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Sunday, May 21, 2006 11:25 PM

JACKFIREFLY


Sgt. Jack Firefly

Sergeant of the “Morning Star” brigade he was posted to Serenity Valley but was then taken out to reinforce in “Hera’s Gap” a valley on the other side of the planet.

The fighting there lasted a Month and 18 days till the fighting stopped. Then he was pulled back to Serenity Valley where he saw out the rest of the fighting. By the time the fighting stopped his brigade was down to 20 people and when they were pulled out, 5 but for his bravery and leader ship he was a awarded a medal of honor and a modified Taurus .38 cal revolver like Mals.

After the fighting he bought a Firefly Class 03' model ship. He named it "Shadow" after the dead planet.

During then he has been taking “odd” jobs and trying to keep flying with his crew:

Jack Firefly: The Captain
Bolton: The War Buddie
Krystal: The Engineer
Andrew: The Negotiator
James: The Doctor
Katie: The Pilot
Mel: The Gun

He then was robbed of his ship, his pride. He had been decieved by Saffron acting as a passanger. He then bought a Modified Raptor class patrol boat, larger then his last Firefly class ship. He named it "The Pheonix"

Here are where the names come from:

Mel-My Dad and Brown Coat

Bolton-My best mate and converted browncoat.

Andrew-One of my best freinds but a FF hater :(

Jack Firefly- My first name and Firefly

Oh and yes, I am gunna' try wright fanfics on this.

If this is in the wrong place sorry i didn't know where to put this.

"I do the job... then i get paid, go run your little world." - Malcom Reynolds - Firefly

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Monday, May 22, 2006 12:04 AM

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Wasnt Shadow wiped clean of life long before the end of the war?

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Monday, May 22, 2006 12:04 AM

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Monday, May 22, 2006 12:04 AM

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Monday, May 22, 2006 12:04 AM

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Monday, May 22, 2006 12:04 AM

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Monday, May 22, 2006 12:04 AM

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Monday, May 22, 2006 12:17 AM

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Originally posted by Vinterdraken:
Wasnt Shadow wiped clean of life long before the end of the war?


Nah it says here on firefly wiki ( http://www.fireflywiki.org/Firefly/UnificationWar) differently

Unification War

SearchWiki:
(The following is a non-canonical document detailing the Unification War, inspired by the real-life details of the U.S. Civil War on which it was at least partially based. With the exception of references to the battles of Serenity Valley, New Kasmir and Du Khang, this document is entirely non-canonical to the Firefly setting.)

The Unification War started with Lao Anbiao's nomination as Chairperson in the elections of 2505, which triggered a declaration of secession from the Alliance from many colony worlds. Leaders of the “Independent Faction” had long been waiting for an event that might unite the colonies against unification forces, and Anbiao’s hard-lined adherence to an Alliance of all colonized worlds was, most believed, the catalyst necessary.

Once the election returns were certain, a special Independent convention declared "that the union now subsisting under the name of the "Interstellar Anglo-Sino Alliance of Colonized Worlds' is hereby dissolved." By February 1, 2506, six more systems had seceded. On February 7, the seven systems adopted a provisional constitution for the Independent Colonies. The remaining colonial systems as yet remained in the Alliance.

February 9, 2506 - The coalition of Independent Colonies is formed (seven border systems are announced as members).

April 12, 2506 - Independents open fire upon Federal troops stationed on the IAV Sumter on patrol on the Athens moons. The Unification War begins.

April 17, 2506 - Verbena secedes from the Alliance, followed within 5 weeks by three additional systems who are, as a whole, much closer to the Core worlds than the original Independent colonies, bringing the total number of 'officially independent' systems to eleven. In an attempt to prevent more colonial systems from joining the Independents, the Alliance directorate passes the Crighton-Jihau Resolution, which stated that further successions would lead to stiff economic sanctions and tariffs.

April 19, 2506 - The Alliance directorate issues a blockade against Independent ports. For the duration of the war the blockade limits the ability of the rural Colonies to stay well-supplied in its war against the industrialized Core worlds.

July 21, 2506 - An Independent force has assembled on Verbena. Alliance troops move against Verbena under General Irvin. Independent General Prudence Vaughn resists the Alliance attacks with a much smaller force and Alliance troops fall back to Osiris.

July 27, 2506 - The Alliance directorate appoints Geoffrey Devchenko as Commander of the Sihnon Peacekeeping Force and follow this in November with appointment as general-in-chief of all Alliance forces. Devchenko responds, "I can do it all."

February, 2507 - Victory for Alliance General Yu Kwan, recapturing Boros.

April, 2507 - An Independent surprise attack by underground resistance fighters on General Yu Kwan's unprepared troops on Boros results in 13,000 Alliance troops killed and wounded. Chairperson Anbiao is pressured to relieve Kwan but resists.

May, 2507 - Independent forces are driven from New Melbourne, holding that key strategic system for the Alliance.

June, 2507 - Devchenko reached Hera, only to be defeated by General Rui Li (heavy losses on both sides). Devchenko begins a retreat to Osiris and is relieved of duty upon his arrival.

August, 2507 - Under Devchenko’s successor, General Hildebrand, 75,000 Federals are defeated by 55,000 Independents under General Prudence Vaughn and General Harold Biao at the second Battle of Verbena. Once again the Alliance Army retreats to Osiris.

September, 2507 - Li invades the Core worlds through the Poseidon Nebula with 550,000 troops, en route to Osiris. Alliance forces under the command of Devchenko pursues Li. Chairperson Anbiao restores Devchenko, who wins a bloody, pyrrhic victory at the Battle of Tietam near Sihnon on September 17. Li's army returns to Verbena. Devchenko fails to “follow up on the Tietam victory” and is replaced by General Evan Ambrose.

December, 2507 - General Ambrose suffers a costly defeat on Verbena, with a loss of 12,000-plus troops after 14 frontal assaults. Independent losses are around 5,000.

January 25, 2508 - The Alliance directorate appoints General Etienne Mordeau as Commander of the Core Alliance force, replacing Ambrose. General Kwan is placed in command of the Border Alliance forces.

March 3, 2508 - The Alliance Directorate enacts a wartime draft, but exempts those who pay a fee or provide a suitable substitute draftee.

April, 2508 - Alliance ships take New Dunsmuir on the planet Beaumonde, the Independents’ most accessible 'Coreward' spaceport.

May, 2508 - Alliance forces under General Mordeau are decisively defeated by Prudence Vaughn's much smaller forces at the Battle of Three Hills as a result of Vaughn's brilliant tactics, although General Vaughn is mortally wounded by friendly fire. Mordeau retreats. Alliance losses are 17,000 killed, wounded and missing out of 130,000. The Independents, 13,000 out of 60,000.

May 20, 2508 - The Independents suffer a huge blow as Prudence Vaughn dies from her wounds. "I have lost my right arm," General Li laments.

June 3, 2508 - General Li (with 75,000 Independents) launches his second major offensive.

June 28, 2508 - The Alliance appoints General Jonah Shaker as commander of Alliance forces, replacing Mordeau. Shaker is the 5th man to command the Alliance forces in less than a year.

July, 2508 - The tide of war turns. Shaker stops Li's invasion of Alliance-held territory at the Battle of Greenleaf, inflicting massive casualties on Li's forces (and taking them in turn) again forcing Li to retreat; this time to Hera.

August, 2508 - Bellerophon, the last Independent planet with easy access to both Core and Border worlds, surrenders to General Kwan after a six week campaign that ends at the city of New Madrid. With the Alliance now in control of all major shipping routes, the Independents are effectively split in two. Nearby Santo colony falls within weeks of Bellerophon's capitulation.

October, 2508 - The Directorate appoints General Kwan to command all operations in the border worlds. Independent resistance in the border worlds is stretched thin and rendered ineffective by the end of the year.

December, 2508 - Alliance and Independent troops pinned down without supplies outside of New Kasmir.

January, 2509 - New Dunsmuir on Beaumonde is captured, allowing the Alliance forces to begin moving against Independent forces in the Core as well.

March, 2509 - The Alliance directorate appoints General Kwan to command all of the armies of the Alliance.

May-December, 2509 - The beginning of a massive, coordinated campaign involving all the Alliance force. In Verbena, Kwan moves to engage Li, beginning a war of attrition that will include major battles at Whitefall, Silverhold Colonies, and Saint Albans. An attempt to outflank Li from the outlying systems fails due to the fact that Alliance forces are 'corked' within the unnavigable Bermuda Hundred Nebula, but Yu Kwan is tenacious and continues to press Li’s forces in Verbena and other Core systems such as Hera.

In the border systems, Alliance General Haas begins an advance toward the Core.

June, 2509 - A costly mistake by Haas results in 7,000 Alliance casualties in twenty minutes during an advance on Beylix.

August, 2510 - Kwan eventually manages to force the Independent forces to overextend, pinning a large force down in the Siege of Du Khang and, after two failed attempts, finally finds a commander -- Bernadette Sheridan-Hale -- who can clear the threat to the Core Systems.

September, 2510 - An unresisting Persephone is ‘captured’ by Haas, who drives for the core worlds, leading forces that lay waste to much of the Georgia System (there are rumors of the using biological weapons, supported by the fact that Haas is currently working Durran Haymer. When Haas' troops turn to approach the Verbena system from the direction of the colony worlds (thus cutting off Independent supply lines) it is the end for Li and his men and with them, the Independents -- cut off, Li cannot move to reinforce the troops on Hera.

February, 2511 - Alliance forces begin a general advance on Hera, culminating in the battle of Serenity Valley, one the last and bloodiest of the major battles of the war. The battle lasts two months.

May, 2511 - Peace accords are signed after two weeks of negotiation on Verbena. Celebrations break out on Osiris. Medical aid is finally sent in to the survivors still within Serenity Valley.

May, 2511 - Most of the remaining Independent forces surrender. Over 6,200,000 died in the war, disease killing twice as many as those lost in battle.

The Allied systems had won. Advantages widely believed to have contributed to the Alliance's success include:

* A strong, industrial economy
* Superior numbers
* Possession of the Alliance merchant marine fleet and interstellar ships
* The Alliance's established government

The war officially ends in 2511.

The Battle of Paito Ranch, fought on May 23, 2511 on the colony world of Shadow was the last land battle of the war and, ironically, ended with an Independent victory. All Independent land forces had surrendered by June 2511, though Independent interstellar units surrendered as late as November of 2511.

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Monday, May 22, 2006 12:37 AM

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Well, thats interesting since shadow is a dead world after alliance bombings, mentioned in some places, found this reference to it in the RPG book.

The aggressive bombing of Shadow during the war was meant to teach the Browncoats a lesson about the might of the Alliance. Instead, the bombings only hardened the resolve of those who fought and increased the Browncoats hatred of their enemy. those few of Shadow who survived this difficult time lost loved ones, their lives forever changed. Shadow today is a ghost planet.Nno one lives there, No one can.

(page 218 of the Serenity RPG Core Book)

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Monday, May 22, 2006 12:37 AM

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Well, thats interesting since shadow is a dead world after alliance bombings, mentioned in some places, found this reference to it in the RPG book.

The aggressive bombing of Shadow during the war was meant to teach the Browncoats a lesson about the might of the Alliance. Instead, the bombings only hardened the resolve of those who fought and increased the Browncoats hatred of their enemy. those few of Shadow who survived this difficult time lost loved ones, their lives forever changed. Shadow today is a ghost planet.Nno one lives there, No one can.

(page 218 of the Serenity RPG Core Book)

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Monday, May 22, 2006 12:37 AM

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Well, thats interesting since shadow is a dead world after alliance bombings, mentioned in some places, found this reference to it in the RPG book.

The aggressive bombing of Shadow during the war was meant to teach the Browncoats a lesson about the might of the Alliance. Instead, the bombings only hardened the resolve of those who fought and increased the Browncoats hatred of their enemy. those few of Shadow who survived this difficult time lost loved ones, their lives forever changed. Shadow today is a ghost planet.Nno one lives there, No one can.

(page 218 of the Serenity RPG Core Book)

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Monday, May 22, 2006 12:37 AM

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Well, thats interesting since shadow is a dead world after alliance bombings, mentioned in some places, found this reference to it in the RPG book.

The aggressive bombing of Shadow during the war was meant to teach the Browncoats a lesson about the might of the Alliance. Instead, the bombings only hardened the resolve of those who fought and increased the Browncoats hatred of their enemy. those few of Shadow who survived this difficult time lost loved ones, their lives forever changed. Shadow today is a ghost planet.Nno one lives there, No one can.

(page 218 of the Serenity RPG Core Book)

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Monday, May 22, 2006 12:37 AM

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Well, thats interesting since shadow is a dead world after alliance bombings, mentioned in some places, found this reference to it in the RPG book.

The aggressive bombing of Shadow during the war was meant to teach the Browncoats a lesson about the might of the Alliance. Instead, the bombings only hardened the resolve of those who fought and increased the Browncoats hatred of their enemy. those few of Shadow who survived this difficult time lost loved ones, their lives forever changed. Shadow today is a ghost planet.Nno one lives there, No one can.

(page 218 of the Serenity RPG Core Book)

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Monday, May 22, 2006 12:37 AM

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Well, thats interesting since shadow is a dead world after alliance bombings, mentioned in some places, found this reference to it in the RPG book.

The aggressive bombing of Shadow during the war was meant to teach the Browncoats a lesson about the might of the Alliance. Instead, the bombings only hardened the resolve of those who fought and increased the Browncoats hatred of their enemy. those few of Shadow who survived this difficult time lost loved ones, their lives forever changed. Shadow today is a ghost planet.Nno one lives there, No one can.

(page 218 of the Serenity RPG Core Book)

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Monday, May 22, 2006 1:13 AM

JACKFIREFLY


Damn Gunna change that now.

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Monday, May 22, 2006 2:36 AM

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May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one.


You realize of course that the cut & past info you did from Wikipedia is not canon, right? It appears to be fan created filling in the large blanks left by the little info we did get from the show and film. It is a bit weak considering they pretty much just followed events of the actual War Between the States and just changed battle names (barely), and mimicked the names of the major players of said conflict.

Shadow is in fact lifeless due to bombardment during the Unification War.

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