It will not only affect the fighting efficiency of the ship - the division then being short-handed - but can also be construed as desertion in the face of the enemy, which in the extreme can expose the guilty member to the death penalty.
Ayiyi kuchaphazela ukulwa okukuko kwenqanawa - icandelo alizukuphelela - kodwa isenokuchazwa njengokulahla kubuso botshab, apho ingavelisela ilungu elinetyala kwisigwebo sokubulawa.