Shepard Book's Past
POSTED BY: ShanYu
UPDATED: Tuesday, October 5, 2004 03:24
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He was referred to as a preacher nearly as often as shephard, and never once did he complain or protest. Shephard is not a religious appellation we have today, but clearly refers to a religious guide...a preacher.
And my pet theory is he was a Mob enforcer/assassin in his past. This could account for 1) knowledge of and skill with firearms 2) knowledge and skill with crime and criminals 3)knowledge of law enforcement 4)knowledge and experience with travel 5)mysterious government influence, as in a witness protection program.
Huh? whatcha think?
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Originally posted by Michizure:
Personally, I find it interesting that Book apparently dropped "out of the world" sometime just after the end of the Unification War. He's competent in a fight, well informed, and well connected, but initially he wasn't prepared for how rough life can be on the edge.
That lack of preparation made me think that he had been "out of the world" for a lot longer than the six years between the War & the pilot ep. Was there some dialogue that locates his seclusion to after the War?
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Originally posted by ShepherdQ:
note.. Shepherd is the opposite of Mel...
In the war Mel lost his faith
In the war Book found his faith
OK OK OK so lack of sleep and I typo and E... jeezzz
ok it should read MAL
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It could be possible that hes some kind of genetically modified super human from some lab, but at the end of the war he was considered to dangerous to be kept so they shipped him to the abbey for conditioning.
However he still keeps the military knowledge that he was given
I know its a little far fetched but i think its going to be really out of the box as to where hes from and why he has the knowledge
Its quite simple im a retarded dinosaur
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Originally posted by YT:
That lack of preparation made me think that he had been "out of the world" for a lot longer than the six years between the War & the pilot ep. Was there some dialogue that locates his seclusion to after the War?
Apparently not. The script says "a spell," which is a lot vaguer than I recalled.
Call it my impression, then: Book doesn't seem like the sort to sit out the war in an abbey. He'd pick a side and back it, until and unless he hit a Significant Emotional Event to change his mind.
The original script also says he's from farmer stock, with workingman's hands, which negates my theory that he was of too high rank to have gotten his hands dirty before.
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To remind everyone of my observational bit of evidence so it can be ignored again:
http://www.fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=2&t=5844
In short, Book knows how to read a brainscan.
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We applied the cortical electrodes but were unable to get a neural reaction from either patient.
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My theory, repeated in numerous threads here, is that he did the same kind of work that the movie's Operative does. That is, he was someone who tracked down people the Alliance wanted to get hold of.
I think that what ended up happening to those people, or at least one of those people, was finally more than his conscience could bear. So he quit his job and joined the abbey.
"Shepherd" as a title for a preacher makes perfect sense, as the Bible is full of metaphors in which the Lord is seen as a shepherd watching out for his flock, i.e. people on Earth.
I really don't think we're meant to assume the Book tends sheep.
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Ok guys here is my theory, Book at one point was in the alaince military, When he quit he was a high ranking officer with many talents, but for part of the war he was a fighter. and in his time in the military he killed too many people and he trying to escape the world he was once in... one of the people he kill was mal's younger brotehr or sister at one point( i know it dont say this in the show that he had siblings another one of my therporys i posted in the jaynes brotehr forum http://www.fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=2&t=7200) and i think they would make an episode where mal finds out that book or ppl book was in charge of somethgin like that killed his sibling and or entire family.
"You can live with a man for fourty years , share his meals, talk on every subject, then tie him up, and hold him over the volanoes edge. And on that day, you will finally meet the man"
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Originally posted by ShanYu:
a high ranking officer with many talents
Isn't that an oxymoron? Or had the Alliance military a less politically driven staff cadre than the systems we know and pay for?
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Originally posted by PurpleBelly:
Isn't that an oxymoron? Or had the Alliance military a less politically driven staff cadre than the systems we know and pay for?
You think surviving to reach the top in a politically driven system doesn't take many talents?
They are just different talents than in a strictly functional or merit-based system.
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