Game development begins with destroying Girls' Frontline.

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At this moment, the distance between Hire and Lafite is only 10 meters.

At such close range, there's no time to prepare, and no need to think too much—just open fire!

This was the most glorious moment for a generation of Lafite.

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By this time, the Hiei had undergone extensive modernization and was a high-speed battleship and battlecruiser.

Lafite is just a destroyer.

But Lafite still charged forward.

In an almost face-to-face exchange of fire, Laffey's artillery fire struck Hiei's bridge!

Many of the commanding officers, led by Hiroki Abe, were wounded, and Chief of Staff Suzuki was killed in action.

However, two of Raffi's four 5-inch single-mounted guns were destroyed by Hiei's secondary guns during the exchange of fire.

Despite the damage, Laffey continued firing with his remaining two single-mounted guns, damaging Hiei's port front, port bow, and stern.

According to survivors, Raffi even used a machine gun.

pity.

Ultimately, this valiant warship failed to create a miracle.

The Laffey, which was only one year and 13 days old, was torn to pieces by fire and explosion and eventually sank into the Iron Bottom Strait.

This is the story of the first generation of Lafite.

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One year later, in June 1943.

The second-generation "Lafite" inherited the heroic will of its predecessor and appeared in the shipyard, with the hull number DD-724.

A year later, in April 1945, the second-generation "Laffey" was ordered to serve as a radar outpost 30 nautical miles north of Okinawa.

This is an extremely dangerous mission, as outpost ships often become the primary targets of enemy ships and aircraft.

On April 16, 1945, the second generation of Lafite ushered in its moment of glory.

At 8:27 a.m., 50 Japanese aircraft appeared over the Laffey, which served as the fleet's forward outpost.

At this point, the Japanese army was at its last gasp and was in a state of frenzy.

In the fierce air defense battle, the Laffey was attacked by 22 suicide planes.

Five of them crashed into the ship's hull, causing explosions, and were also hit by four bombs.

Of the crew members, 71 were injured and 32 died.

The ship has been damaged and flooded in many places, and it could sink at any time.

But perhaps it was not destined to die, or perhaps it was the protection of the spirits of the first "Laffey" ship.

In short, the destroyer Laffey not only did not sink, but miraculously returned to Guam. After being repaired, it was officially commissioned again in October 1945, hence the nickname "The Ship That Would Not Die".

It is worthy of the name of the hero it inherited.

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In the previous timeline, Azur Lane used the first-generation ship as the prototype ship for Laffey's ship girl.

However, in the current version of Azur Lane.

Lin Li used the second-generation Lafite as the prototype ship.

Therefore, in the settings.

Raffi has an older sister.

However, her older sister had already passed away before Raffi was born.

Although she had never met her sister in person, Raffi knew that her sister was a brave young woman.

Her bravery also gave little Raffi immense courage.

Meanwhile, Little Laffey often tells other ship girls about her sister's heroic deeds.

There's a lot that can be written about based on this premise.

It can also lead to the character arc of Little Raffi.

For example, because he has an outstanding older sister.

Therefore, when Lafite goes into battle, he often exerts too much effort and charges forward headlong.

Finally, during one of her charges, she was surrounded.

Finally, Javelin and her friends, including the unicorn, rescued her.

After this incident, Little Raffi stayed in his dormitory and refused to come out.

She felt it was a tremendous disgrace.

Because she actually retreated.

She betrayed courage.

This incident has caused trouble for my friends or others.

Finally, at some point.

The commander held her head.

"Courage is not just empty talk, nor is it a suicidal charge."

"True courage is being able to face your own heart and keep moving forward on the right path."

Lafite looked up.

"Like a unicorn eating cake?"

The commander glanced at Laffey.

He was a little puzzled as to why Lafite suddenly associated the image of a unicorn eating cake, but he nodded nonetheless.

"Yes."

~~~

By drawing inspiration from historical prototypes, the ship girls are given certain personality traits, and through dialogue, information is provided or players are encouraged to research it themselves.

Why does Raffi keep mentioning her sister?

What exactly did her sister go through?

What has she gone through herself?

Why doesn't Lafite like Hiei?

wait wait wait.

After players research the information themselves, they will then project these historical emotions onto the ship girls.

This is the method for shaping the emotional value of ship girl game characters.

Strictly speaking, this approach of giving characters emotional value is different from that of the battlefront girls.

Battlefront Girls tells the story of how gun girls change after meeting their commander.

The ship girls in Azur Lane all carry some unresolved issues stemming from history, and what players need to do is untangle those issues and enter the hearts of the ship girls.

Based on this idea...

In the latter half of the PV, Lin Li showed the players what he had done.

It is the story of the final chapter of the current version's main storyline.

It's like taking out the biggest and most expensive scene from the plot in advance.

It feels a bit like a PV scam.

However, this is indeed the best scene to attract players to join the game.

Because there are a lot of characters appearing in this animation.

In any case, players can't discern any plot or further details from these few minutes of PV.

Why not let the ship girls have more opportunities to shine?

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The azure sea.

The sun hung in the sky like a golden plate, illuminating the entire sky.

Under a clear blue sky, the sea and sky blend seamlessly into one.

The music gradually transformed into a naval march.

The camera begins to pan downwards.

Look from top to bottom.

There are countless black dots on the sea surface.

The camera begins to drop, and as it gets closer, a fleet of ship girls appears in the frame.

This is a massive fleet.

The ship girls on the outer perimeter kept firing their cannons to disperse the scattered, oblivious Siren legions that appeared around the formation.

The camera moves through the formation of ship girls, eventually landing at the very front of the formation.

This is a vanguard reconnaissance fleet composed of Yatsen, Laffey, Yuudachi, and Belfast.

During the voyage, Yi Xian, who was leading the group, pressed a communication device on his ear.

After a period of communication noise, sound finally came through the screen.

That was the commander's voice.

"Reporting on the situation, Yixian."

"Commander, we have entered the designated area. The signs of the Sirens are becoming increasingly clear, and the main enemy force should be nearby."

Yi Xian calmly reported the situation. On the battlefield, she lost some of her elegance but gained more of her heroic spirit.

"Very good. As planned, spread out the battle formation and prepare to search for the enemy."

"Yes."

As the commander gave the order, we looked down from the sky.

Within the massive military formation, destroyers and light cruiser ship girls separated from their respective marching squads, accelerated, and converged at the front of the fleet, forming several small fleets.

Then, together with the fighter jets released by the aircraft carriers, they protruded in all directions.

Battleships and battlecruisers also began to spread outwards.

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Soon, the large fleet in the camera's view completed its battle formation deployment.

This is a formation composed of many ship girls. From the sky, these small dots are arranged in an orderly manner, forming a semi-circular net-like formation.

The outer perimeter is staffed with light patrols responsible for surveillance and reconnaissance, as well as expulsion.

Slightly further in are the battlecruisers and battleships responsible for artillery support.

At the heart of the large fleet are the supply ship girls and the carrier battle groups that provide air power.

This formation has a bit of a feel to it, mimicking a real naval battle formation.

Although not rigorous, this formation is still reasonable enough to make the audience feel that this is not child's play, but a real battle in some other world.

As the music gradually intensified.

The battle begins.

The first thing that appeared before the players' eyes, or rather, in their ears, was a slightly strange sound effect of something cutting through the air.