"Are there ways to disrupt harmonics?"

"Not directly, but a lot of things affect them indirectly."

"The same sorts things that a sorcerer needs to pay attention to about an area?"

"Those, especially living things and things that have been there a long time, and especially magical things."

"Hmm. Is there a way to make these harmonics visible?"

"Not exactly, but if I lay a grid of fairylights I can look at them and see how they've been affected and get a map of them like that."

"Is that easy enough that you could make one here?"

"Sorcery isn't supposed to work at all in the mortal world."

"If it's an easy test, it is worth trying."

"Okay -"

She makes a light in front of her. It flares bright. She is surprised.

She makes a grid of them. They are brilliant and uniform except where there are swirls and shapes around Occlus, rippling slowly through the grid.

Ha.

Just to be sure, she projects a wave of force across a swathe of lights.

They wobble.

"What are you doing -?"

"Active use of the Force disrupts harmonics."

"Interesting."

"So with that information plus some technological measures, it should be possible to keep enemy sorcerers off-balance long enough to neutralize them."

"You'd confuse them, but like I said good sorcerers can cast on observation alone."

"That's what the technology is for. Portable holoprojectors, realistic three dimensional images. What they observe won't necessarily correlate with reality. Other environmental variables should prove tractable enough."

"That might work if you can change the conditions fast enough in ways they won't figure out are illusions in time."

"I have confidence in my engineers."

"Okay."

"Are you able to effectively scout for smaller courts?"

"I should be able to approach most of them without being attacked if I don't look vulnerable."

"Is there a way I can assist in that?"

"Not that I'm aware of. Mortals are appealing targets."

"I may have another way to help with that, but it would require some preparation."