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Originally Posted by Linavitch
Surely subs set off with a food store level that was comparible to the fuel/range level of the boat.
Ergo, the food guage would deplete at the same rate as the fuel rate and then becme redundant.
I know this is a slightly simplistic view but explains why I voted against the idea.
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The two aren't related very much at all. Food is (relatively) linear. Barring spoilage, passengers, or defective stores (rotted at load; it happens) food consumption is fixed per man per day. Rationing can be done, but it's not worth worrying.
Fuel OTOH is not linear. Once in the patrol area consumption could be wildly variant depending on number of end-arounds or simple patrolling. Theoretically the boat could go to All Stop and just consume oil to make water and to charge batteries used only for hotel services, while waiting for targets to lumber by. The food would be gone before the fuel. And, probably, the crew's physical endurance would be gone too. That is a factor that has bones in SH4, even though the crew management functions are not fully realized and horribly documented.