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Itinerary for Serenity during the 9 months of Firefly/Serenity.

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Wednesday, June 18, 2014 8:06 PM

JEWELSTAITEFAN


I thought I had already posted this, but if I did finding it is a problem.

I am planning to post where the ship is and how much time it takes to travel.

This is not a finished thread yet, I'll need to build it a bit.


Contributing source threads:
www.fireflyfans.net/mthread.aspx?bid=4&tid=38693


www.fireflyfans.net/mthread.aspx?bid=4&tid=36389

www.fireflyfans.net/mthread.aspx?bid=4&tid=31980


www.fireflyfans.net/mthread.aspx?bid=4&tid=36389&mid=733351#73
3351


www.fireflyfans.net/mthread.aspx?bit=4&tid=32222

Refined Timeline in rearranged episode order, as on DVD:
http://www.fireflyfans.net/mthread.aspx?bid=4&tid=31980&mid=57
1548#571548

http://www.fireflyfans.net/mthread.aspx?tid=32184

Refined Timeline in original Scripted and filmed Episode sequence:
http://www.fireflyfans.net/mthread.aspx?tid=36140

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Wednesday, June 18, 2014 8:07 PM

JEWELSTAITEFAN


Itinerary for Pilot Serenity.

Mid-July 2517, 6 Years after the Battle of Serenity Valley. 2-day episode.
Persephone (Protostar Lux in Core), drop off Inara.
Carrier Salvage wreck. Around 0800-0900.
Wreck to Persephone. Around noon. Planned to stay til 1500, but abrupt departure sooner.
Persephone to Whitefall (moon of Athens, in Georgia system). Minimum 29Au distance, about 19-21 hours travel. Book on Whitefall says he's on board 2 days.
Leave Whitefall, head for Boros (also in Georgia system)?
Whitefall to Boros would be 7.5Au-10.45Au, taking 10-13 hours.

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Wednesday, June 18, 2014 8:07 PM

JEWELSTAITEFAN


Itinerary for Train Job.

Mid-July 2517, a few days (85+ hours) after Pilot Serenity, 6 Year Anniversary of Unification Day - likely the date of Announced Alliance Domination.
Episode lasts about 4 days.
U-Day Bar, on St. Lucious, a moon of Beylix (on Protostar Penglai in Kalidasa - this is about 150Au from Boros, around 75 hours of travel). In the sky are 3 worlds and a ringed body.
To Niska's Skyplex orbiting Ezra. (also about 75 hours of travel from St. Lucious.)
On Ezra (Georgia system), from Hancock to Paradiso.
The Hands of Blue state they came 86 Million miles to Ezra. One Au is 92 million. This would be Regina or it's moon Alexandria. This distance would be covered in under 4 hours at Serenity's maximum acceleration rate, and Alliance ships may be quicker. Boros is the next nearest, and would make sense since Serenity was supposed to head there in accordance with Dobson's signal, but it is 1.125Au away at minimum distance, therefore too far to be where they came from with such a precisely stated distance.

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Wednesday, June 18, 2014 8:07 PM

JEWELSTAITEFAN


Itinerary for Bushwhacked.


Mid-September 2517.
Scavenged ship had been traveling from Bernadette (Core) to Newhall (around Protostar Penglai) in Kalidasa system. Likely location is outside Core, near Red Sun. (far from Georgia or Blue Sun).


The reason this episode is thought to be much later than The Train Job is due to Inara's statements about the time she has been aboard. In TTJ Inara tells Book "8 months" and in Bushwhacked Inara corrects the Alliance Officer's "One year" with her "in a few weeks." Otherwise most references assume a week in between episodes.

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Wednesday, June 18, 2014 8:08 PM

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Itinerary for Ep 4 Shindig.

Mid-late September 2517.
Santos (around Protostar Qin Shi Huang in Core). Day one. Likely 25Au or more from Scavenged ship in Bushwhacked, or 20 hours worth of travel.
Santos to Persephone, closest distance is 13.6Au, or about 13-15 hours travel time at Serenity's max accel/decel.
Persephone. Arrives 10am local time, day after Santos.
Day two. Shindig.
Day three. Duel.
Day four, smuggling cargo to Jaingyin (Red Sun).

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Wednesday, June 18, 2014 8:08 PM

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Itinerary for Ep 5 Safe.

Early-mid October 2517. 1-day episode.
Jaingyin. Arrive 3 weeks after Persephone in Shindig.
Race to Alliance ship for Medical Assistance for Book. Instead of Greenleaf, which would have been 10 hours trip.
Back on Jaingyin (Red Sun). The night (most have retired for the night) following the arrival in daytime.


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Wednesday, June 18, 2014 8:08 PM

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Itinerary for Ep 6 Our Mrs. Reynolds.

Triumph (Protostar Heinlein in Red Sun). 18 October 2517.
Triumph towards Beaumonde. Expected 5-6 days.
Detour to Pulse Net.
Track to Saffron's hiding planet. (Jubilee in Red Sun, if Beaumonde is in Kalidasa)
Onward to Beaumonde (Kalidasa).


Triumph to Beaumonde minimum 22Au (27-28 hours), maximum 85.9Au (44-46 hours)

Scheduled to arrive Beaumonde 24 October 2517.
Scheduled to depart Beaumonde 7 November 2517.

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Wednesday, June 18, 2014 8:08 PM

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Itinerary for Ep 7 Jaynestown.

After 13 November 2517. 2-3 day episode.
Higgin's Moon. (of Harvest, in Red Sun system.)

Get to Bernouli by end of week.

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Wednesday, June 18, 2014 8:08 PM

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Itinerary for Ep 8 Out of Gas.

Late November-Early December 2517. After 19 November 2517.
Heading for Greenleaf (Red Sun), about 18 hours away, planning to arrive after 26 November.

18 hours is a distance of 19.8-20.7 Au. Start of episode is within Red Sun system.
Salvage ship just came from Ito Moon.
Likely stranded in Red Sun system.

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Wednesday, June 18, 2014 8:08 PM

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ep 9 Ariel.

Mid-late December 2517. 2-3 day episode.
On Ariel (Core).
Drop off Book at Southgate Abbey.
Drop off Inara for testing.

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Wednesday, June 18, 2014 8:09 PM

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Itinerary for Ep 10 War Stories.

First half of January 2518. 1 or 2 day episode.
Ezra (Georgia system).
Niska's Skyplex.

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Wednesday, June 18, 2014 8:09 PM

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ep 11 Heart of Gold.

Second half of January 2518.

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Wednesday, June 18, 2014 8:09 PM

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ep 12 Objects in Space.

First half of February 2518. 1-day episode.
Heading for New Melbourne, arriving about 3 days after booting Jubal.

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Wednesday, June 18, 2014 8:09 PM

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Itinerary for Ep13 Trash.

Third week of February 2518. At least 3 weeks after War Stories.
Empty Rock. Wadd (Kalidasa)
perhaps about 145Au distance, for about 68 hours travel.
Bellarophon (Core).

72 hour episode.

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Wednesday, June 18, 2014 8:09 PM

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Itinerary for Ep 14 The Message.

Third week of February 2518, a day or so after Trash. 3-day episode.
Space Bazaar. Two days (about 72-74Au) away from St. Albans. (Not Georgia or Core, not Red Sun) Could be in Kalidasa or open space either side of Kalidasa or Red Sun.

St. Albans. (Red Sun)



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Wednesday, June 18, 2014 8:09 PM

JEWELSTAITEFAN


The alternate, or rearranged sequence of War Stories, Trash, Message, Heart of Gold, Objects in Space.

Empty rock in Trash is Glynis, or maybe Sahadeva (in Blue Sun)

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Wednesday, June 18, 2014 8:09 PM

JEWELSTAITEFAN


Itinerary for Serenity.

Mid-March 2518.
Operative at The Institute, 8 months after River escaped, few weeks before Lilac.


Early April 2518.
Lilac (Blue Sun). Sunday, church time.
Maidenhead on Beaumonde (Kalidasa system).
Haven (Blue Sun).
Training House. (Deadwood in Blue Sun)
Haven (Blue Sun).
Miranda (Blue Sun).
Mr. Universe's Comm Sat. (Core-ward of Blue Sun)
Repair Yard. Dragon's Egg (19.5 hours if DE is opposite orbit of Deadwood) or any body on near side of Kalidasa (up to 27hours for 42Au.) One day away from Training House.

Training House "couple hours out" or .255-.309Au from Haven. Must be far side of Deadwood. Near side of Deadwood or New Omaha too close, Next nearest Glynis is minimum 2.236Au, needing 7-8 hours. Anybody think 7-8 hours would be Mal's "couple?"

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Tuesday, June 24, 2014 7:17 PM

JEWELSTAITEFAN


Itinerary for other stories.



Those Left Behind.

Constance.
Persephone.
Sturges.
Deadwood.

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Wednesday, July 13, 2016 8:46 PM

JEWELSTAITEFAN


Updated with the Hands of Blue info from The Train Job.

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Friday, July 7, 2017 4:49 PM

JEWELSTAITEFAN


I just noticed during a review, Out of Gas was,in their timeline, about Thanksgiving time 2517. That is, U.S. Thanksgiving. I'm not sure if that was intentional, given Joss' handwavium attitude toward science, consistency, and travel.

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Thursday, June 20, 2019 8:39 PM

JEWELSTAITEFAN


I sorta noticed that much of the excitement seems to happen when in transit or landing. They stay some places, like Beaumonde, for 2 weeks - but it is so boring there that no episodes cover an entire span on one world.

In real life, one would hope that the transit, travel, is not very exciting, regardless of mode of transport - and then the fun happens when in port, or at least the interesting action.

I though I would have noticed than much earlier. If I had, I forgot.

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