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Originally Posted by Hans Uberman
After remembering the major events of the patrol, and the departments which stood out the most, I attempt to choose an individual. If I have no way of knowing which single individual did the most, I just "write the story" my way and pick one. If I can't be certain, I may as well pretend I know.
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Same here... usually when I finish a patrol I take a look at how many promotions the game says I can dish out, and which crewmen the game says have met the requirements. If I have crewmen who qualify that are also on duty in some station that contributed something outstanding, they'll be the ones I promote. Otherwise I promote the qualified crewmen whose "scores" in terms of experience and time in service are the highest.
Since I use Commander's "no fatigue" option, I don't move crew around - so the guys who are in a compartment at the end of the patrol, are the ones who did the work there all along. Makes it fairly easy to dole out promotions on the basis of outstanding performance at a particular station.
But typically I only give out as many promotions as the game allots me at the end of a patrol, unless there is a huge number of crewmen who have met the requirements and it was a really outstanding patrol. Then I might make a note of any additional promotions that I think are deserved or long overdue and take care of them in Commander.
Generally speaking, though, I'm more likely to reward outstanding performance on a particular patrol with medals, especially if I'm getting one myself, than I am to give out more promotions than the game says I have to play with.