you were on the mission
the entire squadron was on the carrier
tbqh your lack of contribution was not a major cause of failure, this mission was intended to be beatable with only 6/8 players, but turtle very much did launch his plane and fly around, otherwise he would have been killed in the crash or the explosion
im gonna use a dm handwave here and say that turtle and gladiator were fending off a second wave of drones that somehow slipped past the rest of the squad or something, and thats why they didn't help with the sub
people have lives, don't rag on them for not participating 24/7