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==Going on a Sortie==
==Going on a Sortie==
[[File:KanColleSortie.png|thumb|300px]]
[[File:KanColleSortie.png|thumb|300px]]
When you click the Sortie button you'll see three options. (The latter two may not be unlocked until certain quests are completed.)
From left to right, they are:
* '''Sortie (出撃)''' - Send your fleet on a mission to fight enemies and find new ship girls. The main game mode.
* '''Practice/exercise (演習)''' - Fight mock battles against other players. Unlike sortie, the damage taken in practice will be reverted after each battle, as in repair is not needed.
* '''Expedition (遠征)''' - Send your fleet to search for materials. They won't take damage or engage in fights, but there is an ammo/fuel cost and some expeditions can take quite a long time. Some expedition such as the support expedition available for world 5 onwards will cost bauxite.
After choosing to sortie you'll be asked to choose a map, which your fleet will explore. Depending on the map, the path the fleet takes may be random or may depend on the ship types you have equipped; see the [http://kancolle.wikia.com/wiki/Sortie wiki pages] about the individual maps for details.
Ships will not sink as long they '''''are not'' heavily damaged (大破)'''. A non-heavily damaged ship (including minor damage/小破, moderate damage/中破) will stay alive with 1HP even if she took excessive damage, and the rest of the damage taken will be shown as "Miss". '''If you continue the sortie (進撃)''' with a ship heavily damaged and entered a new battle''''', they are at risk of sinking''' and being lost forever!'''''<span style="font-size:14px;"> </span>'''<span style="font-size:14px;">The exception is your</span>'''<span style="font-size:14px;"> </span>'''flagship'''<span style="font-size:14px;"> (the first ship in your fleet), </span>'''<span style="font-size:14px;">which can</span>'''<span style="font-size:14px;"> never be sunk. Having your flagship heavily damaged will force your fleet to retreat.</span>'''
*Night battles'' '''are not'''''<nowiki/>''' counted as a new battle.'''
*Fatigue/morale affects the accuracy of your ships and the cap on damage they will take. It has no effect on ship sinking, but try not to sortie with fatigued ships.
[[File:KanColleFormation.png|thumb|300px]]
Before you fight a battle you can choose a formation if you have 4 or more ships in your fleet.
* {{LineAhead}} '''Line ahead''' (単縦陣) - Offensive formation that maximizes torpedo damage, torpedo accuracy and shelling damage. Weak against submarines. Lowest chance of flagship protection. Default formation for 3 or less ships.
* {{DoubleLine}} '''Double line''' (複縦陣) - Balanced formation that gives the highest accuracy in shelling, but less damage than line ahead. Torpedoes have moderate accuracy and damage. Moderately weak against submarines. Available at 4 ships.
* {{Diamond}} '''Diamond''' (輪形陣) - Anti-air formation that decreases accuracy and shelling damage. Strong against submarines, and very strong against aircraft. Very bad for torpedoes. This formation also increases the chance that other ships will take damage instead of your flagship (flagship protection). Available at 5 ships.
* {{Echelon}} '''Echelon''' (梯形陣) - This formation is the least well-tested, but it is thought to be a defensive formation. Somewhat strong against submarines. Bad for torpedoes and surface combat. Available at 4 ships.
* {{LineAbreast}} '''Line abreast''' (単横陣) - The best anti-submarine formation, but greatly decreases shelling damage. Very bad for torpedoes. Available at 4 ships.
Unless you are fighting submarines, line ahead and double line are almost always good choices. Fleets heavily reliant on torpedoes for damage should choose line ahead.
[[File:KanColleNightAttack.png|thumb|300px]]
If you do not wipe out the enemy fleet during the day, after the first stage of the battle you will have the option to make a '''night attack (夜戦突入)''' . The damage of both your own ships and those of the enemy is greatly increased during a night attack, especially for ships that utilize torpedoes. Select '''stop pursuit (追撃せず) '''if you wish to end the battle'''.'''
After the battle, the battle result will be shown. You will receive a [http://kancolle.wikia.com/wiki/Combat#Victory_Conditions battle rank] largely dependent on how badly you damaged the enemy fleet (the highest rank, 完全勝利 requires you to completely destroy all enemies while taking no damage.) You may have a chance to obtain a new ship girl at this time. The rarity of the ship girl you can obtain depends on the battle rank.
[[File:KanColleSortieContinue.png|thumb|300px]]
If the battle was not a dead end on the map, you will be given the option to '''advance (進撃)''', or '''retreat (撤退)''' to end the sortie. To unlock the next zone, you will need to obtain a victory against the boss fleet (the larger, horned red dot on the map.)
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