In the hands of the gods.

 "I think they have a need for some sort of leadership."

"Yeah, that orange star certainly freaked them out. They're calling it the sun god."

"The sun what?"

"It's sort of like a leader, someone with much more power than they can understand. So much power that they can't question him."

"But it's just a star. These guys must be desperate for something to follow. My first thought was to go down there and work with the sheep but maybe we could do something with the humans?"

"Like what?"

"Look, this could be a bit of fun, a distraction at least. We could throw in a bit of mysticism, you know, a bit of a back story. We could build on the 'god' idea."

"Hey, yeah, could be fun. They'd be like our flock. Gerard is our shepherd."

"No, we'd need a name they could relate to more. Aretas? Bayezit? What about Jesus?"

"Hey, I like Jesus! You could be Jesus! Hey, and I could be the mystical one, like a ghost."

Together, "The Holy Ghost!"

"I think we're onto something! What about Warwick?"

"What if he were the scary one? I think they'd react well to a scary presence."

Together, "Yes! Angry God!"