Lin Fan could tell from Shadowsun's expression that her feelings toward Farsight were complicated—seven parts anger, three parts hesitation.
She was angry because Farsight had betrayed the Greater Good, abandoned the guidance of the great Ethereals, and fallen into darkness.
She hesitated because she was an old T'au who had known Farsight. Though she had spent much of that time asleep, she had basically awakened only to be told by the Ethereals—
Your senior brother Farsight has betrayed the nation.
The junior sister trusted the Ethereals, but she also trusted her own judgment. She did not believe Farsight would betray the T'au Empire so completely.
Perhaps this time, she could get a proper answer from him.
"Can we establish communications with Farsight's fleet? I can talk to him," Lin Fan asked the Space Marines.
"Uh... wouldn't this sort of private communication be inappropriate? It could be seen as consorting with xenos..." the recruit asked cautiously, and Kor'sarro Khan nodded in agreement.
"Then let's hold an emergency meeting inside the Thunderhawk." Lin Fan called Rebecca over and told her to connect everyone in the fleet who could be contacted and held a senior position.
"Understood."
Having received the order, Rebecca set her communications pack on the ground and put on a show of rapidly activating it, while discreetly using her signal to hack into the Imperium fleet's communications system.
Let's see who's here... mm, it's so noisy... Seems like quite a few people have died aboard those ships.
She scratched her head, slapped a hand against her ear, and adjusted the channels while improving the sound reception.
"That should do it." A projection rod extended from the communications pack, unfolding a holographic screen horizontally.
Fleet commanders, Astra Militarum generals, Ecclesiarchy archbishops, Inquisition inquisitors, as well as Space Marine company captains and