Another possibility. I'm sure there are Mads among my Macross folk. I can see a Dr Chiba type arising and influencing some of our musicians... a Spiritia Amplifier is not beyond the realms of handwavium and magic mixing. A full-up Bard manifesting on stage would be about how I'd expect my people to discover what's going on.

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Of all the tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.
-- C.S. Lewis