But then there are THE SPIES.  Plural.  We know about Elia Kane, who seems to know about the pirate threat, and that they seemed to be serving as a proxy force.  Who else does that refer to?  I don't think it's Moff Gideon, despite him casting himself as a spymaster to the Shadow Council.  I have questions about Axe Woves.  His conflict with Bo-Katan is clear.  And then he escaped from the Imperial base.  But then there's the Armorer.  She left the surface before the joint Mandalorian scouting party got attacked by the Imperial Super Commandos.  Somehow she survived on Nevarro following Moff Gideon's takeover of the town in season 1, but many of the Mandalorians of the covert did not.  It seemed to me like she was harvesting the Beskar from their armor.  And I also noticed spikes on Gideon's helmet that were a lot like those on the Armorer's helmet.  I'm waiting for the proverbial other shoe to drop.

From what I read over the weekend, the analysis from people who follow all the behind-the-scenes stuff points to the storyline that Favreau had planned out relied heavily on the plotline for Cara Dune / Rangers of the New Republic, and once she was kicked out of the franchise against his wishes, Favreau basically threw up his hands and put in as little effort as possible to correct course. So I guess that goes a long way to explain why everything seems to be a jumbled mess as far as the season's overarching storyline.