The Markers, the pillars of the Unitologist religion, were being used by EarthGov to generate seemingly endless energy and to be the objects of experiments, something considered heretical. Without a direct confirmation from the developer any interpretation could be valid and for all we know it may have just been a mistake on the part of the level design team.The Unitologist Uprising is a conflict between EarthGov and extremist Unitologist groups such as the Circle. The marker with minimal necromorph contact was able to reach the Ishimura in orbit with its signal sometime before the marker was transported up the the cargo hold.Īnd depending on each persons susceptibility to the influence some are drastically effected in minutes to a low signal, and others like Isaac, Kyne and Kenndra can have extended close contact with less or slower effects of the signal it may only take a slight effect to cause some of the soldiers to start showing signs.Īgain just my interpretation of the available information from the games, movies, books and comics. However the valour had been on route to the location of the Ishimura for sometime, and as shown in DS2 when the concentration of necromorphs in proximity to the marker increase the range of the markers influence also increases it’s not out of the question that the mark had been able to reach far enough to effect the valour crew.

While EarthGov maybe against and not tolerate unitology onboard their ships it certainly doesn’t mean one of the soldiers couldn’t have added it against military protocol. For sure it’s never fully clear and open to interpretation.

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