warships and troop transports disguised as grapeships

[selden]

Although the POV character and other affected modosophonts probably don't need to know the justification for the invasion, might it be possible that it's "just" a move in a high-level game of strategy among the Archai involved? Assuming no sophonts are actually intended to be injured, would the wormhole AI(s) have to care?

At what point should such gaming conflicts become considered more serious?