Originally Posted by Munchausen

Most of your mods try to make SH4 more realistic. If you read up on sub operations during WWII, you'll find that, quite often, a skipper was expected to supervise construction of his own boat. Thus the trip to Mare Island. Shake-down cruises were also standard operating procedure.

More importantly, a captain did what he was told by HHQ. He went where he was assigned. If he complained and tried to change his orders, he usually found himself on the chair-side of a desk. It was (and still is) the nature of the military.