Realistic qualification timeline using SH3 Commander

sub_nuc_108 · 05-21-10, 07:06 AM

I've searched the forums for an answer to my question, and I'm sorry if I've missed past threads. I'm happy to receive a link to the right thread if someone can find it.

I'm running SH3 with GWX 3.0 and SH3 Commander. I've just finished my first patrol and it is time for crew management.

I have found many posts on qualifications schemes, and historically accurate strategies for giving promotions and awarding medals. What I am looking for are realistic strategies for awarding qualifications. I have POs without any quals: was it realistic that they could earn a new qual during a single 20 day patrol in 1939? How often would officers earn new quals? I currently have three officers qualified helmsman and one qualified watch.

From my experience as US submarine officer ten years ago, I know that qualification time depends on many factors: needs of the boat, the difficulty of the qual, the standards of the captain, and the discipline of the officer or sailor. For example, if the Submarine Ball is in a few weeks, and everyone wants one of the newer officers to stay behind and stand watch as Command Duty Officer, then the qualification can suddenly happen very quickly.

Or, on the other hand, if you arrive on the boat and three other officers have just qualified submarines, you may have a very long wait!

Of course, qualifications aboard a German U-Boat were certainly a very different story.

Thanks for any suggestions!

05-21-10, 07:06 AM	#1
sub_nuc_108 Swabbie Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 5 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	Realistic qualification timeline using SH3 Commander I've searched the forums for an answer to my question, and I'm sorry if I've missed past threads. I'm happy to receive a link to the right thread if someone can find it. I'm running SH3 with GWX 3.0 and SH3 Commander. I've just finished my first patrol and it is time for crew management. I have found many posts on qualifications schemes, and historically accurate strategies for giving promotions and awarding medals. What I am looking for are realistic strategies for awarding qualifications. I have POs without any quals: was it realistic that they could earn a new qual during a single 20 day patrol in 1939? How often would officers earn new quals? I currently have three officers qualified helmsman and one qualified watch. From my experience as US submarine officer ten years ago, I know that qualification time depends on many factors: needs of the boat, the difficulty of the qual, the standards of the captain, and the discipline of the officer or sailor. For example, if the Submarine Ball is in a few weeks, and everyone wants one of the newer officers to stay behind and stand watch as Command Duty Officer, then the qualification can suddenly happen very quickly. Or, on the other hand, if you arrive on the boat and three other officers have just qualified submarines, you may have a very long wait! Of course, qualifications aboard a German U-Boat were certainly a very different story. Thanks for any suggestions!