Disclaimer: Joss, Fox, Universal Own em’. I’m just playing. No money being made.

This story is set fifteen years into the future from the story I have written called “Big Blue”

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AN: Just a bit of a placeholder until we reach St. Albans

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Thanks to my Beta, Chris

Cast of characters:

Parents:

Malcolm Reynolds 51

Inara Serra-Reynolds 44

Allan Bryant 68

Zoë Bryant 48

Simon Tam 43

Kaylee Tam 40

Jayne Cobb 52

River Cobb 36

Kids:

Jefferson (Jeff) Reynolds 16

Emma Reynolds 11

Sara Bryant 15

Rebecca Tam 16

John (Jack) Tam 11

Rachel Cobb 9

Jesse Cobb 6

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Heritage-Chapter Twenty

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Sara Jayne pulled away from the Skyplex twenty five hours after she had arrived. Her crew refreshed after the short break. With the customary flash of golden light, the new Firefly shot away from the massive complex, headed for St. Albans.

Allan as usual sat behind the controls. During the previous three weeks, he had trained up Olivia to pilot the ship if it became necessary. The tech expert was already a qualified shuttle pilot but she had never flown anything as big as a Firefly before.

The ships routine was almost set in stone by now. Allan would take the evening watch as well as checking the ship first thing in the morning. Jayne would stand his watch during the morning followed by Israel after lunch. Olivia filled in as needed, alternating shifts between the others, giving them twenty four hours off every couple of days.

During their time off, the small crew worked out, read and did whatever they could to keep the boredom at bay. They all knew that when they reached St. Albans, things would be far from monotonous.

Little did they know that the boredom would be broken well before they reached the icy moon called St. Albans.

Allan was surfing the cortex several days after leaving the Skyplex, looking for some obscure physics theorem that only he, River and perhaps a handful of others could really understand when the incoming me