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=Overview=
 
=Overview=
[[File:Friend Fleet Button Grey.png|right]]
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Friend Fleets are an event 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.
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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.
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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.
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[[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]]
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* They are only available on '''specific maps'''.  
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'''In the current implementation:'''
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* 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.
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** 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.
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* 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.
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** 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.
*** This method may not work for all events.
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*** 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'''.
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* 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.
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* Ship girls in Friend Fleets are '''not fully modernised''' and may appear '''already damaged'''.
      
=Using Friend Fleets=
 
=Using Friend Fleets=
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