The series is set 97 years a nuclear war has destroyed civilization, when a spaceship housing humanity';;;s lone survivors sends 100 juvenile delinquents back to Earth in hopes of possibly re-populating the planet. The space stations banded together to form a single massive station named 'The Ark', where about 2,400 people live under the leadership of Chancellor Jaha.
Our attraction to Apocalypse TV runs deep, as our culture plays out different futuristic possibilities. That's still no reason to clone material, nor is it a reason to deliver characters who are little more than stereotypes.