Ark ships?

POSTED BY: Cruithne3753
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CRUITHNE3753

Sunday, June 24, 2007 6:20 PM

I wonder about the ark ships that were used in the exodus from Earth-That-Was... they'd have to be huge, almost like small space colony habitats. Would they still be in existence in the 'Verse, or cannibalized for materials? If intact, would they still be used and contain communities? If so, were they considered for inclusion in possible future episodes?

CAPTAINCOUPI

Sunday, June 24, 2007 11:20 PM

Hmm, I suppose there is a quandary there. They would be useful habitats to live in, but once planets had been terraformed would they just be cannibalized for the technology and resources they hold. Maybe just the shells remain in orbit around some world. They might be useful evacuation craft should terraforming not hold on a planet or moon.

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MRSHINYVERSE

Monday, June 25, 2007 11:11 AM

I think that some of these ark ships survived to be used by the alliance for sending large numbers of settlers to new planets.

Moving 30 million people to Miranda would have been a massive task. The number of ships it would have taken if it wasn’t one of or a number of these ark ships would be extreme.

Another reason I think they’re still around in the verse is the sheer size of the Reaver’s main ship in the battle over Mr Universe’s planet. It dwarfs the alliance’s main ship and makes Serenity look like an ant. It could have been that it was an ark ship or a smaller version dropping more people off on Miranda or had stayed in orbit after dropping people off which the Reaver’s boarded and took control of.

I could believe this as I can’t see the Reaver’s being able to build something that big from scratch. I believe they can alter ships, adding bits etc but wouldn’t have the ability or resources to build such a ship.

Anyone have any thoughts on the above (or able to understand what I’ve just wrote as I’ve lost myself after reading it again)

MrShinyVerse

SISTER

Monday, June 25, 2007 11:32 AM

I understand what you've written, and I agree. Some of the ark ships would have survived the initial colonization of terraformed planets. If anyone has read novels by Anne McCaffrey or Andre Norton; some of the storylines included embryo ships where large animals (horses, cattle, etc.) were shipped as embryos and later gestated in tanks making the transport of larger creatures take up a lot less space.

KOIPOND

Monday, June 25, 2007 6:59 PM

people could have been shipped either frozen (ala Serenity) or in a state of living death (ala Ariel/The Message). they'd use less air/water/food/space allowing the same sized ship to carry more people.

ANNUETTE

Monday, June 25, 2007 9:43 PM

I agree with all the stuff above especially the cannabalisign for parts, but just also wanted to add that it's possible that there could be one or two knocking around in or as, museums. However huge, however much needed, people as a whole are fascinated with history and how they came to be. I could see a couple being restored and maybe archived as exhibits or something.

PHOENIXROSE

Monday, June 25, 2007 10:07 PM

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Originally posted by koipond:
people could have been shipped either frozen (ala Serenity) or in a state of living death (ala Ariel/The Message). they'd use less air/water/food/space allowing the same sized ship to carry more people.

Must dispute that with the info from the Serenity Visual Companion's "Brief History of the Universe circa 2507" where it says an entire generation never saw the outside of a spaceship.
I'm betting that when they landed on the newly terraformed worlds they needed all the technology they could get until things really got moving with building more. And then they might have used the older technology to build smaller ships for those who wanted to settle on other worlds after things were settled on Shinon and Londinium. Bottom line, I don't think they could afford to waste anything like that when they arrived. The ark ships are broken down, scattered, gone. No ark museum, no reusing to transport collonists, just broken down and rebuilt into something else.

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ANNUETTE

Tuesday, June 26, 2007 5:37 PM

The questions you've asked about these ships has really given me some annoying plot bunnies for a gen fic i was writing, mind if i explore their concepts some more in it?

JONGSSTRAW

Tuesday, June 26, 2007 6:15 PM

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Originally posted by MrShinyVerse:
Moving 30 million people to Miranda would have been a massive task. The number of ships it would have taken if it wasn’t one of or a number of these ark ships would be extreme.

Speakin' of Miranda...what ever happened to those folks? I've been calling there ( long distance wave charges apply) for 12 years but can't reach anyone. Who do I report that to? I'm worried about my relatives....There's lots of folks here also who haven't ever heard from their friends and family who went to Miranda. I know that Ma Alliance Bell is not the best service provider, but 12 years and no contact!?...somethin's rotten.

MOOSE

Tuesday, June 26, 2007 10:24 PM

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Originally posted by Jongsstraw:
Speakin' of Miranda...what ever happened to those folks? I've been calling there ( long distance wave charges apply) for 12 years but can't reach anyone. Who do I report that to? I'm worried about my relatives....There's lots of folks here also who haven't ever heard from their friends and family who went to Miranda..

Where do you all live? We'll have some agents stop by to make a report. You'll know them by the blue gloves they wear...

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