Board Thread:Legitimate Canon Questions/@comment-24439517-20140911121803/@comment-4091815-20140911225856

They brought up Omega early in season one during the web series - it was there from the beginning.

There's also the metaphor of the group being more powerful than the individual and the whole "it takes a village" thing supporting the idea of a collective.

I guess it's less like a fraternity and more like - when you join a church or join a club at school - you just sort of show up and you're accepted.