Can we pick up ALL Survivors?!

[Kamikaze Krazy]

"There's a lot more to it than just pulling up beside a ship and clicking a "Rescue survivors" button. What are you going to do with them? Where are you going to offload them? What impact will they have on your patrol duties? The game would need to support answers to these questions as well, lest buyers complain of another half implemented feature" -JScones

I have thought about this and I agree with you.

What would you do with them? Offload them maybe at an Allied port, or like what Kapitan_Phillips just said:

"Well, if they cant implement picking up survivors, what about some way of signaling a rescue for them? I'm pretty sure U-Boats used to toss them cigarettes and food, and shoot a flare or something up into the air, or bring back a neutral merchant to pick them up."

As for survivors/POW's, it would be determined by what space is on your boat at that very moment. If you have all of your crew spaces in your crew management screen full, a full load of fish, and food boxes everywhere, then you might only be able to carry 5-10. On the other hand, if you have only two fish, five empty spaces in the crew management screen, and no food boxes piled high to the ceiling, then you could carry... say 30-40 survivors/POW's. There could also be a counter of how many there are on board like this: 14/30.

On top of all of this, if you pick up survivors/POW's, they could also be in the crew management screen (C.M.S.). For example, if you have an allied (Axis or otherwise) survivor, that person would have a blue ALLIED SURVIVOR stamped onto their portrait. If it is an enemy airman, there would be a red ENEMY AIRMAN stamped onto their portrait... or at least something similar to this. You can only move them to where there is an empty spot on the C.M.S.

How do you like those apples? Well, at least I think they are good ideas!