Of refits, new commands, rank, and retirements

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Originally Posted by Ducimus

This may come as a bit of a shock to some. But I haven't really PLAYED this game in a couple years. So i have a few questions.

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Answers in the order asked:

1) Yes. I started my career in S-boats out of Manila at the very beginning of the war. Have had regular refits/upgrades since. Currently driving a Balao-class.

2) Have had four new-to-me boats, a brand new Balao most recently.

One change was a downgrade from a Salmon boat to a Porpoise boat. Probably because I just about wrecked my Salmon; there was some comment when I put in at Midway to the effect that "the mechanics stare in wonder that your boat is still afloat." I suppose the downgrade to a Porpoise was the Navy's way of saying, "Until you prove to us that you can take care of nice things, use this rustbucket."

That seems realistic. I don't know how the Navy actually did things in WW2, but I assume that a badly damaged fleet boat would have been either returned to the US for repairs or scrapped. You wouldn't be going back out in the same boat a few days later.

3) I was "strongly encouraged" to retire after returning with the nearly-destroyed Salmon boat.

4) No notification whatsoever when I got promoted.

Another thing that's broken about the promotions: Any existing promotion statements are revised with the name of your newest command, instead of the actual boat you were commanding at the time.

Also: Thanks for putting in the ice cream maker! I just noticed that in the TMO 2.0->2.1 upgrade notes.