[Damo]

What date is it? If it's before the war and you're just going out for 24 hours then teleporting home chances are it will send you out before the war again giving the same mission. I did 2 patrols like that before war started but I travelled back to base lengthening the patrol somewhat.

If you get a patrol that is say, 3 days before the war starts and you have the same orders, just go sailing off somewhere and wait for the greens to turn red. I'd use those 3 days to pass through the channel unhindered and set up a patrol in the BF quadrant, plenty of fodder there once you get the go ahead.