[spoiler]Reavers[/spoiler]
POSTED BY: rallem
UPDATED: Wednesday, November 7, 2007 22:53
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Body count of River's kills...
You can't rush science, Gibbs! You can yell at it and scream at it, but you can't rush it. "- Abby Sciuto
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Ahh, I see! What would that get you? You know, I just thought of something. There were an awful lot of Reavers on the planet side with the large kill ratio of dead from the crew of Serenity, so it is quite possibly viable that the Reavers did in fact win the battle above and the Republic Troops which ripped down the wall were either a presence of troops who pushed back after the majority of Reaver ships were landed or escaped, or they were from ships which had not yet joined the line by the time of the battle. The Troops may have performed a counter attack which is a common military strategy after a withdrawal.
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Just because the flagship goes doesn't mean everyone went. The flagship is just the biggest target. And time and again it is the little ships, the destroyers and such(to use navy terms) that do the most damage, being small, fast and hard to hit. As far as looting the planet, I think that they had a time constraint, not knowing if anything followed them or if the agent was right behind them. Although, that is a common gripe of mine, not grabbing better stuff. I hate seeing a movie where they go through with a pistol, when there are automatic weapons lying on the ground, or not taking time to get the supplies that could be used. As for power, if it was an automated nuclear plant, then there would be plenty of power, just needed the presence of people to re activate it.
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That is true, but there weren't just a few reavers on the ground, there were a horde of them, and how could that be? They either won initially and were then beaten back by the rpublic forces, or so many of their ships wanted the crew of Serenity that the ignored the republic forces and landed their horde at the destruction of their fleet. My opinion only.
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Well I figured River took about about an average ship's worth of reavers so we could use that to extrapolate the basic numbers as a comparison to the 30,000
You can't rush science, Gibbs! You can yell at it and scream at it, but you can't rush it. "- Abby Sciuto
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How can you assume it was only one ship's detatchment?
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please disregard
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I cant remember, weren't there actually 2 reaver ships landing behind the wrecked Serenity?
Mal: "Seems like we arrived here in the nick of time. What does that make us?"
Zoe: "Big damn heroes, sir!"
Mal: "Aint we just!"
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I think it was one vessel which landed with Serenity, but I don't think that alone means that only one ship landed, and the reason I say this is there were too many Reavers there for just one ship. (imo) It seems that after all the killings which Mall, Zoe, and Jayne did the Reavers just kept filling the holes in their line. Of course there simply could be too many inconstancies for any of us to reason this away. I personally started this thread assuming the Republic won in the sky and space, and I think it is still possible they did and one of the reasons for that is too many Reavers landed to get the crew of Serenity. One clue in the movie might be River’s line when she answered why the Reavers weren’t shooting the Mule out of the sky and she said, “They want us alive when they eat us.” Perhaps the Reavers want Serenity above all reason because they flew through Reaver space and destroyed a Reaver ship. Just a guess.
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I rewatched the scene, there ARE 2 vessels landing behind Serenity... One is the sleek birdshaped "interceptor" that hit Serenity with the beam that put them in the tailspin... Then there is a much larger ship, landing which looks like it could hold many more troops...
Mal: "Seems like we arrived here in the nick of time. What does that make us?"
Zoe: "Big damn heroes, sir!"
Mal: "Aint we just!"
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