Warhammer: Hail to the Void Lords!

As captain, Horatio patrols the bridge every day and checks the logbook.

At eight o'clock in the morning on Terra, the Epic commanded the bridge.

"Good morning, Captain." Horatio's first mate Archie Cuthbert Collingwood straightened his back, first saluted the military salute, and then began to report on the handover:

"Reporting to the captain, the warship's current watch status is that it is stationed on three shifts in port; the left gap is being repaired; the damage control team and the technical priests are checking for hidden gaps; 6 torpedoes have been replenished; the can storage area is in contact with the sky The Zhou' replaced supplies and reported to our carrier-based aircraft squadron according to the patrolling Space Marine strike cruiser fleet. No enemy situation has been found in the surrounding area. "

"Thank you for your hard work. Leave the rest to me."

The attack ships are currently replenishing supplies for the voyage.

According to the standard schedule of duty status in Hong Kong, Horatio's shift must be on duty from 8 a.m. to 12 noon.

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As for the Space Marines, the ships on which these metahumans are located undertake round-the-clock patrol duties.

Although their ships are also controlled by Chapter servants and mortal officers, many of these people are qualified Space Marines who have failed to transform themselves, and have more or less undergone the genetic modification surgery of Space Marines. Among them, the least powerful ones also include Imperial Navy officers. It involves five surgeries, so it is not difficult for them to be on high-intensity duty in the short term.

After arranging the day's duties and checking the previous day's log compiled and recorded by the clerk, he sat on the command throne and announced that his duty for the day had officially begun. From this moment on, his responsibilities required him to continuously monitor the surrounding airspace intelligence with a high degree of vigilance, and at the same time use nerve plugs to communicate and train the newly born machine soul of the new ship.

This is a great test and exercise for people's concentration ability. Ordinary people often lose focus after 45 minutes of continuous concentration.

But such a situation must not happen to the captain and first officer.

Horatio also has to supervise the officers on the bridge and how attentive they are during watch duty in port. His own discipline requirements are not strict in the Imperial Navy, and he pays attention to the moderation of leniency and severity, but in the war zone, he will never Anyone is allowed to slack off, even those on duty in Hong Kong with the least pressure.

At 12 noon, in the captain's hall, he met with Harvey, Archie, Fidio, David Betty and other officers, and talked with each other about the problems they discovered during the voyage of the Epic. During the epic's first combat voyage, some problems that have never been discovered before will inevitably be exposed, which requires the captain to record them and take appropriate measures to correct them.

For example, regarding the issue of the Epic's machine soul being too frenetic in its battles, during the communication between the captain and Chief Technical Priest Ratty, the technical priest pointed out that the new machine soul still needed to be trained. Only through constant and persistent training can she become as stable and as untiring.

Reliable and loyal, the Machine Spirit, like other warships in the Imperial Navy, gets better with age.

The captain must pay attention to the problems arising from the machine soul. The relationship between him and the machine soul is not a master-servant relationship, but an equal partnership. Only with the recognition of the machine soul can she obey and execute his will and achieve the state of 'human and ship unity'.

According to some senior captains, this is a bond that transcends lovers and lovers. Once you reach this level, you will gain a good partner who is more intellectual and reliable than your wife.

But this also comes with risks. If the captain cannot properly train the machine soul with the help of the technical priest, then the unstable machine soul will quickly become corrupted once it receives the attention of the evil god. Most of the time, this corruption will not be directly noticed by the people on the ship. , the spread of this corruption is very covert, and will only be accompanied by a slowly increasing number of supernatural events on the battleship, constantly tightening everyone's heartstrings.

Eventually, over time, she will use her spiritual connection to corrupt the stressed-out captain. Through this kind of inducement, she will use another method to permanently achieve the state of "human and aviation unity" with the captain.

But this time, I'm afraid it's "one body" in every sense of the word.

Therefore, the betrayal of many Imperial Navy warships was not due to the captain's own will, but the fallen machine soul corrupted the captain through the neural connection, ultimately inducing the entire ship to fall into an abyss of darkness and corruption, from which there would be no recovery.

Horatio, who has a commanding background in the Maritime Department of the Marine Corps, is naturally very aware of this truth. Although he is only a first-time captain, his battleship is still a brand-new "launched" attack boat with a machine spirit that has not been trained by his predecessors.

But the basic method is still the same, no need to blindly fiddle,

When she first met the world, the budding Epic Machine Soul was like a light and agile newborn girl. She was very indifferent and only gave limited communication to visitors. But once she was asked to perform her killing duties, her indifferent attitude would completely disappear. Transformed into uncontrollable excitement.

Horatio has been using Iron Hand's skill "Machine Soul Affinity" for a long time, training and taming him again and again, turning the indifferent machine soul into a skilled and enthusiastic one.

Specifically, he would let Lady use the source circuit to simulate the situation, making the machine soul think that she was fighting an enemy ship. When she was extremely excited, Horatio would use the machine soul affinity to force her out of the excitement. Pull it back.

Such repeated training made her accustomed to going from violent to calm, from ignorant to skilled.

After finishing the meal and asking the clerk to record the issues reported by the officers, Horatio returned to the office living room next to the bedroom and sat at the elegant red lacquered wood desk two steps up, with a painted wooden table on his back. The painted glass shutters of the classic battle of the Gothic War, the Battle of Schindlegeist, hold a white and long quill in hand, and record the situation on the ship that day in the captain's log.

Although many captains would leave the recording responsibility to the clerical officer, Horatio always kept the captain's log by hand.

There is only a wall separating this place from the bedroom. As is the rule on almost all naval warships, only the ship's department chief and the planning officer can enter directly from the main entrance.

But this can also cause a little problem.

"Commissioner Hood." A drop of sweat slid down Horatio's cheek, dripping on the paper and smearing the ink.

"I remember that the officer's bedroom I arranged for you is next to Lieutenant Louise, but why do you always go to the captain's bedroom to sleep after your duty is over? Even if you sleep, you still——"

"Stop talking and continue your work, Captain. Um, chirp~"

Yes, he was not the only one in this office at this time. There was also a blond beauty hiding under the large mahogany desk.

A girl in boots and uniforms who is expected to maintain the dignity of a military supervisor no matter what the occasion.

Suddenly, there was the sound of the hatch opening and closing not far away.

"Report to the captain, I will report on the replenishment of armaments."

Louise walked over with steady steps, holding a document under her tight uniform.

"All the torpedoes on our ship have been replenished. I have gone to the torpedo room to verify this. The macro gun ammunition has also been replenished. Please take a look."

She stopped at the bottom of the steps and saluted meticulously.

"Okay, Louise, thank you for your hard work."

He wiped the sweat from his forehead and nodded.

"Captain, why are you sweating so much on your forehead? Do you have a fever?

Are you feeling unwell?

That's right, you haven't had a good rest these past two days. If you're too busy with official duties, you can pick out some things that aren't too difficult and share them with me. "

Louise noticed the strange look on Horatio's face and asked with concern as she walked up the steps.

Facing the female officer who was approaching with a concerned expression, Horatio's eyes widened unconsciously, and he held his forehead with a seemingly unintentional movement.

He concealed his gaze and looked under the desk, where there was also a pair of wet green eyes, staring directly at his face.

"It's nothing, Louise, I just took a shower and it's a little hot."

Horatio kept smiling, straightened his posture, tightened his seat forward, and resumed his solemn posture of sitting upright.

"Uh! Cough."

However, this action obviously did not take into account the depth of a certain woman's throat. A female voice that sounded like someone was being choked suddenly came out with a bit of pain.

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"Captain, what was that sound just now? I seemed to hear something strange." Louise looked around alertly. Since the beginning of the expedition, she had paid extra attention to Horatio's personal safety.