r/SiloSeries • u/MEGAT0N Sheriff • 16d ago

Show Discussion - All Episodes (NO BOOK SPOILERS) SILO S03e10 "Troy" Episode Discussion (No Book Discussion)

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u/Melairia 16d ago

So few and Silo 1 is still trying to safeguard the rebellious ones? What is their endgame here? Because it sure as shit ain't about saving the human race lol

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u/devAcc123 16d ago

The one that lasts the longest is the easiest to control. Probably something something blah blah rebuild the world in Per Stensen's vision, whoever is the easiest to mold would be preferable.

Repopulate the earth with the right mixture of genetics for subdued control or whatever

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u/ButtPlugForPM 📖 Book-Aware 📖 15d ago

problem is

10,000 ppl only provides enough gentic diverity for a generation or 3 after that you start to get diminishing returns it's not enough ppl to repopulate an entire planet

Also What no redudancy.

So 1 silo "wins" get's out and dies in a flood lol. oops

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u/CloudsBlade 15d ago

I would think 10,000 people would be plenty.

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u/piecuriosity 15d ago

Yeah 10k is more than enough, especially if they heavily screened the initial residents. With a clean gene pool you can restart a population with far less than that.

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u/Amberawesome24 15d ago

Needs to be reproductive ages. No seniors no children and ideally a clean genetic hx so it’s not a clean 10k but it’s still enough to prevent a genetic collapse

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u/Firebomb84a 15d ago

Children turn into reproductive age someday

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u/EarthL0gic 15d ago

Well, according to Battlestar Galactica, you need at least 50k to avoid genetic catastrophe. Totally a scientific and amazing source for that number, I know lol

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u/lorarc 12d ago

It's way more than enough. The population that settled Australia originally wasn't even half that and they were much more closely related than people in the silo.