Chapter 210 03.0209: "Conversation within the Fleet Security Committee"

Horatio, wearing his uniform that was still neat after staying up all night, got on the special elevator without looking around.

The exquisite gilded decoration inside is simple and solemn, and the Roman numerals displayed on the ceramic steel wheel scroll continuously as the floors go up.

With a ding, he walked out of the elevator and looked around with a little curiosity.

As an important location of the fleet, after the top leaders issued the security order, the patrol teams here became abnormally numerous, and the fixed sentries alone literally reached one post every ten steps.

In the wide corridor that stretched for several kilometers directly opposite Horatio alone, there were hundreds of red-clad naval guards standing guard with guns.

They wore uniforms that were almost identical to those of the British Royal Marines during the Napoleonic era.

He wore a tall hat with wings curled up, and inside the hat was a shell helmet.

Their uniforms were red flat-tailed military uniforms, snow-white trousers, and shiny black leather shoes.

From the ankles to the calves and then to the knees, they are wrapped with long black velvet leggings, which at first glance look like black boots.

A golden tassel ribbon hung on their chests and short gold tassel epaulettes on their shoulders made them look particularly majestic.

Seeing Horatio approaching in the Void Blue officer's uniform, they saluted one by one with their guns on their shoulders.

Horatio quickly scanned the fortified office area.

This is the floor where the Fleet Security Committee is located.

If the Military Intelligence Command is the Imperial Navy's 'MI6', then this is the Imperial Navy's 'Security Bureau'.

The heads of both departments have very high autonomous investigation and action powers, and they are the only two departments that can mobilize naval armed forces without the approval of the Commander-in-Chief of the Gothic Fleet.

But unlike the Naval Intelligence Command, the Fleet Security Board is actually a temporary agency with two leaders.

On the one hand, it is affiliated with the star zone fleet, and on the other hand, it is also affiliated with the star zone fleet security squadron.

The Naval Inspectorate of Abyss Port is one of its theoretical administrative agencies.

Unlike the Military Intelligence Command, the Fleet Security Board also has the power to call upon another large number of armed forces.

That is, to mobilize the Imperial Navy Infantry Battlion and the Imperial Navy Artillery Battery under the Naval Tribune.

The Naval Infantry Battalion and the Naval Artillery Company are the "Port Defense Force" (Port Defence Force) approved and recruited by the Imperial Navy on the anchorage planet.

Although they are also referred to as PDF, their equipment and training level are comparable to the Otarama Mortal Auxiliary Army.

Its duties included guarding the Naval Precinct, the Admiralty Fortress, and serving as a guard for senior officers.

They were recruited from the planet's 'citizenship' population and trained by Imperial Guard officers to Cadian Blitzkrieg standards.

The elite 'Imperial Navy Guard' standing guard in the corridors are also elites selected from the naval infantry.

They are directly mobilized by the Naval Security Committee.

There are high standards for training level, discipline, height and appearance.

It should be noted here that in the human imperial society of the 41st millennium, there are many huge and insurmountable grading gaps.

At first glance it is very similar to the late Roman Republic, but in reality it is much worse and has more contradictions.

Imperial citizens are those who have Imperial citizenship registered with the planet's Ministry of the Interior.

They are widely distributed, from the top of the tower to the middle nest.

To become a citizen, you first need to have at least one registered property on the planet. Some planets may have other property requirements.

Only by meeting these requirements can one have the standard political rights of an imperial citizen.

Below the citizens are the 'freemen', who may be refugees from lost planets, or workers from other planets who come here to work and earn money.

The composition is mixed, and it is basically not protected by most local laws of each planet.

These "refugees" have only the obligation to work like slaves for the planetary government and the empire, but they have almost no corresponding rights.

Before they were granted citizenship, they were deprived of the necessities of a decent life, such as compulsory education for their children, standard social security, and political rights.

Those people in the lower nests are "worthless" abandoned people. The Empire does not care about their lives or deaths. The regular personnel of the Imperial Navy will only be recruited from those who have citizenship.

These red-clad soldiers have all received compulsory basic education and have citizenship. They are beneficiaries of the imperial system and are therefore extremely loyal.

Their cultural quality, professional skills, and fighting spirit are even better than those of the Imperial Guards handed over to the Ministry of the Interior from some unknown planets.

However, due to the constraints of Guilliman's Codex, the naval infantry and naval guards are generally unable to leave their local planets to engage in external combat.

At most, they could board the ship in the form of battalions and companies to protect the safety of senior officers, but they would not participate in the war.

Just like Lieutenant General Hood's General Guard.

These two departments have a significant influence because they hold military power over the armed forces.

Therefore, the person who can serve as the chief officer must be the confidant of the fleet and must have outstanding abilities and be good at thinking and analysis.

Those crazy captains were eliminated first at this stage.

But as to why Lieutenant General Alexander Hood, despite his reputation as a tyrant, still took the position of Chief of Military Intelligence.

I'm afraid that in addition to the fact that he spent a lot of effort to build connections, another reason is that he has outstanding abilities and his actual behavior is not as crazy and arrogant as rumored by the outside world.

From what Horatio knew of him, this was true.

Now, Brigadier General Peru has taken over Lieutenant General Hood's position, and his position is taken by Colonel Lord Elphinstone, the former adjutant of Lieutenant General Hood and the former second-in-command of the Military Intelligence Command.

Horatio didn't know this senior officer very well and was trying to recall the relevant file information about him.

He looked very young in the photo, about thirty years old, with a slightly high hairline and a white false curly hair, which was common in the 18th century.

Like Vice Admiral Hood, he always dressed neatly and was meticulous in his style, which was very much the temperament of a British naval officer who was a symbol of the Age of Discovery.

This reminded Horatio of Commodore Norrington, the British Royal Navy officer in Pirates of the Caribbean.

In addition, Farida's personal maid Lina is his daughter and currently serves as his lieutenant in the Security Committee.

"Commissioner Camerin, no matter what, our Fleet Security Committee and your Abyss Port Military Supervision Bureau are nominally subordinate to the Gothic Discipline Squadron and are equal in level. The First Bureau is also under our guidance in terms of administrative structure.

Why did you dig our people up and bring them to your place without saying anything?"

A debate could be heard from the room through the heavy wooden door. Captain Elphinstone's voice sounded very unhappy, accompanied by the sound of slapping the table.

"I'm sorry, Captain, this matter is top secret and we have no choice."

Horatio stood in front of the door, listening to the faint conversation coming from inside.

"No matter how you plan to resolve this matter, our Imperial Navy Gothic Fleet will not sit idly by.

If we don't get a satisfactory result, we will submit an arbitration application to the Misty Star Region Security Department, and then you will explain your illegal behavior in the arbitration court!"

Brigadier-General Perroux said bluntly:

"The Inquisitor has great power, but our Imperial Navy is no pushover! Moreover, as the heroic fleet that thwarted the evil traitors' 12th Black Crusade, the monument engraved with the names of our ancestors is still placed in the Terra Imperial Palace. We must get a fair explanation for this matter!"

“Admiral Venuska Katalia has visited our bureau this morning and has held administrative consultations on the matter.

The solution we proposed was to let Military Inspector Farida Hud decide whether to stay in the Navy or in the Military Inspectorate after the incident was over.

If, she chooses to stay with the Military Inspectorate, we will assign her to the Gothic Discipline Squadron, and from the squadron to the Fleet Security Committee.

So she was back here again.

What do you think of this solution? We will let her make another choice, whether to stay or go."

The female military supervisor's voice sounded very sincere.

　The last part is about the administrative relationship between the Imperial Navy and the Military Supervisory Department. To make it easier for readers to understand, I asked the civil servant boss of the Clerk's Court to make a table.

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