The Belters and Ninja were hurt, too, but since they are not interested in magic, they will have to wait for some other time when someone cares to talk about then 
. In raw numbers, actually, it is likely that the Belters are the ones who suffered more, but since they are so widespread and independent, it took a long time to notice.
First, I have to confess that my idea was based in a wrong assumption, that I have discovered was wrong after reading more closely the posts (the assumption was "Noah told the soviets something about magic before Lulzset revelation"), but still, I'll explain it further because I think some variation of it is necessary.
My idea was formed trying to keep the heart of fenspace ("we are friends and we help each other"). Noah discovered magic and kept it secret due to Boskone danger. Thay is undertandable, even if it can cause problems eventually (it did break relations with the Soviets). But the soviets core is in freedom, equality and socialism. They were upset about "keepimg secrets" not about "magic". The core of the Wizards (well, duh) is Magic.
It's a very nasty combination of factors for the wizards: They have been attacked and hurt badly, their faction has lost its status, it's likely they have never had the full respect of the more sci-fi factions, and now they discover this. An important political leader of fenspace discovered magic and kept it secret. The soviets made a fuss about it... but then they started their own secrtef magic proyect. (Fnord Dixit: "Very privately, the Ministry of Science authorizes the Amalthea Engineer District and the Ravenholm Engineer District to begin work on the items found in the redacted sections of the Whole Fenspace Catalog."). This is breeding grounds for populism and paranoia.
Yes, they weren't the only ones who suffered like this, but when one thing piles after the other, and it is dealt with the wrong way, it can end very badly. Given the way the break between Stellvia and the Soviets went, "calm", "compromise" and "delicate political touch" weren't exactly at their best in those years. Unlike the soviet point of view ("Capitalist looking for his bottom line: Nasty but we expected it"), in the magical point of view this is a mayor betrayal of trust.
We can deal with it, of course. Full break between the magicals and Stellvia, scandals, political maneuvers to try and keep the magical factions inside the convention... but all that comes way too close to dystopism.
So we can avoid it and use the fact we have been ignoring the wizards, and fit it into the story. Noah did not hide the info for self interest (well, mostly), so he may have been willing to tell a (very) few people, and asked for secrecy (not forever, just for a while) due to the war. The Minister of Magic is of two minds: A) Magic! And you expect us to keep it secret? and B) We are at our weakest and need to rebuild.
Luckily, they have a canonic response that will be understood by most of her people: The Statute of Secrecy. Most of the wizards retreat, and rush to examine the new toys. Yes, part of the Secret will leave the group, but most Fen will simply think they are talking about handwavium "magic", not the real thing.
But this can stand because it is temporary. Real magic is, at last, vindication of all their dreams. They do not want to keep it secret, they want to tell everyone. So they promise Noah some time (say, ten years), until the Lulzsec revelations open the secret before it is time.
This may also explain why only some factions got angry with Noah instead of Stellvia becoming a system wide pariah: Several factions already did know parts of the catalog were redacted, and they had agreed with the reasoning.
Edit: Ninjas, of course, will be lookign if Ninjutsu can be done with magic. But since Noahs' dislike of Ninjas is well known, no one, even then, would expect him to reveal his secrets. On the other hand, ninjas may have been the ones who broke the secret and told Luzlsec... which means they would have kept a copy and started their own research before the secret broke....
. In raw numbers, actually, it is likely that the Belters are the ones who suffered more, but since they are so widespread and independent, it took a long time to notice. First, I have to confess that my idea was based in a wrong assumption, that I have discovered was wrong after reading more closely the posts (the assumption was "Noah told the soviets something about magic before Lulzset revelation"), but still, I'll explain it further because I think some variation of it is necessary.
My idea was formed trying to keep the heart of fenspace ("we are friends and we help each other"). Noah discovered magic and kept it secret due to Boskone danger. Thay is undertandable, even if it can cause problems eventually (it did break relations with the Soviets). But the soviets core is in freedom, equality and socialism. They were upset about "keepimg secrets" not about "magic". The core of the Wizards (well, duh) is Magic.
It's a very nasty combination of factors for the wizards: They have been attacked and hurt badly, their faction has lost its status, it's likely they have never had the full respect of the more sci-fi factions, and now they discover this. An important political leader of fenspace discovered magic and kept it secret. The soviets made a fuss about it... but then they started their own secrtef magic proyect. (Fnord Dixit: "Very privately, the Ministry of Science authorizes the Amalthea Engineer District and the Ravenholm Engineer District to begin work on the items found in the redacted sections of the Whole Fenspace Catalog."). This is breeding grounds for populism and paranoia.
Yes, they weren't the only ones who suffered like this, but when one thing piles after the other, and it is dealt with the wrong way, it can end very badly. Given the way the break between Stellvia and the Soviets went, "calm", "compromise" and "delicate political touch" weren't exactly at their best in those years. Unlike the soviet point of view ("Capitalist looking for his bottom line: Nasty but we expected it"), in the magical point of view this is a mayor betrayal of trust.
We can deal with it, of course. Full break between the magicals and Stellvia, scandals, political maneuvers to try and keep the magical factions inside the convention... but all that comes way too close to dystopism.
So we can avoid it and use the fact we have been ignoring the wizards, and fit it into the story. Noah did not hide the info for self interest (well, mostly), so he may have been willing to tell a (very) few people, and asked for secrecy (not forever, just for a while) due to the war. The Minister of Magic is of two minds: A) Magic! And you expect us to keep it secret? and B) We are at our weakest and need to rebuild.
Luckily, they have a canonic response that will be understood by most of her people: The Statute of Secrecy. Most of the wizards retreat, and rush to examine the new toys. Yes, part of the Secret will leave the group, but most Fen will simply think they are talking about handwavium "magic", not the real thing.
But this can stand because it is temporary. Real magic is, at last, vindication of all their dreams. They do not want to keep it secret, they want to tell everyone. So they promise Noah some time (say, ten years), until the Lulzsec revelations open the secret before it is time.
This may also explain why only some factions got angry with Noah instead of Stellvia becoming a system wide pariah: Several factions already did know parts of the catalog were redacted, and they had agreed with the reasoning.
Edit: Ninjas, of course, will be lookign if Ninjutsu can be done with magic. But since Noahs' dislike of Ninjas is well known, no one, even then, would expect him to reveal his secrets. On the other hand, ninjas may have been the ones who broke the secret and told Luzlsec... which means they would have kept a copy and started their own research before the secret broke....