How much would you pay?

POSTED BY: sgtgump
UPDATED: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 15:05
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INEVITABLEBETRAYAL

Tuesday, January 11, 2005 11:34 PM

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Originally posted by BrownCoat1:
I had always thought that Mal went home to Shadow after the war and found that it wasn't home anymore. The ranch hadn't changed, Mal had, and he could no longer be just a rancher.

I guess this seems to be the popular theory. But here's my notion:

IN the military, you can opt in for the Serviceman's Group Life Insurance (SGLI), which insures you for 250,000 if you die. If the Alliance had some wealthy backers (which they must have), they could have added the promise of taking care of your loved ones if you perished to their bag of recruiting tricks.

So let's say that the guys in Mal's original squad (usually a group of 10 or so) all had one other member listed as a beneficiary. Then, as guys got killed, the survivors would change their policies around to benefit the remaining members.

So I always thought that if Mal was one of the last surviving members of his original squad, he'd be sitting on quite the chunk of change, especially if it were something the Alliance couldn't touch after the war.

That's my idea, anyhow.

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I wish I had a magical wish-granting plank.

WILDHEAVENFARM

Wednesday, January 12, 2005 3:05 PM

I have always wondered how a defeated footsoldier could buy a spaceship outright. (I'm just assuming Mal's not carrying a mortgage on her, since its never mentioned and I don't think Mal would get one anyway.) Some day I will actually finished the fic in which I answer that question.

Mary
Always a beast, never a burden.

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