Let us all calm down and appreciate all the ships. An armada is stronger than a single ship after all. TaluCh'en is the real OTP anyway :P

Speaking of Orca ships, here's a slightly lewd Skadi x Warfarin pic

That artist seems to really like that ship.

Grani and the Knight's Treasure was basically Grani x Carol + hidden pairing Skadi x Specter. Operational Intelligence arguably had Magallan with the unreleased operator + Hellagur x Patriot, Heart of Surging Flame was Schwarz x Ceylon, Code of Brawl was Mostima x Exusiai + hints of Sora's crush on Texas, Ancient Forge was Nian x Lava, and Stories of Afternoon had some Vulcan x Ceobe sprinkled in it.

That's literally every event with a story so far?? Like they included some gay ship tease in pretty much every event. Pretty sure the future events will also hints for yuri ships. Like Darknights' Memoirs has W shipped with another girl named Ines. And then there's the Ursus event where I saw a lot of bear x bear fanart, specifically Rosa x Zima.

I also really love this about Arknights. I just want to add the Gavial event with Gavial x Tomimi, Gavial x Eunecetes and the best one, Eunectes x Lancet-2. Also, on Darknights, W is a diehard fan of Theresa so there is that.

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Orca wants to eat horse.

This is a chapter of culture.

Also, is it just me or is this CC really easy?

It is. Even in CN with all the CC events they've had, the first one is the hardest. It even gets easier with the latest CC in CN being laughably easy.

Speaking of Eija x Ifrit, there's a r-18 one shot that needs translating: https://www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/84096205

That's really nice. Yes translation please. It makes me happy to see Ifrit happy with her own partner.

Here is a translation. Tried to make reading it as intuitive as possible without actual typesetting. Ifrit is a level of oblivious in this manga that I didn't think was achievable...

Ifrit... you... at least she can say that she likes Eyja tho likely she also does not know what it means. I wonder how Saria and Silence will react to Ifrit getting this kind of sex education XD

Why were today's risk tags so brutal... I couldn't do the max risk 14 but I did manage risk 12. Had to take off the -50% HP contingency to do it. Pretty sure my strat is somewhat unique since I used Nearl and Saria's skill 3. Here's my run if anyone wants to see.

Wow that was tough. Congrats. Personally I find it easy enough for a risk 8 clear. That ranged units ban for 3 risk is basically a freebie for Guardknights. Even just four of the Big 5 is easy mode.

Here is a NSFW Gavial x Tomimi from Gavial's perspective

Speaking of Eija x Ifrit, there's a r-18 one shot that needs translating: https://www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/84096205

That's really nice. Yes translation please. It makes me happy to see Ifrit happy with her own partner.

As for CC, FINALLY cleared risk 18. Thank you to a friend's Hoshi. Really sealed the deal for me there. Tho I did fight RNG a bit with the fire tiles not procing when I needed it to.

There's also Doberman x Jessica in this with other common ships: HoshiCh'en, Texas x Exu, Schwarz x Ceylon and then there's Eyja x Ifrit which I do find really cute. There is also Jessica x Snowsant aka the two cinnamon rolls that need protecting. Tho they do not seem to have a ship name.

Does anyone know what these tags mean: 煌喉 and 莫菲? I'm looking for yuri ships that involve Jessica. What are some of her popular options?

煌喉 is Blaze x Greythroat. Putting it into lofter got me pics of them. I'm not sure what 莫菲 is. Got me this. Nothing Arknights related at a glance. 杰西卡 is Jessica's name in Chinese so try searching that in lofter.

Sorry Rye. Still couldn't clear risk 18 with your Hoshi. I do know there is RNG with Hoshi's passive but I didn't want to keep rolling that RNG. But I will try again every now and then.

Okay just had to share this because the imagery and the title are just too much XD

"Crossing scissor"

I can swap SA for Hoshi in my support if you want, also what skill you want? Thorns?

Either skill 2 or skill 3 works. Thank you.

Congrats guys. Also wouldn't mind if you those you have Hoshi can put her in support. Haven't seen a support Hoshi all day.

Aw, that's too bad. I was hoping I'd just missed some but it seems like Bagpipe x Ch'en just isn't that popular.

HoshiCh'en too strong. Crossing fingers for chapter 8 to boost TaluCh'en

Thankfully we will not need to re-evaluate this because Ifrit x Silence is a crack ship with no canon evidence. Saria x Silence is end-game and Ifrit is their child. End of story. XD

This is the real Arknights endgame. I do think that the whole experimentation thing with Silence intentionally or unintentionally taking part in it makes shipper her with Ifrit creepier. Adds another level of power imbalance imo.

I really need to get around to E2'ing Magallan...

You really should. Her S3 is basically having three mini Meteorites for the price of one operator.

I have her at E2 but I am too monkey brained to use her right.

Edit: I don't see anything gross about the Saria/Silence ship though in the image you posted above.

That was Ifrit x Silence.

Speaking of which, does anyone know what the Bagpipe x Ch'en ship name on Lofter is? I'm going to try and do an upload request of pics for them for Friday

There was not a lot. Their tag is 风陈 but sometimes the tag is not used? Like this one does not have the tag.

Now for something cursed from /u/. I don't know why but I just find this ship gross even though they are not blood related and I even find incest okay like Taiyaki's works.

@riverFlower Also using friend supports supposedly fixes it at risk 0.

Another translation error. Using friend supports is fine. Using the support contract that buffs your operators lowers it to risk 0.

When you go into friends list to visit them, when someone has clue exchange active you see the orange circle. But on some people I see this instead and I'm not sure what it's.

Ah OK I got it now. The symbol on the left means you've visited the base already. The symbol on the right means they need a clue that you have.

This is what I am seeing in your screenshots btw.

There are daily maps but there is also the permanent map which is generally harder. There will only be rewards up to a certain difficulty. Past that, nothing.

Maybe Mephisto will have a redemption via sacrifice? I'd hate to see him get more broken tho. I'd take a redeemed Mephisto tho should it be done right.

Eventually got Bagpipe thankfully but didn't get Sesa. Also got Broca twice which I do appreciate. I actually wanted him during Drillelectric.

Right, anyone know what does that mean?

Sorry, I don't get it.

Wow. Great writeup btw. I personally do like that you feel sympathetic to Reunion. It is very easy to write them off as terrorists which a lot of people do. I do hope you keep enjoying the story especially chapter 6.

Story wise, while episode 5 did humanize Ch'en a bit, I'd be hard-press to say that it made me like her more. Her character didn't really change and she still acts the same way that made me dislike her in the first place. That being said I like Swire a lot and feel like they have really good chemistry. I'd ship Ch'en more with her than Hoshi.

Talulah x Ch'en is the superior ship anyway :P and well Swire will have a certain rat for herself

I don't think I said it here, but after hearing opinions defending Reunion and understanding I should be looking at their actions from different perspective, I don't feel Skullshatter and Misha part was as bad as I initially thought. Sure, I still have some issues with it, but I can get behind it more now. That being said, I can't believe it, but game actually made me sympathize with Mephisto. The way he treats other Reunion members is of course atrocious, but it's also hard to entirely condemn him after learning how he got there in the first place. He's completely broken and a shell of a person he used to be. I don't want to say being a victim gives you a free pass on everything, but I at least think it's a bit more complicated than most people would like.

I get you and it is quite nice to see that perspective but I do find Faust more sympathetic and more of the victim here. The guilt of saying such words to Mephisto becoming the catalyst just because he never he really understood his situation. They were both children after all and nothing they could do about it, but the world is just fucked. Sadder still that he took this guilt with him to his death. I do wonder what they'll do with Mephisto now that he's broken.

Blaze is amazing. Also Blaze lifting Amiya is double amazing. Blaze x Amiya is canon and nobody can tell me otherwise.

Sorry. Blaze x Greythroat for me. That one artist is to blame XD

Speaking of which, of course finished ladder in Stories of Afternoon and beat all challenges. Unlocking episode 6 paid off. I think I managed to beat SA-5 without really lvling up anyone, but challenge version gave me a lot of trouble. It finally forced me to lvl up all my operators evenly. I currently try to get everyone I use to lvl 55 and I also started investing in skills, trying to get them to lvl 7. I think I'd still manage to beat normal stages with my underlvl'ed operators, but I don't think i could pull it off for challenge quests, so I'm lvling them now, so I can challenge them without worry. Also I think I'll finally start E2 everyone, but for now I think I'll keep them on lvl 1 and mostly focus on mastering skills.

Did you also read the stories from this event? I think they were heartwarming in contrast to the pretty dark main story.

So... today we finally get the fabled Contingency Contract. Anything I should know or pay attention about it?

Seconding Saria for this. You also have Hoshi so that's nice. It's all about choosing the difficulty appropriate for your team. But no sanity cost here (other than IRL sanity XD) so take your time and no need to rush in. Dailies will be open for the entirety of CC so level up if need be.

3-stars need more love~
Cardigan x Melantha pic with translations: https://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/4062320
Now I'm sad though; there was another picture of this pairing I saw a while ago but now I can't find it...

Since I was looking through some artists I'm following, here's another rare ship: Magallan x Santalla https://twitter.com/sheep4267/status/1243442598900989953
You'd think this ship would be more popular, but this is the first picture I've seen of it. Hopefully there'll be more when Santalla is finally released.

Thank you for that tweet. Because of it, I found these: Nian's birthday with Lava, Classic Texland, NSFW "Hey Olivia"

Would also like to share these: a different snek x croc, a doggo and her ox and this NSFW Skadi x Specter

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Gavial's childhood harem.

Please come home Texas. I want you and your girlfriend Lappland in my Rhodes Island. I also need Scavenger's girlfriend Provence too.

Edit: How many of the Fixed Squad missions are there? I really hate those since you're forced to use units other than your own. :(

Do I have good news for you. Provence is in the Distinctions shop and will be there until next week Friday so should be enough time to get the yellow certs to get her. As a new player, you should get enough from clearing Annihilation 1 and 2.

Also thanks to an anon for providing the source to the summer pic I posted recently. The artist also made art of Bagpipe x Ch'en.

What stage(s) should I farm for Carbon Sticks to get more stuff in my base?

You should be able to farm carbon sticks once you unlock the Supplies stages which you should have unlocked by now?

Any popular Male/Male ships besides Male Doctor and male operators?

To add to those mentioned already, Thorns x Elysium is a future ship.

Speaking of the "future", I want to share this summer themed art. Best ship. It will happen I swear. Unfortunately cannot provide source since I just got it from /u/

Bonus New Year theme.

Just did 1-4. While I can beat the stage with friend supports I couldn't 3 star it. The difficulty level in this game is much harder than most other mobile games I've played. If this is how hard it is in just level 1 I don't want to even think about how hard later levels will be.

I think you might be underleveled. There is also nothing wrong with looking up guides as others have already mentioned and linked respective youtube channels. Every stage has a fixed pattern so it's just about placement of operators and timing of skills. Goodluck.

Speaking of hard stages, the next CC and Bagpipe banner will be on the 10th already with the daily reset. At least that's what it said on JP Twitter. I am just assuming it will be the same for EN. Goodluck to us all.