser bomben Herr Kaluen!" BOOM. Serious flooding, shook them off and got it under control, I stay under as long as I can...the batteries nearly flat so I surface under the cover of night to charge them (hydrophone destroyed!). "waship spotted!" ALLLLAARRRMM!!! (here we go again!) BOOM BOOM BOOM - get rid of him with a well timed homing fish "hurrahh!", not really lol. Half the crew are dead, both diesels destroyed, batteries damaged and nearly out of charge...I'm forced to surface. The deceased are burried and I try to make my way back to safe territory, can't call for help, the radio's destroyed, conning towers a mess, all aft tubes out of action...a dark moment in my longest carrear! The Coup De Grace came when a aircraft comes out of nowhere, I'm a sitting duck... You can guess the result lol, by far the most exciting patrol EVER in SHIII for me! I was gettin to the stage where I was like "don't give in you heap of junk!" fixing the leaks in the control room. Think I'll go get meself a beer, I need it lol.

06-05-07, 03:13 PM	#3
bigboywooly Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Swindon, England Posts: 10,151 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	Wow that is unlucky Was that from 39 ? __________________ My mediafire page http://www.mediafire.com/?11eoq19bq9r41

06-05-07, 03:26 PM	#4
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,500 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	At least you were saved the humility of surrendering __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

06-05-07, 03:30 PM	#5
STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	Is that in GWX start 1939 if so I am......................................... __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!

06-05-07, 04:37 PM	#7
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Are you using SH3 Commander? If so, change it to surrendered. It's not cheating to abandon ship if you were surfaced. Of course if you were killed outright by the bomb... __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo Last edited by Sailor Steve; 06-06-07 at 10:55 AM.

06-05-07, 03:10 PM	#2
IrischKapitan Ensign Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Waiting for convoys of the coast of Donegal Posts: 227 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Unlucky!! Were you using the XXI?

06-05-07, 03:33 PM	#6
Steel_Tomb Ace of the Deep Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Cambridgeshire - UK Posts: 1,128 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	IXD2 I think (get confused with all the different types of IX), from 1939 onwards yes. I've got another career with the XXI, which is very cool. The way it all ended was rather horrid, I got hit by the sunderland or whatever it was and sustained heavy flooding, she sank beneath the waves and sank to crush depth and that was the end...ouch!

06-05-07, 06:51 PM	#8
Brag Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Docked on a Russian pond Posts: 7,072 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Doom de doom. My cap off to you and your crew. __________________ 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/

06-05-07, 07:03 PM	#9
Packerton Sonar Guy Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Newfoundland,Canada Posts: 398 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	Yeah thats the thing I love about subsims you are never EVER safe. It just feels diffrent from combat flight sims...too much of nothing before the combat.

06-06-07, 10:08 AM	#10
Steel_Tomb Ace of the Deep Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Cambridgeshire - UK Posts: 1,128 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Yeah I always use SHIII commander. I would change it to surrender, but the bomb made pretty sure I didn't have a chance lol. I would have made a last stand with the flak gun but all three were destroyed!

06-06-07, 05:15 PM	#11
Iron Budokan Sea Lord Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 1,778 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	uncharted waters for me I don't have the faintest idea what 1945 is like, much less two weeks from VE day. I've never gotten past June '43. __________________ "You will take on England wherever you find her ships, and you will break her power at sea." --Iron Coffins, Herbert A. Werner http://kennethmarkhoover.com

06-07-07, 05:01 AM	#13
HunterICX Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2006 Location: Malaga, España Posts: 10,750 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	Surrender?! I say be glad you went out with a big Bang! fight till the end I always say __________________

06-07-07, 11:23 AM	#15
Steel_Tomb Ace of the Deep Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Cambridgeshire - UK Posts: 1,128 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	To be fair, I think I would have been shot for cowardace sometimes lol. There were many times where I backed off from convoys because of the DD escorts, had some very close calls too!