"...I don't normally have anyone stationed at the guns but I put a couple of guys on it to find out whether it could be used at all and -hey presto - about 10 minutes later the gun was fixed. This has worked a couple of times now.
I have to agree that there seems to be something in moving fresh crew around..."
This is a known feature of the crew system. It doesn't matter how skilfull or activated your damage control team is, they are an "enhancement" of the normal crew repair system. That is: Nothing gets repaired unless there is activated crew on that portion (gun/compartment) of the sub. In addition, the dedicated repair crew will focus on the damage priority list, but will not repair anything on devices or compartments where normal shift crew are not active.
Another way to look at it is if you need a particular thing or place repaired pronto, have a high quality damage repair crew activated AND healthy, trained shift crew active where the the critical damage is. The normal crew is interested in saving their own necks in the compartment/gun AND wouldn't mind a little help.
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