Uploaded January 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
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Sources:
Way Out There in the Blue (Frances Fitzgerald, 2000)
The Faulty and Dangerous Logic of Missile Defense (Laura Grego, 2018)
Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
Command & Conquer Renegade X Ion Cannon: youtu.be/YOFKyqLdEmY
Yakuza: Like a Dragon Orbital Laser: youtu.be/Y2Qx-b1VZr4
Additional Editing by Isaac Holland
Additional Research by Phosphene
Additional Production by Icarus
Media Used: AKIRA, Star Wars: A New Hope, Star Wars: Return of the Jedi, Andor, Rogue One, Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars, Command & Conquer Renegade X, GoldenEye, Diamonds are Forever, Die Another Day, Redline, Tekken 7, Vanquish, Yakuza: Like a Dragon, Gears of War, Gears of War 4, Gears 5, Gears: Tactics, Arrested Development, Bedtime for Bonzo, A Wing and a Prayer, God of War 3, Katamari Damacy, Halo Wars 2
Music Used (Chronologically): Swan Lake Act 1 (Tchaikovsky), Mos Eisley Cantina (Leg Star Wars 2 DS), Main Menu (007: Agent Under Fire), N.M.H (No More Heroes), Alien Manifestation (Nier Automata), Der Monde (Wolfenstein: The New Order), Invention No. 4 in D Minor (Bach, BWV 775), Frustration in Disguise (Taylor Crane), Dies Irae (Giuseppe Verdi), Mad World- Dom’s Version (Gears of War 3), Outpost (Gears of War), Kait’s Theme (Gears 5), Panama (Max Payne 3), Pleasure of Tension (Snatcher), Memory (RUINER), Paradise for One (Mike Franklyn), Clair de Lune (The Evil Within)
God, from the machine. | Join Nebula and watch my exclusive videos at go.nebula.tv/jacob-geller
Watch “The Failed Space Weapons of the US Military” on Nebula: nebula.tv/videos/jacob-geller-the-failed-space-weapons-of-the-us-military
Watch THIS video ad-free on Nebula: nebula.tv/videos/jacob-geller-the-conceptual-failure-of-orbital-lasers
Support me: patreon.com/JacobGeller
Follow me at: twitter.com/yacobg42
Merch: https://store.nebula.app/collections/jacob-geller
Sources:
Way Out There in the Blue (Frances Fitzgerald, 2000)
The Faulty and Dangerous Logic of Missile Defense (Laura Grego, 2018)
Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
Command & Conquer Renegade X Ion Cannon: youtu.be/YOFKyqLdEmY
Yakuza: Like a Dragon Orbital Laser: youtu.be/Y2Qx-b1VZr4
Additional Editing by Isaac Holland
Additional Research by Phosphene
Additional Production by Icarus
Media Used: AKIRA, Star Wars: A New Hope, Star Wars: Return of the Jedi, Andor, Rogue One, Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars, Command & Conquer Renegade X, GoldenEye, Diamonds are Forever, Die Another Day, Redline, Tekken 7, Vanquish, Yakuza: Like a Dragon, Gears of War, Gears of War 4, Gears 5, Gears: Tactics, Arrested Development, Bedtime for Bonzo, A Wing and a Prayer, God of War 3, Katamari Damacy, Halo Wars 2
Music Used (Chronologically): Swan Lake Act 1 (Tchaikovsky), Mos Eisley Cantina (Leg Star Wars 2 DS), Main Menu (007: Agent Under Fire), N.M.H (No More Heroes), Alien Manifestation (Nier Automata), Der Monde (Wolfenstein: The New Order), Invention No. 4 in D Minor (Bach, BWV 775), Frustration in Disguise (Taylor Crane), Dies Irae (Giuseppe Verdi), Mad World- Dom’s Version (Gears of War 3), Outpost (Gears of War), Kait’s Theme (Gears 5), Panama (Max Payne 3), Pleasure of Tension (Snatcher), Memory (RUINER), Paradise for One (Mike Franklyn), Clair de Lune (The Evil Within)
