yeah, that's pretty much just how i figured it would be presented, too, especially since they won in new vesuvius by turning the world against imports. now they have plenty of ammunition to push it he opposite direction. i'm not sure how well they could realistically use nv-related testimony given its nature, both as something that only has no little to no corroborative evidence and having occurred in an alternate universe with no proven origin in this one (though trying to find that evidence, if it exists, could be another goal?), but it may still serve as a blueprint within the import community of what they can expect should they lose?

i'm not sure, but this definitely sounds like a good route to take if we can figure out how we wanna approach hit.