History YMMV / AmbienceAFleetSymphony

* AuthorsSavingThrow: Certain things that President Blackwood said in chapter 250, such as how he had dedicated his post-war presidency into finding out who really started the war in the first place, reeks of this trope, especially when one considers it as a response or even a counter-attack against a big point of criticism that was leveled at the fic's premise only a few months prior. It is highly implausible, if not outright impossible for Iran to have started the war due to not having nuclear weapons in reality. The cementing process began when his successor, Eagle Clinton, lets the human members of the Combined Fleet know why Blackwood was really going somewhere with what he said, because Iran in this fic also has no nuclear weapons, giving one the impression that this revelation was directly targeted at that point of criticism. The nail is finally driven into the coffin when the active members of [=ST6=], on orders of Clinton, sneak into Iran to find the truth about the nukings, and find out just how Iran got fingered as the instigator for [=WWIII=]: They discover hidden silos from which the missiles originated from, as well as irrefutable evidence that Iran really doesn't have any nuclear arms, as the silos, and presumably the missiles that once resided in them, actually belonged to the [[WebAnimation/MadnessCombat AAHW]], who somehow managed to construct the damn things in Iran with the nation none the wiser.

** Whether the more exotic and fantastical elements (well, apart from the whole NecessaryWeasel of ships reincarnating as humans that comes with the territory of being a [=KanColle=] fanfic) that appear later are needed or just make things more confusing.

** Some readers found the Fleet Logs a chore to go through due to there being [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters just so many ship girls']] backstory and thoughts to cover. This was slightly mitigated by interspersing Suzukaze's voyage in between.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: Certain things that President Blackwood said in chapter 250, such as how he had dedicated his post-war presidency into finding out who really started the war in the first place, reeks of this trope, especially when one considers it as a response or even a counter-attack against a big point of criticism that was leveled at the fic's premise only a few months prior. As noted in this fic's own [[CriticalResearchFailure/AmbienceAFleetSymphony critical research failure]] page, it is highly implausible, if not outright impossible for Iran to have started the war due to not having nuclear weapons in reality. The cementing process began when his successor, Eagle Clinton, lets the human members of the Combined Fleet know why Blackwood was really going somewhere with what he said, because Iran in this fic also has no nuclear weapons, giving one the impression that this revelation was directly targeted at that point of criticism. The nail is finally driven into the coffin when the active members of [=ST6=], on orders of Clinton, sneak into Iran to find the truth about the nukings, and find out just how Iran got fingered as the instigator for [=WWIII=]: They discover hidden silos from which the missiles originated from, as well as irrefutable evidence that Iran really doesn't have any nuclear arms, as the silos, and presumably the missiles that once resided in them, actually belonged to the [[WebAnimation/MadnessCombat AAHW]], who somehow managed to construct the damn things in Iran with the nation none the wiser.

* CriticalResearchFailure: The story contains enough factual errors to [[CriticalResearchFailure/AmbienceAFleetSymphony warrant its own page]].

* AuthorsSavingThrow: Certain things that President Blackwood said in chapter 250, such as how he had dedicated his post-war presidency into finding out who really started the war in the first place, reeks of this trope, especially when one considers it as a response or even a counter-attack against a big point of criticism that was leveled at the fic's premise only a few months prior. As noted in the first entry of CriticalResearchFailure, it is highly implausible, if not outright impossible for Iran to have started the war due to not having nuclear weapons in reality. The cementing process began when his successor, Eagle Clinton, lets the human members of the Combined Fleet know why Blackwood was really going somewhere with what he said, because Iran in this fic also has no nuclear weapons, giving one the impression that this revelation was directly targeted at that point of criticism. The nail is finally driven into the coffin when the active members of [=ST6=], on orders of Clinton, sneak into Iran to find the truth about the nukings, and find out just how Iran got fingered as the instigator for [=WWIII=]: They discover hidden silos from which the missiles originated from, as well as irrefutable evidence that Iran really doesn't have any nuclear arms, as the silos, and presumably the missiles that once resided in them, actually belonged to the [[WebAnimation/MadnessCombat AAHW]], who somehow managed to construct the damn things in Iran with the nation none the wiser.

* CriticalResearchFailure:
** Iran engaging the US in war is highly debatable, given the rather [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran–United_States_relations_after_1979 complex history]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran–Iraq_War both countries have with each other]], not to mention the delicate issue of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_program_of_Iran Iran having anything nuclear-related]].
*** This error appears to have been acknowledged in later chapters. President Blackwood himself thought that Iran launching the first strike was very fishy, as Iran in this universe also had no nuclear weapons. His final words during the climax of the Stolen Fleet arc, which his personal notes later recovered reinforced, indicated that he was making efforts to find out who was really responsible for starting World War III.
** Some of the mentioned travel times, like the 7-hour drive from Houston, Texas, to Mobile, Alabama, are real. However, from the post-apocalyptic world that Damon has described, it should take much longer due to the lack of maintenance and degradation of the national highway infrastructure, as well the likelihood of vehicle wrecks littering the roads.
** Chapter 1: Unless the bullpup [=M14=] Damon's using had been modified for left-handed ejection, he wouldn't be able to shoot it from his left side if the [[RightHandedLeftHandedGuns eject port is still on the right side]] because the casings would be hitting him.
*** Damon tells Murakumo that he's immune to radiation. Being "immune to radiation" is something of a misnomer, as being ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radioresistance resistant]]'' to radiation is the more likely scenario. On the note of radiation, it would still take thousands of years to completely clear a continent of radiation, much less two - there are still dangerous hotspots around Pripyat ever since the 1986 [[UsefulNotes/{{Chernobyl}} Chernobyl]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl_disaster nuclear disaster]].
** Chapter 2: Damon says that his mother "passed the radiation off to [him] through heavy genetic mutations". Radiation doesn't pass from mother to child that way - [[http://emergency.cdc.gov/radiation/prenatalphysician.asp cancer is the more likely result OR the mother looses the fetus]].
** Chapter 4: Not having time to give a "full course on basic firing etiquette" because Damon personally thinks "about 90% of it is sheer bullshit anyway" is a [[IJustShotMarvinInTheFace full-on failure]] on [[UsefulNotes/GunSafety gun]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_safety safety etiquette]] of the person who is supposed to be ''teaching'' someone who has never fired a gun before, be it small arms or naval cannons. While it could be handwaved that since Murakumo is a ship girl and could handle the recoil of an AK-47 with little issue, as a beginner she should had been started off with a pistol before moving upwards to heavier firearms.
*** The Russian [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mil_Mi-24 Mi-24]] is an attack helicopter, and while it can carry 2,400 kg (5,291 lb) of cargo on an external sling, there's still a limit as to "transporting heavy stuff like vehicles and large debris". Actual cargo transport helicopters, like the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mil_Mi-26 Mi-26 cargo helicopter]] or the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikorsky_CH-53E_Super_Stallion Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion]], on the other hand, are designed for and capable of transporting vehicles and heavy objects.
** Chapter 5: The guns on USS ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Alabama_(BB-60) Alabama]]'' could never still be operational due to being [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_commissioning#Ship_decommissioning decommissioned]], meaning that her combat capabilities have been removed. Add in the fact that parts of her interior have been removed to make room for visitors after she became a museum ship, such as a large portion of the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbette barbette]] in her number two turret being cut out.
** Chapter 6: Murakumo should've known that the "weird dots and dashes" ''Alabama'' trying to contact her with was [[EveryoneKnowsMorse Morse]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morse_code code]], as it was how ships communicated with each other long before the advent of satellite communications. In fact, the anime shows Ooyodo communicating with ship girls that have been sent out via radio with Morse code.
** Chapter 7: While Damon does have a point in that naval battles took a long time, Murakumo claiming to be programmed to "end conflicts and destroy opponents as quickly as possible" would be a [[DidntThinkThisThrough failure on her programmers]]. Naval warfare took the better part of days or months, not minutes, and there's no way to "complete an objective as efficiently as possible", much less with "one shot". [[labelnote:History]]That type of thinking was that of the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kantai_Kessen Kantai Kessen]], or Decisive Battle Doctrine, which most of the IJN senior officers favored after the Russo-Japanese war, influenced by the works of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Thayer_Mahan Alfred Thayer Mahan]]. Said doctrine is that a single powerful strike would cripple the opposing forces irrevocably and they wouldn't be able to recover. However, that was completely refuted after Pearl Harbor.[[/labelnote]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Midway Midway]] went on for four days, the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Santa_Cruz_Islands Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands]] lasted three days, it took two weeks before [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Wake_Island Wake Island]] was an IJN victory, while the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guadalcanal_Campaign Guadalcanal Campaign]] lasted over six months. 21st century naval warfare would still take more than several hours, even with modern technologies such as missiles and satellite connections.
*** Montgomery appearing to be in somewhat better condition because of never having "suffered earthquakes" marginally makes some sense, due to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geology_of_Alabama earthquakes not occurring often in Alabama]] compared to more active areas, like the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_of_Fire Ring of Fire]]. Not suffering "aftershocks of any kind from the nukes", on the other hand, is inaccurate as the type of nukes Damon describes are the real world types that can level ''entire cities'' and the shock wave from said nukes would still cause substantial damages.
*** There is no way to tell how many contacts there are in an area by "frequency of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audio_frequency audio frequencies]]", since a frequency is the rate of occurrence of a certain action. Much less "gunshot frequencies", as a person could be carrying various types of firearms, each one having different rates of fire and whether they're automatic, semi-automatic, bolt action, and so forth.
*** Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama is roughly seven miles southeast of Montgomery Regional Airport, at least a 15-minute drive if the roads were still in decent conditions. As Damon and Murakumo made that trip by foot, it would've actually taken them more than two hours, not 30 minutes. Later on, walking from the airport to Downtown Montgomery requires two to three hours of travel time, short of the two maintaining a jogging pace.
*** A .50 caliber round from a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DSR-50 DSR-50]] [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill anti-material]] rifle will ''not'' send a body [[BlownAcrossTheRoom flinging back twenty feet]], as that would've [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton%27s_laws_of_motion also sent Damon flying back twenty feet]]. Short of Damon finding a modified magazine, real world DSR-50 rifle magazines hold up to three bullets, not five - the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DSR-Precision_GmbH_DSR-1 DSR-1]] rifle ''does'' have a 5-round magazine but the caliber is different. Not to mention, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nU9tJYgtIGs ballistics computers]] don't quite work that way.
*** The bandit boy is more likely to drop his rifle out of shock and suffer shrapnel injuries rather than Damon being able to actually [[BlastingItOutOfTheirHands shoot it out of his hand]] with a handgun.
*** Tagging a person through computer-like means as a person of interest, plausible. Murakumo "profiling" the bandit leader by visuals alone? Not without [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forensic_profiling additional]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Offender_profiling information]].
*** Damon wouldn't be able to ''run'' across a telephone line due to the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tightrope_walking slack]] (running still wouldn't be possible even if the line was tensioned), so [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slacklining slacklining]] across it is more likely. And that's only if neither the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insulator_(electricity) insulators]] or cables have degraded by then, never mind being spotted by the bandits at street level.
** Chapter 8: Traveling from Houston to Mobile to Montgomery in three days is... debatable. Almost seven hours on Interstate 10 eastbound from Houston to Mobile, and then almost three hours on Interstate 65 northbound from Mobile to Montgomery at highway speed, and that's ''only'' if the roads are in drivable conditions.
*** .22 caliber bullets aren't designed for sniping - while it can be used in hunting, it's limited to small-game and they're also primarily designed for recreational, early firearms training, and pest control. The effective range of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.22_Long_Rifle .22 Long Rifle]] bullets is typically up to 459 feet (140 meters), velocity ranges from 1,100 feet/second (340 meters/second) at the slowest to over 1,400 ft/s (430 m/s), the bullet itself has a rounded shape, and once past 459 feet it [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballistics starts dropping]]. Bullets used in sniper rifles such as the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7.62x39mm 7.2x39 mm]] or the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14.5x114mm 14.5x114mm]] are sharply tapered, with higher velocities from 2,396 ft/s (730.3 m/s) to 3,300 ft/s (1,000 m/s), and effective ranges from 1,969 feet (600 meters) to 7,546 feet (2,300 meters). Sniping from 400 to 500 meters (1,312 feet to 1,640 feet) with a .22 means that the bullet would've hit the ground long before it could ever hit Damon, much less have enough energy to break the front windshield. Even a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.22-250_Remington .22-250 Remington]] wouldn't be sufficient enough, because they aren't designed for sniping either.
*** While drivers typically go on [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interchange_(road) interchanges]] to switch from highway to highway, there are the occasional routes that requires exiting on to surface streets in order to do so. Baptist Medical Center South isn't just near [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Route_82 US Route 82]] - the highway runs east-west just south of it.
*** Damon couldn't had survived taking a .45 ACP "right between the lungs", because the heart ''is between'' the lungs.
*** Nuclear weapons can't destroy satellites directly, unless they were directly targeting said satellites. However, if a nuclear weapon was detonated in atmosphere, there is a possibility of the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_electromagnetic_pulse EMP generated]] to disable satellites within the vicinity of detonation, but not ''every'' satellite.
** Chapter 9: "Freeway 231" that junctions with Interstate 85 in Alabama is [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Route_231 US Route 231]].
*** It is not possible for good drivers to know "whether or not it's safe to continue drivin' on a collapsin' highway" just by feeling it, even though it is possible to "feel the condition of the road they're drivin' on". Looking ahead to see the condition of the roads is a common advice given to drivers, but even roads that appear perfectly fine may have hidden dangers, like unexpected sinkholes breaking open underneath without warning.
** Chapter 10: If the Ural truck that Damon is driving is something like a military-style [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ural-4320 Ural-4320]], then it is not possible for it to be going 100 miles per hour, as its top speed is between 47 mph (82 km/h) and 51 mph (75 km/h), depending on the engine. Also, swerving in a Ural truck at high speeds is ill advised, as A) they are large trucks, B) the roads will be littered with various debris, and C) Damon is more likely to loose control of it.
*** Drivers don't "take a left" or "take a right" when transitioning from highway to highway - they transition onto the cardinal direction of the highway they pick. "Taking a left onto Interstate 75" from [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Route_80 US Route 80]] would've been more "Going onto the interchange for Interstate 75".
*** "Highway 74" is State Route 74 as per the Alabama Department of Transportation, whereas officially it's [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Route_278_in_Alabama US Route 278]]. As Damon is traveling northbound in I-75, he would've gotten onto the ''off''-ramp that exited onto State Route 74. Being "just off the ramp" wouldn't allow Damon a clear view of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercer_University Mercer University]] for sniping, as the elevation in that area isn't high enough for a "perfect vantage point overlooking" the grounds.
*** There is no such thing as "civilian assault rifle". Civilian ''grade'' of assault rifles that aren't as powerful as the ones used by armed forces personnel, on the other hand, do exist.
** Chapter 11: It's highly unlikely that the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitric_acid nitric acid]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulfuric_acid sulfuric acid]], and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glycerol glycerin]] would still be available in the science rooms, much less be still usable after 20 years, as the decomposition would've change them completely and have completely different reactions if mixed. Also, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitroglycerin nitroglycerin]] would require to a stabilizer to be an effective and ''safe to use'' explosive.
*** It's about a 40-minute walk from Mercer University to the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Opera_House_(Macon,_Georgia) Grand Opera]] [[http://www.thegrandmacon.com/ House]], not fifteen minutes.
*** Damon says "[[Main/MurphysLaw Murphy's Law]]", when it would be more accurate to use [[Main/FinaglesLaw Finagle's Law]].
*** Using [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_vision night vision]] to see better in the direction of the flashlights, Damon would've been blinded instead due to the increased [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lumen_(unit) lumens]].
*** Damon holding his [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glock#.45_GAP Glock 37]] in the [[ReverseGrip pistol-and-knife stance]] would more than likely result in a snapped wrist, partly due to the fact that the Glock 37 uses [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.45_GAP .45 GAP rounds]], which means a gun using that caliber of ammunition isn't designed to be fired with one hand.
*** The design of a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karambit karambit]] blade is more for slicing than stabbing like most straight blades, so it's unlikely for Damon to be able to sink it into a skull.
*** Damon wouldn't last long using one of the dead bodies as a BulletproofHumanShield.
*** Murakumo should've known what a shotgun was, considering that they've been in existence since the mid 1700s and have been [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combat_shotgun used in war]].
** Chapter 12: Even blinded, the girl who took the brunt of the damage from the nail-bomb would've still been able to immediately try to pull out the nails, given the human reflex/reaction to promptly move one's arms and hands up to shield the face. In regards to the nails having "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wound#Open sliced down]] into her eyeballs", [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penetrating_trauma puncturing]] is the more accurate term and would definitely not "[disconnect] the lens away" from the rest of her eyes, as the nails would've simply [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye_injury punched]] right through the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lens_(anatomy) lens]] of the human eye.
*** Amatsukaze wouldn't be able to shoot "the pilot [[BlownAcrossTheRoom cleanly out of the helicopter]]" with a sawed-off shotgun.
*** Using a rocket launcher against the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MD_Helicopters_MH-6_Little_Bird MH-6 Little Bird]] makes more sense than using the DSR-50 rifle. On that note, a DSR-50 doing enough damage to the MH-6's rotor assembly would have to depend on the type of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.50_BMG .50 BMG cartridge]] used, as well the amount of damage done to the assembly.
*** Finding boxes of "perfectly good [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C-4_(explosive) C-4]]" underneath trash in a post-apocalyptic world is questionable. While C-4 is a stable explosive, its [[http://www.gao.gov/assets/80/77919.pdf indefinite shelf life]] can only be true if it is stored properly and kept from extreme heat.
** Chapter 27: An [=M60=] machine gun, in a ball-turret mount under the nose of a Huey chopper, is incorrectly depicted as a .50 [=BMG=] machine gun.
** Chapter 31: The Controller of Chicago is introduced as "Benjamin Korotayev". In [[http://www.behindthename.com/name/benjamin reality]], "Benjamin" should have been written as either "Veniamin" or "Venyamin", instead of the Anglicized form.
** Chapter 40: There appears to have been a mix-up between the Bofors 40mm [=L/60=] auto-cannon and one of the two gatling guns available for the [=AC-130=] gunship, as the auto-cannon is incorrectly depicted as having a much higher rate of fire (1000[=RPM=]) than it actually does (120[=RPM=]).
** Chapter 75: A Lamborghini Aventador is depicted as having more than 2 seats (Damon ends up taking ''four'' of the destroyer girls as passengers). This same error had been made once before in ''Naraku no Hana'', where's Losira's Aventador is also depicted as having more than 2 seats, and unlike the Ferrari [=LaFerrari=] that they'd picked up, which was explicitly stated in the previous chapter to have been modified to have 5 seats from its standard 2-seat arrangement in the previous chapter, there's no mention of any modifications done on this hyper-bull.

** Crossing over with DarknessInducedAudienceApathy. Quite a few prospective readers basically got turned off by something that happens in the very first chapter, Damon hacking Murakumo with his nano-blade, causing them to drop the fic on the spot as nothing more than a power/wish fulfillment fantasy.

* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: In addition to what's mentioned above, even after getting past Damon's behaviour, it often gets revealed that no one has clean hands. The bandits, Coalition, [[spoiler:Inner Circle]] and neo-Nazis are obvious villains, but even "good" factions that Damon works with aren't above things like hostage-taking, sinister experiments, and YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness. This can make it hard to root for anyone.

--> '''Nippon Kagaku:''' My only problem with this piece of fanfiction – and it’s a serious one – is that this is not a ''Kantai Collection'' fanfiction...I came here to read a ''Kantai Collection'' fanfiction, [but] what I got is a post-apolcalyptic shooting-game fanfic with completely irrevelant characters (the Fleet Girls) thrown in...But as it is right now, if I ignore the whole “Fleet Girls” part of your story, I could give it a 7.5/10 to 8/10. If I do take the Fleet Girls into consideration, however, it would be a massive failure. Really, replace your “Damon” with Soap [=McTavish=] in Power Armor, replace your Fleet Girls with Sentry Bots and call this a ''Call of Duty''/''Fallout New Vegas'' crossover. It would be much more fitting. (10/12/14, review for ch.36)

** Chapter 75: A Lamborghini Aventador is depicted as having more than 2 seats (Damon ends up taking ''four'' of the destroyer girls as passengers). This same error had been made once before in ''Naraku no Hana'', where's Losira's Aventador is also depicted as having more than 2 seats, and unlike the Ferrari LaFerrari that they'd picked up, which was explicitly stated in the previous chapter to have been modified to have 5 seats from its standard 2-seat arrangement in the previous chapter, there's no mention of any modifications done on this hyper-bull.
* DancingBear: Let's face it, unless you're a hardcore [=KanColle=] fan, you know about this story not because of anything that happens in it but because it is ''[[DoorStopper incomprehensibly long]]'' (as in formerly '''''the longest single piece of fiction ever'''''). Not unlike ''FanFic/TheSubspaceEmissarysWorldsConquest'', who it dethroned for the title.

** [[spoiler:when the American ship girls are introduced into the story, the carrier Yorktown's nickname amongst them is "Yorkie". When Saratoga was implemented into Kantai Collection, her 9 o'clock hourly notification has her mistaking someone at base with Yorktown, and she, too, calls her "Yorkie".]]

* SlowPacedBeginning: Readers expecting a more traditional ''VideoGame/KantaiCollection'' story will have to wait. Though it starts out pretty intensely, it's infantry actions for the most part, with the girls' ship weapons only showing up in chapter 15. And those expecting TheUsualAdversaries, the Abyssals, to make their appearance rather than having Damon and co. merely face muggle malice should be prepared to wait even longer.

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: in addition to the popular problems that readers have with the story listed above, another one is the fact that the story deviates too strongly from the game, hell, even from the usual archetypes seen in the English Kantai Collection fanfic community. The emphasis on infantry combat during the early parts of the story, the heavily altered nature of ship girls and the fact that the Abyssals [[spoiler:aren't even the main enemy throughout the early parts of the story too]], the extremely graphic nature and atmosphere of the story, and [[spoiler:the story's eventual turn to include magical elements on top of everything]] all make for a Kantai Collection fanfiction that seems so deviant from the usual examples of English Kantai Collection fanfics that many usual readers of these fics find it hard to believe that it's even intended to be a Kantai Collection fanfic in the first place. As this reviewer puts it quite aptly:
--> Nippon Kagaku: "My only problem with this piece of fanfiction – and it’s a serious one – is that this is not a Kantai Collection fanfiction...I came here to read a Kantai Collection fanfiction, [but] what I got is a post-apolcalyptic shooting-game fanfic with completely irrevelant characters (the Fleet Girls) thrown in...But as it is right now, if I ignore the whole “Fleet Girls” part of your story, I could give it a 7.5/10 to 8/10. If I do take the Fleet Girls into consideration, however, it would be a massive failure. Really, replace your “Damon” with Soap [=McTavish=] in Power Armor, replace your Fleet Girls with Sentry Bots and call this a Call of Duty/Fallout New Vegas crossover. It would be much more fitting." (10/12/14, review for ch.36)

*** Damon tells Murakumo that he's immune to radiation. Being "[[YouKeepUsingThatWord immune to radiation]]" is something of a misnomer, as being ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radioresistance resistant]]'' to radiation is the more likely scenario. On the note of radiation, it would still take thousands of years to completely clear a continent of radiation, much less two - there are still dangerous hotspots around Pripyat ever since the 1986 [[UsefulNotes/{{Chernobyl}} Chernobyl]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl_disaster nuclear disaster]].

* DancingBear: Let's face it, unless you're a hardcore [=KanColle=] fan, you know about this story not because of anything that happens in it but because it is ''[[DoorStopper incomprehensibly long]]'' (as in currently '''''the longest single piece of fiction ever'''''). Not unlike ''FanFic/TheSubspaceEmissarysWorldsConquest'', who it dethroned for the title.

* MoralEventHorizon: We've been getting steady doses of how bad the Coalition can be, but chapter 66 presents an all-new low in their treatment of the ship girls in their hands, such as [[spoiler:making Ayanami a quadruple amputee.]]