Cook a Meal
When you click on the crewman, up pops a list of possible orders. Next to each order is a small dot, 2,3,4 etc...
They indicate how much morale that order requires. So if they have a morale of one dot, but the order requires 3 dots, they will refuse.
When you start on a mission morale is high.
Very soon... morale falls. But, as long as the cook has some active skills in cooking, you can run to him, ask him to please make a special meal, then run to the crewman you want to order to do something. As long as the cook agreed to make the meal, you should see an increase in the crewmans morale.
It is well known that the British were eventually able to turn the tide of the war against u-boats because the u-boat captain spent to much time asking their cook to prepare special meals. Otherwise, crew members would often refuse to act. :-)
It is well worth using any initial promotion points to build up the cook, so he can prepare the special meals.
Some people simply shut off the morale system with a mod. How unrealistic. Do you think real u-boat captains could simply inject their crew with "miracle morale boost" and then be able to command without asking the cook to pretty please cook a nice meal????
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