when did serenity get weapons???
POSTED BY: wytchcroft
UPDATED: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 17:55
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ok ok - so my brain may be frozen here but -
Mal fires at the Reavers in the BDM...
where did the weapon come from???
the train job points out the lack of arms - and in OMR it's Vera that saves the day...
so - again, when with the weaponry? - was it some kind of tool???
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It's a gun from the settlement where Book was, although I don't know how they fired it without O2. 
They also take it off at the end.
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thanks - that was Gorram handy to know!
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It was a hood ornament.
Jayne chose it.
Even the littlest Joss chicks are absolutely kickass
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Wasn't that (the hood ornament) the kid taking the dirt nap with baby Jesus? :D
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Originally posted by gorramgroupie:
It's a gun from the settlement where Book was, although I don't know how they fired it without O2.
Assuming it uses a gunpowder type propellant it doesn't need an external source of oxygen to fire. The whole thing with Vera needing a case in OMR is therefor either a science mistake on the part of ME or a special situation in which that particular gun needs oxygen to fire for no reason that anybody can really think of. Considering that the only thing Joss knows about science is that it involves lots of blinking lights it is rather amazing that they only had that one glaring mistake. I'm not counting the dozens of planets hundreds of moons that are all as close to earth as possible thing since that was a deliberate departure from scientific accuracy to promote the kind of story they were telling.
David
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Originally posted by wytchcroft:
HAHAH. Reminds me of the Jesus Christ Action Figure set... "Now with Walk on Water action!"
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Oh, my lord. There you are. 
Propellent (such as gunpowder) requires oxygen as an accellerant to fully force the projectile from the casing throught the barrel of a fire arm. Also, oxygen is required to complete the gas mixture that cycles both gas piston and blowback firearm actions. As for the strange "whirring" sound we hear from weapons on the 'verse I assume it could either be because the weapons use a caseless cartige and require an electrical charge as opposed to a stricken primer to detonate the propellent (although you do see brass cartriges on VERA and witness ejected casing flying through the air in other scenes nullifying my whole point) or the powder is ignited electronically. It is an assumption powder is used, but I think a more stable propellent that is electrically ignited is used. But like most things 'verse wise, it is all assumption.
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interesting... yeh, i always assumed electrcial (i love the whir - always stick it in me fics) but figured the 'battery' (?) gets ejected when spent - to fudge the cartridge issue...
obviously there are different kinds of - and i aint gun minded and -
exits in search of cigarettes...
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