There’s ample evidence to suggest that something very shady is happening in New Eden.
The Triglav are absolutely building back into New Eden (which is what they call the “Ancient Domains”), reestablishing themselves and hardening their civilization against threats to come - through the creation of Pochven - and to begin taking aggressive instead of solely-defensive action against the Drifters as well as Sahsha.
But then you have EDENCOM, alongside the DED itself - which has had its hands deep in some strange and shady dealings and actions in regards to precursors before - and you have two specific, interesting, shady characters who appeared in Sine Wave Alpha and Omega now acting in the field of cultural analysis for the Trigs, under EDENCOM. I have no idea where things could go from here, but there’s a lot that’s seemingly just beneath the surface.
–Sardar-Colonel Parvaz Sarkovas Named Chief of EDENCOM Intelligence Directorate by Provost Marshal Valkanir.
–Director Haavo Tagematsu of Caldari House of Records Appointed Head of EID Cultural Intelligence Section. [source]
and later:
–High-Ranking EDENCOM Cultural Intelligence Operatives Missing in Triglavian Territory, DED Sources Claim. [source]
Then you can extend all of this back into the whole Hilen Tukoss-Eifyr-Upwell conspiracy, which - despite not being often talked about - is a potentially key element of the whole story that’s been unfolding all this time: