Azur Lane: Future Warp - The Retelling

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Azur Lane: Future Warp - The Retelling is a Wattpad Fanfiction story created by ROBLOXGamingDavid. This story serves as a 2024 remake of the same story of the same name that was first published on June 1, 2021 and has been discontinued since April 18, 2024. Primarily a third-person story with multiple character arcs and perspectives, only a single chapter is spoken in a first-person perspective from one of the story's main protagonists.

On April 12, 2024, the author announced that Future Warp has been slated for revamp; the first five chapters of the Retelling version are released on April 20, 2024. The revamp was created to restart the plot from scratch to improve the story's grammar and timeline progression as well as character development; in addition to retaining original set of characters and retaining much of the old plot used as a source of reference, it will feature new set of supporting characters, whilst the original protagonists' backgrounds may also be revamped or retconned.

The retelling will start off almost similar as the 2021 version but has major differences in the plot; Enterprise, along with several others had been transported to a different universe, and in a different timeline in 2022 after a decisive battle to stop the Sakura Empire advance to Midway.

On December 26, 2024, the story is posted on Archive of Our Own (AO3) with all published chapters gradually being posted there.

Synopsis[]

This is edited from the actual story description to remove his author notes to fit the synopsis. (Updated last October 6, 2024)

Azur Lane, an inter-governmental naval alliance, formed by major powers to fight the greatest naval threats, are locked in a bitter conflict with the opposition breakaway faction, the Crimson Axis, where, Sakura Empire, whose strikeforce is helmed by Akagi and Kaga, sets out to capture an Eagle Union-held territory near Midway.

In response, Azur Lane commander; Dave Charles Berenson launches a defense fleet with the strongest ships both Eagle Union and the Royal Navy can offer. Leading by the helm is Enterprise... and among many, there are those who are conflicted; from those ready to fight, some who are bitter, or others doubting their intentions about the war...

Things take a drastic turn, when a storm suddenly brews over the Pacific as the battle comes to a bitter close. In no time, everyone is swept away as the planet, and the universe around them tears itself asunder...

And now, Enterprise, wakes up alone, forced to adapt to a different world, with one overarching question in mind... How to get back home....

Story[]

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Statistics[]

Updated as of March 23, 2025 *(Wattpad Only)*
Reads	Published Story Parts	Votes	Time
7,602	33 chapters (excluding "Zero")	143	10h 51min

Characters[]

Protagonist/Main characters[]

Name	Affiliation	Description	Role
Richard Ambrose	Vicerone Cashbacks (current); NYPD (formerly)	Born as Richard Keller Ambrose, he is one of the story's main protagonists, who is from his own universe version of Earth and was born in Wilmington, North Carolina. He is Head of Security and Operations of the Vicerone Cashbacks Department Store Branch in SoHo, Manhattan, and was a former police lieutenant in the 78th Precinct from the NYPD at the time when he was fired following a manslaughter incident in November 2005 involving the death of his partner. While he is often easygoing, and also highly skilled, efficient and likable in his work with his colleagues and friends in Vicerone, in comparison to the previous iteration in the 2021 original version of Future Warp, he is shown to be, in a certain extent, more irritable, alcoholic, and at times, deeply cynical, and is prone to emotional or mental breakdowns in response to traumatic events.	Main protagonist / Deuteragonist
USS Enterprise	Azur Lane - Eagle Union	She is a personification of CV-6 Yorktown-class aircraft carrier, affiliated with the Eagle Union on the side with Azur Lane. She is originally from the Azur Lane Universe and was led by Dave Berenson until she was transported to a different world (Richard's timeline). Compared to the 2021 original version, she appears to be more stoic and determined, though becoming more vulnerable, and she seems to accept death as she was shot by the Chipotle armed robbers on Chapter Five. She goes by the public alias Lulie Winters.	Main protagonist / Deuteragonist
Dave Berenson	Azur Lane - Eagle Union	He is the commander of Azur Lane, who also led the Midway Defense Fleet when a freak storm formed above Midway and was formerly a fighter pilot of the Eagle Union Navy living in the Azur Lane Universe. Dave Berenson pursues peace and reunification of Azur Lane, which was said to have fractured due to the suspected actions of his predecessor, Bruno Wilkinson. As a naval aviator of the Eagle Union Navy, he briefly fell into depression after the deaths of his wingman (unnamed) and his girlfriend, Danielle, but after receiving mental therapy, he continues to act recklessly and doing fly-bys until, by coincidence, he is elected by his superiors as Wilkinson's successor; his tenure was supposed to be temporary, but his efficacy and his genuine care of the shipgirls' well-being allowed him to remain in his post.	Secondary universe main protagonist

Richard Ambrose's Universe[]

Exhaustive list per story appearance for both universes, unless otherwise noted. May not be final. Updated as of February 6, 2025.

Recurring/supporting characters[]

Name	Affiliation	Description	Role
Bryan Valdez	Vicerone Cashbacks	The head branch manager of Vicerone Cashbacks Department Store in SoHo, Manhattan. In the 2021 original version, he was previously named as Bryan Reedus.	Recurring/Supporting
Helena Mizuno	Vicerone Cashbacks	Richard Ambrose's close friend and colleague who works at Vicerone Cashbacks, who is a salesperson, and is also the Deputy Head of Security and Operations whenever Richard is away. In the 2021 original version, she is Richard's girlfriend, who took him up to Vicerone in exchange for bailing him out, after he was criminally convicted for attempted murder in February 2007. In the Retelling version, their relationship seems to have demoted beyond their spousal relationship.	Recurring/Major supporting
Nate Fernandez	Vicerone Cashbacks (current); US Air Force (former)	Richard's colleague and friend who works at Vicerone Cashbacks, and a former US Air Force fighter pilot, who has connections with Rick and their private security company, Platinum Shield. He is now the Captain of the Prefect Team from the Disciplinary Administrative Committee.	Recurring/Major supporting
Sebastian Jones	Vicerone Cashbacks	Richard's colleague and friend who works at Vicerone Cashbacks, and who is also a security draft writer. He along with one of his staffers, Brianna, was responsible for leaking information to the press, triggering a brief PR crisis.	Recurring/Major supporting
Boris Yevgeny	Kings County Hospital	He is a doctor who treated Enterprise after Richard took her to Kings County Hospital, and whom he is now overseeing the hospitalization of Richard (as well as Mika) after he was severely beaten up in a vicious gang assault (in Chapter 29). His source of inspiration on becoming the doctor is when he was a victim of a knife attack in Russia while he was a high school student.	Supporting
Kiefer McGuinness	NYPD (78th Precinct)	He is an NYPD officer with the rank of Sergeant and who works at 78th Precinct, alongside Senna and Hayasaka, who first appeared when he responds to the Chipotle armed robbery. Both he and Richard once had developed animosity after the latter was fired in 2007, but has gradually cooled down.	Recurring/Supporting
Andrew Powell	N/A	He is an online video blogger who goes by his alias "7Pack". He is the last person who interacted with Laffey on his vlog entry when he asks her questions whilst exploring the city, which Richard uses his video, along with the security cameras around the neighborhood of Tribeca to track down Laffey.	Minor/Supporting
Julian Senna	NYPD (78th Precinct)	He is the NYPD Lieutenant of the 78th Precinct. Having been in the academy with Richard, the two remain friends despite much of the NYPD and the city public being hostile towards him, he is one of a few who cares about Richard's wellbeing. Compared to the 2021 original version, right at the start, he seems to be actively supporting Ambrose in some extent in trying to help Enterprise and Laffey adapt to the current society, or to keep themselves hidden from the potential attention from government forces.	Supporting
Mika Hayasaka	NYPD (78th Precinct)	She is an NYPD Senior Detective working at 78th District, who had been assisting the Special Victims Division, and was one of the officers alongside Kiefer in interrogating Richard Ambrose after he saved both Enterprise and Laffey from a major crime. Her father, Danny Hayasaka, a Sansei immigrant whom Richard had once worked with before, had been retired from the force several years prior to the start of Future Warp.	Supporting
Rick	Platinum Shield	The lead driver of the convoy who is a member of a private security company, Platinum Shield, who is responsible for escorting Richard and his colleagues to his Park Slope rowhouse in order to lay low for the night in the wake of the Vicerone Cashbacks leak incident surrounding Richard's new security draft plan.	Supporting
Daniel Clayton	Platinum Shield	He is the CEO of a private security company based in Roosevelt Island, named Platinum Shield, whose father, Emil Clayton (Nate Fernandez's superior officer in the US Air Force) had bequeathed all of his businesses, properties, and assets, as well as his overall leadership to him in the wake of his death during the September 11 attacks.	Supporting
Seoung-hui Kwan	Platinum Shield	She is a junior officer of the armed convoy division who is escorting Enterprise, Laffey, Richard, and Nate to Roosevelt Island, where the headquarters of a private security company, Platinum Shield, is located. Within Platinum Shield, she is Don Harris' frequent assistant.	Supporting
Don Harris	Platinum Shield (current); Mobile PD (former)	He is the arms dealer who runs a gun shop inside Platinum Shield located underground beside the shooting range, in addition to being the armorer and firearms instructor, and a former SWAT officer from Mobile, Alabama.	Supporting
Ashli Brooks	Platinum Shield	She is a technician and computer specialist within Platinum Shield.	Minor
Andrew "Andy" Ritchson	Platinum Shield (current); USMC (former)	A former military instructor from the United States Marine Corps who served in several tours during the War in Afghanistan, now currently based in Platinum Shield. He challenges Richard Ambrose in a three-way duel to see who is their strongest team, having his top-trained fighters of his own to defeat Enterprise and Laffey, and later Javelin. He had trained the top-trained fighting group called "the Spades" who they are now training the new batch of civilian guards under the newly formed Prefect Team in Vicerone Cashbacks.	Supporting
Frank DeHaan	Platinum Shield/The Spades (current); USAF (former)	All three are members of the Platinum Shield's sub-group; the Spades, with Frank DeHaan being the eldest and the most experienced after Jane Cooper & Jack Dahmer. After their sound defeat by Richard's team (Enterprise, Javelin & Laffey), under punishment by RIchard, and orders by the group's instructor; Andrew Ritchson, they are currently training a new team of security guards in Vicerone Cashbacks at SoHo, as part of a newly formed Prefect Team.	Supporting (all three)
Jane Cooper	Platinum Shield/The Spades
Jack Dahmer	Platinum Shield/The Spades
Elise Braun	N/A	She is Richard Ambrose's next-door neighbor who resides in Park Slope, Brooklyn. She appeared in both versions on Future Warp, though in the 2024 retelling, she appears much later in the story (Chapter 21), around when she returns to New York from Geneva, at the same time when Enterprise would soon discover Richard's dark past.	Supporting
Matthew Henderson	NYPD	Matthew is a pivotal character in both the 2021 original and 2024 retelling versions. Henderson is Richard Ambrose's former partner at the time when he once worked in the NYPD, before his own style of approach to arrest two suspected shoplifters led to Richard Ambrose's complete downfall in the law enforcement career and his glowing reputation. While he was indirectly mentioned several times throughout the story, he makes appearance by name on Chapter Twenty-One when Enterprise discovers Richard's past, and then in full by Twenty-Six, during a flashback story narrated from Richard's perspective, which shows that he did not survive the incident after he unwittingly shoved him straight into an oncoming vehicle, and died in hospital. In the 2021 original version, he had recovered from his life-threatening injuries and was last seen visiting Richard in Boston before the previous version was discontinued by April 2024.	Supporting
Marcel Lukens	N/A	A local bartender who serves Richard drinks inside a bar located in Park Slope, Brooklyn, who he bore witness to a vicious theft-turned gang violence. In the 2021 original version, he first appeared in on Chapter 49 (on the medium's final chapter) as the same bartender who also serves Richard drinks, but is set in Boston, Massachusetts.	Minor
Travis Larkin	N/A	The man who at first attempted to rob Richard at the bar, before beating him up in response to Richard fighting off against his goons. He was shot on both his hand and thigh by Sr. Detective Mika Hayasaka (who she is herself shot as well) and is being hospitalized in a separate facility (Mount Sinai). He is shown to be highly manipulative, condescending, and calculating, and was suspected that he has a personal vendetta against Ambrose and the people he knows.	Antagonist/Supporting
Michael Krag	NYPD	The police commissioner of the New York City Police Department. He was a deputy commissioner at the time of the November 28, 2005 incident that led to Richard being fired despite the court's acquittal. Richard has since held a grudge with Krag, more than on the level he had with his former colleagues. He was previously mentioned numerous times.	Guest

Azur Lane Universe[]

Human personnel[]

William A. Booker - Former naval aviator from the Eagle Union Navy and a friend of Dave Charles Berenson, who is currently the Secretary of the Department of the Navy.
Bruno Wilkinson - Dave Charles Berenson's predecessor as the Azur Lane commander. In both versions, he was court-martialed and was given a prison sentence.
Unnamed President - President of the Eagle Union.
Shania McKay - Dave Berenson's personal therapist who he began attending after he became the Commander of Azur Lane.
Arthur - One of his fellow aviators of Berenson's during his time as a naval aviator. Was previously made debut in the 2021 original version, but in the Retelling, he has no known surname as of now.
Charles - One of his fellow aviators of Berenson's during his time as a naval aviator. Was previously made debut in the 2021 original version, but in the Retelling, he has no known surname as of now.

Shipgirls[]

LEGEND:

AL - Azur Lane / CA - Crimson Axis / NE - Neutral / SR - Sirens

Name	Affiliation
Laffey (as Bartlette Amsley)	AL - EU
Javelin (as Jenna Summers)	AL - RN
Belfast	AL - RN
Georgia	AL - EU
Saratoga	AL - EU
Helena	AL - EU
Cleveland	AL - EU
Guam	AL - EU
Duke of York	AL - RN
Guam	AL - EU
Illustrious	AL - EN
Hood	AL - RN
Akagi	CA - SK
Kaga	CA - SK
Zuikaku	CA - SK
Atago	CA - SK
Shigure	CA - SK
Souryuu	CA - SK
Ise	CA - SK
Ayanami	CA - SK
Akashi	CA - SK (defected)
London	AL - RN
Warspite	AL - RN
Neptune	AL - RN
Liverpool	AL - RN
Scylla	AL - RN
Howe	AL - RN
Prince of Wales	AL - RN
Oklahoma	AL - EU
Nevada	AL - EU
Vestal	AL - EU
Littorio	CA - SE
Vittorio Venetto	CA - SE
Marco Polo	CA - SE
Memphis	AL - EU
Hornet	AL - EU
Yorktown	AL - EU
Nagato	CA - SK
Mikasa	CA - SK
Cheshire	AL - RN
Bremerton	AL - EU
Hermione	AL - RN
Intrepid	AL - EU
Soobrazitelny	AL - NP
Yuubari	CA - SK (defected)

Trivia[]

This is his first story to begin Work in Progress in the year 2024.
- Although this is the second story to be published overall, the previous story published in March 2024, A Bump in the Rainy Night, had originally began development in November 2023.
- This is also his fourth remastered story; behind Plane Crash (2018), Criminal Idol (2022), and Terror Night: The String of Grudge (2022).
- This is also the first story in his account, since December 26th, 2024, to be posted to a different service called Archive of Our Own (AO3).
Coincidentally, the release date, April 20, 2024, marks Adolf Hitler's would-be 135th birthday, as he was born in Austria (was once then a multinational constitutional monarchy union Austria-Hungary) on that same month and day in 1889.

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