You get a certain amount of renown if you complete those assignments. It has been argued that you can earn more renown by not wasting time in a grid you know is empty. I prefer to carry out "real" orders, so I stay in the grid for a week and then roll a die to see if I stay another. I've had complete patrols where I didn't sink a single ship.
I'm weird that way, though.
Also, if you use GWX you don't get that renown anyway.
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