So I'm leading my merry band out on our first patrol. Travelling through AN32 we pick up a hydrophone merchant contact. So far they've been our own ships, or neutral vessels lit up like a christmas tree. The problem is that on closer inspection we discover that the ship is Danish. The date is currently September 7, 1939. According to my flag recognition chart, Germany shouldn't be at war with Denmark until 1940.
The interesting thing is that the ship was not behaving like the neutral vessel it should be. There are no running lights on the ship, and no spotlights illuminating the flag. :hmm:
Being the suspicious fellow that I am, and possibly a bit greedy for renown and promotions, I immediately assume it's a treacherous Danish plot, an act of war no less, and stick two fish into her
. I figured that if she didn't want to be torped, she should have been a bit more obvious about her neutrality.
Will I be punished when I get back to port?
Does GWX 2.0 recognise the change of a country's status from neutral to participant, and change the running lights/spotlights on their vessels, or will I be running across blacked out ships belonging to countries that I am not yet at war with?