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Wash- Serenity - Combat Experiance
Wednesday, December 29, 2004 11:54 AM
BOOKSWORD
Wednesday, December 29, 2004 2:48 PM
RANDOMLING
Thursday, December 30, 2004 7:27 AM
XENOCIDE
Thursday, December 30, 2004 9:13 AM
PURPLEBELLY
Thursday, December 30, 2004 10:39 AM
HOTPOINT
Quote:Originally posted by randomling: That's a really interesting theory, Booksword. It's struck me before that Wash doesn't seem to hail from a far-out border planet like some of the others, although I'd argue against him being from a Core world. (He doesn't seem to be as educated or as used to money as, say, Simon or Book, but his home planet is highly industrialized, hence all the pollution.)
Wednesday, January 5, 2005 8:38 AM
Wednesday, January 5, 2005 8:50 AM
JAYNEZTOWN
Wednesday, January 5, 2005 9:48 AM
TRAGICSTORY
Quote:Originally posted by Hotpoint: Quote:Originally posted by randomling: That's a really interesting theory, Booksword. It's struck me before that Wash doesn't seem to hail from a far-out border planet like some of the others, although I'd argue against him being from a Core world. (He doesn't seem to be as educated or as used to money as, say, Simon or Book, but his home planet is highly industrialized, hence all the pollution.) The war supposedly lasted some years and the armies on both sides apparently numbered in the hundreds of thousands (maybe millions given the number fighting in Serenity Valley alone) this must mean at least a few of the Independent Worlds were Industrial. If all the Independent worlds were undeveloped border planets then logically the Alliance would have crushed the Browncoats much quicker than they did (amateurs talk tactics professionals talk logistics as they say). Theorising the Browncoat military was formed from scratch in a great hurry it might very well be that Wash was a military pilot but the training was along the lines of "You already know how to fly. Here's the fire-button for the Lasers, only shoot at the ships with an Alliance logo on them and happy hunting Independent Navy Class of 09:30 in the morning" ................................... Hurrah, hurrah, when things are at their worst With cries of “Death or Glory” comes the mighty Twenty-First
Saturday, January 8, 2005 8:35 AM
CYBERSNARK
Quote:Originally posted by Booksword: Congratualations on your graduation, please dont let the door his you on the ass on the way out and let the other dead mea...I mean recruits in.
Saturday, January 8, 2005 10:18 AM
GUNRUNNER
Quote:Originally posted by TragicStory: You know, that is exactly what happened in the Great War. (WWI for you non buffs) To guard the channel they commandered the pleasure yachts of the rich along with the rich kids who knew how to drive them, retrofitted them to hold a torpedo and put them on patrol. That was the origin of the PT boats which Kennedy made famous.
Saturday, January 8, 2005 4:54 PM
Quote:Originally posted by Hotpoint: Quote:Originally posted by randomling: That's a really interesting theory, Booksword. It's struck me before that Wash doesn't seem to hail from a far-out border planet like some of the others, although I'd argue against him being from a Core world. (He doesn't seem to be as educated or as used to money as, say, Simon or Book, but his home planet is highly industrialized, hence all the pollution.) The war supposedly lasted some years and the armies on both sides apparently numbered in the hundreds of thousands (maybe millions given the number fighting in Serenity Valley alone) this must mean at least a few of the Independent Worlds were Industrial. If all the Independent worlds were undeveloped border planets then logically the Alliance would have crushed the Browncoats much quicker than they did (amateurs talk tactics professionals talk logistics as they say).
Sunday, January 9, 2005 3:34 PM
Quote:Originally posted by randomling: Quote:Originally posted by Hotpoint: Quote:Originally posted by randomling: That's a really interesting theory, Booksword. It's struck me before that Wash doesn't seem to hail from a far-out border planet like some of the others, although I'd argue against him being from a Core world. (He doesn't seem to be as educated or as used to money as, say, Simon or Book, but his home planet is highly industrialized, hence all the pollution.) The war supposedly lasted some years and the armies on both sides apparently numbered in the hundreds of thousands (maybe millions given the number fighting in Serenity Valley alone) this must mean at least a few of the Independent Worlds were Industrial. If all the Independent worlds were undeveloped border planets then logically the Alliance would have crushed the Browncoats much quicker than they did (amateurs talk tactics professionals talk logistics as they say). Core pretty much equals Alliance, but Border does not necessarily equal Independent... neither does Independent necessarily mean far-out-on-the-Border world. I'd guess that Wash hails from a world that isn't in the Core, but isn't quite on the frontier either - a middleish sort of world? Booksword, you may have convinced me: I can picture that he might well have been kicked for insubordination (which means he's made an interesting choice of wife - insubordinate ex-Purplebelly marries highly subordinate ex-Browncoat). His annoyance with Zoe's war stories would seem to indicate that he had a pretty short war if not an nonexistent one. Maybe he was trained, but kicked out before he ever got in the fight?
Monday, January 10, 2005 11:40 AM
JONSAN
Monday, January 10, 2005 12:11 PM
RAT
Monday, January 10, 2005 1:26 PM
BENCHCOAT
Monday, January 10, 2005 4:33 PM
VETERAN
Don't squat with your spurs on.
Quote:Originally posted by Booksword: Sorry was watching Firefly Pilot - Serenity for the tenth time. Research purpose- honest. When the Reavers where coming after the ship near the end it just hit me how cool Wash was....But behind the wheel in a combat like situation he is cool as a cool cumber. Giving out orders ( get Kaylee in the engine room ) thinking tactically ( get her ready to burn).....Almost like he has done this kind of thing before. What if he has. What if he was trained for this kind of thing. A pilot in a war. The war. But why doesnt he tell Mal or Zoe ? Maybe because he was an alliance fighter pilot. ...I mean if this was the case it would have been interesting should it come out. We may not like the Alliance but they had brave men and women fighting in the big War too. Skilled men and women. Like Wash
Tuesday, January 11, 2005 6:29 AM
Quote:Originally posted by randomling: I'd guess that Wash hails from a world that isn't in the Core, but isn't quite on the frontier either - a middleish sort of world?
Tuesday, January 11, 2005 6:56 AM
Quote:Originally posted by Rat: Are you new, if so, Welcome! (sniff) Nobody noticed when I join'd a few weeks ago. (sniff) (sniff)
Tuesday, January 11, 2005 8:41 AM
Quote:Originally posted by jonsan: Sorry to hear that your arrival was not met with trumpets and feasts and belly-dancers and spwhores (if thats your thing). I am sure you deserve it!
Tuesday, January 11, 2005 10:12 AM
Quote:Originally posted by Cybersnark: Quote:Originally posted by randomling: I'd guess that Wash hails from a world that isn't in the Core, but isn't quite on the frontier either - a middleish sort of world?Wash is a Hobbit?!?
Tuesday, January 11, 2005 10:30 AM
Wednesday, January 12, 2005 11:21 AM
Thursday, January 13, 2005 3:28 AM
Quote:Originally posted by Booksword: Actually I noticed on the Pilot they ran with ( The Train Job ) Zoe commented that the Captain went looking for Alliance friendly Bars to start a fight in. Now if Im Wash, and flew for the Alliance, would I want to hang in an Alliance friendly Bar with my Browncoat wife. Actually I dont blame Wash for not hanging around Jayne in Bars, I mean that big lug of toughness is a fight waiting to happen.
Wednesday, February 2, 2005 11:14 AM
Friday, February 4, 2005 5:47 AM
Quote:Originally posted by Booksword: Sorry, can someone clear up my memory some. Did he ever state he was never in a fire fight.
Friday, February 4, 2005 6:41 AM
THALOS
Friday, February 4, 2005 9:11 AM
MICHIZURE
Quote:Helicopters Are Different From Airplanes The thing is, helicopters are different from planes. An airplane by its nature wants to fly, and if not interfered with too strongly by unusual events or by a deliberately incompetent pilot, it will fly. A helicopter does not want to fly. It is maintained in the air by a variety of forces and controls working in opposition to each other. And if there is any disturbance in this delicate balance, the helicopter stops flying, immediately and disastrously. There is no such thing as a gliding helicopter. This is why being a helicopter pilot is so different from being an airplane pilot. And why in generality, airplane pilots are open, clear-eyed, buoyant extroverts and helicopter pilots are brooders, introspective anticipators of trouble. They know if something bad has not happened, it is about to.
Friday, February 4, 2005 10:31 AM
NONSEQUITOR
Friday, February 4, 2005 12:17 PM
Monday, February 7, 2005 1:02 PM
Monday, February 7, 2005 2:27 PM
MIKEYMO
Monday, February 7, 2005 3:58 PM
Quote:Originally posted by NonSequitor: Why would the medics leave their own troops on the ground in serenity Valley though?
Tuesday, February 8, 2005 6:55 AM
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