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''{{smallcaps|[[Stock Sound Effects|*PING!*]]}}''

Humanity has been fascinated for a long time with going under the sea and this is epitomised in the [[Sub Story]]. Fiction and fact-based drama [[Types of Naval Ships|involving submarines]] has many advantages to it:

Humanity has been fascinated for a long time with going under the sea and this is epitomised in the '''Sub Story'''. Fiction and fact-based drama [[Types of Naval Ships|involving submarines]] has many advantages to it:

* You don't need to spend lots of money on sets or [[Stock Footage]]. You can create plenty of suspense with [[Sensor Suspense|just a scanner and a pinging sonar]].

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* [[History of Naval Warfare|Historical settings]] like the [[Cold War]] or [[World War II]] lend plausibility to the story; with all the secrecy back then, an adventure that took place hidden under the ocean seems like it really could have happened.

Many of these are [[During the War]], but they don't have to be. Indeed they don't even have to involve the military. They don't ''even'' have to be underwater, as [[Space Is an Ocean]] means that fictional spaceships will often behave like subs. Films such as ''The Fantastic Voyage'' and ''[[The Core]]'' have recycled [[Sub Story]] tropes in more fantastical settings ([[Fantastic Voyage Plot|a man's bloodstream]] and [[Lava Is Boiling Kool-Aid|the Earth's mantle]], respectively).

Many of these are [[During the War]], but they don't have to be. Indeed they don't even have to involve the military. They don't ''even'' have to be underwater, as [[Space Is an Ocean]] means that fictional spaceships will often behave like subs. Films such as ''The Fantastic Voyage'' and ''[[The Core]]'' have recycled '''Sub Story''' tropes in more fantastical settings ([[Fantastic Voyage Plot|a man's bloodstream]] and [[Lava Is Boiling Kool-Aid|the Earth's mantle]], respectively).

Home of many a [[Cool Boat]] with a [[Badass Crew]]. Expect at least one [[Silent Running Mode]] scene.