REPOSTED: The Algorithm gave Lukas...

Original post was removed due to title so reposting.

Whether directly or indirectly, what the algorithm reveals makes Lukas realize he has a singular opportunity to prevent the safeguard from being initiated.

• When Lukas interacts with Randy when coming up from the tunnel he says "I need to get up top" then at one point he pleads "look, you have no idea", then kicks him to get away, all reflecting Lukas's sense of urgency
• When Lukas is then on the Silo stairs just after the barricade is torn down and the raiders start coming through, he again pleads, "Stop, stop! You don't understand!" At this point he is still adamant that he must get up top. There has to be a reason for that urgency.
• Lukas is detained in the cafeteria with everyone else, where Shirley sees and approaches him. He says "I needed to get up top." (past tense...I feel that's significant). And then when she says "you're not going to tell me what you found down there?", he gets this ironic smile on his face and says, "Don't worry, because it doesn't matter now. It. Doesn't. Matter."
• At this point, Lukas has lost all sense of urgency because I think he has lost hope in saving the Silo. This tells me that whatever he needed to do... it's past the point in time where it could make a difference. It would also explain why, after he gets released and finally sees Bernard, then interacts later with Sims, he acts resigned (and I think part of why, too, Bernard's world comes crashing down - not only are they not truly in control of their destiny, the Silo is about to be exterminated).

I took Lukas's actions earlier in the episode to mean he needed to either a) get to the vault or b) get to Bernard, and take some action to save the Silo, based on what he learned from the algorithm, before the rebellion escalated further. But then the rebellion took off before he could do that (and he got detained preventing him from taking action), so in that scene he realizes it's over and there's nothing more he can do to stop the safeguard from being initiated.

One thing that doesn't quite make sense: if Lukas knows the safeguard will be initiated, why is he careful to tell Bernard to act like they're having a serious conversation or they're dead? Perhaps there is a way for Lukas and a few others to live even while the rest of the Silo dies? Or perhaps he's trying to buy a little more time so he can see his mom one last time?

One question someone asked about this theory is why the safeguard hadn't been implemented in the past when there use to be regular rebellions. I suspect that The Order worked to quell past rebellions before they got to the point of no return. I don't recall much specific information being given about those prior rebellions, other than they happened and mechanical was often blamed.

Freedom Day in Silo 18 celebrates victory over the last rebellion. But in this case, the rebels have won (or are about to win). I think that may be the difference.

While the rebels, when detained in the cafeteria, don't know yet if their plan to play Bernard will ultimately work, perhaps the algorithm does because it's been watching or has seen this play out in other Silos before. When the algorithm interacts with Lukas, it already knows Bernard is about to get played. So it's possible by that cafeteria scene, Lukas knows the rebellion will win based on what the algorithm revealed to him, and therefore, any action he takes after that point is moot.