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Anyone know where I can find an image of the Alliance flag? I heard mentioned that it's somewhere in the first episode, but damned if I can't find it.

OOG

Been trying to catch our beloved Firefly cast in movies and t.v. shows as best I can. Rented "Cheats" for Jewel (Kaylee). Not too bad. She makes a small showing, but does well. Rented "The Right Temptation" for Adam Baldwin. Also plays a small role as well. Point of interest (and I posted it as a message on the board, but it caught no one else's interest), at least to me - at the start of the movie, they always run the main and secondary character credits. Two names before Adam's, there was an actor whose last name is Jayne. But, it may just be "simple entertainment for simple minds". Been seeing Alan on t.v. a lot, since they've been running "A Knights Tale" like crazy. That man can emote like no one else! Then, I was moving some episodes of "24" off our DVR (digital video recorder - kinda like Tivo) onto a DVD disk. These were the last five epsiodes of Season Two. Surprise sighting (I forgot she'd been in it, it's been so long) - Gina Torres as Julia! [b]Not[/b] so shiny, her ultimate [b]demise[/b]. But that just frees her up for Serenity! ;-) I don't think I can bring myself to see if Netflix has Cleopatra 2525, though.

JAVIDRHO

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RANGER

After a long Hiatus, I am getting back to the Firefly Traveller project... Ok, been ruminatin for a long while about how to mesh Traveller CG with the Firefly ‘verse and here’s what I came up with. I take the original prior service careers and drop a couple and add a couple new ones. I also came up with a couple of special rules that are setting specific. First, the setting specific stuff. The big one is the unification war. It starts 12 years before the first episode of Firefly. That works out to be 3 Treveller 4 year terms. Now, the war lasts 6 years, but we can fudge it so that you have a 1 year build up before it starts and a one year demobilization after the battle of Serenity Valley. That leaves you with one term after the war to fill up. So at the beginning of each term before doing anything else roll one die for the war. On a 5+ the unification war starts. Add +1 for each successive term (this should give you a max of 4 terms before the war begins). If you want players to have a chance to get more than 7 terms total, then don’t lower the war roll next time if the player rolls a 1. This gives you the chance to get a character as old as Book. If you want the chance of really young characters, then you can start the war half way through if the player rolls a 6 before the first term. Once the war begins players can choose to join up or sit it out. Enlistment is automatic for the Army if a player chooses to join up and no player in a service needs to roll for retention at the end of the term. All other Enlistment Rolls are unchanged. If a player joins up they have to choose Browncoat or Alliance. Players already in the service have to make the same choice. If you are using Classic Traveller, then Browncoats rolls for promotion get a +2 during the war and one additional skill for each term they serve in the war. If using an MT/modified CT system then Broancoats get a promotion and special duty/challenge roll bonus of +2 (these bonuses for Browncoats are intended to counter balance the loss of benefits when mustering out at the end of the war). In all systems Survival rolls get a -2. Players who roll exactly their survival number are captured and spend the rest of the war as a POW (basically a wasted term with no skill rolls). Characters already in service must choose a side. Service can continue on either side in any branch except Marines, who can only serve with the Alliance. Marines who wish to become Browncoats must switch over to the Army. At the end of the second term of the Unification War peace is re-established. Browncoats are automatically discharged. Alliance characters must roll for retention as normal. When mustering out, Browncoats loose all cash payouts but keep any weapons or other benefits they achieved (if you want to be really rough, you could knock a couple of points off of Soc as well to give that Browncoat stigma). Characters must now choose a new profession for an additional term before adventuring begins. Players who choose to sit out the war just continue the CG process for three more terms. This should put the players starting adventuring just about the time Mal buys Serenity, about a year before the first episode of Firefly. The second question is how to deal with prodigies. Simon clearly had three terms of service (one term of college, one term of med school, and one term as a doctor) before the show begins, but he’s in his mid 20s, so, he must have started before he turned 18. Simple rule here, anyone with an Intel of A(10) or higher rolls two dice at the beginning of their first term. If they roll natural doubles, they can start the CG system at 14 and go straight to college. For each level over A(10), they can re-roll one of the two dice again. Another note. I’m replacing the Barbarian career with a Settler career that can also start CG at 14 instead of 18 (they grow up fast on the frontier). So, what does this give us as a framework for the crew of Serenity as Traveller characters. Mal UPP 88B966 5 terms. 2 peace

OOG

They're airing Farscape: Peacekeeper Wars on Oct 17th & 18th. A Sunday and Monday. :pissed: Why does SciFi hate Farscape?

OOG

I finally had a Firefly dream!!!!!!! [b]But[/b], I remember nothing about it. *sigh* I'll keep trying. Watch more eps, listen to more commentaries. I love the Serenity, War Stories and The Message commentaries. Too stupid to understand Objects in Space. Both the commentary and the ep.