I roll d6 for every member of the crew other than the watch officers. On a roll of 1, they go. That usually nets me three to five guys on each patrol who leave. I make sure I do this before I give qualifications out. No reason to make this system harsher by giving a qualification to someone then having him leave.
I transfer out IWOs after maybe three or four patrols. Usually bump the IIWO up to IWO and bring in a new IWO.
The only problem is while this might have been done during the war, in real life replacements might come on board who did 6 patrols on another boat, went off to special school, and got promoted. So the "new guy" might be the most experienced in any given area, but with my system I get only raw recruits. I wish there was another way to try and keep historical results in the game.
Perhaps I'll start using SH3 Commander to rename some of the ones who roll a 1 instead of dumping them entirely. Shame I can't promote them in SH3 Commander without having the prerequisite experience built up.
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