Priest Delia nodded. "Then do you have any ideas? I've never studied communications equipment before."
"Uh... do you remember Rebecca, the communications officer who just joined the legion a few days ago?"
"You mean that flighty girl? Forgive my bluntness, but her personality doesn't strike me as that of a soldier."
"Your instincts are right. She really isn't a soldier."
Lin Fan leaned close to Delia and quietly told her that Rebecca was Little Yi. Delia showed a subtle expression of sudden realization. "I'll ask her for guidance."
"That's right. Do it quietly, and don't let the Adeptus Mechanicus find out. Sage Kaos and the others won't interfere with us, but that doesn't mean other Adeptus Mechanicus sages can tolerate us making new equipment."
"I know. I've done plenty of this over the years." Delia smiled gently and lightly nudged Lin Fan with her elbow. "I'm already quite skilled at fooling those gearheads."
"But aren't you a gearhead too?"
"I'm different. I'm smarter, more flexible, and I even have more humanity than them."
"This..." Apparently, Delia did not think very highly of her peers. Lin Fan felt it was best not to badmouth people behind their backs.
After arranging matters for Sister Superior Selina and the Penitent Legion, Lin Fan had Rebecca—Little Yi—and Delia develop new communicators for the legion. The old communicators were not very good, though they were indeed durable and cheap.
But their hoarse, crackling sound and uncomfortable headsets turned every conversation into a nightmare.
As Damian put it, "I'd rather stand in front of a Beast Tamer rifle all morning than listen to that teeth-grating metal-scraping sound for an hour!"
The new communicators needed to be smaller, with clearer audio, and able to switch between communication channels of different clearance levels with ease, rather than requiring