Newbie Question - Aliens?

POSTED BY: Leee
UPDATED: Tuesday, June 21, 2005 04:21
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GUNRUNNER

Tuesday, June 14, 2005 6:01 PM

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Originally posted by Leee:
So from what I understand from the conversation in this thread. The Firefly 'verse is probably just ONE system of planets revolving around ONE star? It would seem it would have to be if they don't have faster than light travel?

Lots of star systems have more than one star. The closest system to ours Alpha Centauri (AKA Rigil Kentaurus) has three Alpha, Beta, and Proxima Centauri. Centauri A is a G2 type star (Similar to our sun) Centauri B is a K1 (Yellow-Orange), Proxima is a Red Dwarf.

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SPQR

Tuesday, June 14, 2005 6:23 PM

there are 28 planets/moons talked about in FireFly. Half way down the page is a list of names of the FireFly moons & planets.

http://www.browncoats.com/main.php?parent=3e546fa726367&line=

I think that it is about 3-4 total solar systems & expanding, but unsure if that incluedes this solar system.

New planet found out side this one & it is 'like earth'

http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/06/13/extrasolar.planet/index.html

Nasa link, names & distances of closest solar systems.

http://apod.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap010318.html

SPIKEANDJEZEBEL

Tuesday, June 14, 2005 6:37 PM

SPOILER BELOW FOR THE MOVIE:

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The movie definitively answers the question - it is a single system, with many planets and moons that have been terraformed. Also, Joss has stated in interviews in the past that there were to be no aliens in Firefly/Serenity - they do not exist in the universe of the series.

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CHANNAIN

Tuesday, June 14, 2005 8:24 PM

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Daikath wrote:
SPOILERS!!!
Someone please edit it... even though it is the beginning I DONT want to know.

I'm curious as to what Daikath thinks was spoiled exactly from such a vague description about the beginning. And if he/she was so worried about spoilage, why re-post the quote?

However, Leee, if you feel you should warn some folks that there are possible spoilers about the movie, you can go in and add a line to your initial post, letting folks know there may be possible spoilers.

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DAIKATH

Tuesday, June 14, 2005 9:27 PM

Adding the quote wasnt the smartest thing to do, I agree.

But im just really frantic about spoilers, I havent even watched the trailer for what little it might give me. I want to be a total blank slate, completely when I see the movie.

LEEE

Tuesday, June 14, 2005 9:33 PM

It would be an interesting back-story to find out how far away the system is from the Earth That Was, how long it took to get an entire population there, and how it was done?

I know it's really not important to the story that Joss wants to tell, but some people like me just HAVE to know everything!

CALHOUN

Tuesday, June 14, 2005 10:04 PM

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christhecynic wrote:
Tuesday, June 14, 2005 06:15

Oh yeah, Joss did come out and say there was no faster than light travel, so it would have to be a single system.

Not necessarily. There could be wormhole travel or some mechanism whereby they fold space. Not likely in the Firefly verse.

Point I am making is that travel over interstellar distances without FTL is still conceivable.

DAIKATH

Tuesday, June 14, 2005 10:18 PM

But right after Joss said that (in the same answer) he also said sci-fi questions made him cry.

So I dont think he had to be serious so this entire thing is still open for debate.

But still, being as isolated as they were in Out of Gas would seem pretty hard to do in a single solar system, as we can monitor plenty of stuff in our current solar system now wich cant be seen with our bare eyes.

AURAPTOR

Tuesday, June 14, 2005 11:12 PM

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Originally posted by Leee:
Hi all,
I know there was a deliberate decision not to include aliens on the show (which is fine by me) but my question is do aliens actually exist in the story? I can't imagine travelling to all those worlds and not finding any other intelligent life.

Also, in Star Trek there is a defined amount of galaxy that has been explored, is there any mention in Firefly how far out they have gone into the galaxy (or universe)?

Thanks!

I think the key is intelligent life. Sure, where life COULD exist, simple forms of some sort might have been found. Those familiar w/ the Drake Equation on the rariety of Intelligence beyond our planet might appreciate Joss's choice. In just our own Galaxy, the number of such planets would be in the 10,000's. Yet because of the vastness of time/space, we might never 'bump' into them...save for one finding the ancient remains of the other's relics.

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BIKISDAD

Tuesday, June 14, 2005 11:27 PM

That's so true. Intelligent life forms on other planets may be separated by not only great distances, but also by long periods of time. Good point.

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