The Unfinished Patrol

[Gray Lensman]

I have to ask...Did you get the "pop up" message to insert or did you just "insert" when you thought you were close enough?

This is a common error for a lot of players that haven't performed the insertion mission(s) before. You'll only get the "pop up" option message if all the conditions have been satisfied.... Being close enough, surfacing, slowing to very slow, etc. Occasionally, you even have to resubmerge and resurface to trigger the message. Not sure, but submerged might mean 40 feet or more or the equivalent in meters which gets kinda dicey in very shallow waters.

Insertion Commando.
You have to go to the objective location and drop off a team of six commandos. The radius of this mission is usually 3 nautical miles. You have to surface the boat once within this radius and bring the boat to a stop (or go very slowly) in order to be able to launch the commandos' dinghy. Once the dinghy is launched the objective is completed. The option to launch the dinghy will not appear unless you surface, so you can either enter the area submerged or do a quick dive and resurface once at the objective. You usually get 200 renown points for completing this mission.

Insertion Spy.
You have to go to the objective location and drop off a spy. The radius of this mission is usually 3 (can be as little as 1) nautical mile(s). You have to surface the boat once within this radius and bring the boat to a stop (or go very slowly) in order to be able to launch the spy's dinghy. Once the dinghy is launched the objective is completed. The option to launch the dinghy will not appear unless you surface, so you can either enter the area submerged or do a quick dive and resurface once at the objective. You usually get 200 renown points for completing this mission.