Dilandu wrote:2. With the Recon Skiff and the Assault Shuttle (as an element of persuasion) do a tour to the Capitals insisting on the attendance of the Secular leadership and Church Authorities, Show the Schuler speech and explain/demonstrate the Verifier. Perhaps have a large scale apparition over the city showing the process to bring it to the public.
It would end up as inprecedent civilization-scale disaster. The probability of Safeholdian Dark Age in case of such revelations is uncomfortably high. It would not be just the revelation - it would be the shocking collapse of millenia-scale culture and religion.
I agree with Dilandu that number 2 is a bad idea. However on the dark age prediction, not so much. Charis and the EOC are well past the stage for that sort of thing and the rest of Safehold will have their example.
The reason I disagree with no. 2 is that it is coercive and I don't think in keeping with the spirit of tha books.
Dlon