Chapter 178: The Problem of Personnel Expansion
When the St. Russell escaped from the jump, the elves on the bridge quickly discovered the Hermes 3,500 kilometers away through the psychic detection equipment.
At this time, on the starboard armor plate of the Dragoon-class destroyer, a line of large characters was printed through the imaging equipment of the optical camouflage unit:
"Warmly welcome the leaders of the headquarters to inspect the work!"< br>
“Believe it or not, this was definitely Randall’s idea.”
Amber said to Isabel who was snickering next to her.
He knew that among the people who stayed here, only this unruly former federal navy lieutenant commander could do such a thing as using an optical camouflage unit to give a welcome speech.
“What a unique way to welcome~”
Ellenita on the captain’s seat untied the fixture, and then floated to the bridge porthole where the external biological armor was being opened. On the other side, he looked at the approaching Hermes with interest.
"Haha. This is a unique welcome ceremony in human society. Ms. Yuge can experience it."
Amber floated to the porthole with Isabel. While explaining, she prayed in her heart that Randall would not create any new tricks.
Perhaps because he doesn’t have time to do these idle tasks, except for using optical camouflage to make a welcome speech, Randall did not arrange any other ‘flowery tasks’.
Amber was still afraid that this guy would let Murat drive the HCP in a circle in the air, dragging the trail and drawing a heart or something like that
Soon, the communication between the two ships was established. , the psychic projection device on the bridge of the St. Russell also showed the image of the Hermes.
The bridge and CIC members headed by Randall were lining up neatly. After seeing the images of Amber and others, Randall showed a rare attitude full of energy. shouted:
"All crew members of the Hermes, salute!"
There was only a 'pop' sound, and everyone in the picture took a shortcut and quickly raised their right hands, with their fingers together and straightened naturally, and their middle fingers slightly touching their temples. Palms face down, slightly outward.
"Take a break."
Amber also returned the salute, feeling relieved.
It seems that Randall and others did not relax during his absence, and they seem to be in good spirits.
After the two sides exchanged a few words, Randall ended the communication, and the Hermes guided the St. Russell towards the location of the operations base.
"A kind of salute that I have never seen before, Mr. Amber, I thought you would let the combatants use the military salute of the Federation or the Star Dragon Empire."
Elenita's voice It sounds very brisk, and it is not difficult to see that the sponsor's father is quite satisfied with everyone's performance just now.
Although it is not a combat demonstration, it is quite something in terms of energy and spirit.
And currently, whether it is the Federation or the Star Dragon Empire, military salutes are mainly hand-raising salutes. Generally speaking, the hands are raised to a position level with the chest. The two sides have more differences in details.
Therefore, the hand-raising ceremony presented by Randall and others looks very distinctive and recognizable.
“It is indeed convenient to continue using it, but since it is a team independent of the two countries, using a new set of things can also give everyone a sense of belonging.”
Standing next to the female elf Amber replied with a smile.
“Sometimes I really wonder, Mr. Amber, how you can hold so many things in your mind.”
“Hahaha, you know a little bit about everything and your life is a little more exciting. ”
What Randall and others just used was naturally the Chinese military salute.
As a military fan, Amber had carefully understood his country's military construction and military culture before traveling through time.
Of course it is easy to ‘borrow’ the military salute.
What's more, Atlas Private Military Company is not an army, but a paramilitary organization, so there is no need to make the etiquette particularly complicated.
"By the way, Mr. Amber, I just saw a lot of Roma people on the bridge of the Hermes. They seem to be adapting well?"
Ellenita asked aloud as if she remembered something.
"Yes, the briefing on the progress of various recent company projects I received a few days ago also mentioned that although these Roma came later than the 'Marine Corps' candidates, due to the selection at that time At that time, they paid more attention to brain power, learning ability, etc., so their training progress has completely caught up."
Amber quickly told Ellenita some team building matters.
Isabel also floated to his side and listened. The welfare manager had only been asking Amber for help in the past few days and didn't know much about this aspect.
In the beginning, Amber indeed only planned to recruit Roma people into the Marine Corps, and several early large-scale selections were also operated in this direction. But soon, he received a report from Randall - the destroyer was seriously short of manpower.
It is easy to operate a military-class destroyer. With the help of the shipboard control personality of the 'ten-year veteran' class, it is not difficult to do this.
But combat and operation are completely different things.
Twenty people may be able to move the boat, or shoot a simple fixed target, and then eject the HCP.
But if there is a real fleet battle, people will not be able to see this at all.
After all, Amber has not yet mastered the technology of the unmanned fleet, and with Atlas's current strength, it is still difficult to transform a fully automated ship.
Take the Star Dragon Empire's Dragoon-class destroyer as an example. Its standard crew configuration should be 240 people, and this does not include the HCP squadron and maintenance squadron in the Gnaku.
There are only twenty people on the Hermes.
So after many urgent discussions with Randall, before heading to Isabel's hometown, Amber submitted a plan to recruit fleet combatants to Ellenita.
Soon, a group of Roma people with stronger learning ability and brain power were selected.
This time, Amber did not limit her gender. After all, sailors are different from Marines, and not all must be muscular men.
Most of the physical work on the ship is assisted by autonomous machinery, and the crew plays more of a supporting role.
In this case, in addition to lion heads, leopard heads, and bull heads and horse faces, a group of cat ladies, fox ladies, dog ladies, and sheep ladies were also recruited.
The hair content of the Hermes crew has been greatly increased.
Immediately afterwards, Amber arranged to spend a lot of money to invite a group of retired old crew members, including sailors from civilian ships and crew members from various battle positions on warships.
Both the Federation and the Star Dragon Empire have them.
Amber originally wanted to find those who had just retired, but as the war escalated, most of these people were recruited back by the Federation and the Empire.
The remaining people were quickly divided up by other private companies.
So this group of senior crew members became the instructors of these Roma people.
The Hermes also carried out various training while performing escort missions in the asteroid belt.
In order to facilitate the adaptation of new crew members, human warships generally have special training modes.
In training mode, some complex operations will be assisted by new crew members step by step through voice, holographic projection instructions, etc.
In addition, there are a group of 'real old Ass' with an average age of 75 watching from the side, so the training progress is surprisingly fast.
And the acceptance ability of these old people is much stronger than Amber imagined.
Before leaving, Amber specially held a meeting with them to prepare for everyone's psychological construction.
After all, they have to face a bunch of 'weird' furries, and Amber is afraid of scaring these old people.
Who knew that these old people who had traveled across the sea of stars when they were young expressed strong dissatisfaction with his care.
“Young man, thank you for your kindness, but what haven’t we old guys seen before?”
“Yes, James said he had sex with an elf when he was young! Isn’t that right? Ah, James?”
Amber looked suspiciously at the old crew member named James, who used to be a gunner.
"Of course it's true!"
The old man stood up from the chair with a glowing face, his face full of pride.
“I went to visit her again a few days ago, and she is still so young and beautiful~”
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(End of this chapter)
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