Learner troubles.

[Pisces]

"Find and identify all rebel activity" may sound simple enough for a vet or someone at least experience with naval surveillance but to me it feels like finding 10 different needles in a haystack and trying not to get seen by those needles at the same time.

Then you're feeling it just as a veteran would take it. Except that a veteran skipper (which I am far from) would start to listen for 'Auch!' from the other!

Before you take a shot at the campaign missions I would suggest trying this training mission by Molon Labe first:

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=116888

Also go to www.subguru.com/downloads.html and look for true manuals like the Seawolves "Blue Book of Tactics" or TimmyGoo's "Tactical Manual" and Toptorp's "TMA guide" at least. Other community created manuals found there are also very usefull. The game's manual falls short on why you need to press this button or use that sensor. These manuals explain it very clearly.

This should get you up to speed soon. (but not too noisy, I advise )