A bit more theory crafting here:
Those two devices may be something of yin-yang or good-bad thing. Considering that Quentin McCawley does not appear to be a bad or violent person, this last episode got me wondering. First when he tried to throw that device and later when he killed that guy in his house, his dead brother appeared.
What if this is the result of the device itself? What if this device is a bad part of that yin-yang pair with the white device and it's affecting him to do it's bidding? What if there is some sort of "presence" in those devices and it is this that made him kill a man when Quentin's performance so far did not indicate any kind of violent personality in him?
When he killed that man, his "brother" appeared satisfied. One could even say devilishly satisfied with that evil grin he had on his face while looking at his younger brother killing the man.
What do you think? Could those two devices be more than just a "simple" terraforming devices?
What, kind of like a "one device to rule them all" kind of setup?
Anyway, My take on the ex mayor is that she is an earth for earthers kind of personality and she wants this tech to do something that gets all of the Votans off earth (remember at the end of ep1 she says "someday everyone will thank us" or something like that).
Just my 2 scrip.
Cheers
BR
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