OBS Chapter 304 Ready to start
Chapter 304 Ready to start
Twenty minutes before the lighting ceremony.
Crimson Sword Bathroom.
The cold water washed over Howard's body.
The hot water on the spacecraft is heated by the residual heat of the power furnace. The coolant used in these huge machines is not water but oil. The boiling oil is pumped away by the circulation system, cooled in a water bath through copper pipes, and then returned to the power furnace.
The boiled water is then used to supply the daily needs of the spacecraft.
Although the cooling system is now operational again, the power reactor has not been ignited, so there is naturally no hot water available.
But Howard didn't care about the hot or cold water. He rubbed his body vigorously with a piece of soap, then leaned in to smell it.
No, the smell on my body hasn’t been washed off yet.
So he rubbed it hard several times with soap. The soap that was not suitable for the pH value of 40k people's skin in the 3k era almost rubbed off a layer of his skin. Then Howard reluctantly believed that his body had reached the standard of "no odor".
Howard walked out of the bathroom and saw clothes prepared for him on the bench outside.
The ceremonial attire he had worn before had been marinated and could not be worn again, and there was not enough time left to transport another set of clothes from the surface, so Jasmine prepared a military uniform for him.
But this was exactly what Howard wanted. Wearing the clothes prepared for him by the Governor, which were not much different from cosplay, almost strained his waist. He changed into the navy uniform neatly. Although the smallest style of men's uniform still looked big on him, he still felt it was ten thousand times more comfortable than his previous clothes.
When I walked out of the bathroom, I ran into the nun head-on. The self-cleaning function of the power armor was beyond imagination, and the strange smell on the nun's body had long disappeared.
"I've been waiting for you. I thought you'd passed out in there from blood loss." The nun said, not knowing whether she was showing concern or mockery: "If you'd come out five minutes later, I would have considered going in to get you out."
Howard just laughed at the nun's words, then he tilted his body to look behind the nun.
Mei also changed into a human uniform, and Jasmine also put on new clothes. As for Nakhimov, she looked very uncomfortable in the loose women's uniform that was still too big even in the smallest size, and her messy hair was slightly smoothed down by a cut.
At this moment, Jasmine was talking to Nakhimov with a stern face:
"Child, there are some things I must explain to you. This spaceship has now returned to the Trivicon family. Your family is no longer its caretakers, so don't run around or touch it, and don't scream. If you have any questions, you can ask me. Don't act on your own. Do you understand?"
"Yes, sir!" Nakhimov saluted Jasmine awkwardly.
"Officially, call me Secretary," Jasmine corrected Nakhimov. Then, her serious expression relaxed a little. She patted the child's head and said, "Privately, just call me Jasmine. I'd be very happy if you'd add the title 'Sister' after it."
"Yes, Sister Jasmine!" Nakhimov saluted and then asked innocently, "But what is a formal occasion and what is private?"
Jasmine: "When those in uniform are present, it's a formal occasion, but there are exceptions. You need to understand and distinguish the specifics yourself. If you really can't tell the difference, just treat it as a formal occasion. So don't be too talkative. You speak after I speak. If I call those people "Sir," you should call them "Sir" too. And you should also call me "Secretary." Do you understand?"
Nakhimov nodded, not quite understanding.
"Please follow me. The Governor has already arranged everything and is waiting for you." Jasmine continued to perform her duties as a tour guide. Then she glanced at Nakhimov and added, "Lord Howard."
Nakhimov looked as if he had just been enlightened. Then she saluted again: "Yes, Secretary!"
ten minutes later
Control Room
The control room is located in the core part of the bow of the battleship, with a good front view, but at the same time it is protected by other surrounding hull structures.
Strictly speaking, the position that the Governor assigned to Howard was not part of the control room, but rather a sentry point connected to the control room.
When the spacecraft was operating normally, the people standing in this place should be the armed personnel guarding the main control room, but now several pick-up points were crowded with people.
These people were all nobles who were invited to witness the launch of the Crimson Sword. Their support was crucial to the second general offensive that was about to take place.
These nobles also attached great importance to this ceremony. The most intuitive manifestation was that they all dressed up to attend. All the wise men and the elders gathered together. They wanted to put on all the paints, jewelry and clothes that could show their noble status. Those who knew said that this was the awakening ceremony of the Moon-class cruiser, and those who didn't thought it was a cosplay gathering.
Compared with this group of monsters and demons, the set of clothes that the governor had prepared for Howard was already very subtle and low-key.
Howard and his team were assigned to the highest sentry post, and they were the only ones in the post, which was enough to show the governor's respect and attention to them.
This sentry point overlooks the entire control room.
The control room is surrounded by a number of black, eggshell-like seats. These seats are not on the same level, but staggered like a movie theater to ensure that the view is not blocked.
These seats belonged to key roles such as recorders, fire control personnel, and astrologer translators working in the control room, but now these positions were empty.
Surrounding the positions of these auxiliary personnel is a white platform placed on a movable robotic arm in the center of the control room. There is the command platform of the spacecraft commander-in-chief, that is, the captain.
Only the captain, first mate and navigator of the spacecraft are qualified to board this command platform, and at this time, Esrick is the only one on the command platform.
A lot of data was projected on the control panel in front of him. These were parameters related to the status of the spacecraft. Howard couldn't understand them, but he also knew that these parameters determined whether this old spacecraft could be awakened in a normal way.
Apart from this, the only people in the control room were the Mechanical Sage and the busy mechanical servants. The Mechanical Sage had an incense burner hanging on his body and held a scripture written in binary in praise of the God of All Machines in his hands. He was surrounded by nine servo skulls.
He took off the mask he had been wearing and showed his eroded face to the outside world without any hesitation.
"clang--"
The big bell rang, and the entire control room trembled. This big bell was the assembly bell placed on the top of Blackwater Fortress. Now it has returned to its original function.
The bell rang for the first time.
The young governor pushed a lever on the control panel to the end, gas began to be injected, valves were pressurized, and pistons moved.
This old spaceship took its first breath after decades of sleep.