With the exception of fire control, I use autocrew to man the stations that I am not currently occupying. We assume that the crew will keep the submarine on course, at speed, and at depth when we are not there, and is, as such, reasonable to assume the same for each of the other stations in turn. After all, one man does not soley run the stations.
I think that if we saw additional stations added, autocrew would be more readily accepted. It may become too cumbersome, for even the most forthright maunual station advocate, to be required to man SONAR, TMA, fire control, active intercept, ESM/Radio, and at the same time manage the reactor and turbines as well. Some things are better left to the crew.
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