Jets

Introduction

Jet planes are a new plane that has been introduce into Kantai Collection as of the December 9th, 2016 Update. Unlike normal planes, Jet planes are capable of being used in ways of helping you get an easier advantage against enemy Abyssal units by being able to attack of the course of two times during the Aerial Phases they partake in. In addition, only Land-Based Air Squadrons and Armored Carriers such as Shoukaku Kai Ni A and Zuikaku Kai Ni A can use these they jet planes and when in use they will consume steel along with other resources.

Mechanics

Jet Planes come with the unique ability to to be able to participate in a per-emptive Aerial Attack phase known as the Jet Raid Phase Jets will come in and conduct the first attack against enemy units while fighting off enemy jet planes that also participate and attacking enemy units. During this phase the Jet plane also become less likely to be taken down by enemy Anti-Air attacks making them capable of participating in the Aerial Attack phase. Keep in mind however, that they are not completely immune to Anti-Air Attacks and can possibly take result in planes being lost while in this phase.

Once the phase is complete, they will again begin to assist in the Aerial Attack phase, which will participate with all other planes being able to conduct a second attack against the enemy unit and are more susceptible to AA attack as all other fighters and Anti-Air attacks during this phase.

Note however that for every sortie you use a Jet within, Steel will be consumed upon use.

There are two known Jet Raid Phase which have been proven to exsist at the time:
Fleet Based Jet Raid Phase
Land-Based Air Squadron Jet Raid Phase

Fleet Based Jet Raid Phase

When an Shoukaku Kai Ni A and Zuikaku Kai Ni A are armed with a Jet plane and partake in a sortie, the Jet plane will be used before the Aerial Phase takes place. All of the above mentioned regarding how the Jet Planes will attack will take place during this phase.

Following this, they will partake in the shelling phase as the same way all planes do during this phase when the Armored Carriers attack.

The Steel that is consumed is dependent on how many Jet planes you have in your carrier that are still standing in each node battle and the type of Jet plane is used. And Steel will be consumed in each node they partake in the Jet Raid Phase.

Land-Based Air Squadron Jet Raid Phase

When a Jet is equipped to your Land-Based Air Squadron, the Jet plane will partake in a Jet Raid Phase before the Land Based Air Sqaudron conducts thier attack. They will perform the Jet Raid Phase in the same way as mentioned above and then follow up with partaking in the Land Based Air Support Phase.

Steel consumption is is dependent on how many Jet planes are in your LBAS slot at the time and are will be consumed during the nodes which Land Based Air Support is conducted and also during when Enemy Air Raids take place if the Jet is set to perform Air Defence.

Steel Consumption

Steel is used for Jet plane equipment to help maintain the engines and will be consumed upon each node they participate in during Battle nodes where LBAS are selected to participate, Armoered Carriers Shoukaku Kai Ni A and Zuikaku Kai Ni A equipped with Jets, or from Land Base Enemy Air Raids when a Jet is equipped in your LBAS and attempting to intercept.

As mentioned the steel you consume is dependent on the number of Jets available on each slot, the number of nodes they partake in / or are involved in a Land Base Enemy Air Raid. In addition, the type of Jet you use will also vary in cost as well.

The follow below is explains the steel consumption raid of each plane:

Jet Type	Steel Consumption
Kikka Kai	2.6 Steel per Plane
Jet Keiun Kai	2.8 Steel per Plane

Using this as an example we can determine a basic idea of how the Jet planes work.

For example, if Shoukaku Kai Ni A is armed with a Kikka Kai in her 34 slot and participates in a sortie. In the first now, she will use all 34 of her planes and will consume steel for all 34 of the Jet planes (which totals up to 88.4 steel.), she looses 4 planes during Ariel phase and then proceeds to the next node in which she uses 30 of her planes she has left (which will result in 78 steel), she looses 6 planes during the Jet Raid Phase and then 4 more during the Ariel phase resulting in her having 20 planes left. In the final node, she uses her 20 planes which results in 52 steel being consumed.

By the end of the sortie the amount of steel was consumed by using Jets with Shoukaku Kai Ni A:

88.4 (Rounded to the higher number 89) + 78 + 52 = 219 Total Steel consumed

Upon return to base, the steel will be consumed and used.

Land Based Air Squadron Jet Raids can be calculated in the same fashion, but only on the node which they set to attack on, or when conducting Air Defense against Land Base Enemy Air Raids.

Acquiring Jets

Currently the only way to acquire Jets is by obtaining a few special items that you can get either from Quests of from Rank Battles that can help aid in producing the Kikka Kai and Jet Keiun Kai :

Ne-Type Engine
New Air Craft Plans
Prototype Keiun

Depending on how you obtain the following items, you will be required to produce the Kikka Kai and Jet Keiun Kai in one of two different ways:

Producing the Kikka Kai

Obtaining the Kikka Kai will require you to complete a long series of quest chains which will involve organzing a Submarine Dispatch Operation via Expeditions and extensive Modernization of Aircraft Carriers as well as obtaining a healthy supply of Bauxite, Steel, Shiden Kai 2, Reppuu, and Ryuusei

The Following quests will need to be completed:

ID	Prereq.	Quest Name (Original) Quest Name (Translated)	Description	Rewards					Note
								Other
D20		潜水艦派遣作戦による航空機技術入手 Obtain Airplane Technology from Submarine Dispatch Operation	Send a Submarine Fleet of 4 subs or more to Expedition 30 and Expedition 31 successfully complete them.	0	100	0	100	x1 New Aircraft Blueprint	One time only.
D21		潜水艦派遣作戦による噴式技術の入手 Obtain Jet Engine Technology from Submarine Dispatch Operation	Send a Submarine Fleet of 4 subs or more to Expedition 30 and Expedition 31 successfully complete them.	100	0	0	100	x1 Ne-Type Engine	5000 steel and 1500 Bauxite will be comsumed upon completion of the quest One time only.
F46		噴式戦闘爆撃機の開発 Develop the Jet Fighter-Bomber	Scrap 3 Shiden Kai 2 and have 2 New Aircraft Blueprint and 1 Ne-Type Engine in your inventory upon activating the quest.	0	0	0	100	x1 Kikka Kai	One Ne-Type Engine and two New Aircraft Blueprint will be consumed upon completion of quest One time only.
F47		ネ式エンジンの増産 Increase Production of Ne-Type Engine	*Scrap 3 Type 52 Zero Fighter and have two Reppuu, two Ryuusei and 8,000 steel in your inventory while the quest is activated.	0	0	0	0	x1 Ne-Type Engine	Two Reppuu, two Ryuusei and 8,000 steel will be consumed from your inventory upon completion of quest One time only.
G5		航空艤装の近代化改修 Modernization Improvement of Flight Rigging	Modernize a Standard Carriers using a total of 5 CVL/CV for each modernization two times while the quest is activated.	0	0	0	0	x1 New Aircraft Blueprint	5,500 steel and 2,500 Bauxite will be consumed upom completion of quest. One time only.

Completing these will give you the necessary items needed and will provide you the Kikka Kai (and give you one more Jet Engine for the Jet Keiun Kai

Producing the Jet Keiun Kai

Jet Keiun Kai will invovle more extensive effort as you'll need to have a Prototype Keiun, a large amount of resources (especially steel and Bauxite) along with a large amount of screws, at least 6 Ryuusei, 4 Reppuu and a Ne-Type Engine as you will be performing the.

To get the Prototype Keiun you will need to complete the following quest:

ID	Prereq.	Quest Name (Original) Quest Name (Translated)	Description	Rewards					Note
								Other
F45		新機軸偵察機の開発 Develop the New Reconnaissance Plane	Scrap 2 Type 0 Recon Seaplane and have 1 Type 1 Land Attacker and 2 Saiun in your equipment inventory upon activating the quest.	0	0	0	100	x1 Prototype Keiun x2 Development Materials	one Type 1 Land Attacker and two Saiun will be consumed upon completion of quest One time only.

From there once you have the Prototype Keiun you can begin to modify it through Akashi's Improvement Arsenal in which you'll need have the following:

250 100 700 650 per upgrade
8/10 Development Materials , 6/8 Improvement Materials and a Ryuusei form 1-6★
10/15 Development Materials , 7/10 Improvement Materials and a Reppuu form 7-10★
20/30 Development Materials , 10/13 Improvement Materials and a Ne-Type Engine to upgrade to a Jet Keiun Kai.

Once complete, you'll be able to use the Jet Keiun Kai.