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 Combat Radius: 6 (Deployment Cost: 8) Scrap value: 2 1 4 (Buildable)
Refittable Ship Types
Fast Battleship	Battleship
Aviation Battleship	Standard Aircraft Carrier
Armored Carrier	Light Carrier
Heavy Cruiser	Aviation Cruiser
Light Cruiser	Torpedo Cruiser
Training Cruiser	Destroyer
Coastal Defense Ship	Submarine
Aircraft Carrying Submarine	Seaplane Tender
Fleet Oiler	Submarine Tender
Repair Ship	Amphibious Assault Ship
LBAS Plane

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 is a night reconnaissance seaplane developed for torpedo squadron flagships.
The airframe is painted black has a skilled crew with excellent night-time detection ability, and can stay in the air for long periods of time (if conditions are right, "night contact" may occur to support night battles).

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 are normal Seaplane Recon with the extra 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.

• [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:

Best craft recipe	20	10	10	40	Sendai Kai NiSecretary: Sendai Kai Ni

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

Seaplane Recon Type Equipment Bonuses
Ship	Extra Requirement									Note
Noshiro Kai Ni Yahagi Kai Ni /B	(1st equipped)	+2			+3				+1	One-time
Mogami Kai Ni /Toku Mikuma Kai Ni /Toku	(1st equipped)	+2								One-time

Improvement

Type 98 Reconnaissance Seaplane (Night Recon)
Improvement			Not Upgradable
★ Improvement Level	0~5	6~9
Consumed	4/7	5/9
Consumed	3/4	4/8
Equipment Consumed		x2
Items Consumed	-
Resources	100 30 0 480

Ship Helper	Conversion
Sendai Kai Ni	-
Mon		Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun

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

Trivia

The depicted plane is allegedly the E11A1 variant.

See also

• Aichi E11A