[REQ] changing submarine setup

[tale]

Hello subsimers:

I'd like to make mission using a non standard submarine setup, like changing the torpedoes load may be with some of them already expended, installing a radar, selecting the crew, and even adding some damage to the submarine as if it had been in battle recently, and so on. I read here that this cannot be done with the mission editor.

My question is. Is it possible to mod a stock submarine and change it as described above? Well of course it is, but would it be a reachable task for someone without any previous modding experience? (that's me)

If the answer is yes, can you provide learning directions? I promise that the skills gained will be used for greater good of this community

TIA