Blueprint conundrum or not

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NOOCYTE

Saturday, March 29, 2003 10:30 PM

Yah, she's a mite bigger than I'd first thought. You see what I mean, then, about that shot in OiS?

Only makes you appreciate the mostrous scale of the Purple-belly Cruisers all the more, yes? As for the latter, apropos of nothing, they're pretty reminiscent of the Nostromo's ("Alien") refinery platform, eh?

As I say, hopefully tomorrow I'll have a chance to peruse a couple of eps in the evening, and see if I can be of any help on the stairway split conundrum; you've piqued my curiosity here!

Department of Redundancy Department

MANIACNUMBERONE

Sunday, March 30, 2003 7:59 AM

I know that I see the second hallway when Mal and Shepherd Book are going up the stairs. I forget which episode. Sorry. I will rewatch and figure it out.

As for the rest who are still waiting for a nice Serenity layout, be patient, I am 1/4 of the way done.

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Who's winning?
I don't know, they don't seem to be playing by any civilized rules that I know.
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NOOCYTE

Sunday, March 30, 2003 8:07 AM

Greetings, fellow nocturnal Browncoat! Pretty sure the snippet you want is from "Train Job," toward the begninning, just before Mal finds evidence of terrifying space monkeys in the engine room. Have at it!

And good luck with the other 3/4 of the project!

Keep Flyin'!

Department of Redundancy Department

MANIACNUMBERONE

Sunday, March 30, 2003 7:52 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Noocyte:
Greetings, fellow nocturnal Browncoat! Pretty sure the snippet you want is from "Train Job," toward the begninning, just before Mal finds evidence of terrifying space monkeys in the engine room.

I believe that you are right. So, what did you think about that hallway? I am still at a loss. Besides that though, I have progressed to 1/3 of the way done.

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Who's winning?
I don't know, they don't seem to be playing by any civilized rules that I know.
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NOOCYTE

Sunday, March 30, 2003 10:05 PM

Okay, so here's how it is... (sorry. Couldn't resist!).

When Mal and book are heading up that first flight of stairs by the infirmery, they are facing the starboard side. When the steps jog left, they are headed toward the bow. When they reach the top of the stairs, and turn left, they are walking to port. As far as I can see, there is only a wall to their right (starboard), when they reach the top of the stairs. Can't see if anything continues forward (bow), but I don't think so.

Further, when I look closely at some frame-by-frames, I've come to the conclusion that the spinning engine "heart" IS at the center of the spinning lights on the exterior. If you look closely, inboard of/concentric with the metal cowling/torus (on whose inboard side the spinning lights are located), the hull constricts much more sharply than I'd thought (try frame-by-framing on the ascent from the "little moon" before the theme break in "Train Job"). This would place the "heart" right around the middle of it. Of course, this means that the deck level is a bit further down from the dome top of the thorax pod than I'd thought, but not so far that it interferes with the cargo hold entrance to the shuttles. Incidentally, this would leave room for equipment of the life support, etc. variety.

Speaking of this last, it appears that the glowing tail pod is not accessible from any of the conventional crew corridors. I rather like this, as it speaks to "core containment." It would be fun to see Kaylee scrabbling around through access shafts in this section...both for the technical side, and for the opportunity to see our beloved Ms. Frye wriggling through a confined space Yet another reason why we NEED MORE FIREFLY!!!

I'm glad to have cleared this up for myself, as it was a minor vexation. Do let me know if it agrees with your perceptions as you look at the cited shots.

Isn't geek-dom shiny?!

Keep flyin'!

Department of Redundancy Department

BLUEHOOT

Monday, March 31, 2003 7:35 AM

If I sound totally stupid about this then just ignore me.

I'm just curious as if anyone has figured out how many crew quarters and guest quarters or rooms there are.

The guest dorms are off of that little lounge area right? In the first scene of "Jaynestown" where Simon and Kaylee are standing in the hall talking about cussing, the camera angle shows 6 sets of doors. and I seem to remember that in another ep (cant remember which) they did the opposite camera angle and at the top of the ramp there was two more sets of doors. We know that the 4 sets at the bottom and middle of the ramp (closest to the Lounge area, 2 on each side of the ramp) do not lead to 4 different rooms, except its 2 larger ones, because we have seen the inside of both Simon's and River's (River's I think used to be the Lawman's in "Serenity" and both S and R's are right across from each other...right?). The bed is on a platform and has a door in front of it.

So, at the top of the ramp, 2 more sets of doors that look the same as the bottom sets...are they more guest dorm rooms? Also, there are two ladders on either side of the ramp between the bottom and middle sets of doors...and above the very bottom set of doors, there is 2 more sets. More dorms? Ones that you have to climb the ladder to?

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I wish I was a jellyfish because jellyfish dont pay rent.

ANND

Monday, March 31, 2003 5:59 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by BlueHoot:
If I sound totally stupid about this then just ignore me.

I'm just curious as if anyone has figured out how many crew quarters and guest quarters or rooms there are.

If you read the script for the pilot (on buffyscripts), there's a metion that the passenger capacity is 12 (from the scene where Kaylee is advertising for passengers). It didn't make it into the show.

As for crew quarters, I believe there are five. 3 on one side of the corridor, two on the other. This comes mostly for OiS, where they show 5 doors locking when Early locks everyone in. Jayne's bunk is opposite Kaylee's (from the last scene in WarStories).

Ann

BLUEHOOT

Monday, March 31, 2003 7:11 PM

I havent read any scrips, sorry.

I wish I was a jellyfish because jellyfish dont pay rent.

MANIACNUMBERONE

Monday, March 31, 2003 9:33 PM

I heard about that 12 passenger quarters too, but as of yet, I have only, for sure, found 8 of them. As for crew quarters, I believe there are 5, as you said, 2 on one side of the hall, 3 on the other side. (If you are looking from the mess hall towards the bridge, Kaylee and Mal are on the starboard side, Jayne and Zoe/Wash on the port side.) I am fairly certain that Jayne's room is the middle one one the port side, and that Mal's room is directly across from his, not Kaylee's. Kaylee's is next to Mal's, on the starboard side, and her room is closest to the bridge. I have yet to discover if Zoe/Wash's room is the one closest to the bridge on the port side, or furthest. I am of the impression though that it is the closer one, since that would allow faster access to the bridge for Wash.
I am 50% complete.

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Who's winning?
I don't know, they don't seem to be playing by any civilized rules that I know.
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BLUEHOOT

Monday, March 31, 2003 10:27 PM

12 passengers doesnt necessarily mean 12 separate rooms. Some may be doubles. So I suspect that if the two that I mentioned earlier, the ones where you climb up the ladder to slide open the door, those are probably singles with smaller space and a smaller bed. The ones that Simon and River have are probably doubles...a bit bigger bed maybe and a larger amount of general space (since they have 2 sets of doors each).

I wish I was a jellyfish because jellyfish dont pay rent.

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