To colonize the Milky Way, humanity must travel in fleets, not alone. Ark Swarms shows how interstellar swarms can secure our future among the stars.
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Credits:
Ark Swarms
Written, Produced & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur
Graphics: Bryan Versteeg, Fishy Tree, Legion Tech, Sergio Botero
Select imagery/video supplied by Getty Images
Music by Epidemic Sound: http://nebula.tv/epidemic & Stellardrone & Chris Zabriskie
Chapters
0:00 Intro
0:54 Why Ark Swarms? (The Survival Imperative)
3:42 Why Fleets Beat Lone Ships
10:18 Forms of Arks
10:44 Classic Arks
11:57 Hybrid Models
12:32 Self-Building Arks
13:36 Complementary Fleets
15:18 Engineering the Swarm
15:35 The Numbers Game
16:36 Scavenger Hunt
17:51 Launch Cadence
18:45 Logistics
20:10 Colonization Styles
23:15 The Human Side of Swarms
25:20 Beyond Survival – The Garden of Stars