I never send a contact report. Ever. OK, almost never. If I see a TF, and I cannot possibly end-around, THEN I will send a report.
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Real US submarines operated under very strict radio silence. Reports were rare period, rarer still in enemy waters. When the USN started experimenting with 3 boat "wolf packs" their largest issue was convincing the skippers to communicate at all even just using a 3 character code for reports and as few groups as possible---all this on low powered radios no meant to go terribly far.
In the case of TFs or other large groupings, US boats would attack FIRST, they only sent contact reports before attempting an attack when ordered, and a few times Lockwood ended up sending new orders for all boats not to misunderstand the need to report fleet movements with not attacking FIRST because he saw that once alterted, the TF turned away and the sub missed a chance at a sinking.
The game might not care, but I do and can't do it, lol.
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