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The Reavers operate a variety of vessels, from Firefly-sized vessels to captured Alliance warships. In the movie Serenity, the most notable of the Reaver ships was a huge colony vessel orbiting Miranda, which is several times larger than any of the Alliance vessels it subsequently attacked. Even with its greater size, the Reavers used the same ...
He allows Shepherd Book and Simon to give the dead a proper funeral, while Kaylee discreetly removes a Reaver booby trap that attached itself to Serenity when they docked earlier. Once the derelict ship's cargo is aboard, Serenity starts to leave, only to be stopped by an Alliance cruiser. Armed troops board the ship and find Mal and everyone ...
The Reaver 1 engine in Firefly Alpha uses a tap-off cycle. [5] It first flew in September 2021 [ 6 ] then made it to orbit on its second attempt in October 2022. [ 7 ]
Reaver , in the 2002 TV series, and the related movie Serenity; villains in the 2017 film Logan; a group of monster hunters in Andrzej Sapkowski's 1992 short story collection Sword of Destiny, part of The Witcher series; an enemy in The Runelords book series by David Farland; a pirate lord in the video games Fable II (2008) and Fable III (2010)
Media scholar Michael W. Marek described Shepherd Book's character as "the preacher with a secret past", which is "a common Old West archetype", although Firefly is set in the future. Book's backstory remained unrevealed but defined him, as he was possibly "seeking redemption from past sins".
Reaver is fixed-throttle, meaning it runs at full power from ignition to first stage shutdown (eschewing the typical throttle-down performed by many vehicles at Max-Q to reduce aerodynamic loads) and is ignited with the pyrophoric combination TEA-TEB (also used on the SpaceX Merlin and Rocketdyne F-1). It utilizes a pintle-type injector.
"Ghost of Mars" was released one year before the first episode of Firefly aired. So I don't think it's in any way inspired by Firefly for obvious reasons. — Preceding unsigned comment added by JKrems (talk • contribs) 03:32, 26 December 2011 (UTC) I think the general idea predates both productions.
Malcolm Reynolds ("Mal"), played by Nathan Fillion, is owner and captain of the Firefly-class spaceship Serenity, and was a volunteer in the war between the Alliance and the Independents (aka "Browncoats"). He got the name for his spaceship from a famous battle he fought and commanded in, the Battle of Serenity Valley.