Population at Arkadia
Summary
In "The Testament of Arkadia,"
Helena states the following:
"There are over three hundred people...."
This indicates 301 or more people are on Alpha
before Luke and Anna desert to form their own colony.
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Analysis
- If one assumes 302, then Luke and Anna desert,
then assume Paul, Victor, and Kano are lost,
then one can reach
297 listed in next episode.
- If TOA is assumed to be at the end of Y1
(as the Editor does assume on this KB),
there were already 33 people lost before the
"over 300" figure is cited.
If the
311 mentioned in "Breakaway" is
assumed as being accurate just
before Breakaway itself, and only Jackie's birth is assumed,
311-33+1 = 279 upon initial encounter of Arkadia,
which implies either the 311 in "Breakaway" is way off
(by at least 22),
or there have been more births than just Jackie
(again, at least 22 more -- though the Editor
speculates at least 23 or 24 due
to number cited in the next episode).
- The only ways to reconcile "Arkadia" without there being
more than 1 child are:
to assume the 311 at the start is very wrong;
or to assume this episode actually occurs earlier in
the Y1 timeline.
With the latter, even if "Arkadia"
is just after "Alpha Child",
the count would be 297 (311 - 15 + 1),
suggesting both episodes would have to be even earlier in Y1
to reconcile these number
(this scenario is currently not considered further in this KB).
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