User blog comment:Thailog/Ep. 204 "Salvage" discussion/@comment-81.106.145.162-20120520111044/@comment-81.106.145.162-20120520124230

I agree the competitor and partner are indeed one and the same. To be fair, in the info for the next episode when they refer to Jaime Reyes they could well mean as Blue Beetle or in his civilian identity, and it is entirely possible that someone connected to him has been compromised by the reach, seeing as the Light always seem to be a few steps ahead. The blue rays that killed the apalaxian looked pretty much the same as BB's, so it's an educated guess that it came from a Reach infiltrator. Just speculating, but I do doubt it is the scarab that he goes looking for.