Slaves in the 'verse
POSTED BY: Morwen112
UPDATED: Monday, May 1, 2006 19:31
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Here you are, straight from the RPG Book, Pg 200:
The Here and Now:
[…] The Alliance does not fully control everything within its far-flung territory. In reality, the Alliance only has full control over the Core planets […] the cracks in the system are large enough to fly a Firefly through. Take slavery, for example. Slavery is outlawed by the Alliance government, but it’s an open secret that terraforming companies, mine owners and the wealthy on the Rim regularly use slave labor in their operations, and pay big sums for human cargo. Every so often, the Alliance will bust one of these owners and free the slaves – that always looks good on the nightly news. But then it’s back to business as usual. Same with indentured servants. That’s not legal either, but most folk on the Border planets accept indentured servitude as a way of life. If you’re desperate for the extra credits and you’ve got nothing else to offer up as collateral except yourself, then that’s what you do. Dohn ma?
I hope that helps 
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Thanks very much to everyone, especially Zisker for looking that up! It helps a whole lot. Look for the fanfic coming up soon!
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Originally posted by pizmobeach:
A face in the crowd from the pilot, on Persephone:
I always wondered if that was meant to be a slaver's tatoo/mark.
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Just an fyi: you may want to look over on the Virtual Season site and see what they have written. They make a number of mentions of slavers and slavery and I would bet my last shiny pinny that GWEK and his team have done their homework.
From the episode "The Big Stick":
"FIVE SLAVER SHIPS cut their way through space, looking sinister and gothic. The DUNGEON SHIP is five times Serenity’s size, slow, laden, as if weighed down by the many slaves it carries."
From the first episode "The Perfect Sunset":
"The HUB is a massive, chaotic swap meet, practically the size of a football field. It seems that anything can be had here, for the right price. Illegal arms, small vehicles, livestock, even slaves are being bought, sold and auctioned by the crowd."
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Originally posted by Agatsu:Quote:
Originally posted by pizmobeach:
A face in the crowd from the pilot, on Persephone:
I always wondered if that was meant to be a slaver's tatoo/mark.
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That's Mandarin for "Your Ad Here.".
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u SuRe R1 sCRappiE 'CoAt
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Just an historical note here from an American Studies major. In Colonial times if you didn't have money for the passage to America you could indenture yourself and agree to serve for 7 years in exchange for passage, room and board.
It was a way both unskilled and skilled laborers could get from the counryside of Europe to America.
Many with an education or trades ended up settling in the cities and being successful. Those with little or no education usually ended up on the frontier where land was cheap or free after their 7 years were up.
BTW Ben Franklin indentured himself in order to learn the printing trade. He did runaway from Boston to Philadelphia before his indenture was up.
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Originally posted by pizmobeach:
u SuRe R1 sCRappiE 'CoAt
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Scrappie is a disease that appeared in the sheep herds of Britain in the 1970's. It was called scrappie after the nature of the illness. Scrappie causes sick sheep to rub up against things. Scrappie also caused the brain to become sponge-like and resulted in death.
I occasionally rub against things, but I sure hope my brain didn't become sponge-bob yet.
Oh, crap.
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