What if the Thargoids are ...

[Magichp]

I think I see the problem (maybe?)

In some other games and fiction media "on screen" is the only canon and unless explicitly stated, anything else isn't. So you're waiting until things appear in game for this reason.

However, in the case of ED, that's incorrect - There's just "ED Lore" which applies equally to the official novels, the game, Galnet, EDRPG, and anything else Fdev officially put out or create unless they say otherwise. As I said, MB confirmed this in those videos I linked, it's been confirmed several times since too. While I'm totally sure that anything in-game trumps anything not-in-game, that doesn't mean that things not-yet-seen in-game but are explored in detail in other media aren't fact.

Well, so far I've never said the opposite of that, I agree, O and K are part of lore. Does that mean there is no other faction? Does that mean that the one we see and fight right now are not part of a third group, or a unified front? Does that mean those name and the lore behind has or ever will have any direct links to the game we play?

You think that what you see is what you read about. But there is no evidence that the two are linked. They could be, sure, but nothing proves it so far, and I would even say that the current events contradict your theory, but that is my own theory, as nothing proves it either.
We know we fight thargoids, that's the fact. We know there are two factions we name O and K, that's the lore. You say the thargoids we fight in-game are one of those factions, that's the theory.

Edit: No reply? I guess I finally hit the spot