RedImperator wrote:
Book was definitely somebody, and most likely somebody Alliance. He couldn't have been a public figure of any kind, because there'd be no way he could expect to keep his identity a secret. Remember, not even the commander of Magellan knew who he was on sight--it wasn't until he scanned Book's identcard that he realized he was important. And he still might not have known who Book was--the card might just have said, "Give this man special treatment, by order of the President of the Alliance", or somesuch thing.
Maybe he has relatives in high places.
RedImperator wrote:
There's no evidence at all he knows anything about the psychic program. It's hard to believe a man who was unwilling to use lethal force against gangsters who had captured and were in the process of torturing Mal would know about a program in which children are subjected to horrible experiments and not say or do anything about it.
Yes, there is no actual evidence.
By the way, do you remember Jayne's line: "
How would a preacher know Siska?" (Book admitted that he knew the gangster's reputation)?
RedImperator wrote:
Furthermore, this is a program so secret that the Blue Hands Men killed at least half a dozen Alliance marshalls, including one officer, simply because they'd talked to her and Simon while they were in custody. Would they let someone who knew anything about the program just walk away and join the priesthood? And if not, why wasn't Book as wanted as River and Simon?
Actually this makes sense.