User blog comment:Zathronas/Speculative author, Volume 3: Pyrrha Nykos/@comment-3257939-20141126180852/@comment-3387274-20141126222701

For the record, they were keeping their hands clean so they could pull off the beacon infiltration. No guarantee that when they no long need secrecy they won't drop all pretence. In fact, I find it more likely that they will end up doing something decissive towards the end of this arc.