Local ability? What's that about?

[AkbarGulag]

Originally Posted by Excalibur Bane

I was looking over my crew after a patrol last night and noticed a third proficiency symbol, in a dark red. Curious as to what it was, I hovered over it. The pop-up was "Local ability - Increased torpedo damage". Huh? Is that so? So I looked over my entire crew and found a few more, increased surface speed, reduced chance of breakdown, faster speed submerged and so on. So I guess my question is thus, are these bonuses working or bugged? And what moron came up with this brilliant idea of giving magical bonuses to make your sub go faster and torpedoes hit harder?

Don't panic Excalibur, I found your flipant comments amusing

I like the idea of global bonuses myself, a little more crew depth should be encouraged