Take that Norwegians - I fahrt in your general direction :)

panthercules · 11-03-05, 12:56 AM

LOL - I love this game

I'm starting out from Wilhelmshaven on my 5th patrol in my latest career - it's April 4, 1940, and I've been stalking and tracking down single merchants for the last 4 patrols only to have them turn out to be Norwegians (and therefore neutral) that I had to let go on their merry way - it was really starting to get to me and my crew.

This time, while on my way up the Norwegian coast toward my patrol zone I spotted a lone C3 about 150km out of Bergen heading west, and sure enough it's another Norwegian. This time, it's April 7th, and I have it on good authority (scuttlebutt from my good buddy Thomsen before leaving our base) that our invasion of Norway will start in just a few days...

Soooo, I decide to try a little experiment - I close to within 400m at periscope depth and let her have a torp in the engine room/propeller region. As I'd hoped, she comes to a dead stop but doesn't sink. Then, I crank up the TC and sit there for 4 days until April 11th, when I know for sure that Norway has become an enemy, at which point I send her to the bottom with some more torps (a 15m/s storm had brewed up in the meantime so I couldn't use my deck gun, and I had a couple of magnetic pistol misfires till I switched to impact for the coup de grace). Apparently, the impact of the first torpedo must have shaken up/destroyed her radio as well, because nobody came to her rescue in those 4 days of waiting.

Sure enough, when I saved and exited the game it gave me credit for 7,000+ tons of enemy shipping sunk, so my little experiment worked

Trav_R · 11-03-05, 01:09 AM

That's just damn awesome. Just one of the tons of great experiences this game has to offer. Who cares if it wasn't realistic? It made for a fun time and a funny story to tell. Good deal.

11-03-05, 12:56 AM	#1
panthercules The Old Man Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,336 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	Take that Norwegians - I fahrt in your general direction :) LOL - I love this game I'm starting out from Wilhelmshaven on my 5th patrol in my latest career - it's April 4, 1940, and I've been stalking and tracking down single merchants for the last 4 patrols only to have them turn out to be Norwegians (and therefore neutral) that I had to let go on their merry way - it was really starting to get to me and my crew. This time, while on my way up the Norwegian coast toward my patrol zone I spotted a lone C3 about 150km out of Bergen heading west, and sure enough it's another Norwegian. This time, it's April 7th, and I have it on good authority (scuttlebutt from my good buddy Thomsen before leaving our base) that our invasion of Norway will start in just a few days... Soooo, I decide to try a little experiment - I close to within 400m at periscope depth and let her have a torp in the engine room/propeller region. As I'd hoped, she comes to a dead stop but doesn't sink. Then, I crank up the TC and sit there for 4 days until April 11th, when I know for sure that Norway has become an enemy, at which point I send her to the bottom with some more torps (a 15m/s storm had brewed up in the meantime so I couldn't use my deck gun, and I had a couple of magnetic pistol misfires till I switched to impact for the coup de grace). Apparently, the impact of the first torpedo must have shaken up/destroyed her radio as well, because nobody came to her rescue in those 4 days of waiting. Sure enough, when I saved and exited the game it gave me credit for 7,000+ tons of enemy shipping sunk, so my little experiment worked __________________

11-03-05, 01:09 AM	#2
Trav_R Ensign Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Oklahoma, USA Posts: 227 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	That's just damn awesome. Just one of the tons of great experiences this game has to offer. Who cares if it wasn't realistic? It made for a fun time and a funny story to tell. Good deal.