Beryl was just making an educated guess. The Humans behaved quite strange, so she theorized that this could've been due to the Construct's meddling.
As to its goals? Well, in the comic, the Pocket Historian was strangely insistent on "protecting" Alex from the Loroi, basically telling him that "anything you say can will be used against you". Are the Loroi really so evil and dangerous as to warrant such a level of wariness? Or does the Historian pursue other goals? Since this is a role reversal story, the Construct is now trying to "assist" the Loroi regarding the possible threat which the Humans pose. But we still don't know the bigger picture. I've prepared an interesting plot twist, though.
Given enough time, they probably could, and that's likely the reason why it is hiding in Loroi equipment.
The Construct only uses the Human systems for sending short messages, hiding them in the normal transmissions, so maybe it went unnoticed?
Who knows? The Historians may abide by the old principle of keeping all other powers divided, weakened and hostile to each other? The Humans are then simply an unwelcome wildcard, which needs to be addressed quickly.Snoofman wrote: ↑Sat Oct 01, 2022 9:25 amIf the historian construct were playing both sides, what would it profit from it? Another competitor out of the way? Historians might be xenophobic and have a small empire of their own, but they don't seem collectively hellbent on galactic conquest. Or am I wrong?
Unfortunately, we know too little of the Historians. What are their goals, full capabilities, population numbers, or just the form of government? Are they even united at all?Snoofman wrote: ↑Sat Oct 01, 2022 9:25 amIn fact, in the original comic story, hasn't it already been proposed by somebod(y/ies) that the Historians are playing both Umiak and Loroi? The only logical conclusion to me in regards to such a theory is that the Historians are trying to get both sides to wipe each other out. But then again the Historians seem very worried of the Umiak encroaching on their territory and are willing to risk sharing their weapons with the loroi just to push back the Hierarchy. Weapons which could eventually be used against the Historians if the Loroi became so inclined.