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Chapter 3

Cast of Players & Places:

Iron Eagle or Eagle Eye- Ira Eggers

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WWDC15-Warden Wartouski Detainment Center 15.

Mal Reynolds

Jayne Cobb

River Tam

Simon Tam

Zoë Washburn

Wash- Washburn

Kaylee

Shepherd Book

Inara

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River Tam sat to the side in a chair staring at her gold watch up in the ship’s galley while the rest of Serenity’s crew either sat or stood around the table discussing their findings of WWDC15 during the cortex search.

“ Well Mal, it is there, “ Wash was saying, “ A lonely moon just this side of Beylix. About 40 kilometers around……”

“ 51.8 to be exact.” River noted, eyes not leaving her golden prize. They had all paused to look in the direction of the young Tam before Wash returned to his findings.

“ As I was saying, 51.8 kilometers in circumference. Lifeless seeming to be on the surface, yet not a clue as to what lay underneath.”

“ See Mal! Why waste the energy consumption and battery charge on something we don’t even know is truly there.” Jayne spat his opinion of the risky operation even before it had really begun.

“Well Jayne, you are but one vote that would decide if we chose to do this job or not. But like I’ve said before, my ship is not the running town hall, and this ain’t a democracy. Now I value the judgments of my crew, Zoe, Wash, Kaylee, Book …..and” Jayne waited for his name, “the doc….. And yours of course too…….but you might just study that list to find out where your opinion lies in the pecking order.” Mal looked over at the big mercenary.

“ I’ll be in my bunk.” The mountain of a man lumbered off to pout to himself. He was very agitated that Mal had posted the expression of his viewpoint just above River’s. The remainder of the crew looked at the captain.

“ He’ll get over it. “ Mal said as he stood next to the table, leaning heavy on his knuckles on the top.

“ Now what we need is more information………detailed information, on what we’d be