Ark (The 100)

The Ark is a space station that features in The 100.

History

Due to the large population, life support began to fail leading to around three months for the station inhabitants to survive. Failing systems meant that even the removal of the 100 from the station only allowed enough survival time for about a month as it would take longer for that equipment to be repaired. This led to some to consider culling the population in order to allow the rest to survive longer. (Episode: Pilot)

The Ark was in a state of critical emergency, with life support systems failing and only a few months of oxygen remaining for its thousands of inhabitants. The dire situation was a closely guarded secret among the ruling Council until the engineer Jake Griffin, Clarke's father, attempted to make the information public; for this act of treason, he was "floated" (executed by being ejected into space), and Clarke was imprisoned in the Sky Box for a year. The central event of the episode on the Ark was the Council's decision to send one hundred juvenile delinquents to Earth as a last-ditch effort to determine if the planet was habitable again, a mission driven by desperation and the belief the youths were "expendable". Each delinquent was fitted with a wristband that transmitted vital signs, allowing the Ark to monitor the ground conditions. During this time, Chancellor Thelonious Jaha was shot in an assassination attempt by Bellamy Blake, who then stowed away on the dropship to Earth to protect his sister Octavia. As Jaha lay critically injured, the strict, ruthless Councilman Marcus Kane temporarily took command, arresting Chief Medical Officer Abigail "Abby" Griffin for using excessive, illegal medical supplies to save the Chancellor and sentencing her to death by floating. She was led to the airlock, but was pardoned at the very last moment when Jaha, having recovered enough to resume his duties, intervened, and the Council began to receive telemetry from the delinquents' wristbands showing that the ground was, in fact, survivable. (Episode: Pilot)

Overview

In appearance, the Ark was a massive, makeshift structure in orbit, a clustered amalgam of twelve different national and commercial space stations that had been launched prior to the nuclear apocalypse and then linked together to form a single, sprawling habitat. The station had a generally utilitarian, somewhat industrial look, reflecting its origins as a collection of functional, individual modules rather than a single, unified design. The core of the habitat was a large, primary ring known as the Government & Science (Go-Sci) station, which rotated to provide artificial gravity through centripetal force. This main ring and the other interconnected sections, such as the Mecha Station, the Factory Station, and the Alpha Station, were visible from the exterior as a non-uniform, sprawling complex. The entire exterior appeared as a jumble of different shapes and sizes, a metallic patchwork held together out of necessity rather than aesthetics. This design contrasted sharply with the sleek, unified appearance of typical science fiction space stations, a visual cue to the desperate circumstances that forced humanity to survive in space. The Ark was described in the show as being visible to the naked eye from the Earth's surface, a constant, silent reminder of the remnants of humanity in the sky. (Episode: Pilot)

Prisoners were put in lock-up which was referred to as the Skybox. (Episode: Pilot)

Leadership onboard the Ark was held by an individual who held the title of Chancellor. In his absence, an individual was appointed as Chancellor pro tempore who served as acting leader. One of the laws present within the space based society was that no family could have a second child. In addition, medial supplies had a set allocation per patient and any further use of Any breach in the laws was punishable by death unless the person was under 18 whereupon they were kept in lock-up. Death could see the guilty parties being jettisoned into space with this being known as floating. Penal code 1 allowed the leaders to execute those that were guilty of crimes. (Episode: Pilot)

Occupants

• Thelonious Jaha : male Chancellor that heads the station. (Episode: Pilot)
• Kane : a councilor onboard the station. (Episode: Pilot)
• Shumway : a lieutenant onboard the Ark. (Episode: Pilot)
• Abigail Griffin :

Appearances

• The 100: "Pilot"

External Links

• The 100 Wiki Entry

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