#space 2063

[biestcallisto]

Space - Above and Beyond

Is available on youtube in its entirety. And its one of the best SciFi Shows ever made.

There are so many intriguing details in it. But what gets me just now, is the Invitros.

For your Information: Its set in 2064 in a war against an advanced alien race. Its military scifi about a squadron of space marines.

Besides the humans and the aliens (They call them Chiggs) there are also the Silicates(androids that rebelled) and the Invitros.

Invitros are humans that were made in a tank. After the Silicates rebelled, humans needed more fighters, fast. So Invitros were artifically made and quickly grown in a tank. They are born as fully formed adults. They get some time in a school and then have to be adults pulling their weight. Initially used for the war against the Silicates they then were forced to work in the mines. The slur for them is also "tanks". When the show starts that indentured servitude was already outlawed.

Space above and beyond has two main characters who are Invitros.

Cooper Hawkes, a seven year old who was sentenced into military service.

T. C. McQueen, a twentysomething, so he looks like early 50s. He becomes their commanding officer.

These are people who came into the world without parents, educated only about things needed for the jobs they should perform.

But they are humans. They love. Especially Coop at the start has zero emotional maturity. And he only knew abuse when he joined them. He didnt want to be there.

Their journey in this war full of pain, hardship and loss compells me the most. They have zero reason to endanger their lifes for humanity. Except being humans. And they care. So much. They dont understand their friends. They never had parents, not good parents, not bad parents. They never were kids. They dont understand love and they know they dont understand love, but they love so much.

I love them. They never did anything wrong in their life, your honor.

There is a HD remaster on youtube. Please watch this fantastic show. It had banger CGI for 1996. But most of all, they dont write characters like that anymore.

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screencaps from gallery . spaceaboveandbeyond . org

[mildlyaffrontedsqueakytoy]

Have been thinking about Space: Above and Beyond recently.

McQueen is an In-Vitro and we don't really know exactly when he was brought into the world.

For all we know, aside from Cooper Hawkes, McQueen could be all of two to five years older than the entire 58th Squadron. Hell he could be the same age as some of the Wildcards.

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[willtasker]

"We thought we were alone. We believed the universe was ours. Until one night in 2063, on a Earth colony 16 light-years away, they struck. Now we're at war. We fight when called, in space, on land, and at sea. To lose this war means more than defeat; to surrender is to never go home. All of us must rise to the call... above and beyond."