The Lost Colony of Roanoke

The main symbolism in E2 is the connection to the Roanoake colony that landed in Virginia in 1585. It was the first English settlement in America. Roanoke is the famous colony whose inhabitants disappeared under mysterious circumstances. It was founded by a group from Devon, England. On August 18, 1587, Eleanor Dare, wife of Anais Dare, gave birth to "the first Christian borne in Virginia," according to her grandfather John White. They named the little girl Virginia.

EARTH 2 CONNECTIONS:


 * One of the ships (either Advance or Colony) was named the Roanoke, although it is not stated in the pilot episode. Probably one of the things that ended up on the cutting room floor.
 * The jackets of all the Ops crew had "VA-xxxx" (a four-digit number) on the back. "VA" is the postal abbreviation for Virginia, and Danziger's jacket said "VA-1587".
 * Devon Adair: Most of the settlers were from "Devon", England.
 * Devon Adair: Devon's last name, "Adair," is a play on words of Virginia's father, Anais Dare. If you initialize his first name, it becomes "A. Dare."
 * The Edenites' journey west is a comparison of American settlers' expansion westward to the Pacific (or New Pacifica).
 * The episode "Promises, Promises" draws a parallel to the Pilgrims \ in Massachussetts, where the colonists and the Indians made friends and helped each other. Alonzo says, "That was it. No Thanksgiving dinner..."
 * Gaal calls the Edenites the "Pilgrim band" in "Promises, Promises"