Tandin

Well someone missed the rework video they posted today

The easiest way to deal with it is to completely disable the chat window using the mod in the Aslain mod pack. You'll still end up with reports but at least you can ignore the comments.

Depending on your level of coordination remaining in your right hand, you could get it to work IF you get a new mouse with more buttons such as a logitech G600. https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B0086UK7IQ/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Edit: Looks like StoneRhino and I had the same thought at the same time.

They're called special signals and they should show up as the bottom row on the signals page under exterior. If you've unlocked signals then they should be visible. I know I started receiving them as part of the Japanese/Yamamoto Campaign but I don't know if unlocking a campaign is necessary to get them to be visible.

They're usually stored as spares inside the ship. If some of your planes in the squads are shot down, they'll be added to the squads when they land and you launch the squad again. There are little indicators near the bottom center of the hud showing how many reserves of each type your ship has on board. The indicators are to the right of the squad icons.

Are you moving the captain between CVs? I would probably save the remaining points for CE and ATS depending on the ships.