Moderator: NecronLord
McC wrote:Blue Sun was conjectural spoilers actually the company behind River's transformation. I tend to think that a corporate-driven entity like the Alliance would have something like that going on. I also think that the "important people" who came to pick up River and Simon in Ariel were Blue Sun representatives (two by two, hands of blue). As mentioned, there were often Blue Sun posters and Jayne had a Blue Sun shirt.
Specifically, when Jayne was wearing his Blue Sun shirt, River slashed him and then said, "He looks better in red!"The Yosemite Bear wrote:yeah I think someone said "Red suited him better"
Maybe he has relatives in high places.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.
Yes, there is no actual evidence.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.
Actually this makes sense.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?
The hell it is. He might be an excellent shot, but it's still easier for him to connect with a chest shot. Not to mention, leaving them alive means they can still shoot. There's no practical reason to shoot to wound.consequences wrote:Red, Book shot that guy in the leg casually from the hip, incidentally putting to utter shame all other firearms skill seen in Firefly. At that level of ability, shooting a leg is just as practical as shooting the chest, at least at point-blank range.
I'm not doubting that he's more than someone's nephew. I'm contesting the leap from "He's more than what he seems" to "He's a spy tracking River".There's really only two possibilities. One, he's someone the Alliance wants to keep alive. Two, he has good enough fake ID that he can easily fool the Alliance into thinking that they want to keep him alive. His skill set and knowledge argues against him just being some rich guys relative, although its possible that he's somebody's nephew who just happens to have in-depth grunt level special forces and law enforcement experience.
