Taking Up the Post
Captain Boren angrily cursed the headquarters of the Arcane Army Group, looking as if they had taken his money and were not doing their job.
He paid no attention to the possible emotions of Lister beside him.
The more he thought about it, the angrier he became, and he turned on the projector call again, as if he were about to confront the person who had taken his money.
Unfortunately, the call was not connected; the other party was probably in a special mission area where the signal couldn't reach them.
"Captain, the order from headquarters has been issued."
"Why don't you reconsider Captain Lister?"
"To be directly promoted to captain upon graduating from recruit training, one must possess exceptional personal abilities."
Hearing Cohen speak up for him, Lister turned to look at him, feeling both surprised and impressed.
Whether the other party's intention was to remind Captain Boren or to genuinely believe in investing in him, they are at least currently leaning towards him.
At that moment, Captain Boren stopped continuing the call.
It seems that Captain Cohen is quite trusted by the other side.
He turned to look at Lister again, this time scrutinizing him much more closely.
At the same time, a powerful aura emanated from him swept over Lister.
The next moment, his displeasure and anger vanished, replaced by a greater sense of patience.
"Eleventh rank? Not bad."
Sensing the profound aura emanating from Lister, far surpassing that of his peers, Captain Boren murmured to himself and nodded involuntarily.
Logically, he should have received news of the transfer of officers on the warship, but these past few days the ship has been busy with the cancellation of a major mission.
I haven't had time to carefully read the transfer order and details issued by headquarters for Lister.
After all, he was just an officer under his command; nothing was more important than earning military merit.
He glanced at the document and acknowledged Lister's strength, but after a moment, he frowned again.
"His skills are good, but he's still a rookie. How can he be given command of a landing operation?"
"Damn it! This damn headquarters is always giving me problems."
After saying that, Major Boren glanced to the side.
"Thorn, since you're still in charge of the Landing Operations Department, why don't you mentor him for a while and get him 'in command' first?"
"Yes, sir!"
The second man on the left side of the circular area quickly stood up.
Judging from his shoulder insignia, he is a major, and should be one of the vice commanders on this cruiser.
His skin was deathly pale, his face looked to be in his forties, and he had sharp ears; he was also from the Arcane Civilization.
As expected of the Arcane Army Group, more than half of the senior officers in the command center are from the Arcane Civilization.
On the contrary, Captain Boren, with his big beard, was only from a level two civilization, which seemed somewhat out of place.
Notification: A new mission has been assigned to the cruiser A73.
More information is now being projected in front of me.
It must be the mission that Lieutenant Colonel Kali just agreed to.
Seeing this, Captain Boren ignored Lister and didn't chase him away, leaving him to do as he pleased.
"Minister Lister."
Major Thorn called him over.
Seeing this, Reck continued to follow behind him.
Although he met Captain Boren in the control room, Reck never got a chance to say a word to him, and the captain didn't even have the patience to listen to Cohen's introduction.
No wonder that sergeant was so excited.
Within a real military region, there is a clear difference in status between superiors and subordinates, with officers and sergeants representing two distinct classes.
As a sergeant, it's already quite an achievement to be able to exchange a few words with an officer on a regular basis, let alone with Captain Cohen, the Administration Department.
"Minister Lister, I'll head back to my work now. You can follow Major Thorn's instructions."
"As for what you're thinking about... let's talk about it after this mission is over."
Cohen followed suit to take his leave, and it was only then that he was truly addressed as minister.
Clearly, his appointment as the Landing Operations Department has been tentatively confirmed and is unlikely to change easily.
He nodded gratefully to the other party and watched Captain Cohen leave.
"Let's go too. I'll take you to the Landing Operations Department first."
Thorn picked up his staff, turned around, and led the two away.
"Captain Cohen just showed you around, right?"
"Um."
"Okay, then I'll tell you about something else."
"Our warship A73 is a small cruiser with four decks."
"The second floor is the dormitory area, the third floor is the sergeant activity area, and the last floor is the training room and landing area."
Along the way, Major Thorn walked at a leisurely pace, patiently explaining the overall situation of the warship to Lister.
The entire warship has a full complement of 3,000 personnel, though it is rarely at full strength most of the time.
Moreover, due to the heavy losses in the last mission, there are currently only 1,900 personnel remaining in service.
Including the two officers, there were a total of 174 people.
Besides him, the entire Landing Operations Department consisted of 3 lieutenants, 13 second lieutenants, and approximately 1,500 sergeants available for deployment.
"Major Thorn, what should be the assignment of Lieutenant Reck?"
Upon hearing this, Major Thorn paused, turning his head to glance at Reck was silently following behind him.
Despite his exceptional social skills, he can't quite put them to use among the high-ranking military officers for the time being.
The unequal superior-subordinate relationship renders any form of social interaction nonexistent.
"You can arrange it as you see fit; the Landing Operations Department is in charge."
"Just submit a document to the captain and then file it with Cohen."
At this point, Major Thorn's brows furrowed as he looked at the two of them.
"Why don't you go to the dormitory first, change into your new uniforms and rank insignia, and then come over?"
Military uniforms are fine; they're all standard and there's not much difference.
The reserve ranks of the two recruits were more noticeable.
If they were to go to the Landing Operations Department, they would find that the two men had just graduated from basic training and were easily underestimated.
Having arrived at the lower-level dormitory area, the two didn't waste any time and quickly went to change their clothes.
Find the dormitory assigned to you by Captain Cohen.
As a high-ranking officer on the ship, his dormitory was also located at the bow of the warship, and the interior space was much larger than his dormitory in the recruit camp.
The space is about 100 square meters, with a two-bedroom, one-living room layout, including a bedroom, a study, a living room, and a bathroom.
The overall interior decoration can be changed to various styles using the beautification buttons at the entrance.
Soon, Lister chose a more old-fashioned style, similar to the rooms he stayed in at Merrick Castle.
He changed into the new military uniform and rank insignia that had been prepared in the living room.
[Federal Standard Military Uniform (Decorative Version) (Grade E): Made of specially simulated materials, it can be attached to any equipment and biological skin tissue, providing 10% stealth and 10% camouflage effects.]
I never imagined that the uniforms in a real military region would look like this.
Lister immediately put back on his alchemy gear before finally donning his military uniform.
The military uniform instantly fit snugly against the entire suit of equipment, making it look completely unrecognizable as any other gear.
It turns out that the things actually used within the military region are quite different from what you'd expect.
"Sizzle~!"
A sound of electromagnetic vibration came from beside my ears.
The A73 warship has started its voyage and is heading towards its mission location.
At this moment, all the officers on the third floor had arrived in the conference room.
While listening to Major Thorn's introduction, he silently observed Lister.
Seeing his calm expression, his unsmiling demeanor, and his unpredictable nature, I could tell what was going on in him.
Since there is a direct difference between job position and military rank, the smiles on everyone's faces immediately disappeared.
For the time being, I went along with Lister's temperament and didn't dare to leave a bad impression on him.
"Since the position of vice-captain of the second team is still vacant, Major Thorn, why don't we appoint Lieutenant Reck as the vice-captain?"
He silently scanned the crowd with the system; they were all lieutenant-level officers.
The levels range from 80 to 120, with most having an overall rating of C, although two lieutenants did achieve an overall rating of B.
The second combat team leader was a lieutenant, Lister immediately discussed it with Major Thorn.
"No problem, you can handle things here."
Upon hearing this, Lister breathed a sigh of relief.
Captain Boren is currently giving the actual command of this department to Lieutenant Commander Thorn, not him.
Although the other party just said that this place was under his jurisdiction and he didn't want to get involved.
But whether that was truly the case, Lister himself was not certain.
After all, it's command of more than 1,500 people. Even if it's just commanding soldiers, power is power.
Fortunately, Major Thorn was not a hypocrite and genuinely had little interest in the Landing Operations Department.