[Hantz]

Aht Urhgan Mission Spoilers

the Dark Rider, Odin, apparently facing off against something that looks a whole lot like FFVI Alexander? Put that together with the suspiciously similar name "Al'zadaal" and the Empire's interest in Proto-Omega and Proto-Ultima and you get: Alexander is a biotechnological weapon that the Empire once used to destroy Ephramad, and some people in the Empire are trying to reactivate it now to use against Luzaf, Qultada or both - and possibly usurp the throne, too. Luzaf may be trying to summon Odin to avenge Ephramad and destroy the Empire.

Not to mention....

From the official job history from SE--

Automatons were developed by a group of craftsmen led by Ghatsad, a Galkan puppetmaker. Ghatsad has never explained what he hoped to achieve with the creation of automatons, but rumors say that the gigantic automaton-like being that appears in Aht Urhgan's founding myth is the ultimate goal of his work. As if to underscore the truth of the rumors, it seems that Ghatsad was provided with a substantial research fund from the Imperial Treasury under the pretense of encouraging private enterprise. With a massive amount of capital at his disposal, Ghatsad set about putting together a research team from the finest alchemists the Empire had to offer, not to mention expert blacksmiths, goldsmiths, bonecrafters, and clockmakers from every corner of the world.

I always felt like it was just a matter of time before this came to fruition.