Talk:Eligius IV/@comment-69.145.120.37-20180525055520

tl;dr, but thinking out loud:  I think Elgius III rebelled (assuming they were the first prisoner miners) and took over their own colony. The 'captain's log' from Elgius IV mentioned the prisoners on E-IV had found out about 'Order 11', and implies this is why they took over the ship. Maybe Order 11 was a kill order to prevent E-IV from joining the rebel E-III colony, or to prevent them from doing the same if their mining colony was a separate location?

Or perhaps E-III suffered and died from the same 'black lung' that is affecting the E-IVs, so that these mining colonies were a death sentence, and a political nightmare. Either way, it would explain the heavy encryption of the files.

But it's interesting that E-III apparently had nightblood, but the E-IV prisoners don't. A control group for testing....? Or, here's a crazy thought, maybe the 'black lung' isn't from being exposed to the mineral, but is a bio-weapon, and that's Order 11. The E-IV Captain said they needed to prevent the E-IVs from 'weaponizing their cargo'. The obvious is that he's referring to the dangerous prisoners, but what if he meant something the prisoners were carrying? It's not so farfetched if we consider that the Elgius Corporation would be losing a ton of money if they couldn't mine the E-III site if they had taken over.

But I'm calling it that the E-III colonists will be the 5th faction presented in Season 6...not that they will come to Earth, but some of those on Earth will elect to go to the E-III colony in cryosleep...:)  It's been nearly 100 years since Earth lost contact with E-III (plenty of time for children/grandchildren), and by the time the Earthers arrived there in cryo, it would be another 100 years.