Lost my mojo

barker262 · 04-10-14, 06:46 AM

G'day all,

I had prided myself in being able to use standoff techniques to torpedo ships consistently at distances beyond 4000m. But in a new career with a new crew, I can't hit a thing. Could it be that my watch crew and hydrophone operators are both giving me bad data to solve with?

At one point, I could clearly see my target with scope, and knew it was about 5000m off at 40' to the boat, but the hydro said that the reading was at 49'. Then he said 'no contact'. Odd. I haven't had a successful intercept with four bearings method since taking this crew out.

Even surface contacts are elluding me, tried my watch officer, distance estimates come in and the target track was wavering back and forth even though the ship is traveling steady. I've fired five torpedos now and missed each time, some forward, some behind. Is there some way to mitigate their estimates or should I sack them and hire some new crew? Or am I just rushing and forgetting the basics.

04-10-14, 06:46 AM	#1
barker262 Seaman Join Date: Feb 2014 Posts: 32 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 0	Lost my mojo G'day all, I had prided myself in being able to use standoff techniques to torpedo ships consistently at distances beyond 4000m. But in a new career with a new crew, I can't hit a thing. Could it be that my watch crew and hydrophone operators are both giving me bad data to solve with? At one point, I could clearly see my target with scope, and knew it was about 5000m off at 40' to the boat, but the hydro said that the reading was at 49'. Then he said 'no contact'. Odd. I haven't had a successful intercept with four bearings method since taking this crew out. Even surface contacts are elluding me, tried my watch officer, distance estimates come in and the target track was wavering back and forth even though the ship is traveling steady. I've fired five torpedos now and missed each time, some forward, some behind. Is there some way to mitigate their estimates or should I sack them and hire some new crew? Or am I just rushing and forgetting the basics.