User blog comment:IceFireWarden0/Speculations for Season 11/@comment-10990964-20131108232231/@comment-4616231-20131110070125

I'm just trying to figure out what the reason was, story-wise, for them to leave. Was it this fight? Did they need to get rid of the badass so the Reds and Blues could actually lose? I'm not sure how Locus would fare against Carolina, but considering he's the most important antagonist we've had for this season and there doesn't seem to be anyone better yet, if Carolina beat Locus then it probably wouldn't be that hard to mop up the rest of this army. If the rest of this army is like we've seen in this battle, at least. If this is the case, Carolina returning would be a big turnaround for the Republic. Unless she loses to Locus as well, which could be plausible for the sake of the story, as Carolina wouldn't be a dues ex machina then. I don't really know.

Oh, also a point about people being captured: There was a fed who had the chance to kill Tucker, but didn't, and tried to get him to surrender instead. I figure it was one of three things; One: The dude was a moron, Two: It was on purpose by RT to keep Tucker alive, or Three: He was never trying to kill Tucker, just capture him.

Locus said before he wanted the Reds and Blues to come with him, and if they didn't he'd take them later. So, that's what this episode was. Him coming to take them later. So I figure he's taking all of them he can. Locus said he was going to take them so now he's taking them.

Also I just don't see a reason why he'd leave them lying around in a canyon like that. Even if they are dead. That and they're main characters and I don't think it'd do much for the story if they woke up only to continue bumbling around in a canyon.