#space 2063

Is available on youtube in its entirety. And its one of the best SciFi Shows ever made.

There are so many intriguing details in it. But what gets me just now, is the Invitros.

For your Information: Its set in 2064 in a war against an advanced alien race. Its military scifi about a squadron of space marines.

Besides the humans and the aliens (They call them Chiggs) there are also the Silicates(androids that rebelled) and the Invitros.

Invitros are humans that were made in a tank. After the Silicates rebelled, humans needed more fighters, fast. So Invitros were artifically made and quickly grown in a tank. They are born as fully formed adults. They get some time in a school and then have to be adults pulling their weight. Initially used for the war against the Silicates they then were forced to work in the mines. The slur for them is also "tanks". When the show starts that indentured servitude was already outlawed.

Space above and beyond has two main characters who are Invitros.

Cooper Hawkes, a seven year old who was sentenced into military service.

T. C. McQueen, a twentysomething, so he looks like early 50s. He becomes their commanding officer.

These are people who came into the world without parents, educated only about things needed for the jobs they should perform.

But they are humans. They love. Especially Coop at the start has zero emotional maturity. And he only knew abuse when he joined them. He didnt want to be there.

Their journey in this war full of pain, hardship and loss compells me the most. They have zero reason to endanger their lifes for humanity. Except being humans. And they care. So much. They dont understand their friends. They never had parents, not good parents, not bad parents. They never were kids. They dont understand love and they know they dont understand love, but they love so much.

I love them. They never did anything wrong in their life, your honor.

McQueen is an In-Vitro and we don't really know exactly when he was brought into the world.