[Leaning on the spear he gives the other man an appraising look wondering how best to explain it, technology was new to Lancer, but he'd been inundated with information prior to the holy war and learned what he needed to quickly.]

The simplest wat to explain it as I understand is a program we've been infected with. It will allow us to communicate with one another, but I think it's how they keep a tab on us as well.