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The Fleet Command Facility allows a destroyer in the second fleet of a combined fleet to escort a heavily damaged ship away from the sortie. See [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUGivLdvn18 this] video for better explanation. (Credits to Nekomahjong)

The Fleet Command Facility allows a destroyer in the second fleet of a combined fleet to escort a heavily damaged ship away from the sortie. See [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUGivLdvn18 this] video for better explanation. (Credits to Nekomahjong)

* <u>'''Must be equipped in the flagship of the first fleet'''</u> and needs a '''non-flagship DD not heavy, moderate, or light damaged '''in the second fleet for it to give the option to escort the ship.

When the flagship of the 1st fleet is equipped with a [[Fleet Command Facility]] (FCF), you are able to evacuate <span style="color:red;">'''Heavily Damaged (大破)'''</span> mid-sortie. This can help increase your pass rate to the boss node. The option to evacuate "退避" or not evacuate "退避せず" will appear after the results screen but before the continue/abandon sortie option. You will be shown the damaged ship to be evacuated and the ship that will be escorting her back. '''You are not able to pick which damaged ship gets evacuated and who escorts her.''' The selection is based off '''fleet order''' and the ships higher in the fleet order are selected.

* The DD doing the escort will be the first to meet the requirements. Positioning most important DDs last (or flagship) is recommended.

 

* The screen will show up after [Results], and before the [Continue/Retreat] screen. The heavily damaged ship and another DD will show up, with green sentences. Left button will remove the damaged ship and a DD from combat and they will lose 25 morale. Right button will continue without escorting.  According to some users, retreating using the Fleet Command Facility will '''<u>reduce the Morale of both the retreated ships to 15</u>'''. Do exert caution when using a full sparkled fleet.

Requirements for using FCF are:

* You cannot escort fleet flagships (either in first fleet or second fleet).

* FCF equipped on the 1st fleet flagship.

* Since the combined fleet mechanic only appears during events, the Fleet Command Facility currently has no use other than stats for the majority of gameplay.

* At least one heavily damaged ship.

* Escorted (and escorting) ships cannot participate in combat and cannot be targeted.

** The damaged ship must not be the flagships of either fleet.

* In the Summer 2014 event, escorted ships count as sunken ships in the battle rank calculation. (So, even sinking all the enemy ships will only grant a B rank at max.) However, in the Fall 2014 event, escort ships merely count as gone, allowing you to get an A or S rank.

* At least one destroyer '''in the 2nd fleet''' that is not <span style="color:#f2eb14;">'''Lightly Damaged (小破)'''</span> or worse.

** The destroyer must not be the 2nd fleet flagship.

 

* It is important to remember that '''only one''' ship can be evacuated per battle. If you have more than one heavily damaged ship, you should retreat.

* Evacuated ships and their escorts will '''lose 40 morale and all their remaining fuel'''.

* Missing ships will not count towards ships lost for determining victory conditions.

* It is possible to fail LoS checks or routing requirements if you evacuate too many key ships.

 

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