It was the Hub all along (look to windward theory and spoilers)

I just finished Look to Windward. I’ve been chewing on it and there is one theory I’m surprised to have not seen.

What if the mysterious third party that was arranging the destruction of the Hub actually was the Hub?

I was not shocked when it was revealed that the Hub was suicidal. He always seemed to be trying to hard to show he was happy, engaged and had moved on from his trauma.

Much of the Culture books deal with the ramifications of interventionism. We also know from Excession that some Minds will covertly intervene for their own reasons.

So what if it was the Masaq Hub who gave the Chelgrians the advanced technology as a part of a very complicated suicide plan?

Instead of overly confident conspirator War Hawks like Excession, you have one suicidal tortured mind who orchestrates the whole thing just to hold someone’s hand as they jump into oblivion.