The "Cry Baby"
POSTED BY: Calhoun
UPDATED: Sunday, January 11, 2004 19:26
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Yeah thats right Succatash, my interpretation of events was that the Cry Baby was positioned next to that rock prior to the operation as a contingency plan. They wouldve triggered it with a tight beam coded laser pulse or some such. Shouldnt be difficult especially when u know exactly the direction to point your laser at. I, too, wonder how far 13 klicks is.
The physics arent really crucial to the show but I believe it is evident Joss has made a very real effort to be scientifically accurate. Furthermore, the Cry Baby scenerio is a novel and clever idea. Especially if it was intended as I interpreted. :)
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My question was always: How and/or DO they retrieve the Crybaby? The were busy mooning the Alliance cruiser at the time, and Crybaby isn't mentioned again, so would they have gone back and gotten it later, or do they just have more than one? Seems like too good a thing to only ever be able to use once.
~A~
...I'm still free,
You can't take the sky from me.
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Quote:
Originally posted by Astriana:
My question was always: How and/or DO they retrieve the Crybaby? The were busy mooning the Alliance cruiser at the time, and Crybaby isn't mentioned again, so would they have gone back and gotten it later, or do they just have more than one? Seems like too good a thing to only ever be able to use once.
Well, it did say "Crybaby #6" on the side of the can...
RIVER
Purple elephants are flying.
MAL
Good. Thanks for the update.
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Astriana: "My question was always: How and/or DO they retrieve the Crybaby?"
Sure, #6, but it would have "fingerprints" of all kinds, pointing to Serenity and crew. It's a beacon with a lock on their ship, you can't leave that behind.
Good question, Astriana.
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Guess I missed the "#6" part... 
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...I'm still free,
You can't take the sky from me.
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Quote:
Originally posted by Succatash:
But it would have "fingerprints" of all kinds, pointing to Serenity and crew. It's a beacon with a lock on their ship, you can't leave that behind.
What kind of 'fingerprints'? It's a tin can with a rigged transmitter/receiver. Doesn't need to have any connection to the ship, just needs to accept a specific command sent to it and transmit the pre-recorded distress signal. Seems pretty disposable to me (and it sounds like they've made use of and disposed 5 of them already...)
RIVER
Purple elephants are flying.
MAL
Good. Thanks for the update.
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I'm totally getting out of my league here with techno physics.
BUT we've got ourselves...
A Cry Baby device that uses a nearby moon to disguise itself because the moon just happens to have the exact same weight as an common Alliance ship...
It can receive a transmission 13 clicks away!
It can completely hide all traces of the incoming signal.
Sounds pretty useful and expensive.
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Couldn't they have rigged up some sort of timer to short it out? The thing is so small, if the signal died, I doubt that huge Alliance ship could see the thing out the window. *shrugging* Just my little guess.
BoomerGoodheart
"I love my Captain."
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My thoughts: The thing looks like an MJB coffee can, it's #6, and it doesn't look too sophisticated. I think it's a disposable.
I focused beam to trigger the device would be easily done even in our time.
As for the gravitational measurement argument, they through in lots of pretty scenery, so the moon/asteroid might just be for looks. Didn't the Alliance lacky say that it "sounded" like a big ship?
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I have to say the moon is irrevelant.
The Cry Baby moon can't just happen to be the same weight as a common Alliance ship. That would be silly. Mal didn't pick the cargo. He's not god.
Therefore, the ship's signature, and it's gravity mass, would have to be altered, moon or no moon.
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