The Expanding Verse

POSTED BY: yellowjacket
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YELLOWJACKET

Sunday, March 21, 2010 10:28 PM

I've always been a big fan of Firefly, since the day it aired in fact. As a graphic designer I've created my share of fan made projects and I love the continuing creation of materials that have been created by amateurs and professionals alike. I think of it as the Expanding Verse and I recently began making all sorts of graphics and designs for several fan made projects, including a short film out of Salt Lake called Reaverized and a webseries by Mediablender out of the Northwest called Courage. I just thought I'd share some of the designs I've posted at fireflyprops.net and the Replica Prop Forum. Enjoy.

Declaration of Dangerous Goods
This first document is a standard form for the Declaration of Dangerous goods. The form is stamped showing an origin out of the Eavesdown Docks, but I left the signature spaces intentionally blank, so that each one can be signed by you with the intention of making them unique. I went for a bold look, with simple write-in spaces and an obvious warning color scheme. This is based on an actual export form, and I was surprised to see that a form of this kind was so simple in terms of information requirements. It is 8.5" x 14" to match the standard ship's papers size. Enjoy.

http://pics.fireflyprops.net/PACE-HAZRAD-DangerousGood.pdf

New Kong Customs
These are Import/Export tags that I created for my Chinese Cooler project, and I've created six different tags for each. Now the tags have random number sets to show visits through the New Kong Customs House at different times.

The pdfs were created on 8.5" x 11" with crop marks.

Import - http://pics.fireflyprops.net/PACE-NewKongSilver.pdf

Export - http://pics.fireflyprops.net/PACE-NewKongGold.pdf

Keelhauler Transport and Trading Company
Keelhauler Transport and Trading Company might seem like a fly by night business at first glance, especially to the larger companies and the handful of mega-corporations in the Verse, but not so. Not only does Keelhauler thrive with its handful of old transports and seemingly remote offices, but it manages to pick up so much business that falls through the economic cracks of the Core that it excels on several fronts.

First, the Keelhauler fleet is small, so maintenance is small. Rather than maintain a large fleet of ships and shuttles in endless need of repair or replacement, Keelauler piggybacks more than 85% of its transport and trade with other cargo ships, ingoing and outgoing passenger liners and smugglers already bound for destinations favorable to shipping and receiving.

Second, Keelhauler has little to no overhead. Small runs in great quantities means big business with little storage or stock issues.

Also, the name is hard to forget. Even if one could forget such a name (with that special 'I'm sorry...what?' quality) Keelhauler itself would never let you forget it. What Keelhauler lacks in large advertising funds, it more than makes up for in the liberal distribution of cheap print goods.

Ship a box or two for Keelhauler and expect to walk away with a t-shirt or two and a handful of classic postcards (perfect for that handwritten wave from the Rim).

"Dear Ma. Our postman got ate by Reavers, but the youngin's are just fine."

Front:

Back:

pdf:
http://pics.fireflyprops.net/KeelhaulerPostcard.pdf

NOTE: These are set up as U.S. standard sized postcards for mailing. You should print these on pretty heavy cardstock, or they'll fail as actual postcards.

Beaumonde Bonded Carrier and Forwarding Operations form

This was one of my first ship's pape

NCBROWNCOAT

Monday, March 22, 2010 12:17 AM

Very Shiny!

http://fireflyfaninnc.livejournal.com/

BYTEMITE

Monday, March 22, 2010 1:49 PM

Interesting... I like the "dangerous goods" form, though I wonder if a world isn't so backbirth that they actually HAVE Alliance customs officials just how often they use paper. But I bet you could put a typing fade in animation for some of the Chinese and text in Flash or something, make it look all high-tech and digital, maybe edit it into a video production on top of a regular piece of paper.

YELLOWJACKET

Wednesday, March 24, 2010 2:44 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by ncbrowncoat:
Very Shiny!

Thank you. There's going to be a lot more where those came from. Food and beverage labels, munitions, technical manuals, etc.

YELLOWJACKET

Wednesday, March 24, 2010 3:41 PM

Shortly after the Official Map of the Verse came out, J. Chris Bourdier created the Verse in Numbers, and shortly after that I threw the ARC (Astrogation Reference Charts) together. I recently discovered a few subtle mistakes I made and I always wanted to expand the ARC to include mining facilities, remote docks and outposts in the asteroid belts of the Verse. Of course, the Kuiper belt around White Sun is simply too large for the format of the ARC as it is now, but I took the liberty of adding two far flung dwarf planets and their satellites. As for Motherlode (around Red Sun) and Uroborus (around Blue Sun), they now sport dozens of outposts and mining facilities. The names listed are nicknames or shortened version of much longer titles, such as CMC - N1, which stands for 'Corone Mining Consortium - New Facility 1'. My many thanks to the fans who contributed names for these lonely, remote rocks.

This is version 1.3
http://pics.fireflyprops.net/PACE-ARC1.3.pdf

YELLOWJACKET

Friday, March 26, 2010 2:07 PM

No set of ship's papers is complete without a Crew and Passenger Roster, so I had to make my own. I went with a very simple color scheme but an evil border. It was a nightmare to design and build. I borrowed a little from the border of an old mining certificate, but added and added and added until I went a bit blind.

I'll go and rest my eyes now.

http://pics.fireflyprops.net/PACE-PassengerRoster.pdf

AGENTROUKA

Friday, March 26, 2010 3:05 PM

The takeaway box is utterly adorable. What is the wasp saying??

YELLOWJACKET

Friday, March 26, 2010 3:09 PM

The yellowjacket is saying, "Shiny!."

AGENTROUKA

Friday, March 26, 2010 3:45 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by yellowjacket:
The yellowjacket is saying, "Shiny!."

Awwwwwwww.

YELLOWJACKET

Sunday, March 28, 2010 6:00 AM

In addition to printed paper goods, I have to create a lot of logos, directional signs, labels and warning decals to be used as vinyls, stickers and paint decals. This is one of several electrical warning labels that I've been working on. I have three others in the process, but I love skulls, so this one was the first out of the gate.

There are six different stickers to a sheet. They can be printed on sticky back paper or you can spray mount them to appropriate/inappropriate places. The crop marks are a bit tricky, but I was trying to utilize as much surface area as possible.

http://pics.fireflyprops.net/PACE-HighVoltage.pdf

YELLOWJACKET

Saturday, May 15, 2010 2:42 PM

I've done a collectible ticket each year that I've been involved with the Utah Browncoats' CSTS event. A few of this years' organizers asked me if I would make one available worldwide, so in keeping with my port authority ticket from last year, I've chosen another location significant to Firefly. New Burbank. For those not in the know, New Burbank is one of the cities directly connected with the manufacture of the Firefly Class Midbulk Transport. This is a passenger boarding pass for people traveling from Osiris. The document is a pdf and there are four tickets to a page. I recommend a plain white cardstock and then they can be cut down by hand or at the printer. I used the color scheme from Don McMillan's designs and borrowed some of his thematic elements to tie it to the theme, including his patch ideas as official stamps on the back. Print and enjoy.

http://pics.fireflyprops.net/PACE-CSTSBoardingPass2010.pdf

FRONT:

BACK:

YELLOWJACKET

Sunday, August 8, 2010 3:00 AM

A year or more back I came across a fan drawn picture of Jayne reading comics, which is a personal favorite of mine, not just because it says a lot about Jayne, but it reminds us that comics are forever. I don't care how far out into the Verse we might get. Someone is going to draw comics.

I've wanted to do some Verse comics ever since then, and with the advent of the Expanded Verse, it seemed like a good time. It also didn't hurt that I already had the TANG ad from another project and this gave me the opportunity to increase the history and scope of Tang. Tang is a super corporation that exports everything from tools to mules, and this comic shows just one more of the creature comforts they export to the Rim. Good old fashioned comics.

I finished the layout just today. Then, while looking up some old contact information, I happened to notice that Namebrand used a similar tagging for his round barcode on a can of tomatoes from a few months back. Of course I was planning on the 'direct sales barcode' all along, but now I'm wondering if I didn't add it subconsciously from John's former project, and now that I'm thinking about it, this is my not so subtle way of asking John to show the tomatoes and every other cool thing he's made this year. Nudge-nudge.

This particular comic is called Virus.

http://pics.fireflyprops.net/PACE-VirusComicCover.pdf

YELLOWJACKET

Sunday, August 8, 2010 3:03 AM

Yes, I already have a second comic up and ready for printing. This is issue 20 of GLASS...a classic superhero comic complete with the back ad for an upcoming series called THE WHITEFALL WARRIOR! And yes, that is the Whitefall. Ben was kind enough to lend me his mug for the ad and an upcoming issue of THE WHITEFAAALLL WAARRRIIIOOORR!

It has to be said with emphasis or not at all.

http://pics.fireflyprops.net/PACE-GlassCover020.pdf

YELLOWJACKET

Sunday, August 8, 2010 3:04 AM

Issue two of Virus! Well, the cover anyway.

http://pics.fireflyprops.net/PACE-VirusComicCover2.pdf

YELLOWJACKET

Sunday, August 8, 2010 3:05 AM

Another in a long line of stuff from my desktop. This is a 'Notice of Intention to Export Live animals Other Than Live-stock'. It's a pretty standard export form for pets...horses...

...beagles. Nothing too fancy. Just paperwork.

http://pics.fireflyprops.net/PACE-ADAWLiveAnimalForm.pdf

ALYSSRICHES

Tuesday, December 28, 2010 4:05 AM

These all look so fantastic! :)

YELLOWJACKET

Thursday, December 30, 2010 6:33 AM

Thank you very much. I've been busy on other things, so it will be awhile yet before I update again, though I regularly add to this project over on fireflyprops.net.

ALYSSRICHES

Friday, December 31, 2010 1:26 AM

Yeah! I traveled over there a while ago when I was looking for inspiration for our wedding... I believe I saw some of your stuff there.

YELLOWJACKET

Saturday, January 8, 2011 6:35 AM

More stuff from the Expanding Verse...

It's been long surmised that the 'Fighting Elves' are probably a rugby team (given the name and the fact that Jayne would probably follow only full contact sports), so I decided to do a rugby ticket featuring the Elves and another team. Since the classic '28' is often used I chose another team player's number for this particular ticket (and because this particular number is mentioned throughout the series). I borrowed on classic rugby tickets for the various information. I also idealized the classic Fighting Elves logo by dropping out the white bits behind the lettering. This one doesn't have a backer, but I may add one later.

http://pics.fireflyprops.net/PACE-Rugby.pdf

Here's another from the same series.

http://pics.fireflyprops.net/PACE-DireWolves-Thunderbird.pdf

YELLOWJACKET

Thursday, September 1, 2011 6:38 AM

It's been awhile, which is not to say that I haven't been busy, what with captaining Can't Stop the Serenity and helping local events. I was privileged to be apart of the CSTS LA event when I created tickets, passports and a poster (alongside Sean Kennedy and Andrew Pace) for their shindig.

This is the poster for the LA event. Of course it features the planet 'Angel'. My thanks to Sean Kennedy and my brother Andrew for the digital effects.

http://pics.fireflyprops.net/CSTSLA-AngelPoster.pdf

DJD

Thursday, September 1, 2011 7:26 PM

Wonderful work. Thanks so much for sharing

YELLOWJACKET

Thursday, September 1, 2011 7:52 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by djd:
Wonderful work. Thanks so much for sharing

Thank you, and you're welcome. Here is another.

I found a delightful little 'One Yen' note from years back and modified it to look like a late war credit. The backstory of this bill is that it originated out of the 'camps' (both military and prisoner), but it has been circulated widely enough, then and since, that it is still acknowledged as viable, legal tender in a few places on the Border and Rim. It is used most commonly in the Blue Sun system.

I made the corresponding numbers different, so when printed, they'll appear to be different, though there are only just the six bills.

http://pics.fireflyprops.net/PACE-OneCred.pdf

ARTCAT81

Thursday, September 1, 2011 9:17 PM

Wow you have been busy!

Would mind if we use some of your creations in our local Firefly LARPS? we run usually 2-3 a year here in Houston at local cons, I'm seeing whole plots spinning off of some of your documents.

Browncoats are the shiniest folks in the 'verse
www.texasartcat.com/bluesun.html <--my bluesunshop

YELLOWJACKET

Thursday, September 1, 2011 9:19 PM

Yes, by all means. Use them where you will and enjoy them.

YELLOWJACKET

Monday, September 5, 2011 7:11 AM

This is another one inspired by the Spokane Browncoats, and as Spokane is called the 'Lilac City', what better place to put a little town than Lilac. I wasn't planning on making a travel poster for Lilac at all, but this one hit the ground running.

Like all travel posters, it shows Lilac in an idealized light. Sans Reavers. The perspective is forced and surreal, as the spire is shot through a fish eye. Also, Lilac City is shown a little larger and more finished than it is in real life. New Canaan is shown as a dynamic backdrop along with Ugarit.

http://pics.fireflyprops.net/PACE-LilacCity.pdf

YELLOWJACKET

Thursday, September 8, 2011 10:54 PM

By the way, ARTCAT81, I'm a big fan. Now for more LARP inspired works...

Alliance currency is generally accepted in all places, but some smaller facilities and remote locations choose to control their local economy through the distribution of 'trade vouchers', which are allowed by law if they meet certain criteria. For example, a mining facility which sees little or no outside traffic might control the rise and fall of the Alliance Credit and the local value of money and inflation through the distribution of their own mandated currency. Some corporations, slavers and the like will issue locally printed and backed credits as a control mechanism, and as 'trade vouchers' are allowed under the limitations of any micro-economy that fits within the regulations of trade and commerce as dictated by the UAP, some people take advantage of their employees and citizens by restricting the flow of outside currency.

There are also groups, companies, etc. who may choose to issue local currency for the soul purpose of quiet defiance, such as Independents that haven't 'come in from the cold' since the end of the war. These Browncoat factions may choose their own currency as a protest, using the laws of trade and commerce to their own advantage. A sort of independent day to day in a highly allied Verse.

Trade vouchers are also used when there are enough world currencies being passed about in a single local economy that it creates confusion, such as a border world which might deal in goods and services backed by bills printed on dozens of different worlds. While all of these currencies might seem 'unified' in value, the use of a virtual credit versus 'cashy money' can be somewhat diversified from one local economy to another, paving the way for many an aspiring corporation, governor or subversive, underground potentate in a shiny hat to make money and maintain control. A hand in every pocket , as it were.

For this reason, travelers are advised to check for the 'Trade Voucher' mark when making change. This mark can be the difference between valuable folding money on one world and very fancy toilet paper on another. Of course, some people choose to keep vouchers, as many travelers do, because money is just fun to collect.

One of the more interesting bills to bear the voucher mark comes out of a roving, restless freeport called Solace. Made up of dozens of new and old ships, the ever growing Solace is a space station on the move and a city nation in it's own right. Inhabited primarily by veterans and loyalists of the Independent movement, the citizens of Solace choose to maintain a commerce free of the Alliance name, but well within the regulations of the loopholes of the same. They will gladly, and fairly exchange your credits for theirs, if only to keep Alliance currency out of sight and out of mind. After all, at the end of a long day no Independent worth his brown coat should have to pay for food, clothing and shelter with the Alliance's blood money.

I've created these four up to a page, double sided and with 8 different numerical series to keep the numbers unique, and to add a little variety to your cash money collections. I have series E-H if Frank doesn't mind hosting 4 more pdfs.

http://pics.fireflyprops.net/PACE-Solace1Credit-A.pdf
http://pics.fireflyprops.net/PACE-Solace1Credit-B.pdf
http://pics.fireflyprops.net/PACE-Solace1Credit-C.pdf
http://pics.fireflyprops.net/PACE-Solace1Credit-D.pdf

YELLOWJACKET

Tuesday, December 6, 2011 4:02 PM

This is the culmination of a lot of hours piecing images together and creating background history (see here... http://fireflyprops.net/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=336 ), but I'm finally done with the first draft of the Ransom Project. Ransom is city on New Canaan, and a pet project since 2008.

http://pics.fireflyprops.net/PACE-Ransom11x17.pdf

YELLOWJACKET

Friday, January 27, 2012 3:19 PM

Here is the first one that I've worked on for STAND. http://standmovie.blogspot.com It's a prewar issue One Credit Note that was financially backed by the Penglai System Federal Reserve Bank. This credit was widely circulated in the Kalidasa System and is still legal tender in a few pockets of the same, but the bills are seen less and less all of the time.

http://pics.fireflyprops.net/PACE-PenglaiOneCredit.pdf

SHADOWTEK

Saturday, January 28, 2012 8:16 PM

Wow, your work is incredible! Thanks for sharing it!

THESOMNAMBULIST

Saturday, January 28, 2012 9:43 PM

YellowJacket.

That is stellar work and frankly I think you deserve a 'sticky' on this site for your endeavours.

Apart from the fact that all the work is incredibly detailed, beautiful and BANG on theme, you have also a consistent style that compliments the whole. It's very impressive and if you're not already hired as a concept artist/designer.. Well you ought to be. I've worked with creative directors who haven't 1/16 the talent you have!!!

Wonderful work YJ.

Thanks so much for sharing these with us.

Start your own studio!

Cartoons - http://cirqusartsandmusic.blogspot.com

SHADOWTEK

Saturday, January 28, 2012 10:48 PM

Quote:
That is stellar work and frankly I think you deserve a 'sticky' on this site for your endeavours.

I couldn't agree more! Surprised it isn't stickied!

YELLOWJACKET

Sunday, January 29, 2012 1:52 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by TheSomnambulist:
YellowJacket.

That is stellar work and frankly I think you deserve a 'sticky' on this site for your endeavours.

Apart from the fact that all the work is incredibly detailed, beautiful and BANG on theme, you have also a consistent style that compliments the whole. It's very impressive and if you're not already hired as a concept artist/designer.. Well you ought to be. I've worked with creative directors who haven't 1/16 the talent you have!!!

Wonderful work YJ.

Thanks so much for sharing these with us.

Thank you very much. I am not hired at the moment, so I'm devoting my time to charity and Firefly, but I appreciate the kind words.

Quote:
Originally posted by TheSomnambulist:
Start your own studio!

Actually...I'm working on several short film projects at the moment. We're knee deep in sets and props. Check it out...

http://standmovie.blogspot.com/

Quote:
Originally posted by ShadowTek:
Quote:
That is stellar work and frankly I think you deserve a 'sticky' on this site for your endeavours.

I couldn't agree more! Surprised it isn't stickied!

Thank you. I post often enough to the Expanding Verse that it's as good as stickied.

YELLOWJACKET

Tuesday, July 24, 2012 11:53 PM

I'm slowly returning to the long list of promised documents.

This first document is a Freight Masters license for freelance crews who want to carry product for the Northern Lights Trading Company. The license guarantees them certain rights and freedoms as a shipper without being a full time employee of NLTC. And...it gave me a great excuse to do a whole mess of Celtic border designs.

To make this particular document, I first had to design a very corporate, stylized logo for 'Northern Lights'.

http://pics.fireflyprops.net/PACE-NLTC-FreightMaster.pdf

LOIRE

Saturday, July 28, 2012 2:42 PM

Love all of this. So heartwarming to see little bits and pieces to expand my favorite 'verse. Im gonna get some of these and hide them all about my house.. :P

L

YELLOWJACKET

Monday, July 30, 2012 5:40 PM

You're welcome. I'm always pleasantly surprised to see my work show up in photos at Can't Stop the Serenity Screenings, conventions, LARPS, and every other kind of Browncoat shindig around the world.

YELLOWJACKET

Wednesday, August 8, 2012 4:46 PM

I'm a huge fan of charts, gaming and Firefly, so when J. Chris Bourdier asked me to partner up with him in the release of a new 'Verse in Numbers' (The White Paper), I jumped all over it. We've already updated it several times and it never occurred to me to share it here until now. It's a huge file in terms of pages, but if you like Firefly, writing and gaming, I think you'll like this.

http://pics.fireflyprops.net/TVIN-2.01.pdf

This is a slimmed down, easy reference version based on the same materials called the Astrological Reference Charts (ARC) of the Verse.

http://pics.fireflyprops.net/PACE-ARC-2.0.pdf

TWO

Wednesday, August 8, 2012 6:38 PM

Mr Universe's Moon has a new name, Sygnus, on page 5.80 (Chapter 5, page 80) of the July Version 2.01.
Previously Sygnus was only known as Station 2E A/2260(White Sun)r25m9. Mr Universe, an enthusiastic retro-gamer, loved the new name, but he didn't live long enough to get the name change made official. www.sygnus.org/ www.wayrift.com/wiki/index.php?title=Sygnus

The Joss Whedon script for "Serenity," where Wash lives, is
Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/two

YELLOWJACKET

Thursday, September 20, 2012 7:31 PM

Happy Anniversary Firefly! In honor of all things 'Bag Guys', I offer an arrest warrant that was privately commissioned awhile back. If anyone would like a custom version for their prop collection, please get me names and dates and I'll add you to the 'list' as my schedule permits. Long Live Firefly!

http://pics.fireflyprops.net/PACE-WarrantofArrest01.pdf

PENNAUSAMIKE

Monday, February 4, 2013 11:33 PM

Check www.fireflyprops.net
esp. threads in this sub forum:
http://www.fireflyprops.net/viewforum.php?f=25

YELLOWJACKET

Friday, February 15, 2013 6:28 PM

In addition to the tickets I collaborated on for Phoenix and Tucson, I also worked with Sean Kennedy on an 'Altrans Day Pass' for the 2012 CSTS Salt Lake City event. This ticket was styled after those paper bus and train passes with the magnetic strip that are used in metropolitan cities the world over. It's for the Altrans line serving Utah on Hera. As Christopher Roberts was the CSTS organizer for that event, his name appears as the Altrans Agent. The pdf has the tickets 8 up to a page and the corners are meant to be rounded. I printed the tickets on a parchment cardstock to give them the proper ticket weight.

Click the link and do a 'save page as' to copy it to your computer if it does not automatically download.
http://pics.fireflyprops.net/ALTRANS-KENNEDY-PACE.pdf

YELLOWJACKET

Monday, February 25, 2013 4:21 AM

The VIN keeps growing and more pages are added all of the time. As it grows in size, the chances of it being altered for print decrease. A print friendly version would add days, maybe weeks to each revision.

YELLOWJACKET

Tuesday, May 27, 2014 9:08 PM

Here's a sneak peak at some props I created for the 'Browncoats: Independence War' project, which is in post production.

MIKER

Tuesday, May 27, 2014 9:15 PM

Very cool,

CAPTAIN_COOPER

Sunday, July 20, 2014 11:08 PM

Ohmigod! Holy Mother and all her wacky nephews indeedie! I'm only half way through this thread, but I've got to surface for air and scream to the skies -- your designs here fabulous! Absolutely fabulous! Exactly the sort of 'Verse-building crunchy bits which I crave for! More please! More!

Captain Bet Cooper,
Firefly Transport Jin Dui

YELLOWJACKET

Monday, July 21, 2014 12:08 AM

Thank you, Captain! There's always more. I'm connected to several fan film projects in post production and a few slated to start within the year. I also make lots of custom props for Can't Stop the Serenity events worldwide, so you're bound to trip over something I'm working on somewhere.

AMDOBELL

Saturday, July 26, 2014 6:24 PM

Wow, brilliant creations. When in the nine hells do you sleep? Seriously love your work, my favourites so far are the takeaway box (awesomely shiny) and the creds and other currency notes. Gorramit, keep doing what you do!

YELLOWJACKET

Monday, July 28, 2014 2:54 AM

Thank you, and I will.

YELLOWJACKET

Tuesday, November 4, 2014 8:24 PM

After a long hiatus, due to too many issues to count and one delightful hard disc recovery, we have the new versions of the Verse in Numbers and ARC of the Verse. Enjoy!

http://pics.fireflyprops.net/TVIN-2.1.pdf

http://pics.fireflyprops.net/PACE-ARC-2.1.pdf

JEWELSTAITEFAN

Wednesday, November 5, 2014 2:56 AM

Do you have a list of which items have been revised, added, edited?

THGRRI

Wednesday, November 5, 2014 5:52 AM

Nice work enjoy this thread.

YELLOWJACKET

Wednesday, November 5, 2014 6:46 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN:
Do you have a list of which items have been revised, added, edited?

No, but I can tell you where all the primary changes took place.

First, there's general bookkeeping, where we fix spelling errors, font issues, registration, etc. For example, Liann Jiun was spelled wrong on two pages of the ARC and I had Elwin's Relay in two places, so I always try to get the fixes in right away.

Second, two full pages were added to the ARC to feature an influx of fan named asteroids, relays and space stations. The new asteroids were catalogued and added to additional pages in The Verse in Numbers (TVIN). With the addition of the new asteroids in the Halo belt, at lagrangian points and elsewhere, new diagrams replaced the old ones in TVIN. A handful of the asteroids from the Six Sigma Swarm were named in the Penglai system.

Third, some world were added. Angel now boasts 3 small moons and the planet Theophrastus was added. Theophrastus was a world named in the recent "Leaves on the Wind" comic series by Zack Whedon.

There were a few other cosmetic changes to the covers of both works and some interior diagrams.

YELLOWJACKET

Wednesday, November 5, 2014 7:17 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by THGRRI:
Nice work enjoy this thread.

Thank you. Any favorites?

SECOND

Wednesday, November 5, 2014 6:43 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by YELLOWJACKET:
Any favorites?

My favorite is that Sygnus is the official name for Mr Universe's Moon. See page 291 of the Verse in Numbers.

Sygnus (pronounced Sickness) is a much better name than Cortex Relay Station Ring 2, Station 2E, A/2260(White Sun)r25m9.

The worst new feature is the document security for the pdf is set to content copying not allowed. That really interfered with cut-and-paste of the long name for Sygnus.

The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly

YELLOWJACKET

Wednesday, November 5, 2014 8:30 PM

Quote:
The worst new feature is the document security for the pdf is set to content copying not allowed. That really interfered with cut-and-paste of the long name for Sygnus.

Station 2E 'Sygnus'
Kalidasa + 150 degrees - A/2260(White Sun)r25m9
Orbit: 18,101,342,270,000 km - 121.000 AU
Period: 486,148.00 days - 1331.00 years

Diameter: 992 km
Surface Area: 3,091,528 km2
Land Area: 2,936,952 km2
Arable Land: Negligible
Horizon: 1.299 km

Mass: 34,418,786,867,247,100,000 metric tonnes
Surface Gravity: 0.9502 gn
Escape Velocity: 3.0390 km/s
LEO (alt): N/A
MEO (alt): N/A
GEO (alt): N/A

Hill Sphere (radius): 16,687 km
LaGrangian Points
L1: 16,687 km
L2: 16,687 km
L3 (+-180): 18,101,342,270,000 km
L4 (+60): 18,101,342,270,000 km
L5 (-60): 18,101,342,270,000 km
Inner Roche Limit: 707 km
Outer Roche Limit: 1,320 km

Terraformed (year): 2305
Population: Mr. Universe (deceased)

THGRRI

Thursday, November 6, 2014 5:23 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by YELLOWJACKET:
Quote:
Originally posted by THGRRI:
Nice work enjoy this thread.

Thank you. Any favorites?

I love stuff like this but sometimes I wish things like cargo manifests and registration papers would be filled out showing What Serenity is hauling, who the captain is and so on. I could go through this thread and copy and paste all here as favorites but, here is a kind of answer to your question.

Not having any talent to create them myself I am relegated to admiring others work. None the less, it is pure enjoyment to me. Thanks..

Front:

Certificate of Registration
This a companion piece to the Certificate of Origin, called a Certificate of Registration. It's marks the difference between a carrier of exported goods and the actual producer/exporter of goods. Just a little more Alliance red tape.

YELLOWJACKET

Thursday, December 3, 2015 8:18 PM

This is a label I did for the upcoming film Browncoats: Independence War. Some of you will recognize the name from Outland, Terminator 2 and The Relic.

YELLOWJACKET

Tuesday, January 26, 2016 2:21 AM

This is an art exhibition poster from the Core that is one of many designs created for an upcoming fan film project. Just one more piece of set dressing for crew quarters. This one gives me the opportunity to showcase some of my watercolor work and a chance to focus on the past and present whereabouts of Earth-That-Was antiquities.

It prints at 11 x 17 inches.

http://pics.fireflyprops.net/PACE-DistantDynasties.pdf

YELLOWJACKET

Sunday, January 31, 2016 11:49 PM

Inspired by MooCriket's thread about Propaganda Posters on the RPF, I threw this little number together. It's an Alliance propaganda poster from the early months of the Unification War, because nothing says 'Alliance' like a piece of propaganda. I see this one appear at shindigs more often than anything else I've done.

http://pics.fireflyprops.net/PACE-UnifyPoster.pdf

SECOND

Monday, February 1, 2016 11:49 AM

Is the label really Polydichloric euthymol? mol = molar or tooth.

Because Euthymol is a toothpaste https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euthymol Holy Molar!

Or is it Polydichloric euthimal? mal is bad in Latin. It's a bad drug.

Because euthimal is in wiki's fictional drugs
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fictional_medicines_and_drugs
www.gamerjargon.net/dictionary/polydichloric-euthimal/

Quote:
Originally posted by YELLOWJACKET:
This is a label I did for the upcoming film Browncoats: Independence War. Some of you will recognize the name from Outland, Terminator 2 and The Relic.

The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly

YELLOWJACKET

Wednesday, February 3, 2016 12:03 PM

It is indeed an homage to the fictional drug used in other films. When researching I found it spelled some 4 different ways, but most commonly spelled with a 'y' and that's the way we chose to go with it. So toothpaste or not, it's still in homage to the previous mentions.

THGRRI

Thursday, February 4, 2016 4:22 AM

Very nice, it looks great.

YELLOWJACKET

Sunday, February 7, 2016 11:23 AM

Thank you very much.

KIITH

Wednesday, March 9, 2016 12:54 AM

Hello!

I want to say it is awesome someone is making all these really cool documents so thank you very much Yellowjacket.

I do have a question, might you have some other blank documents hanging about i could download or purchase?

Specifically this website
http://cabridges.com/2007/08/24/official-ships-papers-coming-from-qmx/

This website has the firefly papers and i know they are sold out but i was looking for something blank and a bit more generic to set up for my own ship. Sheet one through three, seven through nine, and sheet eleven would be the sorts of paperwork i am looking for.

I have already started using the papers you have already made and i plan to surprise and impress my friends when we play Firefly RPG from Margaret Weis.

Thanks!
-Matt

THGRRI

Wednesday, March 9, 2016 6:30 AM

YELLOWJACKET is a treasured friend of this site but contacting him is easier done at the webpage below.

http://www.fireflyprops.net/

KIITH

Wednesday, March 9, 2016 8:00 AM

Alright thank you for the redirect. I have been looking around for a while and the best stuff is made by him.

Now to wait for admin approval :)

YELLOWJACKET

Wednesday, March 9, 2016 9:06 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by KIITH:
I want to say it is awesome someone is making all these really cool documents so thank you very much Yellowjacket.

Thank you and my pleasure. I'm working on an all new set to come out later this year with all sorts of added goodies, so once you're set up on the props site, we'll discuss.

KIITH

Wednesday, March 9, 2016 9:28 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by YELLOWJACKET:
Thank you and my pleasure. I'm working on an all new set to come out later this year with all sorts of added goodies, so once you're set up on the props site, we'll discuss.

Its a pleasure to talk to you! I Look forward to the chat, Is there a certain section i should post in that would be correct for paper prop questions and discussion? I am guessing the Non-canon props would be best?

YELLOWJACKET

Wednesday, March 9, 2016 9:40 AM

Yes. http://fireflyprops.net/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=391

KIITH

Wednesday, March 9, 2016 10:08 AM

Thank you for the link!

TOMVDJ

Monday, March 14, 2016 5:44 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by yellowjacket:
This is the culmination of a lot of hours piecing images together and creating background history (see here... http://fireflyprops.net/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=336 ), but I'm finally done with the first draft of the Ransom Project. Ransom is city on New Canaan, and a pet project since 2008.

http://pics.fireflyprops.net/PACE-Ransom11x17.pdf

I recently discovered this thread because I bought a Whitefall version of Serenity's ships papers, and wanted to add some extra documents in the wallet.

First of all, Yellowjacket: fabulous work! Thanks a million for sharing these! The link to the Ransom document seems to be dead. Is there a chance to repost this? I'm adding some maps to my Firefly / Serenity prop-collection, and this sheet seems to be perfectly in place there...

YELLOWJACKET

Monday, March 14, 2016 8:46 PM

Thank you, and yes, here's the link...

http://pics.fireflyprops.net/PACE-RansomSurveyMAP11x17.pdf

TOMVDJ

Saturday, March 19, 2016 7:36 PM

Thanks a lot! Looks fantastic.

YELLOWJACKET

Saturday, March 11, 2017 8:14 AM

I'm getting back into print props for a bit and was wondering what ship's papers you'd all like to add to your collections? Let me know and I'll try and work them into the mix.

MERC4HIRE

Tuesday, October 31, 2017 3:08 AM

Hi, I have only recently re-engaged with my firefly fandom to help with a few simple props.
Found this thread, just wanted to say I LOVE your work and the quality is outstanding.
Thanks for sharing these, because once printed they look amazing.

YELLOWJACKET

Sunday, November 12, 2017 11:41 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by Merc4Hire:
Hi, I have only recently re-engaged with my firefly fandom to help with a few simple props.
Found this thread, just wanted to say I LOVE your work and the quality is outstanding.
Thanks for sharing these, because once printed they look amazing.

Thank you. Thank you very much.

THG

Monday, January 15, 2024 12:10 AM

The good stuff.

T

THG

Monday, February 24, 2025 11:27 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Bytemite:

Interesting... I like the "dangerous goods" form, though I wonder if a world isn't so backbirth that they actually HAVE Alliance customs officials just how often they use paper. But I bet you could put a typing fade in animation for some of the Chinese and text in Flash or something, make it look all high-tech and digital, maybe edit it into a video production on top of a regular piece of paper.

Missed the thread, miss Bytemite more.

T

THG

Monday, February 24, 2025 11:36 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by two:

Mr Universe's Moon has a new name, Sygnus, on page 5.80 (Chapter 5, page 80) of the July Version 2.01.
Previously Sygnus was only known as Station 2E A/2260(White Sun)r25m9. Mr Universe, an enthusiastic retro-gamer, loved the new name, but he didn't live long enough to get the name change made official. www.sygnus.org/ www.wayrift.com/wiki/index.php?title=Sygnus

The Joss Whedon script for "Serenity," where Wash lives, is
Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/two]

Shiny

T