Warhammer: Hail to the Void Lords!.

Chapter 422 06.0421: "Warm Triumphal Welcome"

After listening to the captain's introduction, Horatio had a general understanding of this battleship.

It is a typical battleship assassin with the ability to achieve great results with small means.

It even has the ability to overturn a battleship under the right circumstances.

As for the environment inside the ship, although the captain looked at him with sympathy, Horatio did not think that the officers' living environment was so bad that they could not live in it.

You know, as a person who has lived through the 3K era, the officer's bedroom on the coast guard ship in his previous life was only a four-person room of only 16 square meters.

What does "the captain only has a 50 square meter independent living room" mean? !

In the era he lived in.

A surface ship that is only 155 meters long, 18 meters wide and has a displacement of 6300 tons, even the captain cannot enjoy an ultra-luxurious living room of 50 square meters.

Even if the captain's living room and the captain's office and reception room next door are included, it is estimated to be less than 35 square meters.

Including some possible additional extensions, the two rooms together only have a maximum area of ​​40 square meters.

Therefore, even if a few more officers live in the captain's 50-square-meter living room, he will not feel crowded.

[Ah, I am a noble on the ship.]
Horatio shook his head, and could only shrug helplessly at the "hardship sympathy" in the eyes of the veteran Imperial Navy officer who was used to a good life.

"Thank you for your introduction, Captain. I will make the arrangements. So how do we get back to Abyss Harbor next?"

“In the next two days, we will take away five squadrons, a total of thirty attack ships, from here and directly transport them back using the dock ship.

Of course, if you want to come on board, E96 is always ready to welcome her first captain.

However, the crew sent from Abyss Port to Forge World Gothic for training this year have not yet fully settled in the warships, and there are only basic operators. If you want to carry out personnel management, recruit more sailors, hire senior warrant officers, arm warships, logistics supplies and many other matters, you need to return to Abyss Port and handle them personally."

"No problem. When we return to Abyssal Port, I will be responsible for the personnel management of the entire battleship from the beginning. After all, this is my first time as the captain of a battleship."

"Of course, since the Navy Department has appointed you as the captain of the E96 'Epic', from the moment you received the letter of appointment, you are the governor of the Epic. The governor has the right to manage all his subjects and is responsible for all his fiefdoms."

Horatio knew that the captain was right.

The captain of the Imperial Navy is more like a governor-general who obeys the central imperial authority and enjoys royal power than a captain.

It governs a mobile kingdom with tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of people.

He had the power to decide almost anyone's arrangements on the Epic, even their life or death.

Horatio stood in front of the main control console and looked at the attack ship code-named E96.

She has a slender figure, like a young girl, full of cleverness and liveliness.

When all five of her torpedo silos are opened, she will instantly transform into a deadly assassin wielding two knives.

But once deceived by her pure appearance, what awaits the victim will be eternal destruction.
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Some time later, Horatio arrived at Abyss Harbor with the first batch of delivered attack boat squadrons, along with the remaining units of the 25th Fleet Strike Group of the Gothic Fleet that participated in the expedition to Far Star.

The Gothic Fleet's military band lined up neatly on the anchor platform and played majestic and uplifting military music. The atmosphere was extremely warm, and the heaviest 21 gun salutes were used to welcome the heroes of the expedition back home safely.

Those sailors and crew members who were not injured were asked to bathe and change clothes to participate in the post-triumphal welcome ceremony.

But what made people laugh was that several ships on review were composed of crew members taken from the Indefatigable.

The main reason is that the parade participants must not have obvious injuries and cannot be mutated Void Sons, so there are too few people who meet the parade standards. The people of Abyss Port also warmly welcomed the 335th and 217th Air Forces transferred from the Extreme Star Region to Abyss Port.

Abridal College also opened a new Naval Aviation Academy dedicated to training fighter pilots.

Most of these pilots, especially those who were unable to perform intense combat missions due to injuries in previous battles, will serve as instructors in aviation schools here to train more next-generation Gothic Naval Aviation pilots.

A group of talented people who performed outstandingly in the war also received an awarding ceremony at the Anchor Tower. Horatio was among them and received three medals.

One medal was awarded for his outstanding combat performance as the Chief Officer of the Aviation Department of the Indefatigable.

One was in recognition of his excellent performance in ground combat missions, which enabled the Imperial Navy to shine in the expedition.

The last one was awarded to him by Venuska Katalia herself, in recognition of his heroic fighting and courageous command after taking over the position of captain of the Indefatigable when the Lord Captain was injured. At the critical moment, he used the most decisive command to defend the assets of the Imperial Navy and protect the sacred territory of the Emperor from being desecrated.

Including all the medals he has won in history, they are enough to fill up one and a half rows on his chest.

“Major Cochran,” the female admiral said to him, “In preparation for the new expedition, the Gothic Fleet Development Department has decided to appoint you as the tribune of the Vegas District.

You can use the various resources in the Vegas area to prepare for the war, appoint personnel, and recruit crew members for your new warship. "

"I will, Admiral."

The female admiral nodded, walked away from him, and commended the next person.

Then, a girl in silver armor and neat black hair walked up to him holding a victory wreath.

"Congratulations, Major, for letting the Emperor's light once again illuminate the cold darkness of the universe."

Sister Arabella, as a representative of the Sisters of the Holy Rosary, placed a wreath on the young saint in front of thousands of people.

"You are already a 'Pure Angel', Sister?" Horatio asked in surprise, looking at the gold trim on the nun's power armor and the golden half halo on her power backpack.

After not seeing her for a year or so, Sister Arabella seemed more intellectual, mature and stable than before.

But her beautiful face also showed a trace of fatigue and the vicissitudes of life from long battles.

During this year and a half, she may have been to some fierce war zones, witnessed the martyrdom of too many sisters, and experienced many tragic stories.

She has transformed from a somewhat immature little medical nun into a qualified pure angel.

They are battle-hardened veterans of the Order, whose loyalty and faith have been further tested than those of other sisters.

“Yes, but it also means a new mission.

In the near future, we will board the warships of the Imperial Navy's Gothic Fleet and head to the areas infested by aliens to preach.

The poor people in those places were bewitched by the aliens' sweet words and promises and eventually fell because they did not have a firm enough faith in the Emperor.

We must stop this filthy thing from happening again."

"If you need armed missionary support, the Gothic Fleet is always at your service and the Emperor's will."

"Thank you, Major, the Emperor is watching over you." The nun smiled meaningfully.

Horatio, wearing a wreath, looks at the pure angel Sister Arabella, and they pay tribute to each other in different forms but with the same sincere understanding.

(End of this chapter)