Hi DB, thanks. Good advice re: taking officers for rep and credits.
For me, I take the first boatload I come up against, pull in as many survivors as possible irrespective of status. If I still have space, I'll go to the next boat. The way I see it is that merchant marine often didn't wear uniforms, and in the dark, smokey, oily and fire ridden environment, survivor status would likely not be necessarily recognizable. So I tend to roleplay a lot lol, but that's simply me and what I do when I play simulations...which might explain why I tend to chew through game content much slower (I'm slow@ss terrible in MMO's because I'm not gear driven and like to roleplay lol).
Iirc there was a guy who posted his SHIII experiences where he took vacation, bought sausages and hung them above his desk, bought bread, veg, bottled water, then played real-time SH. I'm probably mis-remembering, but he set shifts for himself, only wet cloth bathed, and wore the same clothes for a month. That might have been over at Subsim. I'm not that RP motivated, but it sounded kinda fun.
I just appreciate how varied play can be.
