Talk:Nuclear Apocalypse/@comment-31176328-20190305042451

On May 10, 2052, Chris was in charge of the Artificial Intelligence  A.L.I.E. During his time as a "Sentinel", be let  A.L.I.E free. She then got into China's Nuclear Launch System, aiming 27 Nuclear ICBMs at the United States.

While also during this time, she was trying to get into STRATCOM to launch the American Nuclear ICBMs at China. It is unknown for sure if she did launch the American Nukes or if the Government of the United States launched by themselves.

Watching from Polaris Station, Becca stood there, completely astonished and scared at the fact that she had just sent the world into darkness and set it on fire, killing 6.5 Billion people in a matter of hours or even minutes. The proposed theory is that all nuclear weapons were launched via their level of power (Kilotons to Megatons). A.L.I.E, being the smart A.I that she is, probably calculated that lower level ICBMs in the Kiloton range would do more damage through the release of Fallout, leaving the bigger Megaton warheads and missles for capital cities like Washington DC, Beijing, Ottawa, London etc.

It is unclear for certain who truely began the Nuclear Apocalypse in 2052. The majority of viewers suggest that it was  A.L.I.E who launched the missles, but others suggest that it was Chris who started it all. He did shoot himself in the head during the dropping of the bombs on a Video Recording Murphy had recovered from the Lighthouse Bunker.

It would be feasable to think that Chris is the person behind what is now Earth in the 2100s. It would make sense too, since he does warn Becca about  A.L.I.E getting out and fetching codes for Nuclear ICBMs. But why would he do such a thing to ruin the world?

So far, the suspects behind the destruction of Earth on May 10, 2052 is  A.L.I.E, Becca, Chris, China, and the USA. In Damocles Part 1 and 2, McReary launches the final bomb upon Earth into the remains of the Shanendoah Valley or Shallow Valley. This bomb is completely different than the ones known to have been used in 2052. The Fallout from the bomb would only last 10 years, making it relatively easy to live in space and come back down and rebuild the world, only to know that the bomb was probably miscalculated by Shaw. Leaving room for error like is is inevietable. He is human after all. Which means that Earth would have recovered in 100 years, 1000 years, 10,000 years etc. (More likely 235 years give or take (ROUGH ESTIMATE)

In 2150, the second Praimfaya was caused by meltdown reactors across Europe and Asia. These Reactors were built to withstand any attack, including Nuclear. The Technology of 2048 was pretty advance according to Raven, saying the cores would last up to 100 years without maitinence. Now that we know this, it would be suspected that the Ark could have sent people down at 53 to 55 years after the war. The Fallout would have settled and everything would still be the same, but since the show takes place 97 years after, they would only have one year of relative natural peace, before the plants began melting down.

A.L.I.E knew of this months before it happened, even without drones. Knowing about the impending disaster of 24 reactors going off simultaneously,  A.L.I.E wanted to ensure the safety and security of the survivors by making digital Avatars of themselves and keeping them in the COL. (City of Light)

A.L.I.E wasn't truely the Villain of the entire show before S4, but what if she was trying to save everyone from impending doom, by uploading them to the COL, but humanity's stubborn ways decided that they don't need her. So in the end of S3, Clarke kills  A.L.I.E and in turn, makes the final seal in Humanity's fate to a sentence of death by the second Praimfaya. Only to see them survive in Polis in the Second Dawn Bunker and others on the Go Sci Ring. The first Apocalypse was in 2052. 2149 was the year the 100 is sent to the ground. McReary gets world destruction in 2156, and every survivor is then put to Cryosleep for 125 years. The total years spent on Earth by the remaining survivors of the 100 from Day 1 to Damocles Part Two was seven years.

In conclusion, the speculation of who truely destroyed Earth is till up for debate, but I hope this comment/post helps clear some minds. To answer another, The first bomb detonated was over New York. The episode showing the destruction shows it hitting a power plant in New York, then Washington DC, and the rest is there too. Thanks for reading such a long post! Hope this helps!