Manson takes the beings into a room and shows them something that puts them in a state of shock.
"WHAT THE?!..." they all shout. They see before them machines created out of gem energy and scientists among other technologic humans working on new projects and methods of creating and recycling energy. Never before have they seen anything like that before.
"This here is the advancement room," Manson says, "it's where the organization uses the recovered technology to create new and powerful weapons for the purpose of protection."
"Others are just gonna do the same advancements, but for the OPPOSITE purposes!" Peridot exclaimed.
"Which is what NATO is preventing," Manson reminds her.
"It might not work," Pearl adds.
"It is alright," Manson says, "let me show you."
He then takes them to a room with multiple television screens.
"This here is the future room," Manson introduces them, "based entirely on our harnessing of future vision abilities."
The gems look at the screens and see the screens revealing a plethora of futures shocking them.
"This is how we can prevent terrible things from happening," Manson says, "by looking at these screens and seeing all the possible futures and outcomes, we select a good number of them, isolate the best, and eliminate the rest."
Connie says, "We didn't know that NATO had such power. Let's just hope Garnet isn't angry at the organization for this."
Manson tells her, "She needs to know that we're doing this for the good of humanity and gems."
Lapis says, "Her component gems and I used to be Blue Diamond subordinates, 'till those gems fused for the first time. I want to reason with them, or her. I will need help from others like Steven. I could ALSO get used to Connie and become HER friend as well."
Connie hugs Lapis, replying, "Thanks, Lapis."
Lapis hugs her back and says, "You're welcome."
"Aw. Don't they look cute together?" Steven asks.
"Yep. They do," Manson says, "This could serve as a good example of the beauty Rose saw within everything, including Earth. If the Diamonds saw what Rose saw..."
"Then they would learn to respect everything!" Steven answers with joy.
"No," Manson corrects him, "they would be disgusted, and erase that beauty from existence. You saw those footages showing who the Diamonds really are. They would just absorb it and bribe their followers with power but keep most of the power to themselves in order to maintain their authority over gems."
"Is there at least a way to stop the Diamonds?" Amethyst asks.
"There is," Manson says, "but it's not pretty. The only way to stop the Diamonds is by killing them."
The gems enter
a state of shock at that mention.
"I'll be honest," Manson says, "NATO and I have plans to switch the Crystal Gems to a second code."
Peridot says, "Does that involve shattering?"
Manson nods.
Pearl asks in a worried state, "Does this only apply to certain gems? The Diamonds being of those gems?"
Manson says, "Yep. Rose Quartz DID shatter Pink Diamond once. And sometime in the future, Bismuth will have to be released. And I doubt the necessities of the Breaking Point, now that we have better weapons than that."
The gems stand there, remaining silent. All those vast options and futures NATO has been up to, it was like nothing they've ever seen before.
Manson says, "You can return the temple, and make sure that Garnet isn't suspicious, or you can stay here and learn about the First and Second World Wars."
Albite breaks the silence and says, "We'll take the second option."
"Then it's settled," Manson says, "let's go."
With that said, Manson takes them back to the theater room.
The next chapter might involve the history videos of the First and Second World Wars. Keep in mind that in my SU headcanons, WWII DOES happen.