your questions regarding the game rules (improving the interpretation).

This is precisely an exception to the rules regarding cases with 2+ Guardians of Order on a single playthrough. It doesn't apply here. In the game with Gomunguls and Darkello, there's only one Guardian of Order.

Danya, what's the fundamental difference between having two Guardians of Order in this specific situation? Doesn't it seem, to put it mildly, illogical that if there were, for example, Dark Knights standing next to the Vivians, everything Dark did would be completely permissible, even according to the letter of the law, even though the benefit of the scouting flight wouldn't change at all? And in general, there wouldn't be any difference; it's just that in one situation, it's somehow allowed by the letter of the law, and in another, it's not.