By now, the robot girl had changed into an almost extravagantly ornate Commonwealth Navy dress uniform. Her epaulettes bore the marshal's insignia, made up of gold braid and the Blue Star emblem. She held a marshal's baton, and on her head rested an olive-wreath crown of gold and sapphires. Her face still had the divine beauty of a sculpture, but now that she had lowered her expression, she looked even more imposing and stern.
If anyone else could see her, they might well have suspected that she was the fleet's commander.
Yu Lian sighed and spoke telepathically. "I've seen you wear that before."
"So what? Besides, this is my first time wearing this." Xiao Hui pointed at the golden olive wreath on her forehead.
"As a cosplay fanatic, your whole shtick is that wearing the same outfit twice is a loss."
"When did I ever have that shtick? Also, what's a cosplay fanatic?"
Before Xiao Hui could start railing at him again, Yu Lian cut her off. "Speaking of which, there's something I'd like to ask you to do. Do you remember our first ship, the Scarlet Throne... Uh, it's called the Mars Cook now. The dreadnought we took from the marauders."
"Mm. From a logical and ethical standpoint, I find it difficult to call that thing a dreadnought." Xiao Hui prodded the golden crown on her forehead with her marshal's baton. "Those Ero people called marauders managed to cobble together a functional warship out of those materials. At least in terms of structural engineering, that's quite impressive."
Yu Lian said, "But after Big Sis Grey upgraded it, the Mars Cook even withstood attacks from Enlightener warships."
Xiao Hui gave Yu Lian a look and sneered. "You don't need to flatter me. I told you, that wasn't a warship, just