As usual your take makes more sense than all the others .... I am probably stating the obvious but the trading volume is highly likely due only to those who are working the wash, rinse, repeat process, and, who have the patience to work what they can out of this dying company. Got bless them all.
I suppose that somewhere down the road there could be a contract that would turn things around but predicting such an event is the equivalent to winning the lottery. We are all winding down agewise and the necessity and desire of "hitting it big" is becoming sorta non relevant. Hell, what would a few thousad dollars more do for an old man like me ?
I hope that your devoted work reporting the known facts about LQMT can be made into some educational reading at some point down the road. You deserve some reward for follwing the crusade for so long.