Correct me if I'm wrong, but I start each game using SH3 Commander. When I choose a different flotilla than Erpro, to try getting a VIIB, SH3 Cmdr does not show any other boats being available.
Also, I think you misread my post, I did my first patrols with a IIA [2A] not a VIIB [7B.] I know the Roman numeral system can confuse the eye.
I was offered command of a newer boat at the end of my second war patrol, but I was farting around in my saved game list and accidentally wiped out a vital save file and lost my captain. It has been years since I did something like that, but I am relearning to be careful.
I am now putting out to sea again with a new Kaleun in 1939 after having done my first Erpro training run. This time I did not sink the two target ships, as the tonnage for them keeps showing up in my war career as tonnage sunk. I merely went out to my my training zone for 24 hours and RTB'd.
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