Do you have to be surfaced and in visual sight of a convoy/task force in order to send? Because if I see either, especially a bunch of warships, I'm not going to be standing around on the surface, I'm going dive and either evade or engage. In fact, I'm probably going to dive when I see them on radar, way before I have a visual, so I can try to ID them from the screw sounds with passive sonar.
My impression is that, in real-life, most contact messages were sent after either an unsuccessful pursuit (the convoy got away) or a successful evasion, when the sub surfaced once again in the clear. Can you do this in SH4, since by that time you would no longer be "in contact" (although the info would presumably interest Subcom)?
Another question: Does sending a contact report run any risk of giving away your presence and/or location? The last thing I want to do when I'm "in contact" is say "Hey, look, over here! Please commence zig-zagging and depth charge runs!"
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