Entertaining Experience

[Sailor Steve]

Last night I started a new career, Oblt Herbert Geue in U-7. As I was sailing from Kiel to Danzig on a goodwill visit I had several merchants come along, and was enjoying the ride as always. In the wee hours of the morning of August 2 the crew called out a "Ship spotted!" I looked in the direction indicated, but didn't see anything. The binoculars didn't help. I didn't worry about it, as I often miss what they see and act on instinct until I do; but we were not at war so I didn't bother to go looking for it, and proceeded on my intended path.

Then I noticed that a star on the horizon seemed to be twinkling, as lights often do when you are far enough away. Then I noticed another one twinkling, except this one was red. Then it hit me: it was a lighted merchant, so far away that her lights were just barely visible, and if one hadn't been red I might have missed it.

It's experiences like that one that keep me playing.