Well done, VS! Got it on the ground. All the rest is just talk.
Re 4 - if the rules say it is OK to continue on 3 then, subject to the commander's decision it's OK to continue. What's so difficult about that?
Exactly, who cares about the choices being made, it was done with the available info at the time and was based on the safest outcome in the Captains mind, the speculation seems like a pointless exercise.