A/N:

This is to preempt and clear up any confusion going forward about who is going to be part of Liam's fleet now or in the future, though it does not include any future non-shipgirl characters that he will add to his forces to handle land and air battles in the future, courtesy of Akashi and Metis' research. Please do keep that in mind.

Oh, a note about submarines I-400, I-401, and I-402; as they haven't officially shown up in Azur Lane as far as I know, they are based on their counterparts from 'Arpeggio of Blue Steel'.

Main:

- Sakura Empire Aircraft Carrier Akagi

- Sakura Empire Aircraft Carrier Taihou

- Royal Navy Light Aircraft Carrier Unicorn

- Eagle Union Aircraft Carrier Saratoga

- Vichya Dominion Battleship Jean Bart

- Eagle Union Battleship Massachusetts

- Eagle Union Battleship Alabama

- Vichya Dominion Battleship Gascogne

- Sakura Empire Repair Ship Akashi .

- Iron Blood Aircraft Carrier Peter Strasser

- Sakura Empire Aircraft Carrier Kaga

- Royal Navy Aircraft Carrier Illustrious

- Royal Navy Aircraft Carrier Formidable

- Eagle Union Battleship New Jersey

- Eagle Union Battleship South Dakota

- Iron Blood Light Aircraft Carrier Elbe

- Sakura Empire Aircraft Carrier Shinano

- Sakura Empire Battleship Musashi

- Vichya Dominion Aircraft Carrier Joffre

- Northern Parliament Aircraft Carrier Volga

- Northern Parliament Aircraft Carrier Chkalov

- Sakura Empire Aircraft Carrier Shoukaku

- Sakura Empire Aircraft Carrier Zuikaku

- Vichya Dominion Battlecruiser Dunkerque

- Sakura Empire Battleship Kii

Vanguard:

- Eagle Union Destroyer Eldridge

- Eagle Union Destroyer Laffey

- Sakura Empire Destroyer Ayanami

- Iron Blood Heavy Cruiser Prinz Eugen

- Royal Navy Light Cruiser Black Prince

- Royal Navy Destroyer Javelin

- Northern Parliament Heavy Cruiser Murmansk

- Iron Blood Heavy Cruiser Blucher

- Royal Navy Light Cruiser Enterprise

- Royal Navy Light Cruiser Sheffield

- Royal Navy Light Cruiser Sirius

- Royal Navy Light Cruiser Belfast

- Eagle Union Heavy Cruiser Anchorage

- Iron Blood Destroyer Z-23

- Royal Navy Light Cruiser Plymouth

- Iron Blood Destroyer Z-46

- Sakura Empire Heavy Cruiser Takao

- Sakura Empire Heavy Cruiser Atago

- Northern Parliament Destroyer Tashkent

- Royal Navy Destroyer Vampire

- Eagle Union Destroyer Bailey

- Vichya Dominion Destroyer Le Mars

- Iris Libre Light Cruiser Jeanne d'arc

- Royal Navy Heavy Cruiser Cheshire

- Iron Blood Light Cruiser Elbing

- Northern Parliament Destroyer Kiev

- Sakura Empire Heavy Cruiser Ibuki

Submarines:

- Eagle Union Submarine Nautilus

- Sakura Empire Submarine I-19

- Sakura Empire Submarine I-25

- Sakura Empire Submarine I-26

- Eagle Union Submarine Archerfish

- Sakura Empire Submarine I-56

- Sakura Empire Submarine I-58

- Iron Blood Submarine U-37

- Iris Libre Submarine Surcouf

- Iron Blood Submarine U-81

- Iron Blood Submarine U-410

- Iron Blood Submarine U-1206

- Eagle Union Submarine Albacore

- Iron Blood Submarine I-400

- Iron Blood Submarine I-401

- Iron Blood Submarine I-402

Notes about shipgirls to keep in mind:

- I mentioned this in a few A/Ns, but Liam will NOT gain any shipgirls from either the Sardegnian Empire or Dragon Empery. They will be the exclusive shipgirls of the other two Commanders present in the story. Likewise, Liam will exclusively have access to Northern Parliament shipgirls. Eagle Union, Royal Navy, Sakura Empire, Vichya Dominion, and Iris Libre shipgirls can and will be deployed by all three Commanders.

- As was also mentioned in another A/N, no two Commanders can 'construct' the 'exact same shipgirl'. For example, while two Commanders could construct Sakura Empire Takao, they would be 'different instances' of the same ship turned shipgirl'. For the purposes of this story, this would mean something like 'Taihou Muse' meeting regular Taihou or Azur Lane Takao meeting Arpeggio of Blue Steel Takao. In instances like these where multiples of the same shipgirl 'are' needed, then either a variant of an already existing Azur Lane shipgirl, their Arpeggio of Blue Steel counterpart, or a variant loosely based on their Kantai Collection counterpart will be used. However, absolutely no direct Kantai Collection version of a shipgirl will appear as they are strictly reserved for the 'First Generation' shipgirl.

- META units will appear at some point in the future on the side fighting against the Sirens and, aside from some canon divergent differences in their backstories and origin, they're not very different from their in-game counterparts. The biggest differences here are; one, unlike in the game, all of the META shipgirls are multi-universally united in their desire to defeat the Sirens; there is no in-fighting between them. Two, METAmorphosis isn't the result of Wisdom Cube degeneration or contact with with corruption that can degenerate a Wisdom Cube that leads to their loss of sense of self. In this setting, METAmorphosis occurs from a combination of the emotional trauma and despair of watching their Commander die, losing their world to whatever destroyed it (usually, but not limited to Siren invasions), and a positive feedback loop reaction to the exposure to the pure quantum energy space that exists between universes temporarily overloading their Wisdom Cubes which, in turn, causes an extreme adaptive response in order to survive being erased with their world, producing the the overpowered, dour, darker, and edgy alternate selves that we all know and love. Oh, and Bon Homme Richard will NOT be an antagonist; just a very battle happy blood knight all too happy to literally tear a Siren apart with her bare hands. Eldridge META will be non-negotiable, but a future poll is planned on any other picks, just like this one so please do NOT suggest anyone until then.