User blog comment:The Milkman/No Love For Leviathan?/@comment-2228120-20120916055036/@comment-4237253-20120916191028

The fate of the council and the destruction of the base are not themes. They are a larger part of "Pragmatism vs. idealism" as whole. Those are not brand new conflicts in the same way the Catalyst's problem is. Those are hurdles, not major themes that need reinforcement throughout the entire trilogy.