Chapter 32 02.0032: "Ah, the Navy!"

"I can't take back my words. You all have seen it! But...what if you can't even get 85 points?"

Everyone looked at Horatio.

The chief officer stood up, refilled the empty glass, and poured Horatio another to break the awkward silence.

The brigadier general poured the water himself, and Horatio did not dare to be negligent and hurried forward to take it.

"Young man, I'm not trying to make things difficult for you. I just want to tell you a truth: don't aim too high.

Self-confidence is a good thing, but blind self-confidence will eventually bring irreparable losses. By then it will be too late, and you may even end up dragging a whole boatload of people with you to die with you.

Who doesn’t have aspirations when they are young and aim for the stars and the sea? "

"General, you are right. But I am serious. If I cannot pass 85, I will voluntarily transfer from the Navy to the Storm Heirs."

"Hey, are you crazy?" Farida went up to grab Horatio, but he stood straight and did not move.

"Hey, young man, why are you doing this? Even though your father is a naval genius and your ancestors are legendary figures, are you so sure that you can be as good as them? Don't waste the efforts of Mr. Edward Perroux. Wouldn't it be better to move forward with your feet on the ground?"

[How can I miss this free opportunity to gain points! Others can’t pass the exam because they don’t have the blessing of the talent tree!]
"Time is tight. I entered school later than other students in the same class, so I am willing to use this as a price to motivate myself to study. Please allow me, General!" Horatio said something that every teacher loved to hear, but he himself did not believe at all.

The Chief gave up trying to remonstrate with Horatio.

"Then I'll do as you say, but if you don't score 85, I'll call on Sir Edward Peru to settle the score with you!"

"Thank you General!"

"I told you not to call me general. You are not a general yet."

Horatio smiled and nodded politely.

In the European and American naval systems, a Commodore is not a general.

This rank is awarded to very experienced captains in the Imperial Navy.

In the Imperial Navy, a Commodore usually serves as the commander of a strike group or battle group consisting of several cruisers and destroyer or frigate divisions. This group is moderately sized and well suited as an entry level position for fleet commanders.

In times of emergency, they are also captains of the highest caliber, for example, the captain of the Imperial Fist Phalanx Fortress-Monastery is a brigadier general loyal to the Chapter.

The chief officer took two sips of tea and complained to Captain Sterling with a click of his tongue: "This brat is worthy of being Thomas's biological son. He is just as stubborn as his father."

Captain Sterling smiled but said nothing. He stood up from his chair and walked over to Horatio. "That's it for today. Here is your certificate for the loyal student. You will be enrolled tomorrow, but you have something else to do tonight."

"Sir, please speak."

"Mr. Edward Perroux has a meeting during the day and cannot meet you for the time being. Please go to his official residence for dinner tonight." Captain Sterling almost hinted to Horatio:
"There are many things you can ask him in person."

"What should I call you then?"

"Sir Edward Perroux is a commodore and the captain of the lord ship. You can just call him Captain."

Horatio nodded. Judging from all the statements, although the title of major general was an honorary military rank that looked like a colonel's level, it was of great value. So many naval officers who had become generals and brigadier generals still called themselves major generals.

However, Horatio, who came from the Second Navy, could also understand that the biggest difference between his navy's military ranks and those of the army was that all navy ranks were expanded around three core ranks.

They are Lieutenant, Colonel, and Admiral.

This is an ancient tradition, established in the Age of Sail, and now influences navies around the world.

The most essential characteristics of the Age of Sail are highlighted in the British description of the Imperial Navy.

Taking lieutenants as an example, the Imperial Navy, like the British Navy in the Age of Sail, did not clearly distinguish between second lieutenants, lieutenants, and captains in terms of titles, but only between senior and junior officers.

The word Lieutenant means 'assistant/deputy', which means captain in the navy and lieutenant in the army.

At the end of the 18th century in ancient Terra, British naval lieutenants could be regarded as "royal officers" of the royal family (only a few regimental officers with the word "royal" in the army were considered as such).

Because from Lieutenant Commander to First Sea Lord, they are all royal commissioned officers and can obtain a commission signed by the royal family and be officially regarded as officers.

They all had their own "officers' living quarters" on board, with their own storerooms, cooks and attendants.

It was also from the sailing era that captains were divided into first lieutenant, second lieutenant, third lieutenant according to their seniority...

In the Chinese context, it means first mate, second mate, and third mate, representing the sequence in which they take over command.

In the Imperial Navy, there was a special rank for first lieutenant, Lord lieutenant.

Sub-lieutenant means 'deputy of the deputy', which means that this person is a naval captain who has just passed the naval captain examination and has little experience. He is therefore regarded as a lieutenant, but not a lieutenant with a clear rank like the army.

In the Imperial Navy, Sub-lieutenant was also known by the titles of senior and junior.

Senior Sub-lieutenant and Junior Sub-lieutenant are commonly regarded as naval lieutenants and ensigns.

In addition, the word Ensign is often used to refer to a naval ensign, as an ensign is the lowest-ranking officer with the authority to manage signal flags.

This brings us to the process of midshipmen becoming full-time naval officers, as well as explaining why no full-time naval officers emerged from Chuji Academy.

Compared with the army, the requirements for becoming an officer in the navy are more stringent. Naval officers can only be appointed after passing an examination and obtaining a commission issued by the Ministry of the Navy, and their salaries are paid uniformly by the state treasury.

The candidate officers stayed on the ship for at least 6 months, and the longest was nearly years. They took the "Navy Lieutenant Examination" with the recommendation of the captain. After passing the examination, they received a commission and became a junior captain. Many of them were children who got on the ship at a very young age, such as the young candidate officer with a broken arm in the movie "Master and Commander". This feature was also inherited by the Imperial Navy.

The appointment of officers in the Astra Militarum only needs to be approved by the planet-level military affairs department. Outside of that star region, others may not recognize this organization. With the administrative efficiency of the empire, it is particularly troublesome and cumbersome to verify. This is also the main reason why the Astra Militarum is usually organized into a larger organization and deployed in a unified manner.

However, the Imperial Navy officers often traveled alone in the vast starry sea of ​​the Empire. In addition, warships were valuable, and collaborative command of a giant war machine that was several kilometers long was obviously much more complicated than commanding an infantry company.

Therefore, higher levels of naval officers are required, and their organization is centrally managed by the Star Domain Navy Department, and is regularly updated between the five major imperial star domain navies.

In comparison, the officers of the Astra Militarum were like county sheriffs in the United States, and the officers of the Navy were like federal agents. Although they both worked for the Empire, one belonged to the local government, and the other to the country, and their organizational effectiveness was completely different.

Therefore, even among the Sindira people, who are all playboys, there is a saying that goes like this: the excellent Sindira people are in the void.

The word Captain means the captain in the Navy and the team leader in the Army. There is a huge difference in the military ranks between the two. The Captain means the colonel in the Navy but only the captain in the Army.

Becoming a captain means becoming the king of the ship, with the power to control the life and death of everyone. It was the highest official position in the navy before the emergence of systematic naval warfare.

All naval personnel are proud to be captain. It is a rank of great significance and the white moonlight in the hearts of naval personnel.

Lord Captain is an honorary rank specially awarded to captains with outstanding combat performance. It is the highest recognition of personal command ability, naval combat ability and professional ability by the Imperial Navy.

Lord Captains acting independently have many privileges, including the right to organize fleets within the scope of their missions, decide on action plans, and so on.

Send a string of coordinates, and all nearby Imperial fleets must respond, whether they are Space Marines or armed warships of the Mechanicus.

Generally, captains who carry out cruise missions can only act within pre-designed cruise plans, which are subject to many constraints.

The Lord Captain has the authority to conduct Imperial affairs on behalf of the Imperial Navy and serve as the captain of the fleet's flagship.

Admiral means admiral of the navy, also known as admiral.

As early as the beginning of the sailing age, admiral was not a fixed military rank. Usually before a naval battle, a group of captains would vote to select the most experienced and most capable captain among them to command the fleet.

As for Lieutenant General and Major General, they are not strictly defined by different words like the Army, but are divided into the following categories based on seniority, similar to Navy lieutenants:
Vice-Admiral and Rear-Admiral.

Vice means deputy position, so 'Vice Admiral' means vice admiral of the navy.

Rear means rear guard, and the admiral of the rear fleet is the rear admiral.

The prevalence of liberalism and "egalitarianism with a certain threshold" in the navy can also be seen from the navy's military ranks.

Simply put, as long as they are not indentured servants (who have no human rights at all), the Imperial Navy will do its best to ensure the treatment of the crew members.

If you can become a non-commissioned officer or even a warrant officer, the Imperial Navy will regard you as a "member of the naval system" and will give you face respect in daily life, with more generous treatment and even dividends from operations.

(PS: Naval petty officers and warrant officers who are not graduates of Zhongsi Academy are usually appointed by the captain, and the captain pays their remuneration personally, and does not report to the Navy Department, which is equivalent to an extra-staff position. However, the ranks of petty officers and candidate officers obtained in Zhongsi Academy are paid by the Star Region Navy Department, while the salaries of commissioned naval officers are paid by the Star Region Navy Department.)
As for the commissioned officers of the Imperial Navy, they silently exuded a natural sense of superiority in their calmness and composure. In non-war situations, they used respectful titles such as Gentleman and Lady and Your Excellency, giving each other enough face.

This is also the reason why Sterling, as a lord captain, could sit so calmly and calmly with the chief officer of the rank of brigadier general to smoke and chat.

Once on board, especially when entering a combat state, naval officers will immediately enter a strict "seniority level" sequence, strictly follow the command hierarchy, and begin to be addressed by rank and position.

Although midshipmen failed to obtain commissions from the Navy Department to become official officers, the Navy tacitly regarded these prospective officers as part of the officer corps, with a higher status than warrant officers, and they received a salary at the level of naval lieutenants paid by the captain personally.

In the Imperial Navy, there are two categories of midshipmen.

A type of 'Zhongsi Candidate Officers' who are trained at Zhongsi Academy and obtain the qualification of candidate officers after entering the Officer Preparatory School are guaranteed benefits by the Star Region Navy Department and must serve on a ship for at least 6 months before they can take the naval lieutenant examination.

The other category is the descendants of navy men whose parents are still alive. These children usually start sailing on ships at the age of 12. They have been traveling through the terrifying sea of ​​souls since childhood, fighting and studying at the same time. After they reach the age of 18, they can take the naval lieutenant examination.

Regardless of which category, these naval officers who have experienced countless brutal actual battles are the best among the imperial officers in terms of both professional level and command ability.

However, the naval officers who graduated from Saint Abridal College have glorious qualities that are remarkable even in the entire Imperial Navy.
——Their defection and surrender rates have been 0% so far. They continue the legend of the Gothic Fleet with their blood. Their loyalty is beyond words.

The navy believed that this was the blessing of the spirit of Colonel Abridal, a naval saint who bravely rushed to the Blackstone Fortress during the Gothic War and died to stop Abaddon's conspiracy.

Coming from the blood is the source of pride for naval officers, and they refuse any non-navy people to advise them on their professional matters.

It is also the unruly self-confidence formed by the commission from the Star Domain Navy Department obtained through rigorous professional examinations.

It also allows the Navy to develop a unique characteristic of "seniority builds discourse power".

Horatio couldn't help but think of the famous saying, 'In the Naval Academy, a senior student who says he can't hear means he can't hear!'

It is the perfect embodiment of this characteristic of the navy.

"You can arrange your time as you wish. Just report to the freshman office of Zhongsi College before 8 a.m. tomorrow. You can pick up your equipment there. Turn left at the intersection ahead to find a bathroom and a dressing room. Clean yourself up.

This is a locator. Your Excellency Peru's butler will use it to locate you near your location to pick you up. Bring your ID with you. This is your only identity certificate now."

Captain Sterling patted Horatio on the shoulder and handed him two small items.

"Thank you, sir!"

[Hiss. The Zhongsi Academy here doesn't seem so scary after all.] Horatio was shocked, but also a little secretly happy.

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