With regard to that message, which I call "CSCFIFFE", I've been getting it a lot with my C-U-Y-C build subs, and I've been failing to get otters, even though all my subs' stats are at least at the necessary minimums based on the results posted here. I've linked to a google sheet with my results from the last three test runs of my 12 subs, all with the same CUYC build, in case anyone wants to look for patterns. The one thing I can see is that "CSCFIFFE" happens WAY more often on DSS7 than the other two sectors I've been hitting on the same trip (Wreck of Discovery and Sunken Vault). For the most recent set of runs that came in today, I made sure all the subs were fully repaired across the board before I sent them out (except the Mellow Yellow, which I overlooked). For my next run, which will come in late Friday night, I've changed the sector order to visit DSS7 first; if there is some kind of "wear and tear" going on that might be contributing to all those misses, perhaps going to DSS7 first will reduce the number of them that happen, but notice that even a fully repaired sub got a miss on the first sector visit (Sunglow) so even if full repairs helps increase odds of a hit, that's no guarantee of a successful double hit, as it may be that the sub is taking "damage" just going from the home base to the first sector location. Also note that the third sector to be visited has a lot fewer misses than DSS7 does, even though the ship would be more damaged. So I'm scratching my head a bit. I'm thinking of swapping the Unkiu Stern for a Whale Stern to improve my Retrieval score as maybe that also has a minimum value keeping me from getting otters, but someone said they got an otter with a CWCC build (also 40 retrieval) and a CCCC build (45 retrieval) and I got one myself with my old sub build, a UUUC (50 retrieval.) So possibly I've just been majorly unlucky in my rolls!
CUYC sub trip data