Winter 2015 Event

Introduction
The Winter 2015 Event, 【Counter-attack! Assault on Truk Anchorage】 will begin February 6th, ending two weeks later on February 20th.

It is based around Operation Hailstone

Patch Notes

 * 1) New Ships
 * 2) * Katori
 * 3) * Amagi
 * 4) * Asashimo
 * 5) * U-511
 * 6) New Remodels
 * 7) New Enemy Vessels
 * 8) *Light Cruiser Demon(軽巡棲鬼)
 * 9) *Battleship Water Demon(戦艦水鬼)
 * 10) New Equipment
 * 11) Voice and other Updates

Participation requirements

 * Must have a 75% sortie win ratio
 * Must have 5 empty ship slots for new ships
 * Must have 20 free equipment slots

Special Mechanics

 * 1) Combined Fleet
 * 2) Choosable difficulty
 * 3) * Different difficulties give different medals, equipment and materials
 * 4) * When the difficulty is changed, the boss's health bar will be reset
 * 5) This event has 3 ranks (easy,丙 normal,乙 hard,甲)

Tools

 * Air Superiority Calculator(Japanese version. English version in works)
 * KanColle Calculator and tools by no1244 (in Japanese)

Discussions

 * Before and After Resource Checks
 * Reports and Results: E-1
 * Reports and Results: E-2
 * Reports and Results: E-3
 * Reports and Results: E-4
 * Reports and Results: E-5

Player Live Streams

 * KanColle U.S.A. Streamers
 * Zak提督's stream: twitch.tv/bl2w (will be playing every day from 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM EST / 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM JST)
 * Yamato_kai2000's stream: http://www.twitch.tv/yamato_kai2000 (schedule TBA due to midterms)
 * Totaku's stream: Totaku's Livestream (will be playing on weekends from 1:30 AM - 6:00 AM CST / 4:30 PM - 9:00 PM JST)
 * DS4's stream 1: twitch.tv/deltasierra4 (will be playing on weekends from 9:00 PM - 3:00 AM CST / 12:00 PM - 6:00 PM JST. More stream announcements will be made on the wiki chat)
 * DS4's stream 2: DS4 on Livestream
 * Remi_Scarlet's stream: twitch.tv/remi_scarlet
 * NikaidoAkiBro's stream: twitch.tv/nikaidorumibro
 * HandgunOtonashi's stream : twitch.tv/handgunotonashi EST 1200 onwards.
 * SlashZero's stream: hitbox.tv/JenXIII (main) twitch.tv/jenxiii (mirror)
 * Kevadu's stream: http://www.twitch.tv/kevadu/ (will be frontlining, staying up all night to try and clear the event as quickly as possible after maintenance finishes)
 * Sekronashi's stream: http://www.twitch.tv/sekronashi
 * Crescentia's stream: http://www.hitbox.tv/crescentia (main) twitch.tv/crescentia (backup)
 * Gensui Hime's Stream: http://www.twitch.tv/gensuihime (All day Friday after 5PM, based on CST)
 * Kancolle E.U Streamers
 * jeftai's stream: http://www.twitch.tv/jefferytai (will be playing randomly)
 * ArcticaFrost http://www.twitch.tv/SaberFrost
 * Kancolle S.E.A. Streamers
 * dragonjet's Twitch (be one of the first to see, watch event maps, new ships and seasonal CGs get ripped first-hand)
 * Lolibunny's twitch (GMT +8 2100- 0100)
 * bason8's Twitch  (Watch me fail horribly at this event GMT+8 2000 - 0000(?))
 * Kancolle E.A. Streamers
 * pcp8p67's Stream: http://www.twitch.tv/pcp8p67 (W.G. Forum mainstream, Korean base.)