The Random Factor

In the eleventh episode the Junkmother tells Sidney and Skip that an android may never question why it exists, but that they were designed by "the most powerful force in the galaxy", the random factor SOE11·01:18:36.

In the eleventh episode the Junkmother names the random factor as the force that designed them, saying survival of the fittest is the rule of evolutionary organisms, "Not designed for a purpose, instead, purposed for a design" SOE11·01:18:36. In the last episode a ship asks to be allowed through the Wurst's shield to board, and Brennan says its name is the Random Factor SOE18·02:01:52. Gunnie lets it in, and it is the crew's second escape pod, back from the Griivarr worlds with Servo Sam aboard, "courtesy of the Junkmother" SOE18·02:02:36 SOE18·02:02:07 SOE18·02:02:11.