Type 98 Reconnaissance Seaplane (Night Recon)

[Edit] Type 98 Reconnaissance Seaplane (Night Recon) No.102 九八式水上偵察機(夜偵)
Reconnaissance Seaplane Effects: +1 +1 +3 Has a chance to provide bonuses in night battle Combat Radius: 6 (Deployment Cost: 8) Scrap value: 2 1 4 (Buildable)
Refittable Class
Coastal Defense Ship	Destroyer
Light Cruiser	Torpedo Cruiser
Heavy Cruiser	Training Cruiser
Aviation Cruiser	Fast Battleship
Battleship	Aviation Battleship
Light Carrier	Standard Aircraft Carrier
Armored Carrier	Seaplane Tender
Submarine	Aircraft Carrying Submarine
Submarine Tender	Fleet Oiler
Repair Ship	Amphibious Assault Ship

Introduction

水雷戦隊旗艦用に開発された水上夜間偵察機です。
長時間の滞空性能を持つ黒く塗装された機体に、夜間索敵能力に優れた搭乗員が乗りこみます(条件が整えば夜戦を支援する「夜間触接」が発生する可能性があります)。

This night recon seaplane was developed for use of DesRon flagships. The airframe is painted black, has an excellent loiter time, and included within the crew is a skilled spotter trained in night operations aboard (it can also spot allied ships during nighttime reconnaissance).

Mechanics

Seaplanes are the main aircraft type used by non-carrier ships (mainly battleships, cruisers, and auxiliaries).

• They are notably required to trigger Artillery Spotting.

Reconnaissance AircraftSpLBRecon are planes that:

• Can trigger Contact.

• Does not contribute Fighter Power in Aerial Combat, and so cannot be shot down during it (can be shot down during Detection).
• When equipped to a Land Base:
  • Can extend the minimum Combat Radius in Sortie Mode.
  • Add a bonus multiplier to the total Defense Fighter-Power of the base in Air Defense Mode.
  • Can contribute Fighter Power (if it has any Proficiency or ), and can be shot down.

Night Recons have the ability to trigger Night Contact.

• The scouting phase animation will not show up like day battles; instead, the night recon plane's animation is played in the enemy fleet's radar (as seen in this picture).
• Acts as an Reconnaissance Seaplane too in day battle (with activation rates proportionally lower with the stat).

• [Bug] In a Combined Fleet situation, if a ship in the fleet equipped with a night scout is evacuated from the combined fleet using the Fleet Command Facility, the night recon can still trigger and activate as the fleet proceeds onward and enters a night battle.

Notes

How To Obtain

Buildable using Sendai Kai Ni as Secretary

Stock equipment of: of Sendai Kai Ni

Uses

Used by quest: F110, F111

Updates History

• 2014-06-20: Implemented
• 2016-04-22: Became improvable
• 2022-07-13: Became buildable, icon changed

Fit Bonuses

Ship	Extra Requirement								Note
Agano-class Kai Ni		+2			+3			+1	Non-stackable between any Seaplane Recon
Mogami Kai Ni/Toku		+2

Improvement

Type	Name	★	Resource							Day							2nd Ship	Note
										Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
	Type 98 Reconnaissance Seaplane (Night Recon)	0	100	30	0	480	4/7	3/4	1x	✓	✓	X	X	✓	✓	✓	Sendai Kai Ni
		6					5/9	4/8	2x
		10					-	-	-

Improvement effects
	1★	2★	3★	4★	5★	6★	7★	8★	9★	Max★
	1.2	1.69	2.07	2.40	2.68	2.93	3.17	3.39	3.60	3.79

See also

Aichi E11A