Some of those Patrol areas are quite a bit smaller than 100nm, dependent upon the mod. Some are continuous time and must be completed in-whole, some will stop when you leave and start-up from there when you re-enter the patrol area. Nice mods tell you in the briefing how big of an area to patrol. Even nicer mods draw the circle on the map for you and tell how big of a circle it is. If the mission briefing doesn't tell me how big of a circle the patrol zone is, I'll usually hang rather close to it, unless something comes along, of course, ~and~ I have torpedoes... Else I go home. I get by that half tank marker, low on fuel, I go home.
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