That s a question a way of playing... the role play part if there s one
you have to patrol you assigned grid to get renown for doing so. That's how the game is working. Now you can hunt renown which is not real immersion as renown was not a quantifiable think during the war

, or you can obey order which was quiete appreciate during the war
It s all about you actually, optimize your renown or go to the immersion stuff, your call