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Ship coming from Egypt

posted 8 years ago by RaisingRlyeh
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I'm thinking it either has nukes or the Master found the sarcophagus of the ancient that had been sealed away. Thoughts?

[–] MissAgnes 8 years ago

I was thinking it was one or the other. Fet and Setrakian track down the cargo from the Egyptian vessel and realize they may be in over their heads.

The last episode is called The Fall which is what the second book was called. That could be when they detonate the nukes which causes the nuclear winter. So if that is the case then season 4 might start YEARS after the beginning.

Should be interesting to see.

[–] mumbles-menino 8 years ago

It would be best if they just nuked the entire deal, taking with it the idea of where this show has ended up. One last episode showing nothing but 60 minutes of a glowing earth with ash falling from the sky. It would honestly be a relief.

[–] DarknessKicks 8 years ago

Nice spoilers here, I salute you.

[–] cokezero99 8 years ago

It's hard to guess since this wasn't in the books. Also, in the books they didn't use nuclear bombs. Rather Palmer built nuclear reactors over the sacred vampire sites and then had them explode. Buuuuuut this series is deviating so much now it's hard to know. Personally I'm guessing an ancient was on board. If the writers wanted to make it about nukes isn't the stereotype that the ship should come from Russia or China or something?

[–] time-bomb 8 years ago

Plus why was it so crucial Palmer didn't see the cargo if it was just nukes. I think it was something else.

[–] ADBruns 8 years ago

In the books, I believe it was a one-year time jump. Maybe this just happened off-page between books, or so we could view it that way.

But hey, if they jump forward, especially that far, maybe we'll get another Zach recast ;)

[–] SBL84 8 years ago

Based on last night's episode, I'm guessing Setrakian got it right, and that it was at least one, maybe all, of the "Old World" Ancients.

The title of the episode was "Collaborators" so that would definitely fit. It would also explain why the entire crew was killed. The one guy wouldn't let Palmer on the ship, so they were obviously loyal to their real "employer" so there'd be no reason to kill them to keep them quiet. However, if the Ancient(s) on the ship needed to feed after a long journey, the crew would be a readily accessible source of food.

[–] shriase 8 years ago

I hesitate to apply logic to the strain, but i'd think sarcophagi, likely with the old world ancients in some, and a Born collaborator(s) who put them there...so it was probably plutonium.

[–] veil182 8 years ago

And didn't we just learn that one of the ancients is likely buried in Egypt somewhere? Did I make the Egypt part up?