Reed quietly belongs to the Xanthist school of thought- the most tame of the various "Radical" philosophical sects within the inquisition. He believes that certain elements of Chaos can, with a bit of nudging, be turned against themselves. He has never advocated attempting to harness the powers of Chaos, as he sees any such attempt to actually control the Ruinous Powers as dangerous to the extreme. He could be considered therefore a moderate radical, willing to use unorthodox strategies to combat Chaos, but never willing to go so far as the dangerous and truly heretical Horusian subsect.