The point was for Maeve to utilize subdued Dolores and devise real-world strategies to take her down, all while new host bodies were being printed for Maeve, Hector and others in the real world.
Maeve once again found full-fledged happiness after she reinstated Hector’s self-awareness, but it was sadly short-lived.
However, the tables turned when Hale-ores arrived at the facility and destroyed Hector’s pearl, seemingly killing him off for good.
The powers that be also recovered Martin Connell’s damaged Dolo-pearl, which allowed Serac to bring that pearl’s version of Evan Rachel Wood’s Dolores into the simulation.