User blog comment:Western Gen/Speculations for Season 12/@comment-5746209-20131114215218/@comment-4616231-20131115033119

Well. I've been thinking about it, and I feel a few things should be considered.

1. Locus is a mercanary like Felix, meaning someone hired him. He doesn't have to have known about the crate initially, it could've just been something he was told about when he was hired (probably part of his paycheck as well). Considering things were "previously discussed", this could be likey. As for who hired him, Locus reports back to a "Control", so it's likely someone from there or even just the group as a whole, wanting some merc help. In which case, Carolina just has to infiltrate that group and she can command Locus. This also raises the question of who initially had knowledge of the mystery box, wether or not Control told Locus about it first or only after Carolina came in to start commanding him.

There's still a few issues with the ambiguity of what Locus has done so far (sitting in the jungle, "unfortunante", not killing Felix), so I'm not exactly sure what his orders were. Apparently he took intrest in the Reds and Blues, but that would in turn have to mean Control took intrest in the Reds and Blues. If Carolina controls him, I don't exactly see what her goal is then. In which case, it'd make more sense to me that Control gave Locus his orders initially, until Carolina came in and took over so the Reds and Blues wouldn't be killed. Also, I'm pretty sure Locus could've gotten into the ship if he wanted and took the crate, but considering he didn't he was either playing it safe or simply hadn't been told about it yet. Which brings me to my second point...

2. Who knows the contents of the crate? Initially, you could say the UNSC, Control, Locus, and Carolina. However, if we take the possibility that Carolina has infiltrated Control and only told Locus about it then, then that takes the *actual* Control out of the equation. Then, there's the problem of who put whatever's in it inside: the UNSC, or Carolina? True, the ship did have experimental technology, but according to Doc it was only the future cubes in that part of the ship. I suppose it's possible for Doc to have glossed over it or it to have never been wrote down, but for now let's say that what Doc said was accurate. If we take that to be true, it would mean the only person who could've put something inside it... was Carolina.

3. Now, as for what's actually inside it: No clue. But, I have some thoughts. Taking what I said above into account:

Locus likely never heard about the crate until he was told by whomever hired him, and even then, if Carolina has infiltrated Control, it may not have been his original objective.

Control does not have to know what's inside the crate.

If it's not experimental technology, the UNSC do not have to know what's inside the crate.

If the crate wasn't the doing of Locus, Control, or the UNSC, the only other option for who knows about it is Carolina.

My conclusion: Sometime before or after the ship crash, Carolina placed something inside the crate. As for what it is, I don't have any idea. I don't really think weapon though. Seems too obvious. The only thing Carolina still had on her was... the dog tag? Not sure why that'd still be relevant though.

But yeah. That's what I think.