On to some more serious analysis here... I'm still not entirely sure what Millium/Claire/Lechter's deal was with this. Those 3 were like... pretty clearly... on the side of Class VII here but fought us anyway. They reference a "truth" that had them sticking with Osborne for this but uhhh... the only thing off-hand I can think of was they were told it was Millium or Altina but that doesn't make sense for Millium to go for, nor does it explain moments like Lechter imploring them to save Altina after they lost. guess it could just be CS4 content but yeah.
don't wanna answer in full in fear of accidentally spoiling, and I don't have time right now to look at the entire speech, but I did check that part and maybe this'll help clear things up:
en: I hope you don't think ill of us. We Ironbloods simply cannot oppose His Excellency. Though this whole situation is unfair, now that we know a piece of the truth, we cannot go against it. jp: Do not rebuke us so. His Excellency simply holds that great a presence in our hearts. Too great, perhaps... And as absurd as this enterprise may be, we have glimpsed enough of the truth to know that we cannot fully oppose its course.
So some differences there... Or maybe that still leaves you confused. I dunno. ---
Nonsense. "Testing" is for when you're still guessing--and now, I have no need to guess. -- Agatha, Girl Genius