To the Captain of the Constitution that pulled me out of the fire in PaP PB

[Rifleman57]

I was in the screening fleet for the defence  of Port au Prince on Saturday.  It was my first contested PB, so I was praying not to screw up.

The battle raged on for quite awhile until the dread pirates attacked our thin red line.guarding the port.  It took me awhile, but I was in the line ready for a fight.  It started, and I was scanning around to see how many red names were next to me.  When I was having a look around, all of a sudden the game made me stare at my main mast.

I couldn't move the view, and it took me a few seconds before I realized that the game was going to drop me.  Sure enough I'm back to Steam.  Ok, so I've played enough WoT to know this happens, but would I still have a ship when I finally got back.  The game always sends a report detailing the problem encountered.  Unfortunately, because there were about 50 ships, the report took the better part of a minute to send through.  This made me want to rage against the machine.

Eventually, I heard the game going on, and a lifetime later, I was finally back in the game.  First thing I noticed was that my ship was still afloat.  The next thing was to see all the damage I had sustained while on sabbatical.  I had a sliver  of right hull, but most of my left and internal structure was still there.  So, holding my breath, I scanned the vicinity to see how big a mess I was in.  

Most of the fight had moved away from my right, but on my left, a Constitution was attacking.   We exchanged broadsides where upon I realized that if I didn't get out of there, I would have to tell my clan how I lost my ship.  I was definitely not looking forward to that.

I saw that, if I went straight, the green ships there might be able to get me through.  It almost worked but I was still taking fire.  My right side was now gone, and the left was disappearing fast.  Trying to get through the frackus ahead, I bumped into a red ship, not that I remember what kind of ship it was, let alone their name.  They were nice enough to spin my a few degrees away from being directly into the wind.  That urge to rage came back.

I was stuck crawling agonizingly slowly almost straight into the wind.  I needed a little speed before the rudder would be able to bite into the water before I could turn.  Right here I noticed a Constitution was closing on my right side.  Crap!  I assumed they were the same Connie that had blasting me earlier.  A quick panicked look showed me he was green.  They were a a British ship from another clan.  They slid up to my right side and covered me while I painfully inched forward.

The battle had moved on from my corner of the battle, so I was able to get out.  The Connie stuck with me until I could catch some wind and exit out of the game.  I limped to the neared friendly port to repair.  So much for my first chance to show my clan that they hadn't wasted their time on me.

So, to the Captain of the British Constitution that got a wounded comrade off the battlefield: thank you.  If anyone reading this, and has gotten this far, knows who the Connie Captain is, please let them know I wrote this and to let me know who they were.  All I could focus on at the time were the brackets to see that they were in a clan, and they were a beautiful green colour.  But their name could have been in hieroglyphics for all I can remember, being somewhat distracted. So I am hoping to thank them in person.

Now I'm going to check out Jaheil's latest report to see how the battle went while I was MIA.

(Ausez)Rifleman57

 

 

[Christendom]

That was me.  Anytime amigo!

[Rifleman57]

Thank you Christendom.  That was the worst day gaming I've had in a long time, but having you covering my back like that let's me know I'm playing the right game.  Thanks again.

[Sir Texas Sir]

I remember when you got flipped around as I think I popped a few rounds into when I blew past.  Figured your ship was pretty much a gonner as I went looking for bigger targets as I limped around that battle field.   So glad that aggy is not a slow tank build at all.  It's tanky just not slow.  IT was a good fight wished more stayed in though as it would of helped your guys not take as much of a lost in it.  I'm sure there will be more to come of fights like that.