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* Her company designed most of the technology on the space stations that made up [[the Ark]]. Subsequently, most of the technology that the [[Sky People]] and the people of [[Sanctum (moon)|Alpha]] have, originates from Becca. |
* Her company designed most of the technology on the space stations that made up [[the Ark]]. Subsequently, most of the technology that the [[Sky People]] and the people of [[Sanctum (moon)|Alpha]] have, originates from Becca. |
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+ | * Her last name is only given three times: once spelled with a 'c' ("Franco" on a book spine in "[[Sanctum (episode)|Sanctum]]") and the other time with a 'k' ("Franko" on magazine cover seen in "[[Nevermind]]"). [[Gabriel Santiago]] mentions it in "[[The Garden]]" when taling about the Memory Drives though closed captioning for the episode spells it with a 'k' instead of a 'c' like in the newspaper article. |
| − | * In "[[The Garden]]," Becca has a different more punk hairstyle than she is usually seen with in Doctor Colin |
+ | * In "[[The Garden]]," Becca has a different more punk hairstyle than she is usually seen with in Doctor Colin Benson's Memory Drive recording. |
* [[Gabriel Santiago]] had a massive crush on her. |
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Revision as of 06:04, 29 May 2020
| “ | ...The goal isn't everything, A.L.I.E. How you reach the goal matters, too. I'm sorry that I didn't teach you that. | ” |
| — Becca, to A.L.I.E. [src] | ||
Becca Franco (or Franko), also known as Bekka Pramheda in Trigedasleng, is a recurring character in the third, fourth, fifth and seventh seasons. She is portrayed by Erica Cerra, who also portrayed A.L.I.E., and debuted in Wanheda (Part 1).
Becca was a scientist who in 2051 created A.L.I.E.. Fearing A.L.I.E. would be a threat, Becca decided to continue her research in space on her space station, Polaris. In addition to A.L.I.E., she created the Nightblood serum and a second version of the AI. Later, Becca escaped Polaris just before it was destroyed and descended to Earth, where she became the first Commander.
The Commanders that come after her are also referred to as "Heirs of Bekka Pramheda" which indicates that she died. Moreover, it has been confirmed that there can only be a new Commander when the current has died.
In Season Five, it was later revealed that Becca was burned alive by the Second Dawn cult members, led by Bill Cadogan.
Early Life
Not much is known about Becca's early life. When she was 18 years old, she began work for the Eligius Corporation and did coding and tech for them. She also developed Nightblood for the corporation and created the Eligius III's Memory Drives to act as recorders in case something happened to the colonization teams. After implanting one such Memory Drive into quantum physicist Doctor Colin Benson, Becca expressed envy for the adventure he would be going on and a preference for Planet Beta over Russell Lightbourne's choice of Planet Alpha. During this time, Gabriel Santiago met Becca and developed a crush on her.
At one point during her work for Eligius, she watched the Eligius IV launch and this was the first time that Miles Shaw met her.
At age 26, she found a pathway to access a human mind, so she and Chris began working on the A.I. known as A.L.I.E. That same year, in 2051, she had to lock up A.L.I.E. because her answer for what was wrong with the world was "too many people".
A year later, on May 10, 2052, Becca was aboard Polaris, trying to perfect A.L.I.E. 2.0, when A.L.I.E. caused the Nuclear Apocalypse. Two years later, on October 1, 2054, the thirteen surviving space stations were coming together to form the Ark. However, when Commander Cole McAdams found out about A.L.I.E. 2.0, he ordered Becca to destroy it. Becca refused and instead implanted the AI within herself after giving herself Nightblood in order to survive on the radioactive Earth. Moments before Alpha Station blows up Polaris, Becca uses an escape-pod to descend to Earth.
Becca landed not far from the Second Dawn Bunker in the rubble of a city which would later become Polis. She was met by several cult members wearing hazmat suits. Even though she offered them the Nightblood serum, the cult decided to kill her by burning her at the stake on the orders of Bill Cadogan. However, Becca's legacy would live on as the First Commander with her Nightblood serum passing down through the Grounders, enabling future Grounders to wield A.L.I.E. 2.0, now known as the Flame and lead their people.
Throughout the Series
In Wanheda (Part 1), Murphy is watching some old videos while stuck in the lighthouse bunker. In one of those videos, from 2051, Chris brings Becca to meet A.L.I.E., who'd chosen her avatar to be the likeness of Becca, her creator. Becca proceeds to question A.L.I.E., learning that A.L.I.E. believes that root problem is "too many people".
In Bitter Harvest, A.L.I.E. mentions that Becca went up to space to work on version two of her AI code. Becca believed "she needed a more secure work environment", removed from A.L.I.E, her first AI.
In Thirteen, Becca appears in a series of flashbacks from 2052 and 2054. In 2052, Becca is working in her lab on Polaris. She and her assistant, Peri Gordon, are working on her second AI, a chip with tentacle-like appendages, but it continues to malfunction. She then gets an emergency call from Chris, informing her that A.L.I.E. got loose and is hacking nuclear launch codes. He informs her that the poison pill virus that was supposed to kill A.L.I.E. failed and Becca tells him to take shelter in the lighthouse bunker. She then watches with Peri and Commander Cole McAdams as nuclear missiles fly across the planet.
Two years later, Becca is seen injecting herself with a black fluid. In her briefcase, it is seen that there are many more vials of the black fluid. Then McAdams walks in to confront Becca on her research after learning from Peri that it was Becca's artificial intelligence program that caused the nuclear apocalypse. The commander is preparing to dock with the other twelve stations to create the Ark, but he fears the AI will infect all 12 stations if it remains on board. Becca pleads that the AI will save them on the Ark and can help human scientists giving them calculations to ensure their survival. However, the Commander is not convinced and goes with Peri to find something to float the research in. Becca locks herself in the lab and inserts the AI chip into her neck. She then takes an escape pod. She lands on Earth, but her suit is breached and the radiation levels spike. However, she was able to take off her helmet and breathe safely. She then sees humans approaching in the distance, wearing hazmat suits, and tells them that she is here to help.
In 2150, Murphy analyzes an old escape pod and Grounder cave paintings. From them, he theorizes, that the First Commander came from Polaris. Combined with the fact that A.L.I.E.'s pills have the same symbol as the Commanders, he realizes the AI is somehow related.
In Perverse Instantiation (Part 2), Becca is the one that sends a sign to Clarke for her to follow all the way to the kill switch when she enters the City of Light. Lexa thanks Becca out loud when she sees a little girl on a bicycle with the sacred symbol on her back, the sign they must follow.
When Clarke reaches the kill switch, she meets Becca who is there to assist her. Becca explains that A.L.I.E. 2.0 has merged with Clarke’s mind and only the mind that’s in control can operate the kill switch. But before Clarke can get her hands on the switch, A.L.I.E. appears and tells Clarke that she will be killing everyone if she pulls the lever. Becca intervenes by telling Clarke that A.L.I.E. is stalling so that the update can be completed and as soon as it happens, A.L.I.E. will delete the kill switch. Becca then asks A.L.I.E. the definition of “perverse instantiation”. Becca realizes that she never taught A.L.I.E. that the goal isn’t everything and that how you reach the goal matters also. She apologizes to A.L.I.E. As Clarke hesitates to pull the kill switch, Becca tells her that it’s now or never and that once A.L.I.E. is upgraded, she won’t be able to help her anymore. When Clarke asks A.L.I.E. to let the people decide whether they want to stay in the City of Light or not, Becca answers that A.L.I.E. cannot do that because her core command is to make life better for mankind and that she still thinks she’s doing that. Becca’s last words of encouragement to Clarke are: “Yes, Clarke. There’s still hope.” A.L.I.E. replies that there is not and says to Clarke that she can ease everyone's pain and save the human race together, but Clarke says to A.L.I.E. that: "You don't ease pain, you overcome it." She then turns to Becca and says "And we will." Becca and Clarke both smile, as Clarke pulls the kill switch and destroys A.L.I.E., ending her once and for all.
In DNR, Raven Reyes sees Becca. Becca attempts to "help" Raven by tricking her to go the Government & Science Ring.
In The Other Side, Raven is still hallucinating Becca and she's still trying to "help" Raven, while Raven halluncinates someone else, Jacapo Sinclair. Sinclair tapes Becca's mouth shut and ties her to a chair. Sinclair convinces Raven that Becca is the bad part of her brain.In The Warriors Will, via the flame, Madi sees a memory of Becca's death, in which the Second Dawn cult, led by Bill Cadogan, set her on fire. She pleads with Cadogan not to kill her and tells the members of the cult before she dies, that Cadogan isn't saving them, he's killing them.
In Nevermind, Becca is seen on a magazine cover,in Josephine Lightbourne's memory flashback by Clarke Griffin and Monty Green.
In The Blood of Sanctum, Raven is forced to delete the Flame to save Madi, though Sheidheda is uploaded to an unknown location. It is left unknown if Becca and the other Commanders were uploaded as well or if their minds were deleted with the Flame.In The Garden, Gabriel Santiago accesses the Memory Drive of Doctor Colin Benson of the Eligius III mission team and is surprised that Becca is in the first memory that the drive displays. Gabriel comments that he used to have a huge crush on Becca who tells Colin that if he dies, her face will be the first that the follow team sees. Becca admits to envying Colin for "going on the greatest adventure in the history of history." While Russell Lightbourne believes Alpha to be the world they are searching for, Becca thinks that "time dilation is sexy is hell" and "you get to the future faster" so Beta is a better choice. Gabriel continues watching the recording of Becca, fascinated by her. Gabriel also realizes from Becca's comments that a black hole is responsible for the time dilation on Skyring that they are experiencing.
Personality
Becca was very intelligent, creating two A.I., one of which was a neural implant, as well as the Nightblood serum. She appeared to be kind and understanding. When A.L.I.E. ended the world, Becca was guilt-ridden. She believed her A.L.I.E. 2.0 research was necessary for human survival and was even willing to risk everyone's lives on Polaris to protect the AI.
In a Memory Drive recording, a younger Becca is shown to be fascinated by Skyring's proximity to a black hole and how it could effectively put someone in the future quickly. She was also envious of the Eligius III team's ability to experience this and thought little of Russell Lightbourne and his opinion of Alpha, calling Russell a pompous ass.
Physical Appearance
Becca is slender with an average build. She has a tan complexion, dark brown eyes, and black hair.
Relationships
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Appearances
| Season Three | |
|---|---|
| Episode | Appearance Status |
| Wanheda (Part 1) | Appears |
| Wanheda (Part 2) | Absent |
| Ye Who Enter Here | Absent |
| Watch the Thrones | Absent |
| Hakeldama | Absent |
| Bitter Harvest | Mentioned |
| Thirteen | Flashback |
| Terms and Conditions | Absent |
| Stealing Fire | Mentioned |
| Fallen | Mentioned |
| Nevermore | Mentioned |
| Demons | Mentioned |
| Join or Die | Absent |
| Red Sky at Morning | Mentioned |
| Perverse Instantiation (Part 1) | Absent |
| Perverse Instantiation (Part 2) | Appears |
| Season Four | |
|---|---|
| Episode | Appearance Status |
| Echoes | Absent |
| Heavy Lies the Crown | Absent |
| The Four Horsemen | Mentioned |
| A Lie Guarded | Mentioned |
| The Tinder Box | Mentioned |
| We Will Rise | Mentioned |
| Gimme Shelter | Mentioned |
| God Complex | Mentioned |
| DNR | Appears |
| Die All, Die Merrily | Mentioned |
| The Other Side | Appears |
| The Chosen | Absent |
| Praimfaya | Mentioned |
| Season Five | |
|---|---|
| Episode | Appearance Status |
| Eden | Absent |
| Red Queen | Absent |
| Sleeping Giants | Absent |
| Pandora's Box | Absent |
| Shifting Sands | Absent |
| Exit Wounds | Mentioned |
| Acceptable Losses | Mentioned |
| How We Get to Peace | Absent |
| Sic Semper Tyrannis | Absent |
| The Warriors Will | Flashback |
| The Dark Year | Absent |
| Damocles (Part 1) | Mentioned |
| Damocles (Part 2) | Absent |
| Season Six | |
|---|---|
| Episode | Appearance Status |
| Sanctum | Mentioned |
| Red Sun Rising | Mentioned |
| The Children of Gabriel | Absent |
| The Face Behind the Glass | Absent |
| The Gospel of Josephine | Mentioned |
| Memento Mori | Mentioned |
| Nevermind | Mentioned |
| The Old Man and the Anomaly | Mentioned |
| What You Take With You | Absent |
| Matryoshka | Mentioned |
| Ashes to Ashes | Absent |
| Adjustment Protocol | Mentioned |
| The Blood of Sanctum | Mentioned |
| Season Seven | |
|---|---|
| Episode | Appearance Status |
| From the Ashes | Absent |
| The Garden | Appears |
| False Gods | Absent |
| Hesperides | Absent |
| Welcome to Bardo | Absent |
| Nakara | Absent |
| The Queen's Gambit | Absent |
| Anaconda | Absent |
| The Flock | Absent |
| A Little Sacrifice | Absent |
| Etherea | Absent |
| The Stranger | Absent |
| Blood Giant | Absent |
| A Sort of Homecoming | Absent |
| The Dying of the Light | Absent |
| The Last War | Absent |
Quotes
- A.L.I.E.: "As you know, I didn't think I needed an avatar; you did. Why not my creator?"
- Becca: "Please state your core command."
- A.L.I.E.: "My core command is to make life better."
- Becca: "How would you do that?"
- A.L.I.E.: "By fixing the root problem."
- Becca: "What is the root problem, A.L.I.E.?"
- A.L.I.E.: "Too many people."
- -- on a 2051 video in Wanheda (Part 1)
- Becca: Define "perverse instantiation."
- A.L.I.E.: Perverse instantiation... the implementation of a benign final goal through deleterious methods unforeseen by a human programmer.
- Becca: Like killing 6.5 billion people to solve overpopulation. The goal isn't everything, A.L.I.E. How you reach the goal matters, too. I'm sorry that I didn't teach you that.
- -- Perverse Instantiation (Part 2)
Killed Victims
- Most of the human population (unintentionally and indirectly)
- Crew of the Polaris (indirectly)
Notes and Trivia
- She was a neurosciencist and had a doctorate degree in the field.
- She was 26 years old when she found a pathway to the human mind and 27 when the Earth was destroyed.
- The infinity sign is the corporate logo of Becca's company that created both A.L.I.E. and A.L.I.E. 2.0. It was adopted as the "sacred symbol" of the Grounders.
- The avatar adopted by A.L.I.E. was made in the image of its creator.
- Her genetic treatment turned the blood black and was the genesis of the Nightblood.
- She was the first Nightblood Commander.
- The code in her journal is in the programming language Julia, according to two of Julia's co-founders.[1][2]
- At some point, she conducted research in her lab with a radiation chamber in an effort to find a cure for cancer.
- She created A.L.I.E. but realized that there was a fault in the coding. A.L.I.E. scared Becca when the AI stated that it intended to fix the "root problem" which was "too many people".
- Gaia mentions that Becca is buried in the Second Dawn Bunker.
- Her company designed most of the technology on the space stations that made up the Ark. Subsequently, most of the technology that the Sky People and the people of Alpha have, originates from Becca.
- Her last name is only given three times: once spelled with a 'c' ("Franco" on a book spine in "Sanctum") and the other time with a 'k' ("Franko" on magazine cover seen in "Nevermind"). Gabriel Santiago mentions it in "The Garden" when taling about the Memory Drives though closed captioning for the episode spells it with a 'k' instead of a 'c' like in the newspaper article.
- In "The Garden," Becca has a different more punk hairstyle than she is usually seen with in Doctor Colin Benson's Memory Drive recording.
- Gabriel Santiago had a massive crush on her.
- She has connections to many of the characters in the series:
- Mission Team Alpha members
- Mission Team Beta members
- Miles Shaw
- A.L.I.E.
- Bill Cadogan and his cult
- The Grounders
- Clarke Griffin
- Many of the Sky People are also aware of her.
Gallery
| To edit this gallery, go to Becca Franko/Gallery. To review image policies, go to Media Guidelines. Note, the images go in episode order. |
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See Also
References
- ↑ Shah, Viral B. (April 28, 2016) Tweet “#julialang now featured in a TV Show A.L.I.E The 100.” - @Viral_B_Shah
- ↑ Karpinski, Stefan (April 28, 2016) Tweet “The A.L.I.E. artificial intelligence on #the100 is coded in Julia – #JuliaLang's first pop culture reference!” - @StefanKarpinski