Thread:Admiral Mikado/@comment-25993640-20151028064250/@comment-25683568-20151028075247

I'll see if I can answer in Mikado's stead...

Getting new CGs ahead of end of maintenance is Dragonjet's area. I believe this entails making api_start2 calls periodically during maintenance until he gets one that is updated. The names of the ship graphic swfs are found in the api_start2 response. Then it's just downloading the ship graphic swf from the server, and ripping the CGs from the swfs. The most difficult part is making the api_start2 calls, since they are clearly synthetic calls, so the account you use to make those calls is very likely to be banned I think. Don't use the account you play with. Note that I do not condone spamming the servers during maintenance with api_start2 requests, that is just asking the Kancolle devs to ban foreign IPs.

Dragonjet does not upload the raw images to the wikia I believe; only the Recent Update framed CGs. The CGs are mainly uploaded by me using a bot (CkwngBot), but I have to feed it with an api_start2 that I only get legitimately by logging into the game with my (one and only) account. Therefore I will never upload before servers go up. I also may not be awake when servers go up due to timezones; in this case usually someone else (one of our contributors) will upload CGs.

That's all I can tell you, if you're interested in trying to get CGs before end of maintenance I would suggest you try to contact Dragonjet.