: With the Banished being on the Ark, I see that more as Cortana's Created
: placing them there rather than them choosing that location. We'll see
: though, just seems unlikely that a brute would know of the Ark and to
: choose that as a place to stay.

: - MacGyver10

With the new info I guess the main question is A) how the Banished know of the Ark, and B) how they get there (seems like they couldn't just slip through the portal, although maybe in the wake of Cortana's moves there's an opening.