One question/problem about ariel
POSTED BY: Docebo
UPDATED: Monday, March 1, 2004 04:48
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Quote:You have to remember, this is a CORRUPT inner world. The Med Vehicle was just painted over to neutralize the markings, the vehicle was replaced because it was required after a certain number of hours. The scrapyard was just that. Parts cannot be recycled because of Union Work Rules demanding new replacement parts. So they slipped the guard a fin, promised the stuff would disappear rimward and never be seen again. The scrapyard got paid on delivery, the Guard got a case of beer, the Serenity's got a fortune in stolen drugs and everybodies happy. Well, except the Alliance Marshalls and the morgue which is gonna have paperwork out the ying, and through the yang.
Originally posted by kef:
More unbelievable to me was that Wash and Kaylee were able to slap together a working med vehicle out of junk parts so quickly. Not that they weren't capable of building it, but that they were able to do it seemingly in just a few hours, at most. And most junk yard want money for their junk. Particularly the big, useful pieces of junk. Simon specifically said it was a "shopping expedition".
Jeff
Who is was minor bureaucrat.
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On a different note, obviously the Blue Hands have no problem killing people who trust them (like the dude who double crossed Jayne) or who are already unconscious (like the guard whose neck Simon stepped on).
Can't wait to see how the Blue Hands deal with people who are actually fighting back.
Them and the Reavers seem to be cut from a similar cloth.
mattro
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Originally posted by TinyTimm:
You have to remember, this is a CORRUPT inner world. The Med Vehicle was just painted over to neutralize the markings, the vehicle was replaced because it was required after a certain number of hours. The scrapyard was just that. Parts cannot be recycled because of Union Work Rules demanding new replacement parts. So they slipped the guard a fin, promised the stuff would disappear rimward and never be seen again. The scrapyard got paid on delivery, the Guard got a case of beer, the Serenity's got a fortune in stolen drugs and everybodies happy. Well, except the Alliance Marshalls and the morgue which is gonna have paperwork out the ying, and through the yang.
Jeff
Who is was minor bureaucrat.
LOVE this!
m.
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"But ... not boring, like she made it sound." Wash, in ARIEL
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Actually, it occured to me that the Serenity has likely already been taken off the badlist of Fireflys. Why?
Remember Bushwacked? The Alliance Commander did a fairly good search of the ship before he was attacked by the Reaver.
I can only imagine that the Commander would report that he searched the firefly Serenity and didn't find anything. This would also fit in with Safe where the Alliance didn't grab them.
However, I think they might end up doing a search on Jayne now. And if Jayne can be tagged to Serenity, they might realize their mistake.
Nixx
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Good point, I hadn't thought of that.
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Originally posted by NixxIgnatius:
Actually, it occured to me that the Serenity has likely already been taken off the badlist of Fireflys. Why?
Remember Bushwacked? The Alliance Commander did a fairly good search of the ship before he was attacked by the Reaver.
I can only imagine that the Commander would report that he searched the firefly Serenity and didn't find anything. This would also fit in with Safe where the Alliance didn't grab them.
However, I think they might end up doing a search on Jayne now. And if Jayne can be tagged to Serenity, they might realize their mistake.
Nixx
This definetly seems to sum it up pretty good for me. I don't think the bluehands knew anything about the fake med vehicle or anything else. If they had they would have made sure the fakes never had a chance to get away.
As for tracking Jayne how much info do they have on him being as they killed all the witnesses? He did contact the alliance twice by phone. Did he have to use a personal I.D. card to make the calls? If so I would think as much as he distrusts everyone but himself he would surely have a fake. If you noticed when he was on the vid-phone he had his face right up against it, would this possibly make it so they couldn't get a complete or good picture of him?
The med vehicle makes a lot more sense when I realized the time they had to work on it. But then again, Kaylee can do anything.(especially me)
Just some mindless ramblings. Thanks.
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The Hands of Blue were interested in the cruiser's commander's contact with a Firefly and its crew at the end of Bushwacked, and showed him a picture of River. Whether it was supposed to be shown later or not, it wasn't, so this is what we have.
Actually, no -- the Bluehand Agents popped up at the end of The Train Job, not the end of Bushwhacked. So they wouldn't have known about Serenity, because nothing in the train heist provided evidence directly showing that a Firefly-class vessel was used.
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Actually, no -- the Bluehand Agents popped up at the end of The Train Job, not the end of Bushwhacked. So they wouldn't have known about Serenity, because nothing in the train heist provided evidence directly showing that a Firefly-class vessel was used.
They did indeed, and all they said was that they were looking for a girl (and showed a pic of River)
However - in Bushwacked, the crew of the Alliance cruiser pulled up the following when they spotted Serenity -
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"An alert issued on an unidentified vessel, Firefly flass, rumoured to be carrying two fugitives, brother and sister"
Which is why they go searching Serenity for Simon and River. So... they did know to look for a Firefly. However - I guess the chances that the pair were *still* on a Firefly would be slightly less, although the presence of a Firefly in port might suggest to them that it was likely.
I have my own question about the blue-handed guys... namely - if recapturing River is *so* important, why the did they dally to kill people while she escaped? When they disposed of the first bunch they didn't know she was gone, but they still paused to kill someone once they did know. How can it be so important to silence people who've heard her talk that they're prepared to risk her escaping to do so? (Especially someone who was incapacitated like that - they could easily have gone back for him)
I truly hope we get to find out what's going on with these guys.... and that the explanation is worth the wait.
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A reminder of a crucial point already raised: They searched Serenity and didn't find them. We can safely presume they also checked the poeple's IDs, the vehicle registration, the license plate, and the VIN. 
So they know that ship and its people now specificly, by name, and have them on the list of Fireflies that are CLEAR. So if they figure their prey is still on a Firefly, they're not figuring it's THAT one, so Serenity would be just another one of zillions of civilian craft coming and going on private business they don't really care about.
About the Hands Of Blue: I guess River alone isn't what it's all about with them, but a little part of the picture...
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Originally posted by Delvo:
A reminder of a crucial point already raised: They searched Serenity and didn't find them. We can safely presume they also checked the poeple's IDs, the vehicle registration, the license plate, and the VIN.
Also, in "Safe" when the crew went to find an Alliance ship to get treatment for Book, the Feds would have made a record of that encounter, which certainly gave the impression that Serenity does not have its own doctor. Therefore they've got two reasons to think that Serenity isn't the Firefly-class ship harboring the missing Dr. Tam.
Radegund
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