[...He promises a lot of things were said at that address, and a lot of those things were said by the Regent in front of God and everyone. Granted, a lot of them were said while a lot of yelling was happening, but...]

Well, the Venerans have been wrong about that on at least one occasion, but from their point of view I don't blame them.

[God, they must look like harbingers of so much shit by now.]

I do agree though, that it looks like we're one of the larger unknown factors. No one even mentioned this being a possibility before it happened.