Warhammer: Hail to the Void Lords!.

Chapter 657 06.656: "She is not just fearless"

"Uh...ah..." Horatio, with messy hair, sat up from the bed piled with white thighs, standing there in a daze, trying to recall what happened last night.

My head felt like it had been hit by a sledgehammer, and there were waves of dull pain. This headache was worse than a hangover, as if someone had sat on my brain hard and repeatedly squeezed out all the spinal fluid.

Wait, it seems he really was sat on last night.

After using some tricks to barely calm down the few older sisters who were woken up by the sound of his getting up, he finally managed to go downstairs despite his weak legs and trembling calves.

The maids in the mansion thoughtfully helped the Knight put on the ironed Imperial Navy uniform.

"Good morning." Thei smiled, standing by the pool in the corridor, concentrating on admiring the flowers and plants in Macragge.

"Good morning, Miss Thei," Horatio responded. At first, he acted very naturally, but suddenly, the incident in the hot spring flashed through his mind like lightning.

[God Emperor, this is the daughter of Major General Edward Peru, the daughter of the man who brought me to this level. And then I raped her in the hot spring... No, was she... fucked?]
Thinking of this, he felt flustered and coughed twice unnaturally. He slowly approached Thei and said, "I will be responsible for you."

Thei raised his eyebrows, raised the corners of his mouth, and showed his signature smirk: "What? Isn't it me who is responsible for you? Captain~"

"..." Horatio was speechless for a moment.

"Hahaha, let's go have breakfast, Captain. I like to eat it while it's hot." Thei laughed, and her voice was as clear and sweet as a silver bell.

The two walked into the restaurant, and Lina and Yin Shuyao were already seated.

The two of them did not participate in the "public trial" last night and were able to go back to their rooms to rest early, so they got up very early.

"Good morning, Captain." Yin Shuyao said timidly, with a faint blush on her cheeks.

Lina picked up an apple with a fork, chewed it carefully with her eyes closed, then slowly opened her eyes, glanced at Horatio, snorted coldly, looked away, and said calmly: "Good morning, Captain."

[Yeah!!! What little respect she had left for me is gone!!!] Horatio groaned inwardly.

"Did you rest well last night?" Horatio asked a little awkwardly.

"It's okay, just a little noisy. Yeah." Lina responded indifferently.

"Is that so...haha, hahaha...I'm so sorry." Horatio laughed dryly, trying to ease the awkward atmosphere.

"Captain, according to the schedule, you should inspect the light cruiser Swift Aquila today." Lina rolled her eyes and looked into Horatio's eyes.

"Oh? Isn't that battleship in Abyss Port?" Horatio asked puzzledly.

“My father, Captain Lord Elphinstone, temporarily requisitioned this light cruiser to escort the transport ship when you were commanding the Epic.

Now you are officially appointed as her captain, the ship is waiting for you on the track, and when you arrive, my father will give you a detailed introduction to the performance of the ship. "Lina explained.

"Thanks, Lina," Horatio said sheepishly, "I'm sorry to have disturbed your rest last night."

"Aren't all you men like this? I can understand it." Lina glanced away and continued chewing the apple.

"Will you be transferred to the Swift Aquila later? Or will you be transferred to other attack ships?" Horatio asked.

"Father said that the new cipher machine has been successfully tested on attack ships. He now wants to test it on cruiser-class ships to see if it can provide assistance for astropathic communications as a double insurance. Then he arranged for me to be on the light cruiser Swift Aquila." Lina replied.

"It looks like we can work together again later," Horatio said.

"Humph." Lina snorted, "I'm doing this for Farida."

"I know, you are her best friend. Thank you for always being with her like this." Horatio praised with a smile.

"Yeah." Lina turned her face to hide the slight blush on her face.

After eating and drinking, the ladies walked down the stairs one after another, yawning and stretching.

Horatio, who was about to go out, said goodbye to them one by one and told them that the restaurant had prepared the food and asked them to eat it while it was hot.

"Bon voyage, Captain." Fasha, with her silk robe half-open at the front, leaned against the bust of Robert Guilliman and waved lazily.

"See you tonight, Captain! We'll wait for you to come back for a barbecue dinner!" Veronica's mouth was bulging. She stuffed two more handfuls of berries into her mouth. Her mouth was full of purple-blue juice. She raised her hands covered with juice and waved them.

Farida stood at the top of the stairs on the second floor, looking down at Horatio. Their eyes met, and then she waved her hand in a matronly manner.

"I'll be there soon, Captain." Louise returned to her capable officer demeanor and saluted.

"No need, Louise. You can tour my territory first. After all, this is just an inspection, not a voyage." Horatio ordered.

"Captain, can we go take a look at the orchard?" Thei stepped into the cool courtyard pond, her long Roman dress fluttering on the water. "We are very interested in Macragge's orchard."

[Fruit picking?] Horatio thought of the rural tourism project he had in the world before he traveled through time.

"Of course." Horatio agreed and turned to the butler: "Arrange a tour itinerary for them. They are all trustworthy people, so just meet their needs - except Veronica. Her ideas must be approved by Fasha." "Why? This is discrimination, I will resist - ah!" Fasha skillfully used a knife to smother Veronica's words, and then dragged her to catch up with the sightseeing group.

Horatio looked at the two pilots' quarrel, and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly. At the same time, Thei, who was walking in front of Farida, also smiled - but it was a smile with evil intentions in mind.

Track anchorage.

"Good morning, Colonel Cochrane. Well, should I call you 'Cid' or 'Lord' now?" Colonel Lord Elphinstone asked with a smile after meeting Horatio.

"Sir, since we are all colleagues in the navy, we should address each other by our ranks." Horatio saluted and then turned to look at the warship in front of him. "I think this is the light cruiser 'Swift Eagle'. Could you please introduce her characteristics?"

He looked at the slender, 4.5-kilometer-long light cruiser, with six light cannons on each side and four torpedo silos on the bow.

"In the Imperial Navy, battleships have evolved from light cruisers to capital ships. The Dreadnought served the Empire for a long time, proving to be sufficiently agile, reliable, and powerful.

She is the most powerful warship in the Imperial Navy in terms of close defense and rapid-fire firepower. While having a similar size to a cruiser, she also has the maneuverability and speed that are not inferior to escort ships.

Its branches include the MK.1 version equipped with a lance cannon on the bow and the MK.2 version equipped with torpedoes. The Swift Eagle is the MK.2 version equipped with torpedoes, which means that it has a certain ability to achieve great results with a small effort.

MK.1 is suitable for the most conservative and safe captains who are responsible for tactical missions of long-range artillery support, while MK.2 is suitable for those captains who are enterprising, bold and fearless. Only such captains dare to charge at the enemy and use torpedoes.

In terms of cruising, I think the Dreadnought-class light cruiser is the most comfortable ship to ride on when traveling through the starry sea, no doubt about it.

Because she is fast enough and the interior space is large enough, the people are not too crowded.

It has a spacious hull that is nearly half the size of a cruiser, and its speed is comparable to that of an escort ship.

The sailing experience is much more comfortable than that of an escort ship, and all officers and soldiers who have served on it have expressed varying degrees of nostalgia for the experience.

The Swift Skyhawk is even more so. From my experience, I have never seen such a comfortable warship. Your father, Colonel Thomas Cochrane, knows how to enjoy life. No wonder he would rather live on the warship all day long. "Colonel Lord Elphinstone introduced.

"Why do you say that?" Horatio asked curiously.

"The Swift Eagle is no ordinary fearless ship!"

Commander Elphinstone was full of praise, "She is the strongest dreadnought. She has 6 light macro guns on each side and two twin light macro guns on the ridge, which can output a large amount of firepower in a short period of time.

Your father, Colonel Thomas Cochrane, replaced her with the same advanced automatic loader as the Mechanicus. It only takes 55 seconds to fire, and the ammunition bay has a capacity of 5 rounds. If one round is missing, an ammunition rail car can be used to replenish it.

After the railcar is finished, there is a 30-minute reload time, but the next railcar will take over. The two railcars will reload in a cycle, reducing the empty bullet interval to 15 minutes.

Then it could fire macro cannon shells at the enemy at a rate of one round every 55 seconds. Such shooting efficiency allowed Colonel Thomas Cochrane to cancel the indentured workers on the ship.

The total number of people on the ship has been reduced from 6 to 5, and the contract workers' cabin has been changed into a barracks, which can carry more armed forces to meet your father's needs for boarding. "

"Sounds like he's a close combat guy like Admiral Hood," Horatio said.

"Right, so he bought the extra void shield generator upgrade, and the shield is only 100 points less than the standard cruiser (200 points of shield for light cruisers, 400 points for cruisers).

In addition to a total of 300 void shields, she is also equipped with an auxiliary shield carrier upgrade that can reload shields at twice the speed. This means that this ship is an agile fighter whether it is soaring in the void alone or fighting in close combat in a fleet battle.

I give her a very high evaluation, whether it is to use officers like you as the core, or to organize a fleet of cruisers and battleships into a major battle." said Colonel Lord Elphinstone.

"That's a comfort to me," said Horatio.

"I will be here to oversee her preparation and resupply, Colonel," said Colonel Lord Elphinstone.

"Good job," Horatio responded.

Horatio looked at the Epic, which was under repair a little further away, and frowned slightly. He decided to go up and take a look.

"Speaking of which, how long will it take for the epic to be overhauled?"

Commander Elphinstone looked surprised and said, "You are now a colonel, my lord. You will not return to the Epic."

"I know, but I just want to know the situation of the Epic and how long it will take for her to return to the navy. After all, I was once her captain."

"She won't be coming back."

"Huh?" Horatio was stunned. "What's wrong?"

"Her interior is filled with radioactive residue. If she were a capital ship, the Imperial Navy would have naturally retained the nuclear, biological and chemical decontamination plan in its design. But..."

The captain shrugged: "She is just a mass-produced modular attack ship. Dismantling her is a more efficient way.

Leave it to the Mechanicus to handle, Lord, don't be sad, these are weapons of war, and the Imperial Navy must use the most efficient method to deal with these assets. "

(End of this chapter)