History Series / TheArk2023

* RevealingCoverUp: Strickland traces the tablet which sent the video of Garnet supposedly killing a man, which leads to Alicia. Not only is it ridiculous that Alicia would do this, let alone that she would be responsible for "Jasper's" murder in the first place, but she was on the bridge at the time. [[spoiler:Alicia was with Trent just prior to that and left her tablet behind, so only he would have the opportunity to frame her and the means to get access to "Jasper" without creating an entry log, implicating himself as the murderer through his impulsive actions]].

** TheMutiny goes off without a hitch and is largely accepted because it's seemingly done for legitimate reasons, that being [[spoiler:Garnet playing it safe when Trust had a viable but untested plan to protect themselves from ''Ark 15'']]. That goodwill is quickly burned away when, in response to Alicia locking down the FTL, [[spoiler:William Trust threatens to suffocate the former command crew and Helena then tries to have Alicia spaced as a potential threat, demonstrating that the latter in particular is a power-hungry sociopath. A counter-mutiny quickly deposes them]].

* RefugeInAudacity: When Strickland accuses Eva of murdering the imposter Jasper by slashing his throat, she shoves Strickland into a closet, turns off the oxygen, and then turns it back on before he suffocates, demonstrating that she didn't need a murder weapon to kill someone. She also points out the stupidity of disposing of the murder weapon in the pipes, as she of all people knows that it would clog up the plumbing and thus someone would find it.

* {{Unobtanium}}: The ship was damaged by a previously undiscovered crystalline element that is dubbed "Aliciaminium". It dissolves non-organic matter on contact while leaving organic matter unharmed, and is neutralized by oxygen. [[spoiler:It comes from ''Ark 15'', which fires it as a weapon against the other arks.]]

* MakeAnExampleOfThem: This is discussed in regards to [[spoiler:Alicia, who Helena wants to space because she's a threat and it will demonstrate their resolve to the crew]], but they never get to implement it.

* GunsInChurch: Strickland lampshades the danger of having firearms on a spaceship. A [[MurphysBullet stray bullet could puncture the hull or damage a vital system]], killing many people. When he discovers a gun locker [[spoiler: on ''Ark 3'']], he collects all the guns and throws them out the airlock. [[spoiler:Kelly made up the story about his daughter being shot to push him into it, rendering ''Ark 1'' helpless when ''Ark 15'' arrives.]]

* GunsInChurch: Strickland lampshades the danger of having firearms on a spaceship. A stray bullet could puncture the hull or damage a vital system, killing many people. When he discovers a gun locker [[spoiler: on ''Ark 3'']], he collects all the guns and throws them out the airlock. [[spoiler:Kelly made up the story about his daughter being shot to push him into it, rendering ''Ark 1'' helpless when ''Ark 15'' arrives.]]

* CloneDegeneration: Discussed. World governments attempted mass cloning to supplement their armies, but the clones grew mentally unstable with successive generations. [[spoiler:Garnet is a first-generation clone and doesn't have those problems, while her also first-generation twin sister's mood swings were a result of genetic modification, not the cloning process itself]].

* CloneDegeneration: Discussed. World governments attempted mass cloning to supplement their armies, but the clones grew unstable with successive generations. [[spoiler:Garnet is a first-generation clone and doesn't have those problems, while her sister's mood swings are a result of genetic modification, not the cloning process itself.]]

* FailedASpotCheck: [[spoiler:The Ark 1 crew don't notice that the ocean on the dark side of Proxima B is made of methane instead of water until it's too late to stop the rotation process that will cause the methane to overheat and the planet to explode. The Ark 15 crew didn't notice either, despite having been parked at Proxima B significantly longer]].

* CryonicsFailure: The one person whose pod fails to revive them happens to be the one member of the primary command staff bunking with the civilians. This is especially notable because Garnet's pod had debris drop on it and she was revived on the spot. On a larger scale, all of the cryotubes wind up being lost in the accident, so the crew can't put themselves back under once the crisis has passed.

* ShovelStrike: Alicia saves Angus from [[spoiler:Kelly]] with a shovel to the back of the head. [[spoiler:This nearly kills Kelly from internal bleeding, with only the faint hope that ''Ark 15'''s doctors can treat her.]]

* FailedASpotCheck: [[spoiler:The Ark 1 crew don't notice that the ocean on the dark side of Proxima B is made of methane instead of water until it's too late to stop the rotation process that will cause the methane to overheat and the planet to explode. The Ark 15 crew didn't notice either, despite having been parked at Proxima B longer]].

* GunsInChurch: Strickland lampshades the danger of having firearms on a spaceship. A stray bullet could puncture the hull or damage a vital system, killing many people. When he discovers a gun locker [[spoiler: on ''Ark 3'']], he collects all the guns and throws them out the airlock.

* OutlivingOnesOffspring: [[spoiler: After meeting her on ''Ark 3'', Strickland learns from Kelly, who had heard it from his husband Robert (who was also onboard) that their daughter died when accidentally shot during a food riot on Earth. It later turns out that Kelly is TheMole for Ark 15 and never met Robert, so the true fate of Strickland's daughter and why she wasn't on Ark 3 remains unknown]].

** ''Ark 15'' has a manual docking clamp release, a security feature not present on ''Ark 1''. This means the shuttle can't be launched unless someone pulls the lever, [[spoiler:which Lane volunteers for]].

** In episode 11, [[spoiler:Lane]] stays behind on ''Ark 15'' to manually undock the shuttle, allowing the others to escape.

** [[spoiler:Evelyn Maddox has Klampkins, and her attacks on the other Arks were intended to wipe out the crews so that she could raid their DNA vaults for components needed to create a cure.]]

** [[spoiler:Evelyn Maddox has Klampkins, and her attacks on the other Arks were intended to wipe out the crews so that she could steal components from those ships in the hopes of creating a cure.]]

* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: Cat mentions that she got a friend posted to one of the later arks, with the implication that her presence on ''Ark 1'' happened under similar circumstances. [[spoiler: She is Trust's mistress.]]
* SecretlyDying: [[spoiler:Brice]] has a terminal disease that causes him to pass out unexpectedly, and hides it because he'd rather die helping save humanity.

* TakeUpMySword: Trent is part of a conspiracy involving ''Ark 1'', but finds himself quite unfortunately the only surviving member of said conspiracy and in need of allies. [[spoiler: In desperation, he chooses to entrust Lane with the knowledge that William Trust is hidden on the ark before sacrificing himself, as he could no longer look after Trust once he was found responsible for "Jasper's" murder. Lane later trusts Cat with the secret, and is warned not to share it because many on the ship would just as likely kill Trust for such as a betrayal.]]

* OutlivingOnesOffspring: [[spoiler: After meeting her on ''Ark 3'', Strickland learns from Kelly, who had heard it from his husband Robert (who was also onboard) that their daughter died when accidentally shot during a food riot on Earth.]]

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler:Cat is left a complete and utter wreck after the mutiny ends with Helena Trust dead and William Trust being taken hostage, as it occurs to her that she betrayed so many people for a plan that had so little chance of ending well for anyone. This is only compounded by her guilt over having had an affair with William behind her best friend Helena's back and learning right before the latter dies that Helena knew Cat was in love with William [[ObliviousGuiltSlinging but believed she was too good a friend to have ever acted on it]]]].

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler:Cat is left a complete and utter wreck after the mutiny ends with Helena Trust dead and William Trust being taken hostage, as it occurs to her that she betrayed so many people for a plan that had so little chance of ending well for anyone. This is only compounded by her guilt over having had an affair with William behind her best friend Helena's back and learning right before the latter dies that Helena knew Cat was in love with William but believed she was too good a friend to have ever acted on it]].

* LadyMacBeth: William Trust is the savior of humanity with the ego to match, but he is at least sincere in his belief that what he does is in everyone's best interests. Helena Trust, on the other hand, sees the world and everything in it as tools to amass power for herself, and encourages that in William.

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler:Cat is left a complete and utter wreck after the mutiny ends with Helena dead and Trust being taken hostage, as it occurs to her that she betrayed so many people for a plan that had so little chance of ending well for anyone.]]

* VillainousBSOD: In "Hoping for Forever", [[spoiler:Cat suffers a near-complete breakdown after Helena is killed and Trust is taken hostage, as she realizes that there's possibly nobody left in the entire universe who even likes her and a significant number of people who hate her for her role in the mutiny. Her self-loathing cripples her so badly that Garnet decides to just confine her to quarters, because she has no remaining motive to harm anyone else.]]

** This happens to [[spoiler: the assault team from Ark 15 after they prove hostile and Garnets blows the rigged airlock open]].