The Naval Base of the Unnamed Ship Girls

"As a ship girl of Tidu, I naturally have to go back. Besides, if I don't go back, my position as secretary ship will be taken by that South Dakota," Adun said.

"That South Dakota? Which one?" Enterprise interjected. Although she had been monitoring the daily life of the temporary naval base at 666 and Tidus, she had already been captured by the Retribution when Adun "picked up" the "wandering ship girl" South Dakota.

The long phone call with Tidu earlier didn't mention these trivial matters because Tidu was too concerned about her adoptive mother's safety.

Therefore, Enterprise is unaware that a Deepsea Princess is "watching" Tidu closely.

She only knew that there was a Deep Sea Princess near the 666th Temporary Naval Base, but she did not know that the Deep Sea Princess had already penetrated deep into the naval base.

“It’s that South Dakota with the really big and many gun barrels,” Adun replied, emphasizing the words “really big” and “really many.”

"Pfft..." And so the coffee table in front of the North House was once again subjected to a baptism of red tea.

"So it was her. So..." Enterprise mentally processed the intelligence and then asked Adun, "So she really did retain her memories?"

"Oh, you know her?" Ardon asked with some interest.

“Of course, after all, she was my bodyguard a long time ago.” Enterprise explained, then added, “Of course, she wasn’t the original prototype ship.”

“But the original South Dakota was sunk by her, completely sunk…” North Carolina said mischievously.

"Completely sunk?" Yaton remembered that North Carolina had mentioned that even if their original ship girls were sunk in battle, they would only be reborn in a different form, from ship girls to deep-sea ship girls, and from deep-sea ship girls back to ship girls. Each death was like a cycle of reincarnation.

"That's right, a complete sinking. Only ship girls of the same type and with the same equipment can sink us, the original ship girls." North Carolina explained what a complete sinking meant.

"It's not the only method..." Enterprise added, "but this method is the simplest and fastest."

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Chapter 439 I'm talking about you guys

Later ships of the same model can permanently sink the original ship girls with the same equipment, sending these warships trapped in a cycle of life and death to eternal slumber.

This is a rather poetic way of putting it. Simply put, if you want to defeat Enterprise or North Carolina without turning them into opposing Abyssal ships, then you have to have ship girls who are also Enterprise and Tirpitz deal with these two ships that are considered their highest-ranking predecessors.

Achieving this is not so simple. In Beizhai's words, ordinary leader-class ship girls can easily defeat a fleet of hero-class ship girls, and these true leader-class ship girls can easily beat ordinary leader-class ship girls.

Unless this leader-class ship girl is tired of living and wants to commit suicide, it's almost impossible.

The gap between ordinary first-generation and second-generation ship girls and these original prototype ship girls is a chasm that is difficult to quantify.

So far, the only ship that has truly managed to fight its own type's prototype against the enemy without the enemy holding back is the South Dakota, which is currently vying with the Adun for the position of secretary ship.

Moreover, when she was in action, South Dakota was still a ship girl, and her prototype was already the Deep Sea Princess, who possessed the power of the deep sea.

From Enterprise and North Carolina's descriptions of the South Dakota, Ardon learned that when the South Dakota was a ship girl, it sank after sinking the prototype ship of the South Dakota who had become the Abyssal Princess.

However, compared to the South Dakota, which rose again from the deep sea, the prototype South Dakota, which should have become a ship girl, sank forever.

Just like how the power of countless reincarnations of the original ship girls was bestowed upon South Dakota, allowing South Dakota to retain her memories during the transformation.

Of course, this is just speculation from later generations. Without Adun, the Enterprise wouldn't even be sure if she really retained her memories from the South Dakota.

Even though that South Dakota ship still retained its memories as a ship girl, it didn't regret anything and resolutely joined the Abyssal fleet, becoming a glorious Abyssal Princess.

Neither Beizhai nor Enterprise has explained why this happened; perhaps they don't know, or perhaps they know but choose not to say.

Seeing that North Carolina and Enterprise were both trying to hide their true intentions, Ardon didn't want to force them to talk about it. He simply kept it in mind and would ask the real person about it when he returned to the naval base.

The items Adun had the Galaxy and Captain Orlov transport weren't prohibited or contraband; they were just souvenirs and toys Adun had bought at shops he passed through when he first arrived at Central Academy.

There are also a large number of specially made virtual gaming pods for playing games, as well as a large locally produced supercomputer. Adun plans to set up a game server at Temporary Naval Base 666 to run some other types of games.

Hyperion mentioned to Adun more than once that he had new game design ideas, it seems that making StarCraft: Successors from the Stars gave Hyperion a hobby.

After Adun briefly explained what she was transporting, Captain Orlov's expression changed slightly. He glanced somewhat under pressure at the old-fashioned ship girls sitting on either side of the sofa, sipping red tea, and then asked Adun:

"Your Excellency, is it only necessary to transport this kind of thing? Don't you need to transport...some other special items?"

Captain Orlov initially thought it was a waste of talent for Adun to have him transport such goods, but then he realized that since Adun was now the governor, any embargo in the Pacific theater would be ineffective against him.

In other words, as long as you help transport goods for Yaton, no matter what you are transporting, it is legal and exempt from inspection and examination, and you may even be exempt from toll fees.

"Special? There's nothing special about transporting. By the way, although I promised Richelieu on the phone that I would bail you out, you'll need to serve Temporary Garrison No. 666 for the next period of time," Adon said to the pair of professional smugglers.

Both the Galaxy and Captain Orlov felt a sense of unreality upon hearing what Adon said.

Just like what Captain Orlov once said to those blind admirals who seized the Galaxy: "Many times, my friend is the enemy of your enemy, and the leader of your enemy."

In an instant, this pair of professional smugglers transformed from serving private capital into a... legitimate ship with official licenses.

"Don't you like it?" Adon asked in a tone that implied that even if you didn't like it, you weren't allowed to object.

“No, I mean, thank you very much,” Captain Orlov said, pulling the Galaxy along and giving Adun a less-than-perfect naval salute.

Galaxy was equally bewildered as to how she had suddenly become an active-duty ship girl, although she had already guessed that being assigned to the front-line naval base meant nothing more than running expeditionary routes and such.

She definitely won't be going to the front lines. At least, the naval base where the governor is located (if the governor needs a naval base) wouldn't need a transport ship like her to go to the front lines.

However, after realizing the change in her identity, Galaxy, as if remembering something, mustered up her courage and said to Adun:

"Your Excellency, may I retain... retain my captain?"

Galaxy's words drew the attention of Adun and Enterprise North Carolina to this courageous transport ship girl. Captain Orlov's expression changed slightly after hearing Galaxy's words.

Captain Orlov knew that if a transport ship like the Galaxy was assigned to a naval base and had active-duty ship girls, the captaincy system for civilian ship girls would be ineffective for her.

In theory, every ship girl in a naval base, whether a warship or a work ship, should be a contracted ship girl of the admiral of that naval base.

Ship girls who have signed contracts with the admiral naturally do not need a captain to accompany them.

Captains like Orlov are mostly ordinary people, and their relationship with their ship girls is just a work contract.

Basically, civilian ships that have the opportunity to join a naval base as active-duty ship girls will choose to terminate their employment contract and then sign a contract with the admiral of their respective naval base.

After all, signing a contract with the admiral is a very important matter for both warships and service ships.

After an awkward silence fell over the interim governor's office, Adun spoke:

"Didn't you hear what I just said? I was talking about you all, not just your ship."

"Thank you, thank you very much, Your Excellency." The Galaxy bowed deeply to Adun.

Seeing this, North Carolina whistled at Captain Orlov and said, "You can take her to buy a ring when you go out."

Captain Orlov, teased by North Carolina, smiled awkwardly, unsure how to face the Galaxy, which had suddenly confessed its feelings to him in a roundabout way.

Now, one sentence echoed in Captain Orlov's mind: "I've worked with you for over a decade, treated you like a brother, and yet you had ulterior motives towards me!"

Well, actually Captain Orlov was quite happy, it was just a bit awkward because it was the Galaxy that he suggested.

Chapter 440 What's There to Be Afraid Of?

"Done!" Hyperion shouted, throwing down the pen he was using to draw. He then immediately crouched down, crawled on the ground, and picked up the pen he had dropped.

This drawing pen, which still uses the original ink-spreading technique, is a souvenir from the Hyperion private ship collection, just like the pocket watch.

Fortunately, no ship girls noticed Hyperion's blunder, because both Adun and the two old-fashioned ship girls were attracted by the completed Governor's Mansion design drawings by Hyperion.

“It looks familiar…” Looking at the architectural design drawing on the top of the pile of blueprints, Yaton repeated what he had just said.

"How could it not look familiar? The Imperial Palace of Augustegrad, you must... Oh, I remember you saw it from the sky." Hyperion had just started to complain when he remembered that Adun had never actually been close to the palace, he had only passed by it while helping out.

"A pyramid? And all metal?" North House asked curiously, his gaze falling on the palace Hyperion had mentioned.

"Of course it's all metal, touted as the strongest fortress in the sector, but it's completely useless," Hyperion sighed, because so far this so-called strongest fortress in the sector is something anyone can take down.

"If it's completely useless, why bother building such a... massive project?" Enterprise wasn't sure if this fortress would be considered a massive project in the Hyperion's homeland, but it was definitely a massive project in this world.

"For... face, I guess. Although it's called the strongest fortress, this building was actually constructed as a royal palace," Hyperion gave an impeccable reason.

"Then let's go with this." Enterprise decisively replaced Governor Adon's approved design.

“Okay,” Ardon said, glancing at the Enterprise without offering any further comment.

It was only when Adun spoke that Enterprise realized it had overstepped its bounds again, and it quickly apologized to Adun.

“It’s alright, you are my admiral’s mother, I will take your advice into consideration in this matter.” Adon’s repeated use of “you” made Enterprise break out in a cold sweat.

"Not at all, you are the governor." If the Enterprise truly believed what Adun said, it would only prove that the Enterprise had wasted the last few centuries.

Seeing the Enterprise's humiliation, North Carolina was very happy. After all, how good could the relationship be between Allied ships and Axis ships? Just watching without kicking it when it was down was already the greatest kindness. North Carolina was even moved by his own actions.

Moved, Bei Zhai looked through the drawings made by Hyperion and finally understood why Hyperion had spent so much time drawing them. If it were just the pyramid palace, it wouldn't have taken so long.

Because the Governor's Palace is not just a Governor's Palace, but also a city that needs to accommodate millions of people, Hyperion also drew all sorts of buildings that look like science fiction at first glance.

And the city planning design for the pyramid governor's palace surrounding these buildings—in short, in the long time just now, Hyperion not only became a civil engineer and architect, but also a part-time city planner.

Judging from the quantities of materials already specified on each urban planning and design drawing, Hyperion also conveniently served as a budgeter.

After adding up the numbers from more than a dozen urban planning and design maps to reach a conclusion, Bei Zhai said with some hesitation:

"That's quite a generous gesture."

"Don't worry, it's not that complicated to build." Hyperion had already assessed the productivity and technology of this world, and she said as if she had been prepared all along:

"Modular design and extremely simplified assembly make it a triple-protection project that can be built in the shortest time while ensuring protection against Protoss, Zerg, and Rebels. It is an Imperial product with a 100-year warranty. These technologies are what we use to quickly build colonies."

"Can it really be defended against?" asked Adun from the Protoss.

"That's what the bidding documents said back then, cough cough," Hyperion said awkwardly.

"It just so happens that a large-scale post-disaster reconstruction project is needed right now to solve some minor problems." Even if it's suspected of being false advertising, the company thinks it's good to put together a big project.

Without a concrete goal to address the resettlement of people in post-disaster reconstruction, prolonged inactivity could lead to chaos.

As a company that has been in leadership for so many years, it has a lot of experience with this situation.

"How long would it take to rebuild the Governor's Mansion entirely according to this design?" Enterprise asked Northtown.

"Well, if we really have to follow this design completely, even without the shortage of raw materials and technical difficulties, it will probably take two to three years. I'm not entirely sure," Bei Zhai replied after thinking for a while.

"What about everyone?" Enterprise then asked.

"Everyone? Including the engineering ship girls of the twelve surrounding satellite fortress cities?" North Carolina asked, taken aback.

"Not just engineering ship girls, but also warship ship girls and those prospective ship girls," Enterprise said bluntly.

"What about the academic problems of those prospective ship girls?" The Governor's Office of the Pacific Theater, regardless of whether there is a Governor in office, is considered the cradle of ship girls and admirals. During the theater's heyday, some graduating admirals and ship girls would even go to other theaters.

"The reconstruction of the Governor's Mansion is also a form of academic study." In addition to being the General of the Military Police and the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Enterprise also holds the position of Principal of the Pacific Academy, so her words naturally carry weight.