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Thanks to this "sluggishness," so far only a handful in the upper echelons of Charlemagne truly understand the terrifying implications of yesterday's events. Even the factions surrounding Minerva—like the Naval State Minister—have yet to grasp the fact that "the introduction of a certain technology has changed the world overnight."
The high-speed information dissemination network—this invention has changed the world more profoundly than firearms, cannons, or railways.
Slow and weak in spreading, information would be extinguished by state power before it could make any impact. Even if one wished to send information abroad, would those with influence in foreign lands take seriously a commoner or a letter without a family seal?
In an era where information was conveyed through letters and speech, it was relatively easy for state power to control information.
