Respect

Inside the control room, the atmosphere between the two sides instantly became closer.

Captain Boren now had a long-term opportunity to win over Lister. The Overlord Tier combat power was so great that even the army group headquarters didn't have a single one, yet now it was able to stay on his ship.

Even though he hasn't evolved three times and hasn't fully matured, his strength is already not much weaker than that of an ordinary colonel.

Not to mention his bright future, as long as he doesn't perish and can maintain his current combat strength, he will definitely have a place in the high-ranking positions of the Galactic Federation in the future.

Lister was also excited about forming his own Civilization Army.

After a long while, he finally remembered the important matter.

"Captain, I'd like to take another vacation."

"Taking a vacation? How many days? What for?"

After saying that, realizing he had pressed too hard, he immediately added with a smile.

"By standard, you currently only have two weeks of annual leave. Is that enough?"

"That's enough! I just want to take two weeks off, mainly because I'll be visiting my hometown Merrick Civilization."

"It's been too long since I've been back. After this trip... I'll probably be on our ship for a long time and won't be going back."

"I see! No problem!"

"This mission just ended, and the ship is planning to take a break for a while anyway, so you can go without worry."

Hearing Lister say that he was just going back to his hometown, and not contacting Major Qi and other officers of the Central Army Group as he had imagined, he realized that he had misunderstood.

Moreover, it was clear from Lister's words that he had gone on this trip and intended to stay on their ship for a long time.

A pang of guilt flashed through my mind, and I quickly nodded in agreement.

"In that case, our warship's next patrol and docking point will be on Planet A4323, where there is a teleportation array, which will make it convenient for you to return."

"Let's start approving the vacations from the moment we arrive on this planet."

The teleportation array in the landing area of the warship is only a simple short-distance teleportation array and cannot support teleportation over extremely long distances.

Captain Boren's suggestion was exactly what he wanted.

"Minister Lister ~!"

"Minister Lister, good morning!"

The officers who passed by saluted Lister one by one.

Most of their gazes were filled with admiration and envy, though a small number harbored resentment.

Under his perception of the Killing Intent Wave, nothing could escape his notice.

Lister chose to ignore this; it was normal for a leader parachuted in to sit in a high position.

Fortunately, his personal abilities were enough to convince others, and there were far fewer malicious people than he had imagined.

In truth, there are likely many more people on the ship who harbor secret hostility towards Captain Boren.

Major Thorn is no longer in the large conference room on the third basement floor.

Since yesterday's meeting, Lister has completely established his authority in the Landing Operations Department.

The officers seated inside looked at Lister with not only admiration but also a gleam of hope.

Lister himself may not have realized it, but the changes were significant for the other lieutenants.

Within the warship's departmental hierarchy, the original Landing Operations Department was always at the bottom, and the junior officers in that department naturally had the lowest status, making it almost impossible for them to socialize with junior officers from other departments.

After the plenary meeting last night, everyone present clearly felt that the previous exclusion, estrangement, and even discrimination from the officers of various departments had suddenly disappeared.

Some of the lieutenants even warmly invited them to have a late-night snack together.

These were things that would have been unthinkable in the past, but now they have all come true.

It was as if the junior officers of their Landing Operations Department on the A73 warship had finally found their place.

These changes can naturally be attributed to Minister Lister, who was at the head of the round table.

Even though he remained stern and unsmiling, the awe and genuine respect people held for him were completely different from when he had just taken office a few days earlier.

"I've called this meeting today to discuss two things."

"First, I'll be on leave for two weeks starting the day after tomorrow. During this time, Lieutenant Zahn will be primarily in charge of the department's daily operations, with Lieutenant Reck assisting him."

Lieutenant Zahn is the captain of the Second Operations Team, and also Reck's current captain.

Lister and Reck had a brief chat last night. The most senior officer in the Landing Operations Department is Lieutenant Zahn.

When Major Thorn was in charge, Lieutenant Zahn was responsible for the daily operations.

This suited Lister perfectly; during his absence, Reck could simply provide supplementary supervision.

The officers nodded silently, knowing the relationship between Reck and Lister, and had no objections at the moment.

"The second thing is the distribution of military merits from the last mission. I have already sent the merit points to your respective email addresses, so please check them carefully."

He simply couldn't bring himself to take all the credit for the mission, even if it was indeed his own achievement.

However, after careful consideration, Lister decided to distribute 5% of the military merits originally allocated for normal missions.

This was his first time in a leadership position, and it could also be seen as a tactic to win people's hearts.

He has a total of 16 lieutenants under his command, each with 3 points, with Reck 5 points.

Since each party confirmed the information independently, they were unaware of it from each other.

Only because of him did Reck know the military merit points of others, and he didn't mention his own extra military merit points.

As for the soldiers, Lister could only regretfully abandon the idea of distributing them.

He really can't afford to send 1500 people.

After accumulating experience from several major missions, we will consider awarding military merits to the sergeants.

The officers were all delighted to see the military merit points in their mailboxes.

Even for this minor mission, I still managed to earn 3 military merit points, all thanks to Lister's favor.

The admiration people had for him grew even stronger.

Three days passed in the blink of an eye.

During periods without missions, most departments within the warship are relatively idle.

Only the Administration Department and Logistics Department departments are busier than during mission operations.

Lister had been invited by the ministers of several other departments to visit each of them in the past few days.

The ministers were all exceptionally enthusiastic, even the ace of the warships, the minister of the Shipboard Artillery Department.

Even though they were all of the same rank, they adopted a very humble attitude in front of Lister.

The flattery in his words clearly indicated that he had found out some information about Lister.

As a captain with real power on the ship, he must have learned about the estimated combat capabilities of the Lister S-class from the captain and the first officer.

This matter couldn't actually be kept secret at all; the Federation Military District's restrictions on data access made it seem like an attempt to cover it up.

However, to a certain extent, investigations of other military regions and junior officers were excluded.

After several days of contact, Lister gained a much deeper understanding of the interior of the A73 warship.

Aside from the crew, the strongest weapon on the entire warship is the neutron cannon, with a maximum attack strength level of 15.

The activation and firing of the neutron cannon requires high-level psychic Class Holder as the main force, with mechanical and magical Class Holder assisting in its operation.

The electromagnetic pulse cannon, including those from the Radar Satellite Department, is essentially powered by the energy of mechanical Class Holder. It amplifies its attack by absorbing a certain amount of external energy through specialized warship weapons.

Therefore, the more powerful Class Holder, the greater the overall attack boost to the warship.

This is also the origin of the Galactic Federation's occupational hierarchy.

The higher the level of the warship, the more scarce the top-tier telekinetic Class Holder become.

The Mechanical Engineering and Magic Engineering departments followed closely behind, while the Martial Arts and other departments ranked at the bottom, and the reasons for this are obvious.

They can only conduct amphibious operations, rendering the advantage of increased naval strength meaningless.

No wonder Colonel Lafei lost interest when he heard that Raffi was a martial arts Class Holder.

This was also the first time Lister had learned about the Galactic Federation's true combat mode.

In his previous life, he had only served in the Expeditionary Army, which was like cannon fodder, and knew little about the internal workings of the Galactic Federation.

Now that I understand the complete hierarchy of contempt, I'm not worried anymore.

In any case, the true grand cosmic era will only be an era where individual strength shines.