Pick your target

Tessa · 07-18-10, 02:16 AM

You're patrolling around AN11 (quite the dangerous assignment) and it's you're lucky day: In looking over to Scapa Flow you can see the Hood and another batteship moored there; then you see the Murmansk convoy incoming with the escorts The Ark Royal and The Illustrious, plus a 5 column convoy with what you can easily make out to be 3 or 4 large tankers.

Though the problem didn't get fixed till years later, lets assume that the magnetic detonators work correctly in case you want to test your skill in hitting the sweet spot. So which would you go for?

GoDeep · 07-18-10, 03:28 AM

I'd go for the carrier, because in all my years of playing SHIII, I've never managed to actually sink one...

sergei · 07-18-10, 03:35 AM

I'd go for the flat-tops too.

HW3 · 07-18-10, 04:11 AM

The flat tops, I would hate to deprive the Bismark of her great victory over the Hood.

raymond6751 · 07-18-10, 04:39 AM

This many years later we all know the aircraft made the battleship obsolete. Back then, hmmm. Air power was yet to prove itself.

Whatever you pick, don't get greedy. Take down one major one and then try to survive. You want that party back home!

sergei · 07-18-10, 05:57 AM

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Originally Posted by raymond6751

This many years later we all know the aircraft made the battleship obsolete. Back then, hmmm. Air power was yet to prove itself.

Valid point raymond6751.

I would be concerned about hitting the moored battlecruiser and it not sinking deep enough for me to get the credit.
But that's an SH3 issue, not a realism issue

papa_smurf · 07-18-10, 06:16 AM

I'd go for the tankers

Synthfg · 07-18-10, 06:38 AM

Be more Aggressive
Sink em all

Arctic wolf · 07-18-10, 07:05 AM

I think I'll be greedy and try to take as many as I can

Jimbuna · 07-18-10, 07:21 AM

Go for the carriers.....but pinch yersel first and ensure your not dreaming

STEED · 07-18-10, 09:37 AM

Go for the tankers, without fuel the RN is stuck in port, are what the heck, sink what you want and nuts to the rest of us.

Melonfish · 07-19-10, 08:31 AM

Tankers, not as armoured so you should easily be able to crack all 3.
maybe get a magnetic shot under the turret of a BB just for kicks, you never know you may hit his magazine.

sharkbit · 07-19-10, 08:57 AM

I'd go for one or both carriers. Evade and reload, and try to sneak into Scapa for the Hood and/or battleship. They probably aren't gonna go anywhere.

Medals all around when we return home.

PaulH513 · 07-19-10, 09:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Synthfg

Be more Aggressive
Sink em all

Jimbuna

Plagiarism.....Bloody Plagiarism I say

Melonfish · 07-19-10, 10:41 AM

Actually the hit and duck sounds good. hit your prefered target then sit in the basin next to a big ship so the dd's can't get you.

07-18-10, 02:16 AM	#1
Tessa Grey Wolf Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: CG 96 Posts: 861 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	Pick your target You're patrolling around AN11 (quite the dangerous assignment) and it's you're lucky day: In looking over to Scapa Flow you can see the Hood and another batteship moored there; then you see the Murmansk convoy incoming with the escorts The Ark Royal and The Illustrious, plus a 5 column convoy with what you can easily make out to be 3 or 4 large tankers. Though the problem didn't get fixed till years later, lets assume that the magnetic detonators work correctly in case you want to test your skill in hitting the sweet spot. So which would you go for?

07-18-10, 04:11 AM	#4
HW3 Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Gresham Oregon Posts: 6,574 Downloads: 458 Uploads: 0	The flat tops, I would hate to deprive the Bismark of her great victory over the Hood. __________________ "Some ships are designed to sink...others require our assistance." Nathan Zelk

07-18-10, 04:39 AM	#5
raymond6751 Admirable Mike Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 1,338 Downloads: 421 Uploads: 0	We all know This many years later we all know the aircraft made the battleship obsolete. Back then, hmmm. Air power was yet to prove itself. Whatever you pick, don't get greedy. Take down one major one and then try to survive. You want that party back home! __________________ Game Designer: Close The Atlantic - World War Three https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/...orld-war-three

07-18-10, 06:16 AM	#7
papa_smurf Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: High Peak, Derbyshire Posts: 2,851 Downloads: 33 Uploads: 0	I'd go for the tankers __________________

07-18-10, 07:05 AM	#9
Arctic wolf A-ganger Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Under the Iceberg Posts: 71 Downloads: 107 Uploads: 0	I think I'll be greedy and try to take as many as I can __________________ Damn the torpedoes, Full speed ahead!

07-18-10, 03:28 AM	#2
GoDeep Planesman Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Netherlands Posts: 188 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	I'd go for the carrier, because in all my years of playing SHIII, I've never managed to actually sink one...

07-18-10, 03:35 AM	#3
sergei Sea Lord Join Date: May 2008 Location: London UK Posts: 1,788 Downloads: 405 Uploads: 29	I'd go for the flat-tops too.

07-18-10, 06:38 AM	#8
Synthfg Sparky Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 154 Downloads: 64 Uploads: 0	Be more Aggressive Sink em all

07-18-10, 07:21 AM	#10
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,473 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Go for the carriers.....but pinch yersel first and ensure your not dreaming __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

07-18-10, 09:37 AM	#11
STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	Go for the tankers, without fuel the RN is stuck in port, are what the heck, sink what you want and nuts to the rest of us. __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!

07-19-10, 08:31 AM	#12
Melonfish XO Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Warrington, UK Posts: 417 Downloads: 106 Uploads: 0	Tankers, not as armoured so you should easily be able to crack all 3. maybe get a magnetic shot under the turret of a BB just for kicks, you never know you may hit his magazine.

07-19-10, 08:57 AM	#13
sharkbit The Old Man Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 1,529 Downloads: 334 Uploads: 0	I'd go for one or both carriers. Evade and reload, and try to sneak into Scapa for the Hood and/or battleship. They probably aren't gonna go anywhere. Medals all around when we return home. __________________ “Prejudice is blind. There will always be someone who says you aren’t welcome at the table. Stop apologizing for who you are and using all your energy trying to change their minds. Yes, you will lose friends, maybe even family. But you will gain your self-respect. You will know your worth. Once you have that, nothing can stop you.”

07-19-10, 10:41 AM	#15
Melonfish XO Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Warrington, UK Posts: 417 Downloads: 106 Uploads: 0	Actually the hit and duck sounds good. hit your prefered target then sit in the basin next to a big ship so the dd's can't get you.