50 Shipblessings

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### Overview

**50 Shipblessings** is a terrorist group of ultranationalists aiming to topple the current "Azur Lane" Coalition with guerrilla tactics, and act as the central antagonists of the *Hotlane Azur (and last two Azur Lane game)* series. They are the ones who leave messages on the answering machines of operatives (who generally have military experience). The group's 2019 port activities are largely organized by The Janitors, who claim to be volunteers in an underground national organization with powerful allies. Associations with Phone Hom and high ranking military officials are also established. A port-based public HQ for 50 Shipblessings is run by the "Port Manager" in 2019.

Their modus operandi consists of threatening members into committing assassinations on Nation members and high ranking Azur Lane Force officials, presumably through any means necessary. Those who refuse to cooperate are threatened with unspecified consequences and ultimately eliminated. The Janitors hint that the idea of the threat is more powerful than them actually cracking down on rogue operatives, but the organization does act against those who disobey them: random shipgirl here who'd fit the status of jacket was sent to eliminate random shipgirl here who'd fit the status of biker after the latter disobeyed their instructions, and random shipgirl here who'd fit the status of jacket herself was hunted down for failing to kill her.

The group's symbol, which is well-spread by its agents and figures in numerous ports and other hit locations, is a red circle crossed by three lines. This symbol is first seen chronologically in the bones and shell of a turtle corpse on October 25, 2017 in the Commander's private quarters. It appears again on October 30th, 2017, scrawled in panther blood on the AZF flag.

## Known Members and Operatives

### Leadership

* The Commander: Unknown Mask | Possible Founder or Leader | Possibly killed by a gunshot or the nuke during a conference.
* The Janitors: | Operating the calls to the Operatives | Fled possible blast zone or nation entirely.
* Phone Hom Manager: | Manager for Phone Hom | Killed by random shipgirl here who'd fit the status of biker
* Port Manager: | Executive for 50 Shipblessings | Possibly killed by the nuke

### Operatives

* random shipgirl here who'd fit the status of jacket: Various masks | Operative, at least partially believes she's under orders of the "enemy nations" | Dead by nuke
* random shipgirl here who'd fit the status of biker: Motorcycle Helmet | Rogue Operative | Likely fled to the desert or left entirely
* Richterprise: Richterprise Mask | Reliable, but secretly reluctant Operative, keeps tapes of her phone messages, boyfriend possibly connected to 50 Blessings in some way | Dead by nuke
* Prison Boss: Unknown | Imprisoned Operative | Dead from being hit over the head with a pipe by Richterprise during a 50 Shipblessings orchestrated mass-prison riot.
* kashino =D: Various masks | Unswerving Operative | Dead by gunshot to the head by an Iron Blood commander or the Port Manager
* Tension Shipgirl: "Tony Mask" | Operative captured by a Nation mob | Dead by detonation of a door rigged explosive by random shipgirl here who'd fit the status of jacket
* random shipgirl here who'd fit the status of carl: "Carl Mask" | Suicidal Operative | Suicide by enemy Nation mobsters in dance club
* random shipgirl here who'd fit the status of aubrey: "Aubrey Mask" | Operative in hiding spray tagged for a hit | Likely dead
* random shipgirl here who'd fit the status of earl: "Earl Mask" | Operative captured by an enemy nation mafia and tied to a chair | Dead in ***Overdose***
* random shipgirl here who'd fit the status of dennis: "Dennis Mask" | Operative cornered by more enemy nation's mafia | Dead by bludgeoning in ***Tension***
* random shipgirl here who'd fit the status of jones: "Jones Mask" | Operative surrealistically seen by random shipgirl here who'd fit the status of jacket in sewer in ***Full House*** | Dead
* Technician: Likely "Charlie Mask" | Operative setting up phone lines to frame ***The Golden Truckstop*** | Likely Dead

## Origin

The 50 Shipblessings organization was possibly founded by the Commander while or shortly after serving in a unspecified conflict, where he commands a small unit of Special Forces, of which random shipgirl here who'd fit the status of beard and random shipgirl here who'd fit the status of jacket are members. On October 25th, 2017, he becomes disillusioned with the war and seems resigned to a useless role as Lt. General in the post war bureaucracy. He also has made the 50 Shipblessings tag symbol out of a turtle's corpse. On October 30th, he gets drunk and wears a skinned panther face as a mask, telling his unit that all humans are violent and animalistic, ordered by forces they cannot comprehend to behave entirely on instinct (hence the animal masks motif and the organization's M.O. of anonymous calls).

The Commander was fond of coded sentences and had his operatives use them extensively to communicate with each other by walkie talkie; those two characteristics can again be found in 50 Shipblessings' organization, and the walkie talkie usage is emulated by the Fans in ***Death Wish***.

It is implied that the Commander assassinated Nation presidents on December 28th, 2020, sparking an international conflict in the process. Their headquarters in an unspecified AZF port is shown to be lead lined with a large vault door, implying they intended to survive the nuclear war in that location (if not also several others nationwide). If any operatives or members of the leadership survived, it is not shown.

## Tagged Locations and Pamphlets

The 50 Shipblessings symbol can be seen in several places throughout *Hotlane Azur*. The symbol appears in:

* Prelude: ***The Metro*** (twice)
* Chapter 1: ***No Talk***
* Chapter 7: ***Neighbors***
* Chapter 8: ***Push It***, the symbol can be seen in the bathroom of random shipgirl here who'd fit the status of beard's convenience store. Richterprise can be seen at the sink.
* in random shipgirl here who'd fit the status of jacket's apartment after Chapter 12: ***Trauma***
* Chapter 16: in Aubrey's restaurant in ***Safehouse***
* Chapter 17: in the bathroom of the casino-arcade in ***Fun & Games***
* Chapter 19: ***Resolution***

The symbol also appears several times in *Hotlane Azur 2: Wrong Number*:

* The large table in the Fans' hideout is painted with a pink 50SB symbol
* The phone table in the Fans' hideout is painted with a green 50SB symbol
* The Attack Van has two pink 50SB symbols tagged on it. "Phone Hom" is also crossed out.
* The symbol appears in ***Stronghold*** in the Commander's quarters, in an turtle corpse
* The symbol appears in ***Casualties*** in the Commander's quarters, in panther blood on the AZF flag.
* In ***Subway***, the circular symbols of both anarchy and peace are regularly tagged, along with a green 50SB symbol on some benches. A red painted symbol is on the train itself.
* The 50SB symbol is tattooed on the Prison Boss
* A pink, candle-lit symbol appears in the hobo room in the ***Abyss***.

### Pamphlets

* ***No Talk*** intro, random shipgirl here who'd fit the status of jacket's apartment
* ***Fun & Games*** intro, random shipgirl here who'd fit the status of biker's apartment
* ***Resolution***, printed in the sewer
* ***Hard News***, kasheeno's =D apartment
* ***Withdrawal*** intro, 50SB HQ. ***Withdrawal*** "successful" outro, being printed in hideout.
* ***Release***, information table along with several bibles on final stage