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TalOS took a moment to think to himself and planned out the defence. Though TalOS also wondered to himself if he was just doing it for show or genuinely trying to figure out what he should declare. TalOS had to place weight in the former category though as he was surely trying to verify that the defence that he was going to present to the Court and the Priests of Lucius was a good one. The last thing that TalOS wanted to do was cause his people to despair at his answer.
Ultimately he kept himself calm during these moments. The smell of incense coming across his senses helped more than anything else the Primarch could have hoped for.
+Ultimately, my plan was to keep Lucius hidden from the outsiders.+ TalOS declared as he finally solidified his argument, +Lords of Lucius, it had come to my understanding that the Plastoids were by proxy a protector of Lucius for they were corrupted xenos from what might have been an age ago for the Xenos. The Mitu were not yet aware of their ultimate demise at our hands.+
TalOS took in a breath and allowed the incense to cloud his mind for a moment, +The tactic that the Plastoids used against Lucius when we turned to attack them was something they used in the entire region. Attacking wayward ships in the warp through teleportation as if they were daemons themselves.+
To those words chatter began to erupt within the numerous chat rooms of the silent assembly. The Tech Priests did not speak a single word lest they ruin the defense of an ultimately respected member of their society.
+The Mitu Collective feared this tactic. Such a fearsome way to attack your enemies at the moment they were most vulnerable and calm. The Mitu, aware of such a threat, had cordoned off our part of the system in an attempt to keep the dreadful Plastoids from reaching anything more than their desolate planet. The chance of them testing this case was at 1.3%.+
TalOS gave a wave to the room after those words, +We had destroyed the Plastoids. We had survived their attacks and brought armageddon to their world. The Mitu however did not know of this and continued their cordon of fear. If I were to act as the Arch Magos suggest, then they would have learned of the Plastoid defeat and Lucius’s ascendence. The chance was in our favor.+
TalOS allowed himself a moment to allow everyone to understand his words. It was a long moment that TalOS knew would decide his fate but he trusted his own words and the minds of Lucius. He was not some charlatan trying to hide his crimes but a direct touch into his thoughtprocess.
+My actions that day revealed that the Orks were driven to Lucius for no reason other than their insanity. Maybe they felt their doom at the presence of the Blackstone Fortress or the prowess of Lucius. Either way, I delayed both sides from arriving at Lucius long enough for the Fortress to activate and the Machine God to bless us with the Imperium of Man.+
