A suspicion about Book...
POSTED BY: Kurukami
UPDATED: Monday, December 2, 2002 17:21
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Book being ex-Alliance makes sense. His knowledge of crime is extensive. Who besides a criminal would know what he does? A cop, of course.
Or a Military Chaplain, in an Intelligence Outfit.
In the US Army Chaplains start at the Rank of Captain.
Jeff
Who figures the Chaplain of an Intelligence Unit should be cleared for Top Secret Blabbers Boiled Alive, then goes up from there.
This is why we keep you around!
'Cause I never would have thought of that(since I've never actually heard of that before.) Elaborate?In regard to the prince theory, there hasn't been any evidence that the Alliance recognizes any governing bodies but themselves so there isn't much likelihood that any sort of monarchy exists.
"I was gonna get me an ear, too." - Jayne
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In regard to the prince theory, there hasn't been any evidence that the Alliance recognizes any governing bodies but themselves so there isn't much likelihood that any sort of monarchy exists.
On the other hand, it seems clear that nobility does exist -- at least on Persephone. That was made abundantly clear in Shindig...
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MAL
Beg pardon, but would you be Warrick Harrow?
HARROW
Sir Warrick Harrow. The sash.
MAL
The sash.
HARROW
It indicates lordship.
See? So there might well be quite a few other nobles running around. Nonetheless, I have my doubts that there's a monarchy at the head of the Alliance. Neither the current American nor the current Chinese forms of government support anything of the sort -- and to date the vibe I've gotten from the Alliance military is much closer to them than to something akin to "Her Majesty's Royal Space Marines" or something equally pompous. :evil grin:
History doesn't always repeat itself. Sometimes it merely shouts "Weren't you listening the first time?!?" and lets fly with a club.
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Originally posted by JaynesGirlfriend:Quote:
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Originally posted by JaynesGirlfriend:
Book being ex-Alliance makes sense. His knowledge of crime is extensive. Who besides a criminal would know what he does? A cop, of course.
Or a Military Chaplain, in an Intelligence Outfit.
In the US Army Chaplains start at the Rank of Captain.
This is why we keep you around!
In the US Army the Chaplain is a military officer who is also a religious leader. The Chaplain stands OUTSIDE the chain of command, with his own structure and chain of command. A Chaplain can bypass the chain of command at most levels and report to his own authority. This is very powerful, and may be essential in the informal communications which make any big organization functional.
Example: (From US Army Training c. 1972) If a private soldier's chain of command is involved in a war crime, the private can report the crime through his chaplain. Any request to see the chaplain must be acted upon as soon as possible. Accessability is required. The Chaplain is a councelor, advisor and alternate means of communications. They tend to be very nice people and easy to talk to.
Jeff Timm
Who is (to his knowledge) the only atheist ever reenlisted by a Chaplain in the history of the US Army. Excellent councilor and a good man.
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Hey KURUKAMI, have you run your theories about Book through the "Bushwhacked" episode where he is actually interrogated by an Alliance officer?
I don't recall the exchange specifically but there may be more clues within it...
mattro
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Well, I just looked through that scene... and it doesn't look as though there were any particularly new clues in it. The commander's busily presuming that Serenity's a crew of pirates, and remarks that its unusual that pirates would have their own chaplain. Then some commentary about the Tam fugitives, about Serenity being on Persephone at the same time they were spotted there, yadda yadda yadda.
Based on the way the Alliance commander was interrogating Book, I think we can rule out that Book's actually the brother to some ruling monarch or the like. After all, if he was that important, he'd be recognized readily enough that Alliance officers would notice him easily and he wouldn't have to pull out an ident card to get special treatment.
No, Bushwhacked doesn't seem to provide any clues disagreeing with my initial theory. There've certainly been some interesting speculations about him here so far, though! 
History doesn't always repeat itself. Sometimes it merely shouts "Weren't you listening the first time?!?" and lets fly with a club.
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