Whadyamean

He’w got a whole operation going on with how many people he’s got in there

Nah fam, they’re gonna think you’re a full blown incarnation.

We’re riding the “author forgot and therefore it dosen’t exist” train in regards to that, most fics that have something like prodigy ignore it.

He really needs that intelligence skill if he is this mentally deficient

Chances are her cave is warded off against teleportation and if he refused her love she could forcibly imprison him for all eternity.

Even then just having the device even if it’s fried will allow for decryption in later battles. Even just a vague reference to how it’s made and what the purpose of the devices inside it would make compromising it much easier. And that’s ingnoring the possibility of an enemy capturing an unconscious soldier as the lethality of laser weapons is much less than ballistic weaponry due to not resulting in bleeding wounds when hit.

Thinking to small but ok

Honestly busted, the ability to essentially isntantly gather loyal followers would allow him to establish his own nation or organization at the least.