Mmmkay that is I think a case of extrapolating a little too far. Do trust me to use language that would very clearly state "this will absolutely 100% cause [Nobody Liked That]" for options that would do so. There is a radical minority that still exists, that hasn't been hung out to die, forced into line for survival, or otherwise surpressed, there is a sufficient plurality of centrists and or people who just do not care anymore given the radically changed circumstances that it isn't a certain issue anymore even for the Craftworlders, and there will be extremely dangerous murder clowns looming at anyone trying to Start Shit™ because A) you are probably Cegoratch's third or fourth favorite people right now, and B) they're the ones who put you in contact with the Ishari to begin with, in case you have forgotten, and nobody that likes being alive (rather than turning up dead in as embarrassing a fashion as possible) goes around dissing the Harliquins.
So, then, that sounds like bringing the Ishari alienates the conservatives and may encourage the radicals to like us, and has no other effects, as fear of the Harlequins will keep the Craftworlds in line, and that's pretty much a wash.
I think I still prefer not rubbing Biel Tan and Alaitoc's face in it, though, and not making a big deal of the Ishari's existence. I think they could do with some security through obscurity until they're in a safer place.
Honestly, I think our opportunity to make nice with the serious conservatives has passed for the time being. Doing so with the two most conservative Major Craftworlds against us was already a tough sell. Granting the Ishari asylum has probably just ensured that any conservative alliance we forge will be nigh impossible to maintain once they inevitably discover the existence of the Ishari. Not unless we start treating them like second-class citizens, which is obviously a nonstarter.
Honestly, I am starting to suspect that such was an intentional result of the Harlequins introducing us to the Ishari. They've managed to box us in politically towards their preferred faction, but have done so with such skill that I can't even be upset about it.
When our engines are repaired we could always find them a maiden world in a relatively safe location and drop them off there. While we have to evacuate their biosphere nothing says we have to keep it, and they may prefer a Maiden World.
All Aeldari who are opposed to the Ruinous Powers then. Any member of those groups who is politically connected enough to be named a delegate would more likely than not horrifically sabotage the proceedings so they could feed on the resulting suffering. The Ishari provide no such easy excuse for not including them.
The Webway Eldar hate the Ruinous Powers just as much as we do. Their fun is being most definitely ruined by the Chaos Gods.
And the Webway Eldar don't feed on suffering yet. The Haemonculi haven't invented/popularised pain eating yet, as I understand the timeline the Webway Eldar are still under the impression that the Webway's wards are good enough to fully protect them from Slaneesh's Thirst, they don't yet realise they only slow rather than stop it, or that they'll have to stop using their psyker powers that draw on the warp because they (temporarily?) weaken the wards and so reduce the protection from the Thirst. It's only when that happens I a few centuries/couple of millenia that you'll see
The Webway Eldar invent and adopt the eating of suffering.
The Webway Eldar would love to be free of the Curses.
Does that mean that if he's present everything we do is immediately leaked to Kairos? If he's using seersight as a replacement for regular sight.
Otherwise, I see no issue with a plan to bring at least one person from everyone we ally to. That's going to be our statement and it's a fine one.
We can just advise him not to use his seer powers, and instead do something like use telepathy to look through the eyes of something else, like a pet.
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