Not Getting VP's for Sinking Transports

[cleveland]

I've noticed that sinking transports not in the area of the objective spot does not count towards your objective for that turn.  In my RJW campaign I had to sink two transports:  One I sunk in the area of the objective spot, the other one I sunk on my way home.  I did not get the 10000 points for sinking two transports.  Is this working as designed?  Why should it matter where I sink the transports?

[randomizer]

Yes and Yes it should matter in the context of the game.

You are given orders to hunt in a specific area, ignore those orders and go for targets of opportunity and you do not get the points for completing your mission as ordered.

[Fredrik W]

It was introduced because it proved too easy to fulfil the conditions by sinking just any random transport you came across.