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Originally Posted by frau kaleun
Oh, and the reason to return to your home base even though you don't get renown for it, is that if you don't dock there the game doesn't recognize that you returned to your base of operations, only that you docked at some other facility. Whether this means you can't perform certain in-base functions like crew management, I'm not sure... it does if you put in at a supply ship, don't know about alternate German bases.
Edit: and in the game the 2nd Flotilla transfers to Lorient in the fall of 1940 (September, IIRC). I'm confused though how you're based in Kiel with the 2nd Flotilla, as all my careers in the 2nd have had me running out of Wilhelmshaven. I've never been assigned to Kiel with that flotilla.
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Actually if you dock at another base/friendly port the only things it won't let you do is change your torpedo loadout and add upgrades. Once you finish and dock and are put into the room leave the desk so you're standing in the room and click on the file cabinet. It'll open up the crew management allowing you to give out medals, promotions or dismiss/add new crew members.
If you start the game in the 7/13th flotilla which puts you in koinsburg it is possible to get transfered to St. Nazaire w/o having to make 2 transfer requests. Once your base changes from Koinsburg to Kiel the game will give you a message asking that you transfer to another flotilla; you can ignore that and remain in the 7/13th flotilla at Kiel if you prefer. Though Lorient and Brest open sooner, when St. Nazaire becomes operational it'll transfer your home port to it like it did irl.