The wiki intercept method works....well

pythos · 01-02-06, 12:19 AM

Actually very very well. I am talking about the one which uses the protractor and some basic and practical geometry.

I follow the procedure step by step to intercept a convoy off the African coast. I do the figuring with my ship moving as slow as it can, so that the intercept will be at dawn. Due to limitations of my display, a night intercept is murderous on the eyes.

Well anyways, I am sure to have everything as precise, match the lines, set my course and set time advance to 64. The position reports for the convoy follow all the lines figured. Every thing looks good.

I check the weather, and discover we have just entered a mother of a storm, nill visibility. Just 3 km short of the intercept, I find out just how well this intercept figuring is. I am alerted to this by the game dropping out of X64, to real time, and the sound of rending metal. Yes you guessed it. My wonderful type IX B U- boat has been transformed into an ultra long range torpedo, and has collided with the side of one of the ships in the convoy!!!! I fell of my chair laughing my a** off. The georgous thing is, my slow speed resulted in the ship taking NO damage in the pressure hull, but the forward torpedo room was a bit shaken.

This procedure has certainly got me hooked. Thank you to the simmer that figured it out. Now I will let my mesurements be a tad bit sloppy.

01-02-06, 12:19 AM	#1
pythos Grey Wolf Join Date: May 2005 Location: Somewhere over there Posts: 834 Downloads: 46 Uploads: 0	The wiki intercept method works....well Actually very very well. I am talking about the one which uses the protractor and some basic and practical geometry. I follow the procedure step by step to intercept a convoy off the African coast. I do the figuring with my ship moving as slow as it can, so that the intercept will be at dawn. Due to limitations of my display, a night intercept is murderous on the eyes. Well anyways, I am sure to have everything as precise, match the lines, set my course and set time advance to 64. The position reports for the convoy follow all the lines figured. Every thing looks good. I check the weather, and discover we have just entered a mother of a storm, nill visibility. Just 3 km short of the intercept, I find out just how well this intercept figuring is. I am alerted to this by the game dropping out of X64, to real time, and the sound of rending metal. Yes you guessed it. My wonderful type IX B U- boat has been transformed into an ultra long range torpedo, and has collided with the side of one of the ships in the convoy!!!! I fell of my chair laughing my a** off. The georgous thing is, my slow speed resulted in the ship taking NO damage in the pressure hull, but the forward torpedo room was a bit shaken. This procedure has certainly got me hooked. Thank you to the simmer that figured it out. Now I will let my mesurements be a tad bit sloppy.