the real shepard book

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FREESOUP

Saturday, October 4, 2003 12:47 PM

Well, this is a fellow who knows his way with guns, tracking on the ground, insignia of Alliance, and a LOT about lethal illegal space salvage.

That means he's either a crime specialist, a former bounty hunter, a Black Ops boy either privately or for the Alliance military, a military inderdicter of pirates and other criminals, an anthropologist studying the Reaver problem, a shit disturber or a witness having been relocated after doing any of the above.

Any guesses which ones get him fast, fast relief on an Alliance vessel on patrol of the Rim?

He's clearly experienced at doing bad stuff well. The question he may be asking himself is can an old dog really learn new tricks?

Free Soup, from OB That Was.

MOJAVERATTLER

Saturday, October 4, 2003 9:58 PM

Book's Actual quote was "I don't give half-a-hump whether you're innocent or not. So where does that put you?" while he was speaking with Jayne.

-mojave

TRAGICSTORY

Saturday, October 4, 2003 9:59 PM

My two cents is that Book was Alliance. High up Alliance brass. Then he realized that the ideals he was fighting for were not the same as the status quo he was defending.

He got all of his previous skills (tracking, guns, etc.) because he became brass byworking up from a grunt.

I also believe that is an asian (custom,tradition, honorable choice) to quit the military to become a religious man in the later years of your life. So I think that Book, sick at what he was fighting for opted for the only non-eyebrow raising way out and joined the abby.

Of course to make this idea work we would have to assume that Niska was low level alliance (but with a reputation for being a bastard)

Of course we could always jump Joss and Tim and beat it out of them. DON'T THINK WE HAVE FORGOTTEN THAT YOU KNOW WHAT INARA IS RUNNING FROM!

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BARNEYT

Sunday, October 5, 2003 10:58 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by MojaveRattler:
Book's Actual quote was "I don't give half-a-hump whether you're innocent or not. So where does that put you?" while he was speaking with Jayne.

I'm agreeing with the 'Book was a cop before he became a Shepherd' theory - although I think it has to have been military police, for his ID card to have that much clout with the Alliance.

My read of this line is that it's his own thoughts about the different ways of thinking he has now compared to his days in the police. 'Cause presumably as a shepherd he's no longer concerned with the crimes Jayne may or may not have committed - which would be a real switch for his cop-trained mind.

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GTHING

Sunday, October 5, 2003 2:12 PM

I actually am working on a fanfic series, where I’m planning to explore some of Book’s past. Of course, I have to figure out what some of those secrets are. This thread is definitely useful for hearing other fans’ speculations.

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ANDRE

Monday, October 6, 2003 4:10 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Channain:
Safe to say he wasn't always a shephard.

Well, not quite. Remember how he said to Jayne he has never been with a woman...?

Sometime Jayne also said "someday we'll find out how can a preacher know so much about crime". Book gave some answer like "maybe someday you'll know" but I can't remember exactly the words...

SPACEANGLER

Monday, October 6, 2003 4:13 PM

So maybe he was a gay cop.

BARNEYT

Monday, October 6, 2003 4:19 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by andre:
Quote:
Originally posted by Channain:
Safe to say he wasn't always a shephard.

Well, not quite. Remember how he said to Jayne he has never been with a woman...?

He said to Jayne, he'd never been with a woman? What episode did that happen in?

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"I think the right place to start is to say, fair is fair. This is who we are. These are our numbers." Mr Willis of Ohio - The West Wing

SPACEANGLER

Monday, October 6, 2003 4:22 PM

It was Objects in Space, wasn't it?

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MANIACNUMBERONE

Monday, October 6, 2003 5:01 PM

Lots of army-types don't ever marry either. So Book could have been in the military intelligence a long time without marrying, then moved into the shepherd role to try to pay for his past sins... most likely his role in planning the attack on Serenity valley.

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