The captain was of course fully capable of doing all the plotting and calculations, but he got that way as a junior officer, and every officer had to undergo the same schooling and training, and practice constantly until his superiors were satisfied. The 1WO (American XO), being the senior officer after the captain, was the man entrusted with leading the team who did the plotting. Of course their plots could only be as accurate as the captain's own observations, so he did have to do that part.
As to the other question, I know nothing about the workings of SH5 mods, so someone with experience in that area will have to provide the answers.
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