The Admiral of Hogwarts

Watching the electromagnetic rails set up underground launch various parts towards the space shipyard's location, Hugo truly felt how his sci-fi epic plan was transforming from theory into reality with the help of the ship girls.

“I thought you guys would build a space elevator,” Hugo asked curiously, watching the containers filled with parts being launched into space. “After all, a space elevator is cheaper, and the Moon's low gravity is suitable for a space elevator.”

“But that thing is fixed, which isn't safe from a defense perspective,” Hood said, spreading her hands. “Don't forget that this place is the far side of the Moon, and it's often bombarded by meteorites.”

“If we were to build that kind of fixed space elevator, then we would need more railguns, magic shields, and a series of other items to ensure the safety of our space elevator.”

“Although it is indeed cheaper to transport materials using a space elevator, if you consider adding that large pile of auxiliary facilities, then the entire system is clearly not advantageous in terms of either construction difficulty or operating costs.”

“Not to mention that as ordinary people gradually advance the lunar exploration project, the difficulty of hiding permanent fixed facilities like a lunar elevator is much greater and more costly than hiding electromagnetic catapults and space shipyards.”

“On the contrary, these electromagnetic catapults are different. With reliable nuclear fusion engines and magical room-temperature superconductors, the cost of using these electromagnetic catapults is greatly reduced.”

“Moreover, compared to space elevators that need to directly withstand various space meteorites, these electromagnetic catapults located in underground shelters obviously have much lower safety expenditures.”

“Most importantly, compared to space elevators that only have transportation functions, these electromagnetic catapults can also be used for other purposes. For example, by simply switching modes, these electromagnetic catapults can be turned into heavy electromagnetic rail accelerator cannons.”

“You're right, I was too presumptuous.” Hugo nodded, watching another large component being accelerated into the sky by the electromagnetic catapult.

It seems that in many things, theory and practice are completely different. If you insist on doing things according to stereotypes, you will definitely encounter a lot of problems.

“By the way, what are those people in that room doing?” After reviewing the most important parts about the space shipyard and the long-range colonial spacecraft, Hugo focused his attention on another room.

Unlike the previous rooms, this room looked like an auditorium or a similar facility used for some kind of ceremony. This was completely inconsistent with the ship girls' pragmatic habits.

“This is where the newcomers take their oath,” Hood said after glancing at the display screen. “In the beginning, this location was set up at the underwater base near Mexico, then it was moved to the Sky One station, and it was only moved here last week.”

“After all, our slogan is 'For all mankind,' and our goal is to sail towards the sea of stars. So, when those people officially join us, we must naturally let them see something valuable and strengthen their confidence.”

“Anyway, the people who are determined to be officially absorbed into our organization are loyal enough, so there is no risk in bringing them to this core area—”

While listening to Hood's introduction, Hugo began to observe the situation of these oath-takers. As a result, he found that the identities of these oath-takers could be described as diverse.

“Why is there an Auror from the British Ministry of Magic here!” After slightly moving the camera lens to look at the group of people in the room, Hugo immediately focused his attention on the young woman whose hair changed from solemn black to purple after finishing the oath.

Not many wizards possess the power of Metamorphmagus, and currently, there is only one wearing the Auror uniform of the British Ministry of Magic, and that is Nymphadora Tonks.

“This is normal. Tonks was in the same group as Javelin during Auror training, so after such a long time of influence, is it strange that she was inspired by our ideals and joined us?” Hood explained softly.

“Besides this Miss Tonks, we also have two other British Aurors here, but those two Aurors are both Muggle-born.”

Compared to other wizards, Aurors are more difficult to attract to Hugo and his team. After all, as the core military department of the wizarding world, it is naturally much more difficult to pull them over.

As for why there are many Ministry of Magic employees here, the reason is also very simple: because several ship girls are currently working in the Ministry of Magic, it is easy to attract some like-minded people.

Of course, the foolishness of the policies of the British Ministry of Magic, which is completely controlled by pure-bloods, also greatly facilitated Hugo and his team's recruitment. Those Muggle-born and half-blood wizards who are not valued are easily attracted to Hugo and his team's theories.

In addition to the British Ministry of Magic, the ship girls now distributed in various places have also tried to recruit wizards from various places, greatly increasing the number of wizards among Hugo and his team.

The first thing these wizards do after joining is to join the construction of the new base, such as meeting the ever-expanding demand for the production of magical items, and planting and breeding some magical creatures.

After entering outer space, the ship girls brought a large number of magical creatures from Earth to the universe for research. Compared to being on the ground, most of these creatures are not very suitable for a life away from the ground.

But this does not mean that all of them are like this. For example, the planting base on the lunar surface found that when planting and breeding those creatures that are inherently related to moonlight, all of these creatures grow well.

After completing the inspection of the lunar base, Hugo followed Hood into a special room and began a new ship girl summoning operation.

Due to the change in the overall focus of the current goal, the ship girls recruited this time are mainly those who can play an important role in this space expedition.

“Chinese Fishery Administration pays tribute to the Commander.” A girl in a black cheongsam stood at the front of the first ship girl summoned and saluted Hugo.

This batch of ship girls from the East includes Ning Hai, Ping Hai, Yi Xian, Hai Chi, Chongqing, Ying Rui, Zhao He, Changchun, and Anshan. Compared to ship girls from other countries, they are obviously much weaker in combat power.

However, now that the interstellar navigation plan has been listed as the most important task for the ship girls, their unique will from an agricultural nation can solve a series of supply-related problems after the long voyage.

The next ones summoned were Bismarck, Tirpitz, Scharnhorst, Gneisenau, Graf Zeppelin, as well as U47, U505, U81, U96, U156, U1206, U1405, U35, U2511, and Liane Xi.

These German ship girls are better at constructing various technology-related devices, so in the current large-scale construction, their arrival is conducive to promoting the overall construction.

As for the last batch of ship girls, they are ship girls from Italy, including Roma, Impero, Da Vinci, Camicia Nera, and Aviere.

This is partly to meet the current demand for manpower, and partly to help Veneto call her sisters over to facilitate work in Southern Europe.