Having a target to destroy is not a necessity for a demonstration. Just take some envoys (war prisoners?) on a boat trip some 30 miles from Bikini island to see just another nuclear test. Preferably non mages so they cant sense anything "impossible". And then send those people back.



We already know that the rest of the universe is rather skittish about war casualties. The strong rule, the weak obey. There is no concept of total war. Without a display of destructive power we are just weird and numerous peasants who will soon bend to their betters like they have everywhere else. Thinking otherwise is lunacy after all.



Not sure I remember correctly but I think the strongest mages can rival the destructive power of a nuke. The difference however being that they likely have many limitations. Possibly they are few, the act tires them, they have range limitations. Magic doesnt seem to lend itself to mass production.



One reaction might be to isolate the lunatics that build such things. Thats why the powers that be would wait until they have their own mages and most importantly magic ships. And ideally the capability to build more ships.



Thing is that Savastan already wants to learn all he can about atoms and there must be a reason why they are kept so secret from him. Not to mention that the tradesmen will want more access to our world than just sitting on an airfield. Atoms and nukes arent exactly a secret.

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