New to Serenity
POSTED BY: KNIGHTOFCHRIST
UPDATED: Saturday, December 31, 2005 21:27
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Thanks for the info. Naw, my ship isn't as cool as Serenity. We're just your average bunch of Joe Sailors. But the job is cool, get to see alot of great places. Recently I spent two days crawling all over Roman ruins in Tarragona Spain. My company has a civil service contract with the Navy. That means we get to do all the cool stuff the Navy does and get their good benefits; but don't have to be in the military. My ship is one of a large fleet called the Navy Auxiliary Force. We are not combat ships, just supply ships and refuel ships. We get to go wherever the Navy goes. Right now, I am in the Mediterrianean for four months - Italy, Sicily, Greece, Crete, Malta, Spain. Entry level positions require no past experience. We take guys and gals green off the street or just coming out of high school. The company provides all the training new hires need. Maybe I should get a job as a company recruiter. Anyway the website is SEALIFTCOMMAND.COM Don't let the pictures of all the clean-cut, military looking guys fool you. I've got hair down to the middle of my back and a full Viking-stash. They just picked the respectable looking guys for the pictures.
Thanks again, later.
Jay Jordan
Knight of Christ
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I am new too. I watched the original airings of the series sporadically in the background while online gaming on genuinely enjoyed the World Series that plagued Firefly so much.
Recently, I caught a few episodes on Sci-Fi and my full attention to the shows were richly rewarded with what all of us here appreciate.
I picked the the series DVD collection and fell in love with all of it as my friends and I watched each episode. We watched and rewatched each episode and forced just about any friend we valued to do the same.
The Serenity movie was an extra xmas treat and now I am hopelessly hooked. Bought one friend the RPG for xmas, have a cunning hat on order for my self, scoured the local shops for the comics and action figures yesterday and just finished watching "My Bodyguard" with one of the aforementioned friends.
I guess I will have to pray for now and consider giving angel and buffy a second look.
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welcome!
http://violetrix.blogspot.com
you won't remember anyway
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I always wanted to travel the sea...
which is partly what drew me to 'Firefly',
that longing to get on a transport and see the 'verse....
I'm looking forward to the novelizations my own self
and altho it is hard to find the 'Serenity' comics they will be out soon in graphic novel form
(just don't buy thru TFAW, buy through ANYONE ELSE!)
Grayfury posted this for new Browncoats:
http://www.fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=2&t=15816
you'll find some treasure there....
welcome, and enjoy!
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watch the R. Tam Session vids: http://www.hittarivertam.nu/
and buy the 'Serenity' comics published by Dark Horse,
and have you joined the Browncoats yet?
http://browncoats.serenitymovie.com/serenity/?fuseaction=tools.invlink
&u=embers&linkID=36
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KOC- hi! Just curious, do you have internet access aborad ship while on the 'high seas'? Do you still call them that?:]
There are many similarities between Mal & Horatio Hornblower (books by C.S. Forester- the BBC films left out all his internal thinking, which the best stuff). You might enjoy Forester's The Good Shepherd too- WWII convoy attacked by U-boats in a storm.
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Ahoy there, matey.
Glad you enjoyed Firefly. You, more than anyone will appreciate the important lessons it offers. Always do the right thing, and given a choice of cargo, take the beagles...
If anyone's after good seafaring stories, James Nelson is your man. He did a good one from the point of view of the Confederate Navy, which will suit the Browncoats, and there was a short series in the piratey vein.
That was really good. The pirates in that were very like Reivers. Really out of it, hacking up their ships to make them more suited to boarding, and "vapouring" - as they luff up athwartships of your fore topgallant yard (look at that: who'd guess I'd never been to sea?), they all hang from the rigging and scream and bang the sides and just acted downright terrifying.
Best of all. Very well written indeed.
G
"There is nothing- absolutely nothing-
half so much worth doing
as simply messing about in boats."
-Ratty (The Wind in the Willows.)
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And let's not forget the great Aubrey/Maturin series by Patrick O'Brian, one of which was made into the equally great film Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World.
And to the OP, welcome to the sometimes bittersweet world of the Browncoats. We know how you feel, and we're right there with you.
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Ain't about you, Jayne. It's about what they need.
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Welcome to the 'verse, Browncoat!
You can order the movie on DVD plus there are the comic books, the novel of Serenity, The Companion plus Finding Serenity, a collection of essays.
Did I leave anything out?
NY/NJ Browncoats: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/firefly_nyc
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Welcome!! 
PsychicRiver
"Two by two, hands of blue." 
"We'll take care of each other. I'll knit!"
"I swallowed a bug."
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Why sure we got internet access on the ship. I'm on the computer in the ship's library right now. We also got a satellite phone. It is New Year's Eve and I'm waiting on the phone to free up so I can call home.
Dewey Lambdin writes a series of novels dealing with the naval career of a British officer in the years during and after the American Revolution. Mostly about the British and the French mixing it up at sea. It is very similiar to the Hornblower novels in regards to the naval accuracy and history. But is written in the every day man's venue. Sort of like Horatio Hornblower meets Van Wilder. It is action-packed with plenty a broadside and sword play. Very funny at times. And pretty damn randy at times - this guy gets laid more than Captain Kirk. It's a good series to read and I highly recommend it.
The ship's phone is free now, so I'd better jump on it before someone else does. Happy New Year!
p.s. It depends on how much rum we have drank if we use the term "High Seas" or not. The more we drink, the saltier we like to think we are.
Later,
Jay Jordan
Knight of Christ
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