While not perhaps realistic for a war zone, at least from a game standpoint it would be nice to be issued a warning if the Admiralty thinks your performance was unsatisfactory, that way you would have a chance to 'shape up or ship out' on your next patrol, without just being summarily dismissed.
In all honesty, I thought I did a good job. I followed my orders to the best of my ability, attacking only targets of opportunity en route to my mission areas and even patrolled my mission area for five or six days, making one unsuccessful attack that damaged me and forced withdrawal, rather than staying around without torps for another howevermany days and facing death, hardly the sort of thing one would think would warrant the loss of a command. The alternative is to view the Admiral's orders like a Hitlerian 'no retreat' directive come ye home a hero or come not home at all, surely not a prevailing attitude in the US Navy even in the dark hours of '41/Early '42.
Even better than a warning, now that I think on it, would have a desk assignment be non-permanent. You go out, fail an objective, return, and the Admiral (justly or unjustly) gives your command to another skipper, his nephew, whatever, while you push papers for a few months as precious chances to patrol and advance your career slip by. But... all is not lost! Since you obviously weren't a complete waste as a skipper, you're given a chance at redemption a few months later. Maybe the nephew gets a modern boat and you get your beloved pig boat back, or a commander goes on leave and you are assigned a temporary command, or even just another boat. That would feel 'real', allow your career to be affected by the vagaries (and even sometimes injustices) of military whim and bureacracy, and not be an absolute game-killer.
If I knew more about modding, maybe I could do this myself. Perhaps I can begin my education.
LCdr Tally Ho
Still Walking the Admiral's Terrier
NB Surubaya , Java
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