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TalOS looked around at the bickering and hollering of his Fellow Priests. Nothing will be done, not within a firm hand to guide these men through the Theological landscape they had found themselves in. So he rose to his full height in a stage above all other Priests.
+Protocol 2.+ And like a machine whose control engine was seized the chattering around him stopped. Such was the power of the Fabricator General that no Priest would dare ignore his declarations.
+My brothers and sisters,+ TalOS began as he looked around at the numerous people around him, +These last few years have been a time of insane growth for both the Federation and the Mechanicum. Internally billions travel the stars from Hive World, Agri World, and Forge World holding with them the opportunity to choose how their lives are spent. However with these people gaining choice, the fact becomes that a Converting Fervor has gripped the common man after learning just a piece of the Machine God’s power.+
TalOS looked upon the many cloaks of those who were present at his assembly, +We each have our own thoughts and fears at this, each coming from a different Forge World that held the truths and secrets of the Machine God in a different manner. Many of you know this is not unusual, that many of our Factory Serfs worship the Machine God just as we do. The understanding now though is we are no longer the only leaders who follow the Machine God’s doctrine.+
To those words TalOS felt the Noosphere begin to teem with information. Those of Lucius had opened the network, but many of the other worlds quickly were joining their fellow Lords in the discussions of the day. This was good, and acceptable, TalOS decided.
+As I, Fabricator General TalOS understand it, these are what we need to determine. What knowledge will we make available to the common man? How should we treat those who are our equals when they come to us in matters of faith? Lastly, rules put in place so we do not incur the wrath of those outside.+
TalOS looked around and studied his people, +These are the questions that must be answered in this conference. A failure to achieve them will endanger us from both the outside and the inside, where corruption will breed and both Terra as well as Mars will denounce our happenings. Thus I begin our meeting with this warning and will guide us through discussion. Do we accept this?+
As soon as TalOS released a poll did it give him the result he was looking for. They all found it acceptable, which allowed the proceedings to continue.
