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→Examples: summer 2015 locks
**Maps E-3, E-4, and E-5 applied an MI badge to ships, and locked out any ship with an AL badge.
**Maps E-3, E-4, and E-5 applied an MI badge to ships, and locked out any ship with an AL badge.
**Map E-6 locked out all badged ships, despite not applying a badge.
**Map E-6 locked out all badged ships, despite not applying a badge.
**Any badged ship could not participate in any support expeditions.
*[[Fall 2014 Event]]
*[[Fall 2014 Event]]
**Maps E-1 and E-2 applied a blue badge to ships, and locked out any ship with a green badge.
**Maps E-1 and E-2 applied a blue badge to ships, and locked out any ship with a green badge.
**Map E-4 applied a green badge to ships, and locked out any ship with a blue or orange badge.
**Map E-4 applied a green badge to ships, and locked out any ship with a blue or orange badge.
**Map E-5 applied a orange badge to ships, and locked out any ship with a blue or green badge.
**Map E-5 applied a orange badge to ships, and locked out any ship with a blue or green badge.
*[[Summer 2015 Event]]
**The ship locking mechanic did not apply to admirals who chose to complete the event on easy difficulty.
**Maps E-1 and E-2 applied a blue badge to ships, and locked out any ship with a green, yellow, or orange badge.
**Maps E-3 and E-6 applied a green badge to ships, and locked out any ship with a blue, yellow, or orange badge.
**Map E-4 applied a yellow badge to ships, and locked out any ship with a blue, green, or orange badge.
**Map E-5 applied a orange badge to ships, and locked out any ship with a blue, green, or yellow badge.
**Map E-5 did not apply a tag, and accepted all ships except ships with an orange badge.
<gallery type="slideshow" widths="150">
<gallery type="slideshow" widths="150">
Spring2015GBadge.png|[[Spring 2015 Event]] E-4 badge
Spring2015GBadge.png|[[Spring 2015 Event]] E-4 badge
Spring2015OBadge.png|[[Spring 2015 Event]] E-5 badge
Spring2015OBadge.png|[[Spring 2015 Event]] E-5 badge
Summer2015BBadge.png|[[Summer 2015 Event]] E-1 and E-2 badge
Summer2015GBadge.png|[[Summer 2015 Event]] E-3 and E-6 badge
Summer2015YBadge.png|[[Summer 2015 Event]] E-4 badge
Summer2015OBadge.png|[[Summer 2015 Event]] E-5 badge
</gallery>
</gallery>
== Strategy ==
== Strategy ==
As with all events, it is recommended to have a wide variety of ships, and this mechanic makes that even more important. Depending on the amount of maps and the configuration of those maps, you could have up to 72 ships locked into one map (worst case scenario, with 6 combined fleet maps all using different locks), assuming that you do not switch ships out for repairs, which would increase that number. As such, it is important to keep track of your ships and make sure you do not lock ships you need in order to meet branching requirements or have the power to beat later maps. As such, it is important to research the event maps ahead of time to plan out your fleet compositions ahead of time. It is also important to balance your ship levels across multiple groups or you could end up with a low-level fleet being your only composition capable of reaching the boss in a later map, making sure to include [[LOS]] in these considerations, as it is often needed for branching.
As with all events, it is recommended to have a wide variety of ships, and this mechanic makes that even more important. Depending on the amount of maps and the configuration of those maps, you could have up to 72 ships locked into one map (worst case scenario, with 6 combined fleet maps all using different locks), assuming that you do not switch ships out for repairs, which would increase that number. As such, it is important to keep track of your ships and make sure you do not lock ships you need in order to meet branching requirements or have the power to beat later maps. As such, it is important to research the event maps ahead of time to plan out your fleet compositions ahead of time. It is also important to balance your ship levels across multiple groups or you could end up with a low-level fleet being your only composition capable of reaching the boss in a later map, making sure to include [[LOS]] in these considerations, as it is often needed for branching.