Title: The Alliance Spins, Part One

Author: CharlieBZ

Summary: The Alliance and the ‘Verse respond to the Wave. Serenity lands on Persephone for repairs. Mal needs coin.

Rating: PG for language

Characters: Crew

Pairing: Canon, if any

Spoilers/Timeline: post BDM

Disclaimer: No money is being made from by me and I certainly don’t own Firefly/Serenity.

Author's Note: This fic takes place within my FicVerse. If you’re a little lost see my blog entry

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The Alliance Spins

When the Miranda wave first surfaced on Cortexes throughout the Universe, the general reaction was a resounding ‘huh?’ For a good ten minutes, the wave repeated over and over until the signal was successfully jammed. Many who saw the wave thought that there had been some signal mishap and that a piece of a horror viddie had spliced in on their regularly scheduled programming. The few who did not believe it was a mere signal mishap were alarmed but most assumed some mischievous teenagers had hacked in the disturbing images just for laughs. Fewer still comprehended that they had just witnessed something Important.

When questioned about the Wave, a few members of Parliament commented that it was some kind of hoax. As the Alliance issued no official public statement, most Core citizens construed their silence to mean that the transmission was indeed a signal mishap of sorts. After all, if the Wave didn’t warrant the government’s attention, then why should honest, hardworking people worry about it? With no small measure of relief, the general population continued with their unassuming lives and forgot about the disturbing wave. Public opinion, in the Core, showed a 97.5% approval rating in favor of the Alliance.

Not everyone, however, was so easily mollified. After the initial transmission, and sensing a Big Story, Nothing But the Truth, a sm