Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26662104-20160221035712/@comment-26133480-20170219211236

LunarRover wrote: That makes me wonder...CORE is all caps. Could it stand for something? LV and EXP did, and they were in all caps too. I think it may be Center Of Radioactive (indeed, Toby Fox has the nickname "Radiation") Energy.

I also think perhaps the carrier is meant to resemble the Reaper, as I've heard many people say:

In ancient Greek mythology there was a figured named Charon, who transported the living to the next Life on his boat. I can't help but wonder if Toby knew of that figure and so made the mysterious one a Reaper-like figure on a boat as reference...