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Originally posted by RIPWash:
This may have been addressed before, but hey . . . I'm new

I know the intelligence of the Reavers must have been discussed because, ya know, somehow they organize raiding parties, maneuver spacecraft, set booby traps, etc. But I'm thinking that they MUST speak when they not full of bloodlust. I say this because of the episode "Bushwacked". The poor guy who was forced to witness the Reaver atrocities keeps mumbling "No mercy" and other things, but what stuck out to me was when he said something to the effect of "Open them up and see what's inside". My thinking is that the Reavers MUST have been saying these things in some form or another and he's just repeating them in his addled mind.

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Originally posted by RIPWash:
I say this because of the episode "Bushwacked". The poor guy who was forced to witness the Reaver atrocities keeps mumbling "No mercy" and other things, but what stuck out to me was when he said something to the effect of "Open them up and see what's inside".

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Originally posted by jewelstaitefan:
grrr. Aaarrg.

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Originally posted by traveler:
There must be some verbal language. They are not ignorant or they could not have set the trap Kaylee had to remove. They just seem ultra violent. From the movie they appear to stay close to Miranda. They may have a sense of it being a holy place. They never go back, but they never stay to far from it.

Zoe mentions rape. So they maintained their basic instinct to reproduce. Are they raising a new generation of Reavers?


http://www.imdb.com/mymovies/list?l=28764731
Traveler

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Originally posted by Schism:
I've pondered this, and just assumed that they have their own classes.

Warrior class - the guys who cut their tongues and stuff.

Engineering class - pilots, weapons makers, technological stuff.

I just assumed they all spoke in grunts and a vague semblance of english.

I also assumed that they are led by an alpha-male who is strong AND somewhat intelligent - enough to decide who to delegate functions to. Which fellow reavers are smart enough to be put in charge of repairs, which ones get the women, etc.

I also assumed that, being that they were all once citizens of Miranda, they had some fore-knowledge of mechanics and creating weapons and things before they went mental that they could draw off of.

Just my assumptions.

It would be interesting to see the investigation of a caught Reaver, like the one 'mutant' in I Am Legend.

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Originally posted by RIPWash:
I think it's been discussed that letting the core containment leak does allow for the Reaver ships to go faster and thus capture their prey easier. In BDM, Mal told Zoe to make it LOOK like they were running without core containment without actually doing it.

Zoe: "Get it running again."
Mal: "Yeah"
Zoe: "So not running now"
Mal: "Not so much"
- Out of Gas

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