Rationalizing a Firefly - Serenity type setting

[David Johnston2]

The problem of course is that the whole concept of "fringe" versus "core" worlds doesn't make sense in a solar system setting.

[Michael Cule]

Since it's Wheedon, I would assume that what happened to Earth was the Watcher's Council finally dropping the ball and allowing one apocalypse or another to come to fruition.

Come on! Did it never occur to you that River is a Slayer?

[Fred Brackin]

Originally Posted by Michael Cule

Come on! Did it never occur to you that River is a Slayer?

No, Slayers can't kill people with their brains.

[cptbutton]

Originally Posted by Fred Brackin

No, Slayers can't kill people with their brains.

Can they use other people's brains?

[Michael Cule]

Originally Posted by Fred Brackin

No, Slayers can't kill people with their brains.

That you've seen. They couldn't use telepathy to have quiet chats with people until that scene in the kitchen in Season seven.

[Bengt]

Why are the masses clones? If they have sperm and ova they could just make normal test tube babies.

[ThatMusicWriter]

Originally Posted by Bengt

Why are the masses clones? If they have sperm and ova they could just make normal test tube babies.

I would like to point out that a clone is not a test tube baby, and vice versa. But the info is basically the same either way.

[cptbutton]

Originally Posted by ThatMusicWriter

I would like to point out that a clone is not a test tube baby, and vice versa. But the info is basically the same either way.

I was aware that I was being sloppy with terminology when I was writing this, but I didn't want to either make up a new word or stick a whole paragraph in the middle of a sentence every time I wanted to mention them.

[johndallman]

Originally Posted by David Johnston2

The problem of course is that the whole concept of "fringe" versus "core" worlds doesn't make sense in a solar system setting.

We have something fairly similar between different countries on the same planet...

[Astromancer]

Originally Posted by David Johnston2

The problem of course is that the whole concept of "fringe" versus "core" worlds doesn't make sense in a solar system setting.

If you had a group of stars clustered closely together, let's say about twice as far as the distantance between the sun and Neptune, the larger central star, perhaps with super-Jovian planets whose moons were viable worlds, then core and fringe could make sense.