User blog comment:Western Gen/Speculations for Season 13/@comment-178.219.97.150-20141106101721/@comment-4616231-20141111004510

They were controlling the skies in the sense that they blew up anyone leaving and dragged in anyone coming near (Actually, now that I think about it, this begs the question of how the hell Donut, Doc and Lopez were able to fly to the canyon at all if the planet's got this tractor beam shit going on). Hargrove talks about how their ship has "set sail" (assuming this is the one we saw leave from the gas station) like it was the only ship left. If not, Hargrove would probably know if the mercenaries were to use another ship. They could leave whenever, sure, but if they're leaving to go kill him, I imagine Locus would tell him, because as long as Locus has that solider mentality of his, he's not letting that shit fly. Literally, in this case.

Also, it doesn't really matter if they can track the ship or not (through magic technology from nowhere I guess), because the ship is a giant freighter with laser cannons and shit. Anything small-fry is down before it even gets there. Even so, I really doubt he's the only person on that ship, as there should be the normal, non-space pirate soldiers to deal with as well.

I can totally see him prepared for betrayal, because it would deal directly with the person he cares about most of all: himself. It might not even have to be a safeguard for betrayal, but just from his death in general. Like the ship self-destructs if he dies or something (maybe not that extreme, but, you get the idea). I hope this guy would have SOME plan for his own death, considering the enemies he's bound to make.

If Chairman runs with the money, well, it depends if they can find him again and how the space pirates respond to it, really.

Also the whole "betraying the Chairman" scenario would be a major shift in the plot from the "going to war" thing we're apparently doing now, and would actually have to be a focus for most of the season. What are the Reds and Blues supposed to be doing while the space pirates go kill their leader? Answer: nothing, because the guys they were fighting a war with just flew away, taking the plot with them. If you could get Locus to break his soldier mentality, and Felix to get pissed off at the Chairman enough... maybe they would go after him (the generic space pirates aren't gonna do shit, unless maybe Locus or Felix do it first). It would have to be at the very end of the season though. But honestly, I doubt it.

I'm more expecting Felix to die as he's too much of an asshole to redeem himself (unless he somehow leaves because he found something better to do than killing the people he hates), and Locus's mentality to eventually be broken, and then he'll redeem himself by being "honorable" or something. Maybe killing Felix, maybe killing the pirates, maybe killing himself. Dunno if he'd take himself all the way to Hargrove, though. If Hargrove is to die, it seems more likely to me he'll have to come to them.