Why Serenity has no lasers
POSTED BY: GreenFaerie
UPDATED: Thursday, December 8, 2005 01:00
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Originally posted by citizen:
I agree GreenFaerie. Serenity is a home, not a battle station.
Stick a gun on her, and she just aint a home no more.
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Remember, the ice caps aren't melting, the water is being liberated.
Now I get what the origonal poster was asking, remember at the end of the movie when they
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took the cannon off that they used against the reavers?
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Now I get what the origonal poster was asking, remember at the end of the movie when theySelect to view spoiler:
took the cannon off that they used against the reavers?
Yeah, that was especially good to see. I couldn't stand having that gun on the ship!
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Would have been neat if the second shuttle was a fighter of some sort.
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Definite cargo hauler, and the Merchant Marine has traditionally been unarmed.
If you're carrying weaponry, then it's going to compromise your cargo capacity in terms of space, weight or both.
If you do go laser, then you'll have to find a lot of power somewhere, and assuming they don't have a Minbari Power Pack like Mr Garibaldi's ZZR-1100, then you're looking at a serious drain on the whirly thing in the engine room, dodgy compression coils and all. And you'll be likely to be asking for firepower and full speed at the same time.
Alternatively, if you were using slug throwers, then you'd need a whole mess o' welding and such, what with reinforcing the mountings and coping with the recoil. (And the extra oxygen cylinders, if it was using the same weird black powder as Vera.)
Crap chemistry aside, the bit where Jayne and Vera topped Captain Aceveda can be forgiven. Maybe it's just me, but that few seconds was just beautiful. Frantic, seconds to go, panic. Jayne calmly shoots and a hole appears in the face plate. Very cool.
G
Book: Don't get me wrong, I gave him a hell of a fight.
Jayne: Epic, I'm guessing.
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'sides, Jayne likes hanging out in the airlock with Vera.
If Serenity was armed, what would Jayne do when they suckered into a giant electronic net?
"Aww. Gee, Wash. You wanna fire lasers at that? Or can I go get Vera and suit up?"
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Quote:Huh? Ever heard of World War 1? World War 2? The Cold War? The War of 1812? The American Revolution? Commerce Raiding has been a part of warfare for hundreds if not thousands of years. Destroying a adversary’s Merchant fleet is a very effective way to defeat them.
Originally posted by Gixxer:
Definite cargo hauler, and the Merchant Marine has traditionally been unarmed.
Personally I wouldn’t mind if Serenity had a small concealed anti-personnel gun like the Millennium Falcon in The Empire Strikes Back, but anything large scale wouldn’t fit in.
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There would be no suspense if Serenity could just blast her way out of trouble. Leave that stuff for the Star Trek junk.
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I think it makes sense that Serenity doesn't have weapons. For a start, Mal only flies dodgy jobs as he does for the simple reason that he was on the losing side in the war. He is basically a law abiding citizen, it's just that his view of what the law should be doesn't really run with a fascist alliance view of what the law should be. I think that he would feel Serenity would have an unfair advantage, not something he would be proud of (though when pushed, of course he will strap a whopping big gun to Serenity and use it on anyone, but that is a last resort thing, surely!!!).
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"Wars, blah, blah..."
Probably a safe bet to assume I have heard of all of them, but I was thinking of Fireflies being the sort of merchant ships that get picked on.
Usually unarmed because Laws of Chance mean you might not run into trouble (unless a series is centred on your boat, in which case you're likely to lead a more exciting than usual life).
And being familiar with wars and stuff, you'll have heard of convoys and escorts.
Armed merchant ships usually don't have very serious hardware, while your average raider is likely to be armed to the teeth, and I doubt anyone would want to try and slug it out with the bad guys. Much better to run, or have a warship handy.
G
If I wanted schoolin' I'd have gone to school.
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Because Serenity, or "Firefly" at least, isn't about space battles. It's about people.
SergeantX
"Dream a little dream or you can live a little dream. I'd rather live it, cause dreamers always chase but never get it." Aesop Rock
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