>>5272967>Write-In: Talos is on a Pilgrimage, and is ministering to the forge worlds before he sees the Holiest of Planets>He is also gathering a Coalition for (the Mitu) War---
Okay, so my reasonings:
#1 I presume we are in fact on a trip to various forge worlds on a path ending at Mars. either before or after the Mitu war is one, and allies for the Mitu campaign.
#2 Whenever we get to Mars, we may have the option to try and push to become Fabricator General once there if we can gain enough clout through the allies we have gathered
#3 It doesn't matter if Mars "call us". Mars can just call us anyway after that stunt we pulled on Xana or on trumped up charges. if they do, we can tell them we are already heading to Mars on a pilgrimage, and unless we have blasphemed or are accused of heresy, have committed an act of war, or Mars is in imminent threat and requests immediate aid, they cannot deny us the right of pilgrimage. We also have a War to fight which could prevent us from immediately heading over there, as we must ensure the survival of the forge worlds against the alien. If they want to see us, they can meet us in the field.
#4 by admitting (rightly so) that Mars is the holiest of planets, they cannot accuse us of misspeaking. Mars is, and always will be, the Holy Planet. It is the spiritual birthplace, even if we do shift a lot of the power to Lucius or make a Pentarchy or what have you (basically Mecca will always be Mecca. But that does not make it Damascus or Istanbul which Lucius could be one day as the political and military heart)
#5 We still do have political reasons to be here, because we are gathering allies for the Mitu War to reclaim a sector and its forge worlds from the alien clutches
Talos is no mere politician, nor even a warlord or "Primarch". . .he's a prophet of the Machine God here to unite the followers under his banner. There is a time for obfuscation and secrets, and there is a time for a Primarch to be a force of will and charisma. In the case of our journey to Mars to gather allies and assert our claims, this should be the second.
Basically, let's continue to follow the Lorgar example. Gather up all the disperate Churches and a huge congregation, before we make our final move on Vharadesh and its ecclesiarch. Then the capital city can decide whether they want to be with or against the entirety of the congregation assembled and Prophet assembled before them.
Possibly we could try to win the Mitu War first, so that we have not only done a great pilgrimage but also won our own Reconquista/Crusade of the Lucius Sector to recover lost forge worlds from the Mitu heathens. Thus, when we get to Mars we will have:
-Allies who have fought and bled with us in War whome we have helped, a majority of the Admech in the Galaxy
-Religious claims to both having undergone a holy pilgrimage, and a Reconquista
