If he had gone without knowing this—and without telling the Aegis—the aliens might have thought he didn't trust them. But with the Church there, he had a plausible excuse.
That didn't mean he could antagonize them. The Allied Worlds still had the power to take the system away from humans, him included, so to avoid that quite possible scenario, he had to be cautious.
Reidar pulled up his skill interface and started planning.
Of course, Reidar would do that at a reasonable distance. The last thing he needed was for the church to realize what was going on.
The plan was straightforward, but the timing had to be perfect.
