Fleet Rearmament and Modernization Report: Murakumo Kai 2, Ushio Kai 2

Howdy.  Almost an event late, here's Murakumo and Ushio.  They're both special-type destroyers.  Ushio bears the distinction of participating in Pearl Harbor, and out of all the ships that participated in that operation, the only one that survived the war.

I don't know much about Murakumo.

There's speculation that this year's first event (Operation Rei-Go) might have KanColle see it's first ever F R E E D O M ships, as already hinted by that 16-inch Mk.7 Main Gun ranking prize distributed last update.

Also, F R E E D O M fairy is here.  I'm so excited for D E M O C R A C Y to come to this Imperialist, revisionist, all the damn -cist game that is Kantai Collection.

Democracy motherf****ers, do you know it?

KanColle Fall 2015 E-1 Debriefing

 Done with "Transport operation! Sweep up the front" a.k.a the first event map for this Fall's event.  I did this map in normal difficulty.  As you can see, this map requires a combine fleet, depending on the type of fleet (surface or aircraft) you might get directed to an undesirable route.  I went for a surface task force with 1 CV, 1 BB, 4 CA as the main fleet and 1 CA, 1 CL and 4 DD as escorts.   My fleet composition and expenses are shown below.

No event drop for this map.  I did get Uzuki which is in the high-tier of rare destroyers.  Uzuki  is a Mutsuki-Class destroyer.  Screenshot taken immediately after event to take note of the resource level after E-1.

I'm hitting E-2 while I'm writing this. Geez.  One more thing that happened in between is the remodeling of Souryuu to Kai 2. 

Like Hiryuu, most of Souryuu's Kai 2 planes are elite versions of earlier IJN aircraft, in contrast to Katsuragi's Type 52Cs, Souryuu gets Type 21s.   At least I get to relegate one more Reppu to the CVLs.  

Over and out. 

KanColle Fall 2015: A Medium Scale Operation

And here I am thinking it's gonna be grand with 18-24 ships deploying during harder nodes.  So, just a quick update on how things are going right now in the fleet.  A separate E-1 Summary will be posted once I'm done with it.

The usual ship locking is present once again.  Though ship locking is irrelevant when you're doing easy but then I wanted to try harder this season so I went for medium/normal difficulty on E-1.  Anyway, since I didn't want to commit my higher level ships, I decided to remodel somebody who has been largely forgotten since last summer, the reason being she needs blueprints to upgrade.  Enter Katsuragi.   Her remodel comes with elite planes, allowing me to relieve some Reppu and Suisei off for the CVLs. 

E-1, E-2, E-3 are green tag maps.  Meaning any ship used here will not be usable on E-4.  E-4 being the last map in the operation.  I relegated most of my "no-kai2" destroyers and CAs to the task.  I might also rush to upgrade Unryuu (Katsuragi's sister ship) to allow me to dedicate the 1st and 2nd Carrier Divisions to E-4.  As of this moment, I have 5 deployable  CVs. 

I have read reports/articles about E-4 having a submarine boss.  And I know full well I only have 3 Type 3 projectors/depth charges.  I should procure more Type 3s. 

Stay tuned for the next update. 

Fleet Rearmament and Modernization Report: Mutsuki Kai 2, Kisaragi Kai 2, Hiryuu Kai 2

Fall 2015 will commence after November 18 maintenance.  I managed to remodel two more DDs and one CV.  

Mutsuki and Kisaragi are the first two of Mutsuki Class.  They originally didn't have names assigned to them but thanks to a miracle of bureaucracy, they were given names.  While Mutsuki is the name ship of the class, Kisaragi was actually commissioned first.  Kisaragi was also lost early in the war during the Battle of Wake Island.

Probably the last to be remodeled prior to the event is Hiryuu.  Hiryuu is the last carrier to be sunk during Midway. She probably has the highest luck among the carriers in the 1st and 2nd Carrier Div.  Her second remodel offers elite aircraft that comes at rank II. I might use them to clear event maps that don't have batshit AAA on them.

As announced, Part 2 of "The Economics of Large-Scale Fleet Operations" will be posted as soon as the aforementioned maintenance is done.  Sally ho, comrades. 

Fleet Rearmament and Modernization Report: Ayanami Kai 2

My fleet has been joined by another Kai 2 Special Class Destroyer, Ayanami.  With her high luck and firepower, she's bound to make event sorties easier, and putting less strain on my other high-level DDs. 

A little bit of history from wikipedia:

Ayanami's final mission, on November 14–15, 1942, was that of the Second Naval Battle of Guadalcanal. There, she was attached to a scouting force under the command of Rear Admiral Shintarō Hashimoto in the light cruiser Sendai. When American Admiral Willis A. Lee's Task Force 64 was spotted near Savo Island, Hashimoto took his ships clockwise around the island, but sent Ayanami alone in the opposite direction sweeping for enemy vessels. When Lee's ships were located, the order to attack was given, and as such, Ayanami became one of three prongs in the initial attack (Along with Hashimoto's group, and another group led by Rear Admiral Susumu Kimura in the light cruiser Nagara).

Ayanami was first sighted by the American destroyer USS Walke, but the light cruiser Nagara was located soon after and the four destroyers' attentions shifted to it. Torpedo and shellfire from Ayanami, Nagara, and Uranami sank two of the four destroyers (USS Preston and USS Walke), mortally wounded USS Benham (which was scuttled after the battle), and severely damaged USS Gwin, causing heavy American losses in the first phase of the battle.

Night fighting equipment.  Lots of them. 

Ayanami's seifuku in contrast to Fubuki.  They probably wear the same seifuku but they have different ribbons (laces?)  

Fleet Rearmament and Modernization Report: Choukai Kai 2

While Maya mostly leveled up because of Operation SN.  Choukai was left to gather dust in the docks.  I had the chance to finally grind her to level 65.  In contrast to Maya, Choukai Kai 2 mainly carries surface combat equipment, like skilled lookouts, searchlight, and a Type 22 radar kai 4 (yes, 4) 

In queue for remodeling:  

Ayanami (70), Murakumo (70), Ushio (60) , Fusou and Yamashiro (80) 

If you have noticed, those DDs are Special Type Destroyers.  I guess I really just love them that much.  Mutsuki and Kisaragi are approaching 40 but I prefer to slowly level them via daily expedition. 

Fleet Rearmament and Modernization Report: Maya Kai 2

Summer 2015 was hell.  Literally.  My sole AAA ship, Fubuki was overworked.  She was present on all stages where Wo were waiting.  I didn't get Terizuki  so I decided to go for Maya Kai 2.   I also recently got Akashi and so I was able to upgrade my sole Type 91 AAFD to Type 94.  Next up for Kai 2 is Choukai.  I have the tendency to deploy sister ships on the same fleet on the same time.  So ship daughters in their respective classes are usually, more or less, the same level.