Warhammer: Hail to the Void Lords!

Chapter 154 03.0153: ‘Simple but not crude dining report’

The combat readiness and rest on the Indefatigable are in full swing.

The command platform of the second gun turret on the port side.

Horatio took out a pocket watch from his chest pocket.

The reason why the navy pocket watch has the word ‘navy’ is not only because it is gold-plated on the surface and has a navy logo.

It is also because its entirety is designed and built for void navigation. The watch mirror is a hard and highly transparent sapphire, which is almost impossible to break.

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It has a built-in pure engraving. Whether it is the real universe or the subspace, the pointer will not be affected by strange forces, resulting in inaccurate time.

He looked at the time and it was almost time for his preset time.

“Are you hungry?” Horatio looked at Farida and asked.

"Emm, it's OK, but if you talk about it in detail, it's a bit..." Farida looked into Horatio's eyes and asked, "So... what is a meal report?"

"Fighting is a very tiring job, I think you have experienced it.

Although everyone will eat something before the war, with the long battle process, the human body will increase energy consumption in order to maintain physical strength, so it is necessary to eat a simple meal during the combat readiness and rest, otherwise there will be problems such as hypoglycemia and lack of concentration.

The time for combat readiness and rest is precious, so all written and oral reports are completed by a meal report, that is, the officers and the warrant officers under their command eat and listen to the report. It is a service dinner."

"Uh... that is to say, the officers must call the warrant officers... to eat together???" Farida felt nervous.

Horatio nodded: "This is also a part of the communication and mutual familiarity between officers and subordinates."

Farida became more nervous.

As an untouchable, although she has been pampered since childhood and has received a lot of dinner etiquette, she has not really participated in many large-scale dinners.

Generally, it was a dinner hosted by General Hood. As the lady of the host family, she only needed to keep smiling, nod politely, toast each other, accept the exaggerated flattery and praise, and she would be free soon.

Anyway, the rest was her father's business.

But now she had to eat with so many unfamiliar subordinates and listen to reports, and she felt uncomfortable as she had some social anxiety.

Horatio snapped his fingers.

The young servants began to put tablecloths on the folding tables on the seats of officers and warrant officers and set out tableware.

These people were not Cabin’s mates who were on the list like alternate officers. Cabin’s mates were usually commissioned lieutenants or children of the captain's friends. There were only two or three on a cruiser.

Those who could not get the qualification of alternate officers became Cabin’s mates, serving only the highest level on the ship, and usually learning with the captain, but they did not have the real power of alternate officers.

The servants serving the officers in front of Horatio were the daughters or sons of sailors, sergeants, or warrant officers on the ship.

When these boys and girls grow up, they will be taught by the most capable person in their clan, and be guided by the clan's machinery and combat secrets.

Horatio asked the servants to arrange Farida's seat closer to him.

He did this to reassure Farida and let her watch him do it.

She didn't have to speak the whole time. Her main task was to eat some simple meals to fill her stomach and remember what Horatio did.

Although the dining table was a foldable small table that could be raised and lowered, the dining environment was only on the command platform, which was inevitably a bit simple.

But the navy has always been good at finding joy in hardship.

Just like the captain in Master and Commander, although the colonel's uniform was wrinkled and even faded, he still maintained his dignity all the time.

It was also a simple but not simple thing for naval officers to eat simple meals between battles.

Each small table was covered with two layers of tablecloth, one with tasseled crocheted decorative cloth and one with a white plain silk cloth printed with a golden eagle.

Then the two boys placed the silver plates and tableware on the tables of the two young male and female officers.

Two other girls stood next to Horatio and Farida, who were not much older than them, with two basins of water for the two officers to wash their hands before the meal.

The tableware of the warrant officers was inlaid with silver, which was different from the officers' sterling silver tableware.

Dongdongdong.

The heavy footsteps of naval boots came from outside.

The warrant officers arrived.

These people were all very old, and they looked twice as old as Horatio and Farida combined.

The rank of Warrant Officer is a special rank in the Navy.

Warrant means appointment, and Officer means officer, together they mean appointed officer.

It should be noted that they are neither officers nor soldiers, but an independent category.

It is directly appointed by the captain to those senior crew members, and it is the highest position that an ordinary crew member can achieve.

They are mainly responsible for professional and technical duties and corresponding management work, and do not bear leadership responsibilities.

‘Appointment’ and ‘commissioning’ seem similar, but their authority and administrative effectiveness are actually very different.

Take the civil service system of the ancient Eastern country Terra as an example.

The establishment of civil servants is all commissioned by the State Council’s Organization Office through the issuance of commissions.

Navy officers are equivalent to civil servants. Their positions are issued by the star-field-level Navy Department and reported to Holy Terra. They have the sacred and inviolable imperial legal benefits at any time and in any star region.

Navy warrant officers are similar to personnel of public institutions.

Public institution personnel adopt the appointment system of administrative agencies. They only need to register and report through the human resources and social security department, and do not need to report to the State Council.

Warrant officers are also directly appointed by the captain. They only need to register and report in the fleet to which they belong. They will not count if they leave the fleet.

Navy candidate officers are equivalent to national civil servants who are in the study and assessment period.

Here, Horatio and Farida are officials, while warrant officers are clerks.

Looking at these rough men who are not much neater than sailors.

Farida behaved very reservedly. She did not have the generosity and calmness of a lady. Instead, she sat in her seat in a serious manner with a serious look on her face.

This was the first time she sat face to face with so many civilians, or civilians living on the ship.

Horatio glanced at her every move and raised the corners of his mouth slightly.

Farida glared at Horatio who kept looking at her with resentment, her thin lips moved slightly, but she didn't say anything after all.

"Sir." The warrant officers stood respectfully and saluted the two officers sitting.

They each waited for Horatio to speak at their own positions before they could take their seats.

"Well, are all the people here?"

The executive warrant officers of the two artillery forts quickly counted the number of warrant officers in each department and reported to Horatio: "Everyone is here, sir."

"Very good, everyone, please sit down." Horatio smiled generously, kind and gentle, but always maintained a slightly alienated officer temperament.

This noble temperament is what many people dream of, the demeanor of a professional officer from the Naval Academy.

Horatio picked up the spoon and tapped it lightly on the glass, and three dining carts were pushed in.

When the warships were fighting, the kitchens were not open to prevent fires on the ship.

But the duration of a naval battle was uncertain, sometimes it could last a whole day or even longer.

During this period, the crew still needs to eat to replenish their physical strength.

So the chefs will prepare some food in advance and keep it warm. If necessary, they can use fireless heating equipment to heat it.

The servants uncovered the cloth on the dining cars one by one.

The first dining car revealed several round covers, which contained stewed soups that were kept warm by water, spicy sauces similar to curry, and cream of mushroom soup made from Glock milk and mushrooms. In addition, hot drinks were available.

In the middle of another dining car was a cabinet-style lunch box that rose upwards.

On one side were various baked breads, and on the other side were several rows of square wine jugs filled with wine and soft drinks for officers and warrant officers.

In the middle were neatly arranged butter and sauces for bread.

The last dining car opened in a stepped shape, with several dining baskets lined up on each layer.

The top layer was a variety of cheeses, and down in order were various cold cuts, sausages, and spiced sausages.

Freshly sliced ​​Black Label Grox ham and fried, re-roasted and heated meat, and finally the sliced ​​fruits and vegetables grown in the ship's hydroponic farm.

Warrant officers enjoy treatment similar to that of officers on the warship, which is the level that many crew members pursue throughout their lives.

Especially when officers are unable to fully use their privileges, it is almost the same.

However, high-end fruit wine and some high-end canned foods produced in the Garden World still require at least Horatio and Farida, who are regular officers at the level of candidate officers and above, to enjoy.

They have a lot of fresh food to choose from.

Thanks to the liquid nitrogen instant freezing and refrigeration preservation technology in the warship's freezer, they hardly worry about food spoilage.

The three dining cars only present simple meals that can be provided under limited conditions during the wartime shutdown.

When officers are not on high alert, they enjoy the food of the aristocracy level in the captain's office, which is like a palace banquet hall.

"Officer Hood, if you are familiar with the buffet at home, then this is the same. You can take whatever you want or ask the servant to prepare it for you. If you don't mind, please allow me to recommend you some of my personal preferences for the first one."

"Okay, then thank you."

Farida smiled, watching Horatio prepare a very naval-style open sandwich for her according to the taste of the simple meals in the academy, and the busyness in front of the artillery command station seemed to be dispersed a lot.

"Everyone, report while eating. Start with the fourth macro gun executive warrant officer."

Horatio said to the warrant officers while making a sandwich for Farida himself.

Horatio kept a decent smile and used a small table clip to pick up a piece of butter bread with a crispy surface and put it on Farida's plate.

Then he demonstrated how to layer the bread with sauces, meat, cold sausages, and vegetables.

He also asked the servant to cut a thin slice of ham and spread it in an S shape on the top.

Finally, he asked the servant to serve Farida a portion of soup and a glass of light sweet wine as a drink.

"Help yourself, gentlemen." Horatio smiled, easing the originally solemn atmosphere.

He also called in the guards who loyally protected his safety during the battle and asked them to get some food and drinks from the officers' dining car.

This made the boarding team members flattered.

The warrant officers looked at each other for a while, then smiled back and asked the servants to pour them a glass of fine wine.

They all raised their glasses to toast the health of Horatio and Farida, then tasted and praised the sweetness of the wine.

Horatio leaned back casually and hinted Farida, who was sitting upright, to relax.

He knew very well how to be a leader and how to gain the respect of his subordinates.

As long as they continued to perform their duties for him conscientiously, he didn't mind sharing the good things that belonged to officers with his brave subordinates.

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