HEY GAIS!

[BaconSoda]

99.9% of artifacts are completely inert and useless, like you said. That's great. I'd also wager that 99.9% of airplane passengers are completely inert and useless. Does that mean that any fewer than 100% of them go through a metal detector or fewer than 100% of them put their luggage through a machine? No. Because that 0.1% can be extremely dangerous. Everyone goes through the screening. Everyone.

If one artifact out of billions is the key to stopping the genocide of the human race, as in the campaign, would you not want to have all the artifacts to maximize your chances of stopping said genocide if you are the house authorities?

If there is one in that 0.1% which can save the universe, there might be another in that 0.1% which is capable of destroying the universe. In a system where the upward limit is effectively infinity, it's almost guaranteed. Enthusiasts may get their hands on the thing, tinker with it, and then upper New York suddenly resembles western Texas or Omicron Iota. Is that something you would want for your space? Look at Tau-117. That was an alien artifact which dragged the system over there. These things are capable of creating black holes, yet you want them to be openly distributable? Good luck.

Furthermore, who really knows what is inert and what is not? Those which are deemed inert by smugglers could truly be active, but they simply lack a trigger, like a certain frequency of wave or something Sci-Fi. What if that artifact on the mantle of some strange Los Angeles newscaster is the key to saving the universe and you don't have it? You'll never know.

If you don't like the "It's dangerous" response, well, get over it. That's the reason.

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[8:32:45 PM] Dusty Lens: Oh no, let me get that. Hello? Oh it's my grandma. She says to be roleplay.
[12:49:19 AM] Elgatodiablo: You know its nice that you have all that proof and all, Bacon... but I just don't believe you.