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The yellow/orange icon or red cross depends on your map mod. They are all the same marker.
This icon should be looked at as a small bonus mission. The main mission is to patrol the large area.
With the main mission - you can go back to base and end patrol as many times as you like - it is always active and will reg kills every time you reach the partol area.
The small mission is only for one patrol and can be finished before your patrol is over. Sometimes it will just disappear and some time a new one will pop up. You can check in the captains log to see what it wants you to do.
more info here:-
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Campaign Progress
Within each campiagn (i.e. coastal Waters) there are main objectives to achieve. These will be things like "Patrol the East UK coastal shipping area". As you achieve kills, tonnage is recorded on the progress bar and it will fill so you can keep track of your progress. When the bar is full, you have achieved the objective and will be awarded crosses to fill your campaign bar.
Most of these objectives a time/date related and if you fail to fill the progress bar within that time - you will fail the objective.
Failing the objective will not stop your campaign. You may have some blocked objectives or even blocked campaigns as a result, but your career will continue.
If you finish an objective within the time frame given, a new one will be triggered. If you fail within the time a new one will be triggered. Sometimes there is no trigger and then you may not get a new one untill a later date. When this happens, you should go out and patrol anywhere you like, hunting any ship you like. this is a good time to test your skills by trying some harbour raids etc.
When the time comes for a new objective, you will be sent a radio message informing you that new objectives are ready. You do not need to return to port and select it. You can just go and start the new objective from where you are. You do not need to select an objective from the main briefing map (except Triumph of the Wolfpack and the Training Drills for WA and TP).
When you do select an objective from the main briefing map, you will also be given a secondary mission. This will be thing like "Drop of supplies at area X" see here for an example When you achieve these secondary missions, you will be rewarded with extra renown points that you can use to upgrade your u-boat. If you do not do these secondary missions - there is no penalty.
See here for campaign and mission objectives and how they work Clicky Click
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