No, won't happen that way. Read that Ducimus "Of Refits.pdf" (found in the Support folder) and you'll understand it better. The game gives you a choice of either yes or no, to one question or the other. If you answer "no", that's it, no further logic is involved. It might ask again at the conclusion of the next patrol, but will usually skip one, and it also has to be a good patrol. We did a LOT of testing on this. If you qualify points-wise, and a new boat is available, you are asked if you want a new boat. No question about a conning tower. However, if you qualify, and there is not a new boat available, then you'll be asked if you want a new conning tower - if ~that's~ available. See the "Submarine Equipment Upgrades" pdf for most of the Pearl dates for the equipment. The conns are not listed there, but the Gato.upc says 1942-05-01 for the first cut-down "MedWar" conn, 1943-01-01 for the late-war, and 1944-01-01 for the "elite" sail, where you can mount the 40's. So, if you came in just prior to 1942-05-01 and qualified, you would not have been asked the question. You then go back out on patrol roughly 1942-05-25 or so, with the old conning tower and no surface radar. If you instead come back in after 05-01 but prior to 06-01 and qualified, you would then be offered the new conning tower. So it is really a strange set-up in the game. It should be, that if you decline the new boat, it gives you a conning tower, if available - but it does not work that way... No matter what though, if you get a new boat after the date for the new conning towers, you should be getting those ~and~ the radar, if available... sometimes, if it's close to the date of availability, it will ask for a "renown payment"...
