So going forward, after we take our sabbatical, I think our next three biggest items should be:
(I) Getting the local Imperial Navy squadron on side
This is the most important thing, and we should aim to do it first. The Imperial Navy and its vast affiliate fleet of transport and supply ships is in a real sense the both shield and the fabric of the Imperium. Getting the local squadron on side will be vitally useful, not just in terms of "lol so they don't glass the planet", although that's not irrelevant, but much more importantly in allowing us to fully secure the system, and build a foundation for branching outwards. If we want to so much as visit a local congregation of bishops who have gathered to discuss our recent proclamations, we require their assent, and their help gives us a vastly better chance of our ship not meeting"pirates" on the way.
(II) Going on a tour around the planet, ministering to and healing the masses
The recent rioting has shown that there are still deep divisions on Sanguis, ones that a single act of transcendent rhetoric and inspiring faith, however moving, cannot erase overnight. We've managed to quell the violence, but it does not mean that old fears will be vanquished overnight. Leave that kind of poison to fester, and it will surely end up coming to blight us. So instead, let's use this as an opportunity to practice our skills at bringing people together and defeating hatred across the scale of a whole planet, something we're surely going to need in the future. Let's embark on a rollinh campaign of going through all of our regional capitals, preaching our message, ministering to our flock, and perhaps soothing their hurts and easing their burdens through the laying on of hands and our divine grace. Obviously, we'll make sure that the crowds for every sermon have both normal citizens and twists.
(III) Reaching out to our affiliate organisations on other planets
If we're a major shrine world, then by default we will have links to dozens if not hundreds of orphanages, charitable concerns, monasteries, and various small affiliate shrines on other worlds. This gives us access to a potent intelligence network. Let's use it to see how we're being perceived right now, and what if any reaction there has been in the rest of the Sector.
Also, @Maugan Ra, if you don't mind me asking, what kind of interstellar vessels does the cardinal of Sanguis have access to, if any? As a major Shrine World, our main "industry" is pilgrimages, so I would assume we would have a few Ecclesiarchy owned transports, and/or longstanding links to local chartist families strongly tied to the pilgrim routes. A Sororitas detachment of the size on our world might presumably have their own armed transport as well. But obviously it'd be great to know for sure.
(I) Getting the local Imperial Navy squadron on side
This is the most important thing, and we should aim to do it first. The Imperial Navy and its vast affiliate fleet of transport and supply ships is in a real sense the both shield and the fabric of the Imperium. Getting the local squadron on side will be vitally useful, not just in terms of "lol so they don't glass the planet", although that's not irrelevant, but much more importantly in allowing us to fully secure the system, and build a foundation for branching outwards. If we want to so much as visit a local congregation of bishops who have gathered to discuss our recent proclamations, we require their assent, and their help gives us a vastly better chance of our ship not meeting"pirates" on the way.
(II) Going on a tour around the planet, ministering to and healing the masses
The recent rioting has shown that there are still deep divisions on Sanguis, ones that a single act of transcendent rhetoric and inspiring faith, however moving, cannot erase overnight. We've managed to quell the violence, but it does not mean that old fears will be vanquished overnight. Leave that kind of poison to fester, and it will surely end up coming to blight us. So instead, let's use this as an opportunity to practice our skills at bringing people together and defeating hatred across the scale of a whole planet, something we're surely going to need in the future. Let's embark on a rollinh campaign of going through all of our regional capitals, preaching our message, ministering to our flock, and perhaps soothing their hurts and easing their burdens through the laying on of hands and our divine grace. Obviously, we'll make sure that the crowds for every sermon have both normal citizens and twists.
(III) Reaching out to our affiliate organisations on other planets
If we're a major shrine world, then by default we will have links to dozens if not hundreds of orphanages, charitable concerns, monasteries, and various small affiliate shrines on other worlds. This gives us access to a potent intelligence network. Let's use it to see how we're being perceived right now, and what if any reaction there has been in the rest of the Sector.
Also, @Maugan Ra, if you don't mind me asking, what kind of interstellar vessels does the cardinal of Sanguis have access to, if any? As a major Shrine World, our main "industry" is pilgrimages, so I would assume we would have a few Ecclesiarchy owned transports, and/or longstanding links to local chartist families strongly tied to the pilgrim routes. A Sororitas detachment of the size on our world might presumably have their own armed transport as well. But obviously it'd be great to know for sure.
