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The [[Fleet Command Facility]] (FCF, stock equipment of [[Ooyodo | Ooyodo Kai]]) allows a destroyer in the second fleet of a combined fleet to escort a heavily damaged ship in either fleet away from the sortie. This is useful if you tend to encounter just one ship going red during attempts to chip away at the map gauge.
The [[Fleet Command Facility]] (FCF, stock equipment of [[Ooyodo | Ooyodo Kai]]) allows a destroyer in the second fleet of a combined fleet to escort a heavily damaged ship in either fleet away from the sortie. This is useful if you tend to encounter just one ship going red during attempts to chip away at the map gauge.
* FCF '''must be equipped in the flagship of the first fleet''' and you must have one '''non-flagship DD that is not lightly damaged or worse''' to have the option to escort a damaged ship.
* FCF '''must be equipped in the flagship of the first fleet''' and you must have one '''non-flagship DD that is not lightly damaged or worse''' to have the option to escort a damaged ship.
* The screen will show up after Results, and before the Continue/Retreat screen. The heavily damaged ship and the DD escort candidate will show up, with green sentences. The left button will remove the damaged ship and the DD candidate from combat and they will both lose 25 morale (on top of 15 from returning from sortie) and all remaining fuel. The right button will continue without escorting.
* The screen will show up after Results, but before the Continue/Retreat screen. The heavily damaged ship and the DD escort candidate will show up, with green sentences. The left button will remove the damaged ship and the DD candidate from combat and they will both lose 25 morale (on top of 15 from returning from sortie) and all remaining fuel. The right button will continue without escorting.
**The DD escort candidate is the top non-flagship DD that is not light damaged or worse in the escort fleet's lineup order.
**The DD escort candidate is the top non-flagship DD that is not light damaged or worse in the escort fleet's lineup order.
**Due to the morale penalty, it is likely that both ships will be in red morale upon return. If the DD escort is not damaged, then it is not possible to use instant repair to restore her morale. (The escorted ship is obviously damaged, so repairs will restore her morale.)
**Due to the morale loss, both ships will generally be in red morale upon return. If the DD escort is not damaged, it is not possible to use instant repair to restore her morale. (The escorted ship is obviously damaged, so repairs will restore her morale.)
***Because of the morale loss associated with escorting, if you're going to retreat after the battle, you should decline escort.
**See [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUGivLdvn18 this] video for an example.
**See [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUGivLdvn18 this] video for an example.
* Both ships (the damaged ship being escorted back and the ship escorting her back) will be permanently out of the rest of the sortie.
* Both ships (the damaged ship being escorted back and the ship escorting her back) will be permanently out of the rest of the sortie.
**This will affect [[#Fleet_Formations|Fleet Formations]] you can choose from, should you lose sufficient number of members in the escort fleet.
**Will also affect LoS and Air Superiority values. Consider retreating instead if you will lose a significant amount of LoS and/or AS.
* One ship may be escorted per battle (''i.e.'' multiple ships can be escorted back to base over several nodes).
* One ship may be escorted per battle (''i.e.'' multiple ships can be escorted back to base over several nodes).
* It is not possible to escort the escort fleet's flagship.
* It is not possible to escort the escort fleet's flagship.