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Hypothesis 1:  The Inquest capitalized on the bits from the research they brought in from Fahranur.  Observations:

According to records only one Sample was salvaged. 

In the container (1) Joko is holding it looks like 3 white spheres (eggsacks?)

Mentions of the scarab plague are redacted in reports

Tests on live specimen are being actively run as the player gets involved

Hypothesis 2:  Gorrik and Blish are more tolerated refugees from Fahranur than they are recognized as Crewe in Rata Primus. 

Hypothesis 2.1:  Gorrik (and likely Blish) appear to LIVE secluded in their basement lab. There is a BED there. And dirty Laundry. And Food that would last a single Asura (+ his bugs) for at LEAST a week.

Hypothesis 2.2: That giant Scarab Hologram is probably the core reason they decided to give Gorrik the Holosmith Class :') Observations:

Fun fact: This actively goes against the way I remember this instance from my first time playing because by just reading their dialogues + the circumstance of the invasion, it always felt like they had been chased down there and then corralled. This evidence is in direct opposition to that assumption.

Hypothesis 3:  Gorrik is more at odds with the Rata Primus Crewe than Blish. 

Blish is not “flying under the radar” because of his Golem body, he's the one actively credited/cited in the source Taimi found.

Gorrik himself doesn't show up in the records at all, or only as an unnamed (reluctant!) assistant in a complaint. Taimi learns about him by chance through his distress signal.

Hypothesis 3.1:  The Inquest employs Blish for the research on the new asura gates that don't require a receiving gate. (Hence why Taimi finds his name when she was in Fahranur to be forced to use that technology.)

It's one of the core projects Rata Primus focuses on, and has been one of Blish's fields of study we'll actively get to see him put to use. (As soon as "Forearmed Is Forewarned")

Hypothesis 3.2: The “few dozen liquified specimens" from that complaint are Gorrik's trained bugs.

Fun Observation: The bugs you encounter in his lab follow him around during the evacuation and do make it to the escape ship.

Hypothesis 3.2.1:  Gorrik is not wearing the typical Inquest attire. That means he's either very highly ranked… or - considering his being at odds with their testing, ignored distress messages and reclusive lab - has been dishonored.

Which leads me to...

Hypothesis 4: (and this may be a wild theory, but hear me out)  Gorrik is a bargaining chip to keep Blish motivated to work for Rata Primus.  Think like: “Your brother can keep doing his bug research and thus not get in the way of what we're doing but in return you gotta pull his weight.” It's either that or both of them get expelled while all the research they've been working on stays. 

This theory is based itself on Hypothesis 1 and 3.1 and could be a possible explanation for the observations made in 2.1. and 3.2.1.

Let's discuss. :D