Okay. That was something of a change, and perversely, it irritated Zanru even more. She knew it was a matter of contributing factors, but the fact it was Stark, and Stark was the one Xuiyu had been gossiping to--anything the boy did was rankling. Especially right now when he wasn't even giving Zanru a fair outlet for her frustration.

She glared at him and rifled almost violently through her blueprints, and tossed one at Stark. "Shield generators you idiots had left over before you buggered off. We can't figure out how it works. You teach my people about them so we can reproduce them on our own once we have the resources and it'll be a trade."