Here are some of my thougths on the campaign:
Leadership: If I am the HAIC (Head err Admiral in Charge) of a Navy, I am going to want to have the best people working for me, or rather, out there on the sea, working for the Empire/Republic/Junta. I think there should be a mechanic for looking over Personel Dossiers so that I can assign the Right Ship to the Right Captain, andt he Right Fleet to the Right Admiral and so forth. This wouldn't have to be all that involved of a feature. The Dossiers Should just show a little Portrait of the fella in his Dress Uniform. Off to the side a few lines could say when he graduated from the Naval Academy and what place he Graduated for that year along with his area of study. Under that there could be a line or two detailing the high (and low) points of his career. Something like ***Graduated 1911, 5th in his class, with two degrees (Engineering, History) Made Lt Commander in 1916, while XO of USS Example forced German U Boat to Surface in 1917, Promoated to Commander, Currently Awaiting assignment to his own Command in New York*****
I know that this isn't reallyt hat big of an issue, I was just thinking this might be added somewhere down the line. I am of the belief that there is no such thing as too much Imersion, and you'd be surprsied how "the little things" can go a long way in a person's Imersion into a game
Intelligence: There should be a small mountain of Intelligence bombarding the player pretty much non-stop, but of that intel, only a little bit is actually of any real, practical value. There could be a tab you click on and it will have different reports tagged for you to read. Something like, "While at Naval HQ Rear Admiral So and So practically runs into your office, after having called your assistant now less than six times in the last hour. Finally you relent and agreee to see him for "Five Minutes" before you have to leave for a meeting with the Joint Cheifs about the Jamacia Debacle. The admiral is beside himself, showing you picture after picture taken from a plane at high altitude on a rainey day, showing some sort of activity in such and such Naval base. Apparently the Admiral is grinding his "The French are plotting against us" Axe again and has decided to waste your time with this nonsense instead of adhering to the Chain of Command. Stilll...It does look like the fleet is putting to sea. Should you put some of your team on it or tell the Admiral that you will "Get to it when you can".
I have other thoughts on this but This is getting rather long. Anyway, Good Hunting everybody.