It's occurred to me that Quentyn, as one of the least capable lux-users, might give humans an incorrect idea about Rac Conan capabilities.
I'm thinking of the Echo's Children song "The Least of My Kind, about a werewolf who the humans finally defeated at ruinous cost. Some of the werewolf's dying words, as he explains that he was a very small, weak werewolf, were
Look on the damage done
Here by a single one;
What do you think a full pack will do?
Quentyn's mission is a triumph of the Free Trade Faction. Failure of his mission by human malice might easily sway things into the Expansionists' camp.
When the Rac Conans were hounded across Aerith, they were quite a bit less advanced than they are now.
And they didn't have a luxfont, which greatly multiplies the power levels available to them. I still think, pending correction by Ralph, that they could spool out ley lines into human territory if they wanted to.
How hard is it to make a luxfont?