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Originally posted by Peulsar5:
Joss said none of the ships in the Firefly verse have faster than light travel, so it would take MANY MANY MANY years. If I remember correctly, the ships that left Earth That Was were generational--it took several generations to get there.

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Originally posted by Anonymous1:
Yes. Good thing a Firefly could run like forever.

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Originally posted by GWEK:
Almost makes me wonder if the show--had it run seven seasons--might have ended with Serenity reaching Earth-That-Was by interia, with the whole crew long dead and gone... except River, who survived in her box from the pilot (because, hey, I bet the crew saved it!)

www.stillflying.net: "Here's how it might have been..."

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Originally posted by AURaptor:
She'd have found a nuked planet littered w/ rusted remains of centurion soldiers , aka toasters.

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Originally posted by GWEK:
Almost makes me wonder if the show--had it run seven seasons--might have ended with Serenity reaching Earth-That-Was by interia, with the whole crew long dead and gone... except River, who survived in her box from the pilot (because, hey, I bet the crew saved it!)

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Originally posted by Bytemite:
Since life expectancy is expected to reach 150 years at some point, maybe a single person could do it. And I think we all know who that would be.

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Originally posted by Bytemite:
Though I wonder how well the robot could be program to care for Serenity and whether it could remain functional, we're not talking a sophisticated AI here.

What I was thinking was that the captain would be the one to sacrifice his life for his crew. Firefly and Serenity ends when Mal dies.

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