To see the retelling version, click here.
Azur Lane: Future Warp is a Fanfiction, Action, Adventure story for Azur Lane made by ROBLOXGamingDavid. This story follows USS Enterprise, Yorktown-class aircraft carrier, who was transported and ended up in an unfamiliar territory in a different time and universe after a major decisive battle near the Midway Atoll against the combined forces of Sakura Empire and the Sirens that went horribly wrong after a brutal intervention by mysterious forces.
Inspired by one of Wattpad's users who created the AL fanfiction story about two US Navy pilots at the Azur Lane universe, this story began development, shortly before it was announced at the same time, on May 31st, 2021. A day later, the story became open to all readers, and since its release, has become the most popular stories on his Wattpad profile, achieving 10,000+ reads in over 10 months; the fastest and the only achieving milestone done by him.
On April 12, 2024, the author announced that Future Warp is slated to be revamped; a project related to this announcement is in the works. Six days later, on April 18th, the story cover of the Retelling version is posted on both Pixiv and Deviantart accounts, while the 2021 version of Future Warp is now considered discontinued and won't be receiving any updates. The Retelling version made its debut in Wattpad on April 20, 2024, with the release of it's first five chapters, and in the fanfiction repository site; Archive Of our Own (AO3) on December 26th, bearing the same title as this original version.
Announcement[]
On May 31st, 2021, ROBLOXGamingDavid announced that his new story, titled Azur Lane - Future Warp, is coming out, meaning it has begun their work on his new story. This new story is inspired by one of its fanfic authors Musahi311, who created one of that user's stories named Azrael - Azur Lane Story (which it was first released somewhere in 2018). It states that it will start in the opposite unlike that story's two main protagonists: Rodrigo Senna, and Joaquin Diaz.
The next day, on June 1st, the first three parts (including the first two chapters) are released.
Synopsis[]
This is edited from the actual story description to remove his author notes to fit the synopsis. (Updated last November 15th, 2021)
In June 1942, when the Azur Lane's massive fleet is setting out in a decisive naval battle against the combined Sakura Empire and the Siren fleet; hellbent on trying to take the atoll of Midway, they are caught in the Mirror Sea cast by Akagi. But during a desperate fight for survival, an unknown mysterious figure suddenly caused things to go badly awry, and their dimension becomes extremely unstable...
Sometime later.. one of these shipgirls, named USS Enterprise (Yorktown-class CV-6)... ends up in a very different place... The world that she sees is very different to her own, a different universe that takes place in the time when World War II have long been ended, and both factions; Eagle Union and Sakura Empire (or in this real-world version; United States and Japan) are now close allies...
Question is... How well can she able to handle the modern, now-changed world, and can she find her way back home or would she be stuck here forever?
Story Link[]
https://www.wattpad.com/story/271829932-azur-lane-future-warp
Statistics[]
| Reads | Published Story Parts | Votes | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 37,003 | 50 (49 chapters published) | 706 | 13h 50m |
Reads Milestone:
- 1,000 Reads (June 26, 2021)
- 2,000 Reads (August 3, 2021)
- 3,000 Reads (September 11, 2021)
- 4,000 Reads (late-October 2021)
- 5,000 Reads (November 21, 2021)
- 6,000 Reads (December 10, 2021)
- 7,000 Reads (January 9, 2022)
- 8,000 Reads (February 6, 2022)
- 9,000 Reads (March 3, 2022)
- 10,000 Reads (April 9, 2022)
- 12,000 Reads (June 28, 2022)
- 15,000 Reads (October 6, 2022)
- 16,000 Reads (October 31, 2022)
- 18,000 Reads (December 27, 2022)
- 20,000 Reads (January 29, 2023)
- 25,000 Reads (June 6, 2023)
- 26,000 Reads (June 30, 2023)
- 29,000 Reads (September 28, 2023)
- 32,000 Reads (late-March 2024)
- 33,000 Reads (June 4, 2024)
- 34,000 Reads (July 19, 2024)
- 35,000 Reads (September 27, 2024)
- 37,000 Reads (March 23, 2025)
Characters[]
Final set of characters as of April 19, 2024. Most of them may be transferred over to Azur Lane: Future Warp - The Retelling with new identities or iterations, or may have retired. The list of characters with created articles can be found here.
Protagonist/Main characters:[]
- USS Enterprise (Azur Lane–Eagle Union aircraft carrier; main role)
- Richard Ambrose (Vicerone NYC store branch Employee, former NYPD) (main role/major supporting character)
- Dave Charles "Springfield" Berenson (Commander of Azur Lane, former Eagle Union Navy fighter pilot and Army soldier; secondary universe main role/major supporting character)
Supporting/recurring characters:[]
Planet Earth[]
- Helena Mizuno (major/supporting role)
- Sebastian Jones (supporting)
- Nate Fernandez (supporting)
- Sherry Ambrose (Richard Ambrose's sister; supporting role)
- Doctor Boris Yevgeny (supporting)
- US Coast Guard personnel (minor role appearance, Chapter 2)
- Adeel Farooqi (minor supporting role, Chapter 6)
- NYPD Lieutenant Julian Senna (supporting)
- NYPD Sergeant Rick Hall
- NYPD Deputy Commissioner Michael Krag (frequently mentioned)
- NYPD Senior Officer Matthew Henderson (supporting character, mentioned/appears in flashbacks, re-appears later on Chapter 47)
- Bryan Reedus (Vicerone CEO & New York City store branch manager, supporting)
- Neath Sutherland (Vicerone NYC store branch security guard)
- Elise Braun (Richard Ambrose's next door neighbor; supporting)
- Dennis (only on Chapter 2)
- Mark Barret (only on Chapter 2)
- Raymond Paige (as seen in Helena Mizuno's training instruction session; Chapter 12)
- Hale Specter (†; deceased, Chapter 31)
- Winston Kapoor
- Jeffrey Rybak
- Amelia M. Watson
- Patrick Chung (Richard Ambrose's 2005 flashback, reappears in Chapter 49)
- Franklin Miller (Richard Ambrose's 2005 flashback, reappears in Chapter 49)
- Samuel Harris (owner of Westside Rifle & Pistol Range; supporting character)
- Cole Marley (Westside Rifle & Pistol Range employee; supporting character)
- Natasha Lytvynenko (Ukrainian-American resident in East Granby, Connecticut)
- Alex Lytvynenko (Ukrainian-American resident in East Granby, Connecticut, Natasha's son)
Azur Lane Universe[]
| Real-world naval branches: | Sovereign state/country: | Azur Lane Universe sovereign state(s): |
|---|---|---|
| United States Navy | United States | Eagle Union |
| Royal Navy | United Kingdom | Royal Navy |
| Imperial Japanese Navy | Empire of Japan
(now post-Empire Japan) |
Sakura Empire |
| Kriegsmarine
(now German Navy) |
Nazi Germany | Iron Blood |
| French Navy | Vichy France (Nazi Germany's client; later, puppet state) | Vichya Dominion |
| Free France (Charles de Gaulle's government in-exile) | Iris Libre | |
| Regia Marina | Kingdom of Italy
(now Italian Republic) |
Sardegna Empire |
| ROC Navy / PLA Navy | Taiwan
(Republic of China; Jan. 1, 1912 c Oct. 1, 1949) |
Dragon Empery |
| People's Republic of China (Oct. 1, 1949-present) | ||
| Soviet Navy
(now Russian Navy; 1992-present) |
Soviet Union (1922-1991)
(now Russian Federation; 1992-present) |
Northern Parliament |
| N/A (Pirate nation) | N/A (Pirate nation) | Tempesta |
May apply if any of these characters in this story have included spoken story lines or made any major appearances. Note that the character listing may or may not be arranged based in chronological order per episodic appearances.
Azur Lane[]
Eagle Union[]
Shipgirls[]
- USS Laffey
- USS Cleveland
- USS Denver
- USS Columbia
- USS Helena
- USS Vestal
- USS Maryland
- USS Essex
- USS Intrepid
- USS Shangri-La
- USS Oklahoma
- USS Nevada
- USS Bremerton
- USS Baltimore
- USS Yorktown
- USS Montpelier
- USS Anchorage
- USS Georgia
- USS Hornet
- USS Morrison
- USS Nautillius
[]
- Sgt. Bruno Wilkinson (Former Sergeant and Commander, Azur Lane universe; Chapter 24, unnamed cameo, fully mentioned on Chapter 38)
- Arthur "Bastion" Cappelli (Eagle Union Navy fighter pilot; Chapter 36)
- Eagle Union Secretary of the Department of Navy William Booker (major supporting role)
- Charles (Eagle Union fighter pilot; mentioned)
- Captain Mullins (Chapter 38)
- Lieutenant Commander John Patten (Chapter 38)
- Eve Goulburn (Manager of the Emergency Management Team, and former White House Social Security; Chapter 34)
- President of the Eagle Union (mentioned in Chapter 40)
[]
- HMS Hood
- HMS Queen Elizabeth
- HMS Warspite
- HMS Illustrious
- HMS Duke of York
- HMS King George V
- HMS Prince of Wales
- HMS Javelin
- HMS Belfast
- HMS Sheffield
- HMS Suffolk
- HMS Neptune
- HMS Ark Royal
- HMS Drake
- HMS Howe
- HMS Eagle
- HMS Neptune
- HMS Black Prince
- HMS Cheshire
- HMS Hermione
- HMS Charybdis
- HMS Gloucester
- HMS Vanguard
- HMS Aurora
- HMS Plymouth
- HMS Jervis
Iris Libre[]
- FFNF Richelieu
- FFNF Béarn
- FFNF Brest
Northern Parliament[]
- SN Sovetskaya Rossiya
- SN Sovetskaya Belorussiya
- SN Gangut
- SN Avrora
- SN Arkhangelsk
- SN Volga
- SN Kronshtadt
- SN Soobrazitelny
- SN Tashkent
- SN Pamiat Merkuria
Dragon Empery (ROC/PRC)[]
- Yat Sen
- Ping Hai
- Ning Hai
- Chang Chun
- An Shan
- Harbin
Crimson Axis[]
(Reunified within Azur Lane by Chapter 36)
Sakura Empire[]
- IJN Ayanami
- IJN Hiryuu
- IJN Akagi
- IJN Kaga
- IJN Takao
- IJN Hyuuga
- IJN Yuudachi
- IJN Shōkaku
- IJN Nagato (leader of Sakura Empire)
- IJN Mikasa (leader of the High Command)
- IJN Shimakaze (mentioned, appears in Chapter 36)
- IJN Kawakaze
- IJN Taihou (mentioned)
- IJN Ryuuhou (mentioned)
- IJN Amagi (mentioned, †; deceased)
- IJN Azuma
- IJN Hakuryuu
- IJN Kitakaze
- IJN Shinano
Blossom Imperial Knights:[]
- IJN Zuikaku (leader)
- IJN Atago
- IJN Souryuu
- IJN Shigure
- IJN Ise (†; deceased, Chapter 23)
- IJN Akashi (defected before the beginning of Future Warp)
Iron Blood[]
- KMS Leipzig (Iron Blood; appears on Enterprise's flashback - Episode 10)
- SMS Friedrich der Große (mentioned)
- KMS Bismarck (mentioned; full appearance in Chapter 36)
- KMS Tirpitz
- KMS Z23
- KMS Graf Zeppelin
- KMS Prinz Eugen
- KMS Admiral Hipper
- KMS Peter Strasser
Loyalists[]
- KMS Friedrich der Grosse (Leader of the Iron Blood Loyalist Faction)
- KMS Roon
- KMS Elbe
- KMS Regensburg
- KMS August von Parseveal
- KMS Z28
- KMS Z16
- KMS Z35
- KMS Z19
- KMS Yorck
- KMS Thuringen
- KMS Elbing
- KMS Elbe
- KMS Jade
Vichiya Dominion[]
- MNF Jean Bart
- MNF Joffre
Sardegna Empire[]
- RN Littorio
- RN Roma
- RN Vittorio Veneto
- RN Pola
- RN Marco Polo
Sirens[]
- Observer (Siren)
- Tester (Siren)
- Purifier (Siren)
- Arbiter: Strength VIII (Siren) (†; deceased, Chapter 23)
- Breaker Mark II (Siren)
Miscellaneous/Other[]
- Hiryuu META (META, Chapters 1 and 41)
- Royal Fortune (Tempesta, Chapter 45)
Trivia[]
- This is his first fanfiction story about Azur Lane, a Chinese 2D shoot-em up game powered by Unity, first released in China in May 2017, before it was gradually released worldwide in 2018–19.
- The second AL fanfiction to follow up is Azur Lane: Part Human, Part Siren, though that story is not connected to Future Warp despite itself taking place in the same universe,
- This is his second new story to begin work in progress stage in the year 2021. The first in this year was Amnesiac, which began work on May 14th, and was published 4 days later. It later stopped development on October 13, 2022.
- This story takes place partly in the Azur Lane universe as part of the beginning in Chapter, whereas New York City, and much of the United States (and later Planet Earth) became this story's main setting starting in the second chapter.
- The Azur Lane Universe (1942) is made use again and is now its secondary main universe setting at the end of Chapter 10, giving way for the debut of its secondary main protagonist "Dave Charles Berenson".
- This fanfiction story has received more reads and votes per part than any of his other works published prior to June 1, 2021 (the day AL: Future Warp was published).
- On June 26, 2021, twenty-six days after this story was first published, this story has hit 1K reads, much faster than both Criminal Idol, and "Another" Group Chat can achieve (as said in the announcement that these previous works before Future Warp took a "few months or up to a year to get to that").
- In April 2022, 10 months after its release, Future Warp surpassed 10K reads, making it the only story work on his profile to ever achieve.
- On his YouTube channel community post on July 7th, he states that the three countries from the demographic stats: United States, Philippines, and Indonesia, have double-digit percentages of readers (at 33%, 21%, and 12.5% respectively). At the time, AL: Future Warp is at over ~1,500 reads, meaning these countries likely constitutes over 66.5% of its total readership.
- On the early hours of February 25, 2022, during the non-working holiday meant to celebrate the Philippine's People Power Revolution's 36th anniversary, Azur Lane: Future Warp has hit 30 chapters (thus adding to the total of 31 story parts).
- By October 14, 2022, it hit over 40 chapters.