Chapter 154 03.0153: "Simple but not shabby dining report"

Combat readiness and rest arrangements were being carried out at full speed on the Indefatigable.

The command platform of the second battery on the port side.

Horatio pulled his watch from his breast pocket.

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

Also because its entirety is designed and built for void navigation, the watch mirror is made of hard, highly transparent sapphire, which is almost impossible to break.

There is a pure mark built into it. Whether in 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 him to set it.

"Are you hungry?" Horatio looked at Farida and asked.

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

“Fighting is a very tiring job, I think you have experienced that.

Although everyone will eat something before the battle, as the fighting process lasts for a long time, the human body will intensify energy consumption in order to maintain physical strength. Therefore, it is necessary to eat a light meal during the combat readiness and rest period, otherwise problems such as hypoglycemia and inattention will occur.

The time for combat readiness and rest is precious, so all written and oral reports are concluded with a service report, that is, the officers and their subordinate warrant officers listen to the report while eating. It is a service dinner meeting. "

"Um... that means the officers have to call the warrant officers... to have dinner together???" Farida felt nervous.

Horatio nodded: "This is also a part of the communication between officers and subordinates, and getting to know each other."

Farida became even more nervous.

As an untouchable, although she had been pampered since childhood and had learned a lot of dinner etiquette, she had not actually attended many large-scale dinner parties.

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

Anyway, the rest is Dad's business.

But now she has to eat with so many unfamiliar subordinates and listen to reports, and she can't help feeling uncomfortable as she has some social anxiety.

Horatio snapped his fingers.

The young servants began to cover the folding tables at the officers' and warrant officers' seats with tablecloths and to lay out the tableware.

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

Those who failed to obtain the qualification of candidate officers became servants in the official office, serving only the highest level on the ship. They usually learned with the captain, but did not have the real power of candidate officers.

The little servants before Horatio, who were serving the officers, were the daughters or sons of sailors, sergeants, or warrant officers on the ship.

When these boys and girls grow up, they will receive instruction from the most capable person in their clan, who will teach them the secrets of clan machinery and combat.

Horatio asked the servants to seat Farida closer to him.

He did this to reassure Farida and let her just watch what he did.

She didn't have to say a word the whole time, her main task was to eat a simple meal to fill her stomach and then remember how Horatio did it.

Although the dining table is a small folding table that can be raised or lowered, the dining environment is just on the command platform, which is inevitably a bit simple.

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

Just like the captain in Master and Commander, although his uniform is wrinkled and even faded, he still looks decent at all times.

It is also a simple yet not shabby thing for naval officers to eat simple meals between battles.

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

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

Two other girls stood beside 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.

Warrant officers' cutlery is inlaid with silver, to distinguish it from the officers' sterling silver cutlery.

dong dong dong.

The heavy footsteps of navy boots came from outside.

Warrant officers arrived.

These people were all very old, and looked twice as old as Horatio and Farida put together.

Warrant Officer is a special rank in the Navy.

Warrant means appointment, and Officer means official. Together they mean appointment of officials.

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

It is held by senior crew members directly appointed by the captain and is the highest position an ordinary crew member can achieve.

Mainly responsible for professional and technical services and corresponding management work, and does not bear leadership responsibilities.

'Appointment' and 'delegation' seem similar, but their powers and administrative effectiveness are actually very different.

The relationship is exemplified by the civil service system of the great Eastern power of ancient Terra.

Civil servants are appointed by the State Council Organization Department through the issuance of letters of appointment.

Naval officers are equivalent to national 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 no matter when and in which star field they are.

A naval warrant officer is similar to a staff member of a public institution.

Personnel of public institutions are appointed by administrative agencies and only need to register and report to the human resources and social security department, without having to report to the State Council.

Warrant officers are also appointed directly by the captain and only need to register and report to their respective fleets. They will be invalid once they leave the fleet.

A naval candidate is equivalent to a national civil servant who is in the study and assessment period.

Here, Horatio and Farida are the officers, and the warrant officers are the clerks. Looking at these rough men who are not much neater than sailors.

Farida behaved very reservedly. She lacked the generosity and composure of a young lady. Instead, she sat in her seat in a very formal manner with a very serious look on her face.

This was the first time she had sat down and had a meal face to face with so many civilians, especially those living on the ship.

Horatio glanced at every movement on her face, and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly.

Farida glared at Horatio, who kept looking at her, with resentment, and her thin lips moved slightly, but she said nothing in the end.

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

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

"Well, is everyone here?"

The executive warrant officers of the two battery batteries quickly counted the number of warrant officers in each department and reported to Horatio, "All ready, sir."

"Very good, everyone, please take a seat." Horatio smiled generously, kind and gentle, but always maintaining a slightly distant officer temperament.

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

Horatio picked up his spoon and tapped it on the glass as three food carts rolled in.

When a warship is at battle, the kitchen is closed to prevent fires on board.

But the duration of a naval battle is uncertain, sometimes lasting a whole day or even longer.

During this period, the people on board still need to eat to replenish their energy.

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

The servants uncovered the dining cars one by one.

The first dining car revealed several domes, which contained a thick stew kept warm by water, a spicy sauce similar to curry, a cream of mushroom soup made with Gloucester milk and mushrooms, and hot drinks.

In the middle of the other dining car is a cabinet-style lunch box that rises upward.

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

Butter and sauces for bread are neatly arranged in the middle.

The last dining cart opened in a stair-like manner, with several meal baskets lined up on each level.

The top layer is a variety of cheeses, followed by various cold cuts, sausages, and spiced sausages.

Freshly sliced ​​Black Label Grox ham and fried, grilled and heated meat, and finally, sliced ​​fruits and vegetables grown on the ship's hydroponic farm.

Warrant officers on warships enjoy treatment similar to that of officers, and are a rank that many crew members pursue throughout their lives.

This is especially true when officers are unable to fully utilize their privileged treatment.

However, the high-end fruit wine and some high-end canned foods produced in the Garden World can only be enjoyed by formal officers at least at the rank of candidate officer or above, such as Horatio and Farida.

They have a huge selection of fresh food.

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

The three dining cars only provided simple meals under limited conditions during the war.

When the officers were not on high alert, they would enjoy the food of the hive aristocracy in the captain's office which looked like a palace banquet hall.

"Candidate Hood, if you are familiar with the buffet at the official residence, this is the same. You can take whatever you want or ask the servants to prepare it for you. If you don't mind, please allow me to recommend a few of my personal favorites for you first."

"Okay, thank you for your help then."

Farida smiled and watched Horatio prepare for her a navy-style open sandwich in accordance with the taste of the simple meals she had in the academy. The busyness in front of the artillery command post seemed to have eased a lot.

"Everyone, please report while you eat. Let's start with the fourth artillery executive warrant officer."

Horatio said to the lieutenants as he made a sandwich for Farida himself.

Horatio maintained a respectable smile and very gentlemanly used a pair of tongs to pick up a piece of buttered bread with a crispy and toasted surface and placed it on Farida's plate.

Then, he demonstrated by layering the bread with sauces, meat, cold sausages, and vegetables.

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

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

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

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

This made the boarding team members flattered.

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

They drank to the health of Horatio and Farida, and then tasted the wine and praised its sweetness.

Horatio leaned back in his chair casually and hinted to Farida, who was sitting upright, to relax as well.

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

He did not mind sharing the good things that belonged to his officers with his brave men, as long as they continued to perform their duties for him conscientiously.

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