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=Overview=
=Overview=
Friend Fleet is an Event-only mechanic that was implemented during the [[Winter 2018 Event]]. They are '''NPC fleets''' that appear to attack the boss during [[Night Battle]] before your fleet engages. Because the exact Friend Fleet details vary from event to event, please refer to the '''current event page''' for more information.
To access the Friend Fleet Menu during the event, you may click on the [[File:Friend Fleet Button Grey.png]] button in the Homeport screen.
[[File:NPC Friend Fleet.png|thumb|right|NPC Friend Fleet mechanic, as seen in map E-7 of the [[Winter 2018 Event#Friend Fleet|Winter 2018 Event]], when the International Fleet makes their entrance into battle.]]
[[File:NPC Friend Fleet.png|thumb|right|NPC Friend Fleet mechanic, as seen in map E-7 of the [[Winter 2018 Event#Friend Fleet|Winter 2018 Event]], when the International Fleet makes their entrance into battle.]]
In the [[Winter 2018 Event#Friend Fleet|Winter 2018 Event]]
* They are only available on '''specific maps'''.
'''In the current implementation:'''
* They are only available on '''specific nodes''', and may "arrive" at any time from event start up to after several days have passed since the event started.
** They are typically implemented as the event progresses to give players a higher chance of beating a map.
* Only NPC fleets are available.
* Only NPC fleets are available.
** The devs have mentioned that player fleets may be available at a future date.
** The devs have mentioned that player fleets may be available at a future date.
* The determination of which fleet of an enemy combined fleet your escort fleet will engage in [[Combined_Fleet#Combined_Fleet_Night_Battle|night battle]] is calculated after the Friend Fleet attack.
* The determination of which fleet of an enemy combined fleet your escort fleet will engage in [[Combined_Fleet#Combined_Fleet_Night_Battle|night battle]] is calculated after the Friend Fleet attack.
* Which Friend Fleet appears is '''random''', but odds can be manipulated.
* Which Friend Fleet appears is '''random''', but odds can be manipulated.
** By having a member of the Friend Fleet in the sortied fleet, all Friend Fleets that she is a member of will not appear.
** By having a member of the Friend Fleet in the sortied fleet, all Friend Fleets that she is a member of will not appear. This is referred to as "blocking" a Friendly Fleet.
*** Some fleets are "unblockable", and may appear even if you sortie a member that is present in it.
* Friend Fleets '''may not be available at the start of the event'''.
* The stats, level, remodel, luck, equipment and damage state in which the friend fleet ships appear on is completely arbitrary.
** They are typically implemented as the event progresses to give stragglers a leg up.
* Ship girls in Friend Fleets are '''not fully modernised''' and may appear '''already damaged'''.
=Using Friend Fleets=
=Using Friend Fleets=