'You see, Vera? You dress yourself up...'
POSTED BY: cljohnston108
UPDATED: Tuesday, November 7, 2006 11:14
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I'd always thought that putting Vera inside a spacesuit so that she could be fired from inside the evacuated airlock constituted "good science" on Joss' part.
Then I saw a recent episode of MythBusters, where they were testing the validity of three different historic designs for internal combustion engines that were meant to be fueled by... Black Powder!
One of the team members made a comment to the effect of, "Black powder carries its own oxidizer, so it can ignite in a vacuum, whereas gasoline needs to be mixed with air."
I thought, "Awwwwww, man! So Jayne really didn't need to dress Vera up!"
Oh well, I still love that scene anyway!
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Hmmm, interesting point. I'm sure that our BDHs didn't have much of a scientific background. Most of us didn't know that, so I'm sure the crew didn't either.
Besides, I've always wondered why the gun was able to fire more than once. If it really needed oxygen, wouldn't the air rush out into the vacuum after the first bullet was fired? I always thought it was a stretch that the gun fired more than once. Now I know - no problem. It doesn't need the oxygen. But doesn't Vera look much better when she's all dressed up?
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You're assuming the shells Vera fired were black powder!
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Originally posted by VerseExplorer:
But doesn't Vera look much better when she's all dressed up?
Hmmmm... Hard to say.
That's one fine lookin' weapon!
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cljohnsto108 wrote:
That's one fine lookin' weapon!
Sure it is, but I have a hard time noticing when Jayne is in the pic. We all have our own priorities.
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Well, you know, we are talking about Jayne here. Granted, there aren't many on Serenity who know as much about firearms as he does. But there might have been an incident past where he tried to fire Vera in space, had a misfire for some reason and got it in his head that she couldn't fire in a vacuum.
Then again, as Penguin pointed out, p'raps she uses a different propellant. 
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Originally posted by VerseExplorer:
Hmmm, interesting point. I'm sure that our BDHs didn't have much of a scientific background. Most of us didn't know that, so I'm sure the crew didn't either.
I am pretty sure that Jayne would know Vera's capabilities. (arrgh, beat to the punch by Steamer...)
Joss has said that they simply got wrong information from a so-called "expert", and by the time they realized that, it was too late.
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Steamer, that's a great explaination. What was I thinking? Jayne appears to have very little education and not much on interpersonal relationships, but he would know everything about his guns.
And of course Penguin could also be right. He usually is!
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Originally posted by Moose:
Joss has said that they simply got wrong information from a so-called "expert", and by the time they realized that, it was too late.
Ah, okay.
Belatedly Googled "firefly vera vacuum"...
http://www.fireflyfans.net/reference.asp?r=869
Sorry, I thought I'd actually found something original to contribute.
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cljohnston108 wrote:
Sorry, I thought I'd actually found something original to contribute.
There always seems to be an answer in the archives. It's a great post. Now the new Browncoats will be informed.
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