Firefly Solar System

POSTED BY: Mahatatain
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MAHATATAIN

Thursday, July 31, 2008 3:06 PM

My understanding is that all of the planets in the Firefly setting exist in the same solar system and that no travel between systems takes place. If this is correct does anyone know what the solar system is called?

Also does anyone know whether it is supposed to be a single sun in the system or multiple suns?

Lastly does anyone know if any explanation has ever been given as to why different planets have similar temperature ranges and gravity to Earth that was? Is this put down purely to the miracle of terraforming?

Thanks for any help people can give me.

SISTER

Thursday, July 31, 2008 3:34 PM

moons and planets were terra-formed (process taking many decades) accounting for similarities in climate/vegetation but allowing for breathable atmosphere.
According to the Serenity visual companion - after it became clear the earth was about to be used up - Joss Whedon writes, "A nearby star was located, home to dozens of planets and hundreds of moons, allmost all of which had enough mass and solidity to be templates for new earths. Through giant atmosphere processing plants, terraforming technologies, gravity regulation and the introduction of every known form of Earthlife, each planet became its own little (or in some cases, huge) Earth. Every person willing and able to leave the Earth migrated to the new system. An entire generation never even saw the outside of a spaceship, the journey took so long. But the planets were ready for habitation..." The description goes on to say that the work of rebuilding civilization started on the two largest and most central planets, Londinium and Sihnon. Hope that helps answer some of your questions.

MAHATATAIN

Thursday, July 31, 2008 4:13 PM

Thanks for your help.

That explains the gravity and climate questions – the terraforming included “gravity regulation”.

I still wonder what the solar system is called though! I don’t think that it is ever named but I suppose that matters to the people who live in it!

Thanks again,

Mahatatain.

SISTER

Thursday, July 31, 2008 4:19 PM

really? What's the name of ours? Not to be snarky or anything but does the system on which we (currently) live have a name other THAN the "Solar System?" Do you mean the name of the galaxy? Are we in the Milky Way? AHHHHH where are we????!!!

ZEEK

Thursday, July 31, 2008 4:26 PM

Somewhere in the back of my head I gather than we're in the "Sol System". Maybe I heard that sometime or something. I'm pretty sure Sol just means Sun. So, we're more or less in the "Sun System" which makes sense. I'd guess that whatever they name the Star or Stars at the center of the Firefly solar system that they name the system after that.

SISTER

Thursday, July 31, 2008 4:26 PM

umm; above meant to be amusing.

MAHATATAIN

Thursday, July 31, 2008 4:41 PM

You're both correct - our system is called Sol but who knows that and does it really matter!

What solar system you live in only matters if you can travel between them. As you can't in the Firefly universe then it's only a point of interest rather than something important.

Thanks again,

Mahatatain.

WOLFHOUND

Thursday, November 20, 2008 4:23 PM

I have seen several discussions on the web about it... I tend to think that it is set in this solar system. Time is the most important factor in figuring it out. There would be no way that we could move a portion of people on earth to a new solar system and terraform them in the 500 years. in some ways an academic discussion but when you realize it is an important one. economies of scale and reality based, where the two key items of the Verse.

GREENFAERIE

Thursday, November 20, 2008 5:24 PM

Well, if you want some kind of "official" word on that, there seems to be one now...

http://fireflyfans.net/mthread.asp?b=2&t=35693

AURAPTOR

Saturday, December 13, 2008 9:16 PM

I was just listening to The Signal podcast, show dated Nov 21st, I believe, and they were talking one of the guys from QMX, maker of all sorts of wicked cool Firefly/Serenity stuff. Particular to this thread , they've made a map of the 'verse. A COMPLETE map, which has over 200 moons and planets, and, from the looks of it, 4 suns! ( I dunno about the suns part )

But here's my major question : How we'd go from over populating the Earth - that - was in, say 1 million yrs, to making the same mistakes in the new 'verse, and causing signs of wear and tear in just under 500 ? There's no way we could have transported very many from ETW, to the new 'verse, so just on sheer numbers alone, it seems unlikely we could over populate 1 small moon, let alone 200+ planet sized bodies, nor even BEGIN to tax their resources to the limit. And from what I've read, that's exactly what is going on, at the time of our BDH. Some planets are becoming over populated and stripped of their natural resources. I call hogwash ! There's now ay we'd have the #'s to cause so much damage, nor do I think we'd be dumb enough , having made the great journey to FIND a new home, to start screwing things up so badly , so quickly.

Anyone else find this a tad absurd ? I mean, just over the course of last summer, we cut back in our gas consumption so much as to help bring down the price almost 3 $'s a gallon! ! And that was from voluntary cut backs on OUR own part, w/ no Gov't mandates, orders, or rationing.

Somehow, it don't add up right.

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