Partials/Speed system

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A ship is either slow or fast natively, the speed can be increased (from slow to fast to fast+ to fastest) using engine synergies, by equipping a turbine (can be equipped in the Reinforcement Expansion) and one or more boilers (Enhanced Kanhon Type Boiler and New Model High Temperature High Pressure Boiler) on a ship.

• As some branching rules are affected by speed, speeding up a fleet can make it follow a different routing.
  • Note, however, that this does not change ship types, initially slow BB and BBV can have fast speed, but still are not FBB.
• BB/BBV that are fast+ can be placed in the escort fleet of STF/TCF (only fast for Warspite Kai).

Speed Groups
Base Speed	Speed Group	Type	Exceptions
Fast	A	CAV	CV(B/L): Shoukaku-class, Taihou, Mogami-class Kou Kai Ni CA: Mogami-class, Tone-class DD: Amatsukaze Kai Ni, Shimakaze, Tashkent
	B1	N/A	FBB: Kongou-class, Yamato Kai Ni, Iowa-class CV: Souryuu, Hiryuu, Unryuu, Amagi CL: Agano-class DD: Amatsukaze/Kai
	B2	FBB, CV, CVB, CA, CL, CLT, DD	CVL: Ryuujou, Ryuuhou Kai Ni, Shouhou-class, Chitose-class Kou, Independence-class
	C	AV	CV: Kaga CL: Yuubari/Kai DD: Samuel B. Roberts Mk.II
Slow	A	N/A	BB(V): Yamato-class, Nagato-class Kai Ni CVL: Houshou Kai Ni/Sen
	B	BB, BBV, CVL, CT, AS, AO, LHA	FBB: Gangut CL: Yuubari Kai Ni Toku DD: Samuel B. Roberts/Kai AV: Mizuho, Akitsushima, Commandant Teste, Kamoi Kai
	C	SS, SSV, AR	AO: Hayasui LHA: Akitsu Maru
	None	DE	N/A

Speed exceptions
Ships	Speed group	Exception	Notes
All Fast A		+1 Fit Bonus with the +13 Boiler at 7+	Stackable
All Slow A		+1 Fit Bonus with the +13 Boiler at 7+ & a Turbine
Houshou Kai Ni/Sen	Slow A	+1 Fit Bonus with the +13 Boiler	Not self-stackable Stackable with above only for +13 Boiler at 6-
I-201-class	Slow C		Not self-stackable
Yuubari Kai Ni Toku Samuel B. Roberts/Kai	Slow B	Speed set to Fast when equipping a Turbine	Not self-stackable Bonus disabled if equipping any "other" variants of Engine Improvement . Regular speed modding behaviors then.
Amatsukaze Kai/Ni Shimakaze Kai	Fast A/B1	Can equip Boilers in the RE

Simplified Engine Synergies
Speed Increment	Required Boiler		Fast A	Fast B1 Slow A	Fast B2 Slow B	Fast C Slow C
+1	Any boiler		1
+2	Either	+13 boilers	1	2	2	N/A
	Or	+13 boilers, and	0	1	0
		Total boiler count	2	2	3
+3 (initially-slow ships only)	Either	+13 boilers	N/A	3	N/A
	Or	+13 boilers, and		1
		Total boiler count		3

Engine Synergies
Engine Improvements							Speed groups
							Fast				Slow
							A	B1	B2	C	A		B		C
Main Slots Required		Turbine	+10 Boiler	+13 Boiler	+13 Boiler 7+						Houshou K2/Sen	A	Yuub K2T SamyB/K	B	I-201-class	C
0	0	0	0		fast				slow
0	1	0	0		fast				slow		fast	slow
1+	0	1+	0		fast				slow
1+	0	0	1+	0	fast				fast	slow			fast	slow
1	0	0	0	1	fast +	fast
2+	0	0	0	2+	fast ++
1	1	1	0		fast +	fast +	fast +	fast +	fast		fast		fast
2	1	2	0		fast ++
3+	1	3+	0				fast ++				fast +
1	1	0	1	0	fast ++	fast +	fast +		fast +	fast	fast		fast +	fast
2	1	0	2	0		fast ++	fast ++		fast ++	fast +	fast +
3+	1	0	3+							fast ++
2	1	1	1	0		fast ++	fast +		fast ++	fast +	fast
3+	1	2+	1+			fast ++	fast ++		fast ++		fast +
3+	1	1+	2+			fast ++	fast ++		fast ++		fast +
1	1	0	0	1	fast ++	fast +	fast +	fast +	fast +		fast		fast +	fast
2+	1	0	0	2+		fast ++	fast ++		fast ++		fast +
2	1	0	1	1		fast ++	fast ++		fast ++	fast +	fast +
1	1	1	0	1		fast ++	fast +		fast +		fast