In the blink of an eye, a month passed.
Zhao Chen's T2 Iron Hammer-class Heavy Interstellar Industrial Ship construction was mostly complete.
"Looks like I'll have to find some soldiers who know how to build Starships in the future, otherwise I'll be doing all this work myself and will die of exhaustion sooner or later," Zhao Chen said, his face covered in oil, as he looked at the new Starship in front of him.
He laughed, "Brother, with you, my work pressure won't be so great anymore."
"Um... Captain..."
At this moment, a soft female voice came from behind Zhao Chen.
Zhao Chen turned his head and his eyes lit up.
She wore a pure white, crisp, standard military uniform with a short skirt that ended just above her knees, and white long socks on her calves.
Because she was of the Demon Tribe, special holes were left at the hip of the skirt and the back of the top, allowing her Demon Tribe tail and small wings to extend out.
The already charming Demon Tribe looked even more so in this outfit.
Zhao Chen truly experienced what uniform temptation meant!
At the same time, he thanked his sister from the bottom of his heart!
This was precisely the Starship uniform designed and custom-made by his sister, Zhao Waner.
Considering the unique nature of Zhao Chen's Fleet, the style of the Starship uniform was not fixed; only the fabric and general design were, so that at first glance, people would know they belonged to the same series.
However, some variations could be made based on the specific figure and features of the female soldier wearing it.
After all, Zhao Chen's soldiers were either Half-orcs or Demon Tribe.
"Captain?" Lilith called out to Zhao Chen again.
Zhao Chen finally snapped back to reality, realizing he had been a bit out of sorts.
He immediately feigned composure and asked, "Is there something you need me for?"
"The content you asked us to study earlier, we have all finished learning. May I ask, when will the assessment begin?" Lilith inquired.
Zhao Chen then remembered what he had assigned a month ago.
"Let's do it today. Have all the Demon Tribe gather in the Starship conference room."
"Yes," Lilith responded.
Just as Lilith left, Charlotte appeared.
In fact, Charlotte had already arrived here driving the Zero Blizzard in the first week of October.
Lilith greeted Charlotte and saluted before leaving.
The two had met several times during this period, and perhaps due to somewhat similar fates, they quickly became good friends, appreciating each other.
"It seems they, the Demon Tribe, have gotten used to life here," Charlotte said, walking up to Zhao Chen.
The two were now as familiar as old friends.
"How is it, are you satisfied with my arrangements?" Zhao Chen asked, while also surveying Charlotte's standard military uniform up and down.
Because Charlotte was a Deputy Captain, her uniform had some minor differences in detail, but broadly, there was no major difference.
It was also a white top, white short skirt, and white long socks.
But while it had a seductive appeal when worn by Lilith, it looked like a heroic female general when worn by Charlotte.
They were completely different visual impacts.
"It is rumored that the Demon Tribe's innate abilities include strong learning and good management skills.
However, as you know, everyone focuses on their physical appearance, and almost no one has put this into practice.
I guess only you would recruit the Demon Tribe to serve as your Interstellar female soldiers.
If outsiders knew, they would definitely say you're wasting valuable resources," Charlotte teased.
Zhao Chen laughed.
"Letting them utilize their value in suitable positions, that is truly getting what you pay for!"
Charlotte looked at the T2 Iron Hammer-class Heavy Interstellar Industrial Ship Zhao Chen was building.
"Your interstellar industrial ship is almost finished, isn't it?"
"It will be completed in at most one month.
During this time, keep an eye out for a batch of Half-orc soldiers with Starship manufacturing and repair skills.
The requirement is the same as before: they must be female," Zhao Chen said.
"I'm starting to wonder if you really have some special fetish.
It's strange, there are hundreds of women on our Starship, and while not all of them are heavenly beauties, they are certainly attractive.
And don't you humans like Half-orc females?
What do you call us... Beast Ear Girls?" Charlotte looked him up and down suspiciously.
Zhao Chen said earnestly, "Please, we've known each other for three or four months now. Don't you know what kind of person I am?"
Charlotte suddenly leaned closer and whispered in Zhao Chen's ear.
"Captain, could it be that you have some physical problems?"
Zhao Chen paused, then immediately flared up.
"What do you mean, physical problems!
I'm telling you, if you've got the guts, come to my room tonight, and I'll show you what an 'electric little strongman' is!"
Charlotte wasn't angry about Zhao Chen's crude joke.
After all, she had also served as a Captain before, with a group of big Half-orc men under her, so she had heard all sorts of crude jokes.
But to actually entice Zhao Chen, she wasn't mentally prepared yet.
"Let's talk about serious matters.
By building this interstellar industrial ship, do you intend to continue building many Starships in the future?" Charlotte changed the subject.
Zhao Chen nodded.
"My temporary goal is to first build an Interstellar Fleet."
"Then there are a few problems to solve.
Currently, we have two Starships, and in the future, it will be three.
At that time, our name will have to be decided.
Should we directly call it the Xiaolong Fleet, based on your territory's name, or choose another name?
Also, our Fleet emblem has not been decided yet," Charlotte said.
Hearing what Charlotte said, Zhao Chen thought about it.
That was indeed the case.
Now that the Fleet standard uniforms were in place, other things also needed to be completed.
"The Fleet's name will be the Xiaolong Fleet.
As for the Fleet emblem... we'll use the Owl Dragon emblem that my great-grandfather's generation of the Zhao family used before."
As he spoke, Zhao Chen found a dragon-patterned emblem from his handheld terminal.
Xiaolong Fleet.
Owl Dragon emblem.
"Then we'll call ourselves the Xiaolong Fleet from now on."
Charlotte remembered the Owl Dragon emblem and planned to arrange for someone to paint it on the hull after she returned.
Charlotte continued,
"There's another issue.
Although we currently only have two Starships, regarding the arrangement of the Fleet's flagship, I think you still need to consider it."
The Fleet's flagship means the leading Starship in a Fleet, the most important existence.
"The flagship will not be decided for now, after all, we don't have many Starships yet," Zhao Chen said.
In fact, he already had an idea for the flagship's arrangement.
It was the T3 Blizzard-class Light Interstellar Battlecruiser lying in his system warehouse!
It was a pity that it still couldn't be revealed yet.
But Zhao Chen had already decided that the Xiaolong Fleet's first flagship must be a T3 Starship!
To be honest, in the Xiaolong Star System, 'Xiaolong Fleet' was already a relatively rare term.
Since the decline of the Zhao family, the family Starships within their territory had never again referred to themselves as the Xiaolong Fleet, which also caused this emblem to fall into obscurity.
Zhao Chen stared at the emblem, involuntarily thinking of the Zhao family's grandfather, who, after enduring countless hardships and achieving great deeds, established the current Zhao family.
He wanted this Owl Dragon emblem to shine again in the Star Glory Empire.
To make the name of the Xiaolong Fleet spread throughout the Galaxy!