Sic Semper Tyrannis

Sic Semper Tyrannis, Latin for "Thus always to tyrants," is the state motto of Virginia where The 100 is set.

McCreary and all of his followers, who make up roughly half of the miners, all have cross tattoos, making it easy for Murphy to distinguish between them and Diyosa's followers. It is unclear when these tattoos were applied. If their alliance was formed in space, it is not clear how they were able to tattoo themselves in space. If their alliance was formed before their imprisonment, it would have been unwise for the governing parties to put a large group of prisoners who are all associated with one another on the same ship.