>>36269519
>The Japanese battleship Nagato, heavily armored and an expert in long-range naval riflery. Cool and elegant, in your past life you were one of the legendary “Big Seven” battleships. You were the only Japanese battleship to survive the war, and like many other veterans your career ended as a target at Operation Crossroads once nobody had a need for your skills.

>The Japanese fast battleship Kongou, jack of all trades but master of none. Built in Britain, you were designed to be fast, lively, and as “indestructible” as your namesake. You were the oldest of four sisters and the third of them lost in the war, sunk on your way to Kure by a submarine. It at least spared you the disgrace of seeing the IJN's ultimate fate at the Kure Arsenal.

>The American carrier Saratoga, lending the strength of your air wings to your squadmates. During the war they called you “Sister Sara”, and you took everything your enemies could throw at you from day one until Victory Day. With newer carriers in the fleet you were deemed 'surplus' and slated for Operation Crossroads alongside Nagato, Prinz Eugen, and many others.

>The German heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen; relatively light, evasive, and an absolute artist with torpedoes. Your main weakness is against aircraft, especially after you lost Bismark to a torpedo plane. Though you fought for the wrong side in the war you did so with honor, and you were glad to have met Nagato and Saratoga before sinking after Operation Crossroads like so many others.

Combat and vital stats will be explained after character selection, at which point you will be asked to confirm your choice.

>>36269565
>>The American carrier Saratoga, lending the strength of your air wings to your squadmates. During the war they called you “Sister Sara”, and you took everything your enemies could throw at you from day one until Victory Day. With newer carriers in the fleet you were deemed 'surplus' and slated for Operation Crossroads alongside Nagato, Prinz Eugen, and many others.

>>36269519
>>The American carrier Saratoga, lending the strength of your air wings to your squadmates. During the war they called you “Sister Sara”, and you took everything your enemies could throw at you from day one until Victory Day. With newer carriers in the fleet you were deemed 'surplus' and slated for Operation Crossroads alongside Nagato, Prinz Eugen, and many others.
Yay Carriers.

>>36269565
>The American carrier Saratoga, lending the strength of your air wings to your squadmates. During the war they called you “Sister Sara”, and you took everything your enemies could throw at you from day one until Victory Day. With newer carriers in the fleet you were deemed 'surplus' and slated for Operation Crossroads alongside Nagato, Prinz Eugen, and many others.

>>36269565

>no tenryuu option

FUCK

>The American carrier Saratoga, lending the strength of your air wings to your squadmates. During the war they called you “Sister Sara”, and you took everything your enemies could throw at you from day one until Victory Day. With newer carriers in the fleet you were deemed 'surplus' and slated for Operation Crossroads alongside Nagato, Prinz Eugen, and many others.

WE AMERICA NOW

>>36269565
>The American carrier Saratoga, lending the strength of your air wings to your squadmates. During the war they called you “Sister Sara”, and you took everything your enemies could throw at you from day one until Victory Day. With newer carriers in the fleet you were deemed 'surplus' and slated for Operation Crossroads alongside Nagato, Prinz Eugen, and many others.

>>36269565
>The German heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen; relatively light, evasive, and an absolute artist with torpedoes. Your main weakness is against aircraft, especially after you lost Bismark to a torpedo plane. Though you fought for the wrong side in the war you did so with honor, and you were glad to have met Nagato and Saratoga before sinking after Operation Crossroads like so many others.
Pissing against the tide.

>Battleship

Sitting duck.

>Fast Battleship

Battlecruiser would be better. Not as fast as a battlecruiser so she can't run nor can she tank as many hits. A stupid ship design.

>Aircraft Carrier

This is hands down the best choice. Long range support. Requires escort or she's toast.

>Heavy Cruiser

Stop-gap between a Cruiser and a true Battlecruiser.

>Saratoga

>>36269565
>The German heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen; relatively light, evasive, and an absolute artist with torpedoes. Your main weakness is against aircraft, especially after you lost Bismark to a torpedo plane. Though you fought for the wrong side in the war you did so with honor, and you were glad to have met Nagato and Saratoga before sinking after Operation Crossroads like so many others.

>>36269565
>Kongou
Most likely the best option going by gameplay. I like Nagato but the devs hate slow battleships. Carriers in most events are just reppu mules or LoS mules. CA is the second best choice since they're both good at day and beast at night.

>>36269675
Would've been all over a Battlecruiser. Fast Battleships are such silly ships. Hood or Graf Spree a best.

Looks like I woke up on time.

I wonder what the girls felt about being nuked.

>>36269565
>The German heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen;

>>36269565
>>The American carrier Saratoga, lending the strength of your air wings to your squadmates. During the war they called you “Sister Sara”, and you took everything your enemies could throw at you from day one until Victory Day. With newer carriers in the fleet you were deemed 'surplus' and slated for Operation Crossroads alongside Nagato, Prinz Eugen, and many others.
Kinda unlucky (Or lucky?) ship though with how often she torpedoed and sent back for repairs. Especially early in WW2. Let's do it.

>>36269565
>>The Japanese fast battleship Kongou, jack of all trades but master of none. Built in Britain, you were designed to be fast, lively, and as “indestructible” as your namesake. You were the oldest of four sisters and the third of them lost in the war, sunk on your way to Kure by a submarine. It at least spared you the disgrace of seeing the IJN's ultimate fate at the Kure Arsenal.

>>36269565
>>The American carrier Saratoga, lending the strength of your air wings to your squadmates. During the war they called you “Sister Sara”, and you took everything your enemies could throw at you from day one until Victory Day. With newer carriers in the fleet you were deemed 'surplus' and slated for Operation Crossroads alongside Nagato, Prinz Eugen, and many others.
As much as I want KONGOU DESS!, I think this is the best choice.

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Posting shipsluts in the meantime. I really like this artist, though he doesn't have any art of the Sara.

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Some more.

>>36269565
>Sorry, my internet shat itself a bit
>Option Selected: Saratoga
Here's how things are going to work.

Each ship has an array of statistics: Health, Armor, Evasion, Gunnery, Torpedoes, Anti-Air, Anti-Sub, Line of Sight, Luck, and Accuracy.

Combat rolls will always be 2d100. With naval guns, the first d100 is against the target's Evasion, and the second is against the target's Armor. Success on both results in Health damage equal to your Gunnery score modified by the target's Armor score. Success against Evasion but not Armor damages the target's armor, while success only against Armor results in a miss.

Attacks with aircraft work differently: the first roll is against the enemy task group's average Anti-Air score, and the second is against Evasion. Each successful attack deals a set amount of damage to the target's Health, every failed roll against Anti-Air reduces your effectiveness on subsequent attacks.

Luck rolls will be done in secret, but you'll get verbal cues when that roll is in your favor or the favor of someone in your squad. When you're "lucky", you'll get a small bonus to attacks and Evasion for that turn.

Saratoga's stats are as follows:
>Health: 79
>Evasion: 48
>Armor: 49
>Anti-Air: 35
>Luck: 30% chance
Saratoga has no inherent shooting or torpedo capability, but carries a standard force of two wings worth of Hellcat fighters (good for 4 damage if equipped as light bombers instead of fighters) and a wing of Avenger torpedo bombers (13 torpedo damage). Her main virtues are in the buffs she applies to her party, which you'll get anyway.

I'm giving ten minutes to discuss whether you really want to play as a primarily support-oriented character, and to pose any questions about mechanics.

Then we'll see where we stand character-wise.

No Iowa? Though if you accept write in I'd go for the Montana, the most powerful battleship never built.

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Couple more left, at least of the big E.

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>>36270186
Can you read chink, tripfag? Also, does that really need to be spoilered?

>>36270169
Let's do it!

>>36270175
Our Admiral would be Sean Connery.

I would have like to seen Montana.

>>36270169
>Support

I'd.. really rather prefer a heavy hitter. But I think I'm in the minority.

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>>36270213
No, unfortunately, I can't read Japanese, which kinda sucks, else I'd probably end up playing Kancolle, haha! Anyway...I spoilered those pictures by accident. Oh well. >>36270169
Can we re-roll? I don't really want to play support, but if no one else wants to re-roll, I guess it's fine. How would mechanics work if we were, say, Kongou?

>>36269519
>the ability to render electronic guidance systems inert within a certain radius

So it's spamming ballistic missiles all day long?

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>>36270241
That was Sam Neil that wanted to see Montana. Last pic.
Also op: I like the backstory so far, sort of a fusion between Kantai Collection and the backstory for Arpeggio of Blue Steel.

>>36270169
I'd be fine as Prinz Eugen, we can eventually get Big Sis Bismark, and be little sister to her and everyone else.

>>36270270
If you'd prefer something else, don't support the Saratoga option just because you feel like you're in the minority.

Saratoga has very little in the way of her own defenses, and can't directly attack. She is a support character, which plays very differently to the others. And she's definitely NOT the definitive "best option".

Prinz Eugen is faster, more evasive, and has high accuracy and torpedoes that ignore armor at medium ranges.

Kongou is the best balanced. Nagato is set up to double-attack with bigass guns.

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>>36270169
>Saratoga has no inherent shooting...capability
Didn't the Saratoga have 8 inch guns on itself? I suspect they were never used against another ship but she did have them.
I think Kaga and Akagi hard them as well but that's forgotten in the actually game as well.
>>36270241
>Montana
Is one of her sisters close enough?
>>36270290
>I can't read Japanese
How bad for you, but that picture is actually in Chinese.
>else I'd probably end up playing Kancolle
The Kancolle wiki has a guide you know, there's also the KC viewer and other things that translate the GUI.

>>36270169
Supports are terrifying in their own right. Literally the Buff Bitch. Ditch the Avengers ASAP for a wing of multi-roles. Less DPS against ships, but won't require our Hellcats to babysit them.

>>36270322
It was Sean Connery you fool. I want to believe. ;_;

>>36270169
would must rather have the Prinz Eugen

>>36270365
I'm still supporting >>36269675
for what it's worth.

>>36270169
I'm down with support.

But the Prince Eugen is also nice.

>>36270169
Eh, Sure. Let's do it!

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>>36270348
Can we re-roll, then? I'd like to support Kongou/Prinz Eugen, I don't really want to play support.

>>36270169
I'm for staying with the Support ship. I prefer staying back and providing air support.

>>36270169
No support thank you

>>36270169
>Saratoga
Am ok with support.

>>36270169


>The Japanese fast battleship Kongou

hopefully managed to post in time for my vote to mean anything....

>>36270169
I'll stick with my choice for the Sara.

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>>36270422
Imagine her saying this every time she attacks.
http://www51.atpages.jp/kancollev/kcplayer.php?c=177v16

>>36270348
I'm for anything other than support you may want a second vote.

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>>36270432
Best of both worlds Anon. Ise class. Buffs and takes a beating.

Just don't fire while aircraft are taking off or landing....

>>36270348
Second vote please

I think this'd have gone a bit smoother if you posted stats off the bat.

>>36270348
Alright, internet died entirely in my apartment. Went to my lab to finish this up, saw that there's literally no agreement. So here we are.

Link to this post, reply with a number only. Don't factor in future equipment or upgrades into your decision, it's gonna be rare that you get the chance. Don't suggest other ships, I have my reasons for the ones being selected.

Put a "1" if you want to play as Nagato: heavy armor, mediocre evasion, two attacks with her guns, good luck.

Put a "2" if you want to be Kongou: good evasion and armor, one attack per round.

Put a "3" for Saratoga: mediocre stats across the board but solid luck and aircraft. Best played as support since you can't fire your 8-inch guns across the flight deck anyway.

Put a "4" for Prinz Eugen. Moderate health and armor, but fast, accurate, and her torpedo attacks bypass Armor.

After this vote we WILL be progressing with whatever gets chosen. So make your vote count, and only vote for the ship you ACTUALLY want.

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>Poster count jumping with influx of 3s

Stop same fagging for the carrier.

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>>36270998
>my choice isn't winning
>must be samefagging

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>all these people voting after 5 minutes

>>36271016
Yeah look at the poster count. We are now in a war of same fags. It went from 20 to 32.

>>36270865
Alright, looks like Saratoga wins.

I'm shocked you want to play as support.

>Writing

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>>36271038
Dropped. See you in your other quests man.

>>36271038
>I'm shocked you want to play as support.
We don't. You're likely going to lose most of your voters from this.

>>36271038
It something new for one, so I think it will be fun.

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>>36271038
Damn, I wanted a cute little Prinz that wants to make sure Bismarck is alright.

>>36271062
>>36271071
Not even going to give it a try?

Damn.

>>36270865
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>>36271104
Carrier got a sudden boost in posters and votes right at the last second. So I don't blame him. I'm probably going as well. Playing logistics is retarded.

>>36271122
It wins wars, son.

>>36271122
Come on anon, logistics would be an AOE or sub tender.

>>36271133
But it doesn't win maps in Kancolle.

>>36271133
You send out planes Roll to see if they find anything. They report back. You relay that information.

Sounds fun. Really.

>>36271122
I mean lurkers are a thing.

Not saying it was all that or that it wasn't probably same-fagged, but give it a chance.


>>36271149
Probably not going to be 1=1 to Kancolle.

>>36271038
This >>36270972 is the last one before the 5 min cutoff. Count it up from there.

>>36271177
Went from 18 to 39 posters. Samefagged to hell.

>>36271177
>Lurkers
You're cute.

>>36271148
I wonder if we'll see the Arpeggio ships.

U-2540 a cute.

>>36271038
You're Saratoga, and you're not exactly new to this whole thing. You weren't intended to be a carrier in the first place, but that's how you ended up. So really, is it a surprise you'd end up in the body of a girl over a hundred years after your keel was laid down? Ships have to be designed for the times, and you've reawakened in a pretty strange time.

They used to call you "Sister Sara", but in your little squad it may be more accurate to call you a mother. First there's Nagato: the leader of the team, and your hardest striker. She was the only Japanese battleship to survive the war, so she's seen more than her fair share of losses and silently carries more grudges than you do planes. You met her at Bikini Atoll shortly before you were both nuked into oblivion, so for a former enemy you feel strangely close to her now.

Prinz Eugen, or "Prinzessin" as you prefer to call her, is a heavy cruiser. After the fall of the Third Reich the two of you met at Bikini, like you did with Nagato. Strange, all three of you fought for different sides and yet you ended up in the same place... more or less. After the nukes Prinzessin lingered for a while as the Navy tried to keep her afloat, but she was so radioactive that they had to let her sink. You think she's secretly afraid of you and your planes after what happened to Bismarck.

And then, there's Kongou. You've never met her, but you know she sank some time during the war. You also gather that there's a fair bit of unresolved tension between herself and Nagato from back then, which confuses you a little: Nagato specifically requested her, out of her four sisters. You've never really worked up the nerve to ask Nagato about it, since she can be a bit scary sometimes when pressed about things she dislikes.

It's just the four of you at the moment: rather lonely, if you're used to having so many crewmembers around you all the time. But still, seeing as you're operating out of Hawaii, things could be worse.
(1/2)

>>36271189
>>36271221
Not denying that, just that not ALL of them were probably samefaggers.

Wanted Nagato myself.

Just going to see if its any good before I run.

>>36271189
>>36271177
>>36271221
>still does not know about sudden death voting

Really?

>>36271263
>Final Destination voting
>Working
Pick one.

>>36271253
It's currently evening in Waikiki, and the sun has stained the sky with beautiful colors. Sadly, you fear you'll have little time to enjoy it.

>Take a cruise around your accommodations, ensure the perimeters are secure (and enjoy the view, naturally)
>Relax with Kongou and Prinzessin, see how they're holding up psychologically
>Visit Nagato. She's working on the details of your next mission, and could probably use a reminder to take a break now and then.
>Other

>>36271071
>I've decided that I was overlooking the obvious solution: play as all four. Rotate between threads. I hadn't wanted to do that, because I really didn't anticipate this much frustration over character selection.

>>36271347
Did you really haft to shit up the thread? Fuck off.

>>36271367
>Relax with Kongou and Prinzessin, see how they're holding up psychologically

>>36271367
>>Relax with Kongou and Prinzessin, see how they're holding up psychologically

>>36271347
You'd turn your phone's 3G/4G off and on just to samefag for character selection?

And I thought I was autistic.

>>36271367
>>Take a cruise around your accommodations, ensure the perimeters are secure (and enjoy the view, naturally)

>>36271367
>>Relax with Kongou and Prinzessin, see how they're holding up psychologically

>>36271367
>Take a cruise around your accommodations, ensure the perimeters are secure (and enjoy the view, naturally)
As the senior ship with Nagato, we should make sure everything is okay before relaxing.

>>36271367
>>Visit Nagato. She's working on the details of your next mission, and could probably use a reminder to take a break now and then.

>>36271372
I just like to enlighten people to the fact that Final Destination is completely useless in every form.
Admittedly, I think one or two of those posts wasn't actually me. Then again, I wasn't trying very hard to make my point either.

>>36271396
>You'd turn your phone's 3G/4G off and on just to samefag for character selection?
Eh, I didn't actually vote. I don't know shit about ships, so I let everyone else ride it out.

>>36271367
>Relax with Kongou and Prinzessin, see how they're holding up psychologically

>>36271367
>Relax with Kongou and Prinzessin, see how they're holding up psychologically

>>36271367
>Visit Nagato. She's working on the details of your next mission, and could probably use a reminder to take a break now and then.

>>36271367
>Visit Nagato. She's working on the details of your next mission, and could probably use a reminder to take a break now and then.

Seems good.

Can't wait for the shitposter to fuck off.

>>36271189
That's not how samefagging works at all. Samefagging is increase in vote count with no increase in poster count.

>>36271367
>>Visit Nagato. She's working on the details of your next mission, and could probably use a reminder to take a break now and then.
Team mom mode.

>>36271367
>Visit Nagato. She's working on the details of your next mission, and could probably use a reminder to take a break now and then.
>Take a cruise around your accommodations, ensure the perimeters are secure (and enjoy the view, naturally)
Can we do both? She can use a break, we can go and secure the perimeters and have a talk about our mission.

>>36271455
Samefagging is one guy posting multiple times. Some people use multiple devices to pull this off, which causes the unique poster count to jump.

>>36271443
>Can't wait for the shitposter to fuck off.
Which one?

>>36271367

>>36271487
This guy has a point, I don't see why we can't do both, changing >>36271393
to support this guy

>>36271367
>>I've decided that I was overlooking the obvious solution: play as all four. Rotate between threads. I hadn't wanted to do that, because I really didn't anticipate this much frustration over character selection
Don't do that, don't cave to the whiners.

>>36271367
>I've decided that I was overlooking the obvious solution: play as all four. Rotate between threads. I hadn't wanted to do that, because I really didn't anticipate this much frustration over character selection.

No that's a bad idea.

>>36271539
Some of us aren't whiners and just want to have.. you know an active combat role.

>>36271367
>Take a cruise around your accommodations, ensure the perimeters are secure (and enjoy the view, naturally)


How customisable can we be? Might it be possible to alter our class? possible refit a cannon or two on at the cost of some launch capability or hanger space?

>>36271564
Actually, you're still being a whiner, and by continuing to post in a quest you've said you dropped already, you're not only being a whiner, you're being a shitposter.

>>36271564
I know jack regarding KanColle. However, being an armchair general, I do know carriers. And carriers shit on battleships.

>>36271539
>>36271563
Look, let me put it to you this way.

It was a contentious vote, and I get the strong impression that there are a substantial portion of posters who don't want to play support, but who simply couldn't agree on a capital ship. And I don't blame them in the slightest for it.

This way everyone gets a shot to play as a character with a combat style they'd enjoy, and each of the character's personalities, thoughts, and backstories gets to be explored.

As a QM, I can think of no better solution. So that's what I've decided to do.

>>36271367

>I've decided that I was overlooking the obvious solution: play as all four. Rotate between threads. I hadn't wanted to do that, because I really didn't anticipate this much frustration over character selection
Please don't, that sounds like more work than necessary. And it's only like 2 or 3 people getting buttmad at this, ignore them.

>>36271679
Run your own quest faggot.

>>36271589
What?

>>36271653
This is actually pretty smart. Unfortunately you will not be able to shut up the whiny faggots who need to be spoonfed exactly what they want, but it's a good solution.

>>36271650
>carriers shit on battleships.
Not when they're armed with bows.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABZN292gvRo

>>36271679
[x] Realize Sanya is teen pregnant

>>36271671
>OTHER PLACES PEOPLE GET TO TRY OTHER SHIPS?!?! NoooOOooO!

>>36271653
The best solution is to roll with what won, don't make extra work for yourself.

>>36271653
Just keep going[\spoiler]

>>36271743
He offered.. and wants to expand the background story of other characters as well. How is it more work to every once in awhile use a sheet for a different ship?

>>36271729
Okay, now try that again while actually making sense.

>>36271777
For fuck sake. If you go with votes by majority and set it to Carrier or Not Carrier. Most people wanted NOT CARRIER. They just disagreed on the ship.

If the vote had been labeled as Support or Combat you'd have lost the carrier option.

It's not going to kill the quest to get a few sorties as other vessels.

QM is also not mentally challenged so having a different MC isn't going to increase his workload by any staggering amount of cripple him.

>>36271367
Wait, so we can have a hot spring and beach episode at the same time? HOT SEA DA

>>36271712
>Arrow Digivolved into Kates

That's a Carrier? I thought the flight deck attached to their backs magically produced and launched aircraft.

I am so confused.

>>36271823
holy shit shut the fuck up about this already.

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>>36271823
>IF WE DIDN'T USE THE ELECTORAL COLLAGE THIS SHIT WOULDN'T HAPPEN
>FIRST-PAST-THE-POST MUST GO!

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>>36271859
>I thought the flight deck attached to their backs magically produced and launched aircraft.
Some do, actually.

>>36271867
I was asked to expand on it. You requested this anon.

>>36271870
Drop the trip or run your damn quest.

>>36271870
could you leave your an asshole in every quest you show up in

>>36271870
Fuck off. This isn't strike witches.

>>36271911
He's an asshole to people who deserve it.

>>36271911
Even his own.

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>>36271911
>your

>>36271911
Why would you leave your asshole in quests?

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>>36271367
Looking out the wide open windows of the Moana Hotel, feeling the sea breeze on your skin... you want to be out there with a solid headwind where you belong, not cooped up in here.

You stand up from the couch and barge headlong into Nagato's 'office': really a smaller hotel room that's been renovated for the purpose. She looks up at you from her work, red eyes full of confusion at your sudden intrusion.

"Nagato, we've gotta get outta here," you declare. "Come on, there's a beautiful Waikiki sunset out there and you're missing it! Again!"

She pushes some of her long black hair out of her eyes with a sigh. "You are probably right, Sara..."

"So it's settled," you interrupt. "Let's get our equipment on and go for a nice, romantic evening cruise! Just what the working woman needs to unwind before dinner!"

"... right," she finally agrees. "I will see you down at the water in ten minutes."

The second floor of the building has been converted for use as your docking facilities: since the Abyssals showed up, you're told the average sea level's risen nearly ten feet. Your shoes go on first: they've got a slight heel to them, and on each heel is a rudder. Your backpack slides into the mounting system on your back easily, putting that famous black banded funnel right behind your head. You quickly check to make sure your quiver is full and your diminutive AA guns are moving fine, before grabbing your crossbow and dropping into the water with a great spray of foam.

Nagato, in her own unique white uniform and skirt isn't long after you. Her splash is definitely bigger, thanks to her massive turrets.

"You were right," she admits as you begin your cruise along what used to be Waikiki beach. "It is beautiful out here."

>Ask her about your upcoming mission?
>Ask why she insisted on bringing Kongou here when it's obvious they don't like each other
>Ask her about her thoughts on you and the other Kanmusu's existence
>Other (what?)

>>36272044
>>Ask her about your upcoming mission?

>>36272044
>Ask her about your upcoming mission?

Kinda why we came up here in the first place.

>Ask why she insisted on bringing Kongou here when it's obvious they don't like each other

Though I am curious.

>>36272044
>>Ask her about your upcoming mission?
>>Ask why she insisted on bringing Kongou here when it's obvious they don't like each other

>>36272044
>>Ask her about your upcoming mission?
Let's start off easy.

>>36272044
>>Ask her about your upcoming mission?
>Ask her about her thoughts on you and the other Kanmusu's existence

>>36272044
>Ask her about your upcoming mission?
>Ask her about her thoughts on you and the other Kanmusu's existence

It's gotta be weird, considering the origins of each vessel. I'M CURIOUS!

>>36272068
>>36272099
They're not mutually exclusive. They're separate because some people might not want to ask one or more of them just yet.

It could get kinda personal.

>>36272044
>Ask why she insisted on bringing Kongou here when it's obvious they don't like each other
Stay away from work for just a little bit, we came out here to get away from that

>>36272044
>>Other (what?)
Literally almost anything else.
If we dragged her out of the office to relax, we shouldn't bring up things which might cause stress or talk shop.

>Ask her about her thoughts on you and the other Kanmusu's existence
If anything.

>>36272135
I suspect you meant to respond to that guy >>36272110 ?

>>36272044
>Ask her about your upcoming mission?

Out of curiosity, wondering how many of you play the game.
Personally played since last October.

>>36272156
Actually, I meant to quote /k/ripple on that one. Because there's really no need to do one first then vote to do the others. So long as there's sufficient support in my mind for two or more, I'll go ahead and do it as one update.

Least that's what I'm saying to myself now. We can all see how well my planning's gone so far.

>>36272214
I've wanted to play it for a while, but never really got around to it, I like the fanon a lot, though

>>36272135

I honestly want to do both, but if it has to come to one, I'd just ask about the mission. I think transitioning into the other options would work out, though, especially asking why she's bringing Kongou.

>>36272214

I'm pretty much a secondary. I look at the fan works and the comics on danbooru.

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>>36272214
I've been playing since January.
Started for Kongou, stayed for Houshou.

>>36272214
Yes but it's been some time, with work and all.

>>36272231
fair point.

>>36272214
I just fap to the doujins on sadpanda and trawl the boorus.

>>36272269
>Houshou
I like you.

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>>36272333
I love Houshou.

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>>36272393
Houshou is great

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>>36272435
Houshou is love!

>>36272214

The closest I've ever come to playing Kanocelle was sinking the Kongou with a fucking S-Boat in 1941.

Silent Hunter could use some AI improvements.

>>36272269
>>36272333
>>36272393
>>36272435
>>36272451

>all this great taste

is this real? am i real?

>>36272535
No, this is all a dream.

They actually say Shimakaze.

>>36272535
E pluribus Unum!
Houshou!

>>36272044
Almost instinctively, you pull a few blue-feathered bolts out of your hip quiver and load them one at a time into your crossbow, firing them out in a spread over the shimmering Pacific waters. About a hundred yards out the whistle of their fletchings grows to a roar, as they shift forms into old-fashioned Hellcat fighters, complete with unit numbers and a single bomb each. Damn, does that sound ever fill your heart with song. Those new carriers can keep their stupid drones and silly little jets for all you care.

“So,” you venture as you and Nagato turn back towards what's left of Honolulu's downtown district. “What about that new mission we're getting, huh? Is it finally something exciting?”

Nagato flicks a bit of kelp off one of her rifles as she sighs. “No, just more escort duty, I fear. An SDP convoy from San Diego: forty-four ships and eleven escorts.”

You let loose a low, appreciative whistle. “That's a biggun. They headed for Japan or Australia?”

“Australia,” she replies. “We will pick them up at the edge of the US Exclusive Zone, and assist until they've passed it.”

“Booooriiiing,” you complain. “Night or day?”

“Day,” she explains. “So at least we have that on our side.”

The two of you weave your way in amidst the ruined, partially-submerged buildings of Honolulu's downtown. It's not exactly what you remember from your time in the Navy: no drunken sailors, no cars puttering about, no touristy hula parties. Just seabirds now, and silent decay as the salt water slowly ruins the now-abandoned buildings.

"So what do you think about all this?" you finally ask your partner. "This whole 'kanmusu' thing? I still don't get it myself."

"It comes from a Shingon Buddhist belief," Nagato explains, "that objects over a certain age gain souls, and can be intelligent. That they are alive. All that had to be done was to find bodies to put us in."
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>>36272588
"And do you like it?" you ask quietly. "I mean, the war wasn't kind to either of us. Were we at peace when we were dead, I wonder?"

Nagato turns to face you, skating slowly to one side to keep pace, and gives you an honest smile. "Whether I came back as a demon, a god, or a human is irrelevant. What matters is that I got to see Mutsu again. That is a blessing, is it not?"

You nod quietly. "I got to see Lex again, so I s'pose I know the feeling. Even if we're fighting a war, at least we're doing it together, I guess."

"That is the right way to think of it, or so I believe," Nagato agrees as she finally turns back towards home. "And at the worst, this time we can make our lives mean something... and our deaths too, if the need should arise."

>Nagato seems in a fairly good mood. If you were ever gonna ask about Kongou, now would be a good time.
>Don't bring up Kongou right now, talk about (write-in)
>You don't HAVE to talk all the time. just enjoy the cruise back.

>>36272713
>Nagato seems in a fairly good mood. If you were ever gonna ask about Kongou, now would be a good time.

Well, if you think it'll be a good time, let's do it.

>>36272588
>>Don't bring up Kongou right now, talk about (write-in)

Food!

If we ever find a good time, we must touch those abs.

>>36272713
>>Nagato seems in a fairly good mood. If you were ever gonna ask about Kongou, now would be a good time.

But politely. She can turn us down if she wants.

>>36272713
>Nagato seems in a fairly good mood. If you were ever gonna ask about Kongou, now would be a good time.
I'm curious

>>36272760
We're not Akagi!
>>36272713
>Nagato seems in a fairly good mood. If you were ever gonna ask about Kongou, now would be a good time.

>>36272752
I don't think anything. That's how Sara COULD think of it. All three of those options are equally valid in character.

>>36272713
>Nagato seems in a fairly good mood. If you were ever gonna ask about Kongou, now would be a good time.

>>36272713
>>You don't HAVE to talk all the time. just enjoy the cruise back.

Just in joy the pace.

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>>36272776
Agreed those delicious abs.....

>>36272901
Can we touch her turrets too?

So what happened to the remaining BBs the US has in this verse?

>>36272928
At another base?

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>>36272928
maybe we haven't met them yet?

>>36272946
I mean the non destroyed floating ones Like the Iowa class and the Texas?

>>36272901
Nagato is love. She's my favourite and first battleship. I hope the devs give her some love eventually.

>>36272928
The US has a stretch of coastline to protect as well.

>>36272969
The museum ones?

>>36273026
Yeah, the US still has ammo for them and the powder recipe on file.

>>36271253
Just got here and you fuckers chose Saratoga over the Big Seven Year old and Prince Chiyo?

Now I wish the Japanese won the war.

At least you didn't pick Kongou

>>36273053
please don't

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>>36273053
>Big Seven Year old

>>36273053
I think we're actually gonna get to play as all of them due to earlier issues or something.

>>36273026
USS Midway (CV-41) and USS Iowa (BB-61)?

>>36273102
USS Missouri, USS Wisconsin and USS North Carolina as well.

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>>36273053
>bullying kongou

>>36272214
I started right before Fall 2013 event started so probably late September, early October.

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>>36273157
>not bullying Kongou

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>>36273210
>bullying Kongou

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>not being Kongou and bullying Hiei

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>>36273271
>bullying Hiei
Not allowed.

>>36272713
"Well," you mutter, "since we're talking about the old days already..."

Nagato casts a glance at you over her shoulder. "You want to know why I chose Kongou?"

You nod. "Yeah, that. I take it that it's kind of a touchy subject, so if you don't wanna talk to me about it, that's fine you know."

The battleship-girl sighs loudly, resting her gloved arms on the casemates of her rear turrets. "Though you are prying a bit too much, I understand why you are doing it... so I will tell you."

"You recall that I was the only surviving Japanese battleship, correct? How do you suppose I feel about that?"

"Not good," you ponder aloud. "You must feel like it's a mark of shame."

"One of many I bear," Nagato agrees. "Along with the shame of being treated as an outdated relic when compared to Kongou and her sisters, of being too weak to move my own anti-air emplacements and having to rely on another ship's boilers, of only surviving by flooding my own compartments to look as if I had sunk, of seeing all of my companions killed a few at a time as our resources and manpower dwindled."

"And yet you requested Kongou be brought here," you muse. "Why?"

"Because of all my memories from the war, leaving Kongou behind to sink alone is the most shameful," Nagato explains.

"So if you can't have Mutsu at your side," you realize, "you at least want to make up for abandoning Kongou?"

Nagato nods quietly as the Moana hotel comes into view.

>That wasn't your fault. It was war, and you had your orders.
>You've never talked about it with her, have you? Maybe you should?
>I'm sure you can work together regardless. No need for either of you to dwell on the past.
>Write in?

>>36273309
>>That wasn't your fault. It was war, and you had your orders.

>"You recall that I was the only surviving Japanese battleship, correct? How do you suppose I feel about that?"

That just means she's the best. QED

>>36273309
>>That wasn't your fault. It was war, and you had your orders.
>You've never talked about it with her, have you? Maybe you should?

>>36273309
>>That wasn't your fault. It was war, and you had your orders.

>>36273309
>I'm sure you can work together regardless. No need for either of you to dwell on the past.

>>36273309
>That wasn't your fault. It was war, and you had your orders.
>You've never talked about it with her, have you? Maybe you should?

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>>36273309
>That wasn't your fault. It was war, and you had your orders.
>You've never talked about it with her, have you? Maybe you should?

>>36273294
But she likes it!

>>36273309
>That wasn't your fault. It was war, and you had your orders
War is shit you know

>>36273309
>>That wasn't your fault. It was war, and you had your orders.
>You've never talked about it with her, have you? Maybe you should?

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>>36273380
>But she likes it!
Only if it's Kongou.

>>36273309
>That wasn't your fault. It was war, and you had your orders.

>>36273380
that said, heres' where I'm getting these from:
http://danbooru.donmai.us/pools/8213
Kancolle/Arpeggio crossover, pretty funny.

>>36273398
No it look like she still like it.

>>36273309
To clarify the historical events I'm referring to, Nagato was so badly damaged by the end of the war and fuel was so scarce that her own AA emplacements were only partly functional, and had to rely on outside power. During Bull Halsey's drive in the last days of the war to wipe out the last Japanese capital ships she was even flooded to make it appear that she had been sunk.

Meanwhile, at Kure, the last heavy cruisers and battleships were stuck in harbor as AA batteries due to a lack of fuel oil and mines outside the harbor entrance. They were basically destroyed over a three day period, often regarded as revenge for Pearl Harbor by US naval historians.

Tone was even bombed again after she'd already sunk.

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I want to play a traditional game with Akagi!

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>>36273525
This fucking artist.

Rolled 61 (1d100)

>>36273525
I can already tell this image is going to be used everytime we crit fail

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>>36273550
Great artist

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>>36273525

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>>36273599
>>36273525
Has the next page been typeset yet? The one where Kaga fudges the rolls so Akagi can keep her carrier?

>>36273638
Right above ya

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>>36273631
>>36273638
Guess I spoke too soon.

>>36273309
With a quick burst of speed, you catch up to Nagato, cutting her off and nearly causing a collision so that you can look her straight in the eyes. She's taken aback as you stare her down.

"You shouldn't yourself for those things," you declare loudly. "It was a war, Nagato! We all had our orders..."

Abruptly cut off by the roar of turboprop engines, you scramble to turn your left hip towards the fighters you sent out earlier. Each grows progressively quieter as they close in, until they slam into the side of your quiver with a series of loud thuds as bolts once more.

"Sorry," you tell Nagato sheepishly as you tuck the crossbow bolts away. "Nothing to report, by the way. Where was I?"

Nagato gives you a sly grin. "You were in the process of absolving me of my past failures and reassuring me that they in no way reflect on me now as a person."

"Right," you agree, shaking your blonde head. "That. Have you talked to Kongou about all this yet?"

"How could I?" Nagato asks you in response, ever so slightly averting her gaze. "What if she still blames me for leaving her?"

You heave a frustrated sigh... really, these girls need to learn how to be human at some point. "It's in the past," you insist. "I'm pretty sure you feel worse about it than she does. After all, why'd she be here if she still blamed you?"

"I bribed her with proper English tea," Nagato explains. "It was almost too easy."

"Do you really believe talking to her would help?"

>Roll me a d100, I'll be taking the first three into consideration
>A good write-in would probably help your chances

Rolled 66 (1d100)

>>36273802

Rolled 2 (1d100)

>>36273802

Rolled 74 (1d100)

>>36273802

>>36273802
Nagato, simply showing her the face you're showing me now should let her know you feel terrible.

Nobody likes leaving comrades behind, she just needs you to show it.

>>36273802
Dress up as an Admiral, and she'll agree to anything you say.

>>36273802
>writein
"She seems like the reasonable sort, I'm sure if you explained yourself properly, she'd listen."
or this >>36273883

>>36273802
If it is a problem it's best to deal with it now rather than let it fester.

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Wo.

>>36273802
It's going to stay this way unless you talk about it.

>>36273802
"Whatever happened in the past, is only that. We're here now, we can make a difference. You can make a difference, and you can do it at her side. You can apologize to her, and promise that you'll do what it takes to make things up to her.

Just talk to her. It'll be for the best."

>>36273952
>An accurate depiction of Saratoga

>>36273952
Wa?

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>>36274065
Implying Sister Sara isn't a stacked blonde because this is Kancolle we're talking about.

>>36274065
http://kancolle.wikia.com/wiki/Standard_Carrier_Wo-Class

Not really.

>>36273952
>Wo-Tan Clan featuring Naka chang, coming soon to record stores near you

>>36274132
I buy that for a dollar!

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>>36273802
"She seems like a reasonable kinda girl," you insist, "so I'm sure if you lay it out for her as honestly as you did it for me, she'll forgive you."

"You know, assuming she still blamed you at all to begin with. Which I kinda doubt."

Nagato nods, smiling. "Okay, you win, mother."

"Yeah, yeah," you grin. "C'mon, let's get these things off and get some chow. I think Kongou's cooking tonight, right?"

Once you manage to get back up into the hotel's second floor and store your equipment securely, you head back upstairs towards the series of rooms that've been preserved for your use. As you pass, some of the US Military Police assigned to the buildings throw you salutes: you have no military rank, you realize, but then again how would you even BEGIN to assign a rank to a living aircraft carrier?

It's a respectful gesture, however, so you return their kindness with a salute of your own.

Upstairs, however, you're surprised to see Prinzessin in the kitchen cooking something that smells like Teutonic divinity given form. Kongou is playing a game on your television, and seems like she's really into it.

"What is this?" Nagato asks sternly, looking down to address Prinzessin. "I thought Kongou was supposed to be on mess duty tonight?"

"We traded places," Prinzessin explains in her thin little Bavarian accent. "I thought you wouldn't mind..."

Looking at Prinz Eugen in her little gray jacket and skirt, it's easy to see how she could be intimidated by the rest of you. She must be a foot shorter than Nagato, and she seems fairly young as well. Her "tonnage" is modest compared to the battleship-class girls you live with, and she's still got those girlish twintails of hers that suit her so well.

"Well, I suppose there is no problem if you simply switched in the schedule," Nagato admits. "What are you making?"

"Sausages in gravy with vegetables and Yorkshire pudding," Prinzessin replies, obviously relieved to not be in trouble with her commandant.
(1/2)

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>>36274132
Pfft, haha.

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>>36274128
>Abyssal Hellcat Fighter
>Abyssal Avenger Torpedo Bomber
>Flagship, Kai Flagship and Flagship II[?] are able to attack during night phase

>>36274124
>>36274128
>Implying the Abyssal Fleet isn't thinly disguised USN

Aircraft Carrier Hime was basically USS Yorktown. Also look at Wo flagship's equipment

>Abyssal Hellcat Fighter

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grumman_F6F_Hellcat#U.S._Navy_and_Marines

This is tongue in cheek mostly. Since it really doesn't matter and it's ambiguous enough.

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Hoppo~

>>36274168
Nagato, meanwhile, turns to Kongou.

"What are you doing, Kongou?"

"Playin' a game," Kongou explains the obvious. "It's called Jet Set Radio Future, and it's pretty fun."

She puts the game on pause to sip tea out of a fine china cup looted from somewhere else in the building, and leans back to look at Nagato over the back of the couch.

"You know, fun. You remember fun?"

"I had fun once," Nagato replies, pretending to be recalling a distant memory. "It was awful. I determined never to have fun again, and to never let anyone else have fun either."

Wow. You've never seen Nagato be sarcastic before. That's new.

Kongou seems equally taken aback. "What, am in trouble here? It's not about swappin' spots with Prinzessin, right? What then?"

"I would like to talk to you about something," Nagato explains quietly. "Something from our past lives that I have to get off my chest."

"Okay..." Kongou frowns. "If it's important, I'll hear ya out. Other room?"

Nagato nods as Kongou leads the way out of the communal space the four of you share.

"Is everything alright?" Prinzessin asks nervously. "They're not going to have a fight, are they?"

"Nah," you reassure her. "I get the feeling everything's gonna be alright."

>Ask Prinzessin a question?
>Just help her cook, she may need a hand.
>Other?

>>36274312
>>Ask Prinzessin a question?

"How do you feel about red polka dot ribbons?"

>>36274312
>>Ask Prinzessin a question?

Ask if she's ok.

Also, give her little sister hug because we're big Sister Sarah.

>>36274312
>Ask Prinzessin a question?
How are you doing?
>Just help her cook, she may need a hand.

>>36274312
>Just help her cook, she may need a hand.

>>36274341
This plus help her cook.

>>36274312
>Just help her cook, she may need a hand.

Tempted to ask about Bismarck to try and get some cute reactions out of her but this should be fine.

>>36274312

Give Prinzessin a hand with the cooking.
We can then talk to her about mundane little things, possible delving into any issues from her past if we can get her comfortable enough to discuss it...

A Happy team, is a combat effective team.

>>36274312
>Ask Prinzessin a question?
All if she's settled in okay

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>>36274312
UNDERSTAND UNDERSTAND

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4V4IEV8l-gA

>>36274312
>>Other?
Toss out Kongou's tea, replace it with black coffee.

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>>36274570
We want have a function member of the team here. I can't imagine what Kongou is like without Tea.

Coffee a shit anyway.

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>>36274570
You're insane.

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>>36274312
>Meanwhile in the communal space

>>36274601
>>36274621
We are an American ship on American soil!

We must cement our cultural dominance over the filthy tea-havers

>>36274706
Coffee in England.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_coffee#England

>>36274668
>Kongou is the only IJN battleship sunk by submarine
Also one the of British built Battleships to be sunk by a sub in WW2.

>>36274312
"So," you lead in slowly, "how's my favorite heavy cruiser doin'? You adjust well so far?"

Prinzessin nods as she checks the slow-cooker on the countertop before turning her attention to the pastries ready to go in the oven. "Sure, sis. It's good to have people here I know, though..."

As the German girl's voice trails off, you give her a tender hug. "It's okay, I know you miss Bismarck," you tell her. "But she was a fine warship, and I'm sure they'll bring her back like they did with us."

Prinzessin nods silently, fighting back a tear. "Yeah... I know. And hey, at least they didn't scrap her, right sis?"

You nod silently, remembering the day you found out that Enterprise had been sold for scrap... and that ships that were scrapped rarely return as kanmusu. There's just not enough left of them if they're torn apart like that, and Enterprise's bell and nameplate probably aren't enough to carry any trace of her soul.

"I'm sorry," you hear Prinzessin mutter. Looking down to her you see her looking back up at you with shame in her eyes... it must have been obvious that she'd accidentally reminded you of why American and British kanmusu are so rare.

"'sokay," you reply, wiping your eye. "Tell ya what, I'll try and pull some strings if I can so that when Bismarck comes back you're the first thing she sees. That sound good to you?"

Prinz Eugen's face lights up and she throws her arms around you. "Danke sehr, schwester," she tells you, momentarily forgetting to speak English. "Really, I can't even thank you enough."

You gently hug her back. "We sisters gotta stick out for each other, ya know?"

After a while dinner goes onto the table, and you call in Nagato and Kongou. Both young women look like they've been crying: their eyes are still red and a little puffy from it, and their hair is a little bit messier than you remember when you saw them last.

"You two okay?" you ask as you settle into your chair at the table.
(1/2)

>>36274797
The Tea Act a shit! A shit!

>>36274872
>>36274706
Coffee 1583
tea 25 September 1660
I think...I don't try that hard to look.

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>>36274861
>Enterprise's bell and nameplate probably aren't enough to carry any trace of her soul.

Tell me that KTKM-sama, Hibiki, and Yukikaze are still intact.

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>>36274953
If KTKM-sama isn't, it's all over. War is lost.

>>36274953
That's actually a pretty good explanation for their general absence.

Man...

>>36274861
We're the best big sister ever.

>>36274953
You know Hibiki was sunk as a target. I believe you the water where she is, is shallow enough sthat you can dive to see her.

>>36274936
The point was that America is culturally associated with coffee, while the British are associated with tea. Those are cultural preferences that carried over from the Tea Act, the Tea Party, and the Revolutionary War.

It really doesn't matter when they were introduced. The Irish are commonly associated with potatoes despite it being a recent crop.

It was just a throw away joke.

>>36274984
THANK YOU SUPER KTKM-SAMA

>>36274953
scrapped 10 August 1946, Scrapped or Sunk as target, Scrapped in 1970 from wiki.

>>36274861
Kongou nods. "Yeah. yeah, we're good. No worries here."

"And yourself?" Nagato manages to ask, clearly noticing that you too have been crying.

You look down at the glass in your hand. "To friends no longer with us," you simply state, holding your glass aloft.

"To friends no longer with us," they quietly repeat, each raising her own glass.

It takes a while, but eventually normal conversation returns to the table. Or rather, as normal as a conversation between three warships can get.

"All I'm sayin'," Kongou insists loudly, "is that it's totally not fair to stick us on escort duty! We should be out there, takin' the fight to the Abyssals where they sleep!"

"I do not disagree, Kongou," Nagato agrees. "But you must realize that for kantai kessen to be a possibility, we must have our full force. We would have to gather Mutsu, your sisters, most of our cruisers, and many of our carriers. The Americans would need to join us as well."

"And that ain't happening any time soon," you conclude. "The admiralties of both our countries seem like they're set on screwin' us all a second time 'round."

"They might not trust us," Prinzessin offers. "They may see us as weapons, and for a weapon to have its own thoughts about how it should be used is suboptimal."

Nagato shrugs. "Perhaps."

>Let's just keep doin' what we are for now.
>Keeping lines of commerce open is a vital task. We could do this for the rest of our lives.
>We should be trying to end the war, not running escort ops.
>Other

>>36275049
>>We should be trying to end the war, not running escort ops.

American machismo

>>36275049
>>Let's just keep doin' what we are for now.
Let's keep doing what we're doing for now, and work on gathering our forces to strike at the Abyssal fleet.

>>36275049
>Keeping lines of commerce open is a vital task. We could do this for the rest of our lives.

>>36275049
>>Let's just keep doin' what we are for now.

We remember getting beat up when we didn't have enough forces.

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>>36274953
Forget that, that means no Haruna.

Unless Japanese ships have so much Yamato Damashii that even their scraps can bring back shipgirls.

>>36275049
>>Let's just keep doin' what we are for now.

Let's get everyone to kick ass!

>>36275049
>Let's just keep doin' what we are for now.
Just sit tight for more, we'll get out chance soon

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>>36275111
It also means no Ise and Hyuuga.

>>36275049
We better be getting North Carolina at some point!

North Carolina and Sister Sara were nearly inseparable!

>>36275111
>Haruna
Sunk at her moorings on 28 July 1945; raised and scrapped in 1946 for you.

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>>36275139
Also no Mother of Carriers or the Alcoholic Disowned Carrier Daughter

>>36275139
> Ise and Hyuuga
Raised and scrapped 2 July 1946-4 July 1947, Sunk by air attack, 28 July 1945 and Scrapped in place by 1947 for you too.

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>>36275252
Your point being?

>>36275252
We know. That's why we are mentioning these ships.

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Boom.

>>36275329
That's terrible fanart yo

>>36275329
Damnit you.

That's horrible.

>>36274953
Ruling on the field: if you're sunk, then scrapped, it's not quite the same as being mothballed then scrapped.

>>36275342
It's also probably about a decade old, and, at least, predates kancolle by 5-7 years. Mecha Musume isn't a new thing.

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>>36275354
Which means no KTKM.

>>36275354
No KTKM-sama and we riot

-Ooichi