How to Use - Depth Charges

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## Overview

Depth Charges are type of bombs used to drop on vehicle underwater, namely Submarines.
These weapons use a timer, when properly done correctly will explode on or close to enemy submarine and cause damage to it in hopes of fatal damage sinking it.

There are two types of anti-submarine weapons which are both type of Depth Charge. The K-Gun and the Depth Charge Rack.

### Using Depth Charges

Depth Charges are anti-submarine weapons. There are two method of using these weapons.

* Note: You must do /ship bs (set the ship to Battlestations) in order for either weapon to work.

#### K-Gun

* Step 1: Setting Depth - The guns are already activated when ship is turned on. There are three settings to allow the gun to fire the charge. Hold Shift Key and right click the "K-Gun" Sign to set the distant the gun will project the bomb.
* Step 2: Timing Shot & Firing - Wait until the projector is in range and right click the sign to fire the depth charge.
* Step 3: Reload the gun by pushing a block used as the depth charge by right clicking or left clicking to pull. The block will depending on where you are standing. Once they are above the blocks the K-Gun is mounted on, they will fire again. Remember the gun can loaded with two depth charges at a time.
* Step 4 : Reloading, Right Click will move the charge towards you, this includes lifting it up or down.) Left click will push away so it's on the rail or whatever place you wish push the depth charge from.

#### Depth Charge Rack

These are essentially bombs someone can drop on submarines. They do have a setting when to go off. Shift right click will adjust depth it will explode from 0 - 60 meters below the vehicle. However, its extremely dangerous to the user.

* Step 1 : Wait until ship is going over the target, the ship must be moving at least full or risk blowing itself up.
* Step 2 : Adjust the charges for when it will explode. - Shift left clicking increases the detonation depth, shift right clicking decreases it.
* Step 3 : Left click to push the depth charge block away from you until it's over the side of the ship.
* Step 4 : Type /dc in chat to arm the depth charge and push it off the ship.
* Step 5 : Pushed off the ship and fall freely into the ocean and hopefully your target below.
* Step 6 : Reloading, Right Click will move the charge towards you, this includes lifting it up or down.) Left click will push away so it's on the rail or whatever place you wish push the depth charge from.

## Construction Information for these Weapons

* Depth Charges
Each block is **$3,000 (each)**. When building the vehicle, you want to have a keep ones ready to use, while others stored near by. These can be stacked on each other, however, it is not recommended due to nature of needing pull and push them over the side of a ship. As seen the top picture, a row of Depth Charges can be seen in a "rack", which is old name for the since these were in real life barrels, which rolled off the ship when time came right. So placing 4-6 of them in back of your ship is not bad idea. They can pushed from the side. If choosing where store these, a player will need push them (which is slow process sometimes), keep them below deck. Do not use a door to cover any holes. These blocks do not pass through trap doors or normal minecraft doors.

* K-Guns
Each K-gun is functions with a Sign, each sign costs **$12,000 (each)**. When building, 1-2 depth charge blocks can be placed on any platform that K-Gun sign is attached to. Such as upside down Stairs (2 can be placed back to back), wall block or a fence post. Once sign is attached, write "K-Gun" on it, it will function once activated. Two have more than 1 depth charge in a K-gun, you must have them back to back move away from the K-gun sign. Which is direction the Depth Charge will be flung off/fired.

## Notes from the Developer

**Depth Charges**
Depth charges must armed before dropping them. this is to try to help prevent people accidentally doing things like pushing depth charges off of the kgun or off the side of the ship. the depth charge will refuse to go off the side of the ship, unless you type "/dc" first to arm a depth charge....after typing /dc (note that you have to be on crew and ship must be in battle stations first), the next depth charge you try to push off the ship will successfully fall and be armed....make sure ship is moving and you drop it off the back! after dropping a depth charge, the command will reset and you will have to type /dc again before the next drop.