In reality, the Esoterist knew exactly why the Esocline Federation was being targeted.
He understood it because he was engaging in the same process that would have led to the Esocline Federation being targeted.
Most of the Panama Continent was covered in forests.
The esoterification had altered the very fabric of the continent in the span of nearly two decades, turning it into an unrecognizable continent of which the human domain occupied only a minority.
Which meant that most of the continent would give off only an organic electromagnetic sensory signature. The electromagnetic radiation that passed through most of the continent would absorb specific wavelengths that would allow someone studying it to identify that most of the continent was comprised of flora.
The human nations on the continent would give off a signature that wasn't quite technocratic since only one nation employed technology in literally every square foot of the nation.
