A place to discuss characters and their relationships, plot line ideas, and just chit chat and have some fun. Here's a list of informative links to help you familiarize yourself with the 'verse and it's inhabitants as they relate to our game:<br/><br/><div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;"><strong><span class="bbc_u"><span style="text-decoration: overline;">The Game</span></span></strong></span><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button"> A Few Rules</div><div class="spoiler_body"><div style="text-align: left;">1.) <span class="bbc_u"><strong>Scene Deadline</strong></span><br/>The deadline we're shooting for wrap up the present scenes and to get everyone back on the ship and on the same page is three weeks from yesterday. Soo, Monday, June 4, we plan to be off of Avalon and in the black on our way to our next adventure. Deadlines will become the norm in scenes from now on.<br/><br/>2.) <span class="bbc_u"><strong>Post Rotation</strong></span><br/>From now on in situations like this, we will have a modified rotation (which the rotation will constantly change based on the need of the game and progression of the story). The main story will observe the standard rotation rules while the side story will observe a once a day post rule. So, in our current situation, for example Loves and Loki can post once a day, regardless of everyone else's posting order. This allows them to move their scene forward while not cluttering the thread with mostly their scene. This will apply to all similar instances in the future.<br/><br/>3.) <span class="bbc_u"><strong>Post Rate/Deadline</strong></span><br/>In order to keep the game from growing stagnate, once your turn to post comes up in the rotation, you will have 3 days  (72 hours) from the time of the last person's post to put up your next post. If you would like to forfeit your turn, that's fine, just let us know in the OOC and then the next person can go ahead. If you've not posted within the deadline of your turn, you will be skipped, OR, if the scene demands some action from your character, they will be godmodded by one of the GMs. The godmods will be indicated by red fonts and will be vague in their details, i.e. "Griff followed the rest of his crew onto the ship just before the cargo doors were sealed shut." You will also be PMed to let you know exactly where your character is along with any actions they may have performed.</div></div></div>Last OOC Post (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=110003.20000#lastPost)<br/>IC Thread (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=110474.0l)<br/>Last IC Post (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=110474.20000#lastPost)<br/></div><hr/><div align="center"><strong><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;"><span class="bbc_u"><span style="text-decoration: overline;">The Crew</span></span></span></strong></div><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">CREW MANIFEST</div><div class="spoiler_body"><hr/><div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 24pt;"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: georgia;"><strong>Active Players</strong></span></span></div><hr/><strong>Men:</strong> in alphabetical order<br/><ul class="bbc_list" style="list-style-type: decimal;"><li><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: georgia;">Griffin Kingston aka "Griff" - Captain (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=109827.00) - Played by Michael Corvus</span></span></li><li><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: georgia;">Kiran Reed - Mechanic (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=109827.msg5867645#msg5867645) - Played by Moon Hound Hati</span></span></li><li><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: georgia;">Vincent Kincaid - Copilot (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=109827.msg5495331#msg5495331) - Played by Loki Aesir</span></span></li></ul><strong>Women:</strong> in alphabetical order<br/><ul class="bbc_list" style="list-style-type: decimal;"><li><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: georgia;">Cherish - Stow Away (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=109827.msg5495335#msg5495335) -  Played by Chaneko</span></span></li><li><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: georgia;">Hotaru Takatori - Medic / Cook (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=109827.msg5867631#msg5867631) - Played by Hotaru37</span></span></li><li><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: georgia;">Kaela Moon - Hired Gun (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=109827.msg5866484#msg5866484) - Played by Curvykitten</span></span></li><li><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: georgia;">Mae Little aka "Meimei" - Pilot (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=109827.msg5495328#msg5495328) - Played by LovesReading2</span></span></li></ul></div></div><br/><div align="center"><strong><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;"><span class="bbc_u"><span style="text-decoration: overline;">The Ship</span></span></span></strong></div><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">The Exterior</div><div class="spoiler_body"><div align="center">(http://i1191.photobucket.com/albums/z466/Corvus269/Projects/dragonfly.jpg)</div></div></div><div align="center">************</div><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Deck Plans</div><div class="spoiler_body"><br/><div align="center"><span class="bbc_u"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;">Deck Plans</span></span> (http://i1191.photobucket.com/albums/z466/Corvus269/Projects/bothdecks.jpg)<br/><br/>(http://i1191.photobucket.com/albums/z466/Corvus269/Projects/bothdecks.jpg)<br/></div></div></div><div align="center">************</div><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Inside The Gamble</div><div class="spoiler_body"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;">1: Flight Deck</span><br/>The flight deck of The Gamble is a simple one, with just enough room for a pilot and copilot sitting side by side. Directly under the flight deck are the sensor systems, accessible by a small trap door in the floor. This small access room contains the ship’s sensor and communication subsystems and is accessible via a small trap door.<br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;">2: Operations Room</span><br/>This room is also known as the Engineering room and is essential during flight operations for managing engineering systems. Almost all processes of the ship outside of the helm can be controlled there. Machinery for the life support, heating, cooling water, and other auxiliary systems of the vessel are located there.<br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;">3: Main Deck</span><br/>The middle section of the The Gamble contains staterooms, two forward storage lockers, one aft storage locker, and two bathrooms. The doors to the Main Cargo Bay are airtight bulkheads, and the deck can also be sealed from the Ventral Cargo Bay and the Lounge Deck. The machinery for the rotation of the primary drive nascelles is also located on this deck. Stairs and a five-foot-square cargo elevator lead to the Ventral Cargo Bay and up to the Lounge Deck.<br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;">4: Bathrooms</span><br/>The lower deck bathroom contains a toilet, shower, sink, and various supplies. The upper deck has two smaller, seperate rooms. One contains the toilet and the other, the shower, each with its appropriate toiletries. Two bathrooms for so many staterooms is certainly not considered luxurious accommodations, but usually adequate.<br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;">5: Captain’s Quarters</span><br/>This stateroom has a queen-sized bed, desk, and wardrobe. The room is paneled in (imitation) wood with brass accents and deep blue carpet, giving it a rather “nautical” feeling. The desk is outfitted with telemetry to all the vessel’s major systems so they can be monitored from the cabin. Although small in order to conserve space, Griff has had the Captain's Quarters fitted with his own private bathroom with a pull down, collapsible sink and a slide away  toilet.<br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;">6: Infirmary</span><br/>Though small, the infirmary is equipped with a Modular Operating Theatre, as well as a portable MedComp and MedAcad doctor’s bag. The room is modified to have its own separate recycled air supply to help maintain sterility.<br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;">7: Staterooms</span><br/>There are eight staterooms on The Gamble. The port side rooms, numbered P1 through P4 (for Portside 1 through Portside 4), are usually used for crew, while the starboard rooms (S1 through S4) are double occupancy and are typically used for First Class or lucky Second Class passengers.   <br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;">8: Lounge</span><br/>Over the Main Deck is the Lounge, which is the social center of the ship. This area includes the kitchen, a large (bolted down) table and chairs, a laundry, a dry pantry and a walk in refridgerator/freezer. There are two Cortex Terminals for entertainment, and a moderate sized data library. The room has windows on the fore, starboard, and port walls.<br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;">9: Ventral Cargo Bay</span><br/>The Ventral Cargo Bay lays beneath the floors of the main cargo bay and can hold 135 tons of cargo. The bay has a ten foot ceiling and fifteen foot wide cargo doors at both starboard and port. Under the stairs that lead up to the Main Deck is the personnel entry ramp. The cargo elevator will also extend down to allow entry or cargo loading from there. Note that  the ventral cargo bay doors are not airlocked and can only be used in safe atmo. However, the elevator egress has a standard collar compatible with most docking mechanisms.    <br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;">10: Main Cargo Bay</span><br/>This bay holds 360 tons of cargo, with a 25 foot high ceiling (except the fore 20 feet covered by the balcony to the Main Deck. Access to the floor of the bay can be reached by a small cargo elevator or a ladder. Fifteen foot wide doors are on the aft wall, and the elevator can drop down to allow cargo loading from there as well. The doors to the Main Deck are airtight bulkheads, and can be locked.   <br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;">11: Engineering</span><br/>This small room contains a collection of machine tools and monitoring equipment for the drives and power core. Accessible here are two basic tool kits, one electronic master toolkit and one mechanical master toolbox. The power core is directly aft of the Engineering Deck, and can be accessed by a crawlspace. Most preventative maintenance can be done from the room, but a few tasks require the ship’s engineer to crawl into the machinery<br/></div></div><br/><div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;"><strong><span class="bbc_u"><span style="text-decoration: overline;">The Verse</span></span></strong></span></div><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">MAPS</div><div class="spoiler_body"><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Map of the Verse</div><div class="spoiler_body"><div align="center"><br/>The Verse (http://i1191.photobucket.com/albums/z466/Corvus269/Projects/TheVerseMap.gif)<br/><br/>(http://i1191.photobucket.com/albums/z466/Corvus269/Projects/TheVerseMap.gif)</div></div></div>     <div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">White Sun System</div><div class="spoiler_body"><div align="center"><br/>White Sun System (http://i1191.photobucket.com/albums/z466/Corvus269/Projects/TheVerseMap_WhiteSun.gif)<br/><br/>(http://i1191.photobucket.com/albums/z466/Corvus269/Projects/TheVerseMap_WhiteSun.gif)</div></div></div>    <div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Red Sun System</div><div class="spoiler_body"><div align="center"><br/>Red Sun System (http://i1191.photobucket.com/albums/z466/Corvus269/Projects/TheVerseMap_RedSun.gif)<br/><br/>(http://i1191.photobucket.com/albums/z466/Corvus269/Projects/TheVerseMap_RedSun.gif)</div></div></div>     <div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Georgia System</div><div class="spoiler_body"><div align="center"><br/>Georgia System (http://i1191.photobucket.com/albums/z466/Corvus269/Projects/TheVerseMap_Georgia.gif)<br/><br/>(http://i1191.photobucket.com/albums/z466/Corvus269/Projects/TheVerseMap_Georgia.gif)</div></div></div>     <div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Kalidasa System</div><div class="spoiler_body"><div align="center"><br/>Kalidasa System (http://i1191.photobucket.com/albums/z466/Corvus269/Projects/TheVerseMap_Kalidasa.gif)<br/><br/>(http://i1191.photobucket.com/albums/z466/Corvus269/Projects/TheVerseMap_Kalidasa.gif)</div></div></div>     <div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Blue Sun System</div><div class="spoiler_body"><div align="center"><br/>Blue Sun System (http://i1191.photobucket.com/albums/z466/Corvus269/Projects/TheVerseMap_BlueSun.gif)<br/><br/>(http://i1191.photobucket.com/albums/z466/Corvus269/Projects/TheVerseMap_BlueSun.gif)</div></div></div></div></div><div align="center">************</div><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Planets and Moons</div><div class="spoiler_body"><div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;"><strong><span class="bbc_u"><span style="text-decoration: overline;">Planets featured in Firefly and Serenity</span></span></strong></span></div><br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Ariel</span></strong><br/>Ariel is a central planet of the Union of Allied Planets. It is the eleventh planet orbiting White Sun. It is home to a major medical center (named Saint Lucy's) of the Alliance's solar system. Ariel is home to a bioluminescent lake that is a popular swimming spot.<br/><br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Beaumonde</span></strong><br/>Beaumonde, the fifteenth planet orbiting the star Kalidasa, is a fairly wealthy planet. The planet is known to have factories and ranches. <br/><br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Bellerophon</span></strong><br/>Bellerophon is a technologically advanced Alliance world, and home to the wealthy. It is the tenth planet orbiting the White Sun. It has both a large ocean and an empty area of desert climate, complete with canyons, rocks and sand. Isis Canyon is pointed out as the most deserted spot on the world. Bellerophon Estates, large self-contained estates that hover with anti-gravity above the moon's ocean, are described as having "gracious living, ocean views and state-of-the-art security." Durran Haymer, a collector of priceless Earth That Was artifacts, lives in Bellerophon Estates. <br/><br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Haven</span></strong><br/>Haven, a moon of Deadwood, the seventh planet orbiting the Blue Sun is a mining planet which is often used as a hiding place for those running from the law (for a fee) and is where some smugglers or criminals decide to settle down.<br/><br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Hera</span></strong><br/>Hera is an Earth-like planet with important significance to the Unification War, being one of the three leading planets for the Independent's side. It orbits the protostar Murphy, which is the fourteenth planet orbiting the star Georgia. Serenity Valley is located here, where the Independent Faction experienced a crushing defeat at the hands of the Alliance.<br/><br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Higgins' Moon</span></strong><br/>Higgins' Moon orbits Harvest, the fourth planet orbiting the Red Sun, where the primary commercial activity is mud mining which is performed by indentured workers called "mudders". The mud is exported offworld and used in the manufacturing of ceramic components. The bulk of the population are impoverished and/or indentured workers. The moon appears to be owned by a magistrate named Higgins. <br/><br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Jiangyin</span></strong><br/>Jiangyin is a border planet located three weeks away from Persephone, and also nearby Greenleaf. It is the first planet orbiting the Red Sun and is the capital world of that system. Alliance law is known to be upheld here.<br/><br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Lilac</span></strong><br/>Lilac is a moon of New Canaan, the second planet orbiting the Blue Sun. It is near Reaver territory. From space it appears to have a "lilac" (or purple-ish) color. <br/><br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Miranda</span></strong><br/>Miranda is the name of a planet located beyond Reaver territory. It orbits the protostar Burnham, the eighth and final planet in the Blue Sun system. It was home to an Alliance colony with a population of 30 million. The Alliance experimented on the population to find a way to make people more controllable. However the experiments with "G-23 paxilon hydrochlorate", or "Pax", failed: 99.9% of the population became so passive that they essentially lost the will to live. The opposite effect was observed in the remaining 0.1% of the population, who became extremely aggressive and butchered the Alliance scientists in charge of the experiments. This portion of the population escaped and became the Reavers. The Alliance tried to cover up what had happened on the planet by creating a story that the colony was lost due to failure in the terraforming equipment. <br/><br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Osiris</span></strong><br/>Osiris, the seventh world orbiting the White Sun, is a wealthy core planet. "Osiris" is also the unofficial name of HD 209458 b, the first extrasolar planet to be discovered by the transit method.<br/><br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Persephone</span></strong><br/>Persephone is a civilized planet with a heavily stratified societal structure. It was one of the three leading planets for the Independent's side of the Unification War. Persephone orbits the protostar Lux which is the last planet in the White Star system. The Eavesdown Docks, a commercial port, are located here.<br/><br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Regina</span></strong><br/>Second planet orbiting Georgia. It is a mining world upon which many people are suffering from "Bowden's malady", a degenerative disease. <br/><br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Santo</span></strong><br/>An unsophisticated planet near Persephone. It is a moon of Qin Shi Huang, a protostar orbiting the White Sun, which itself is the eighth planetary body in the system. From space, Santo has a bluish-gray color. <br/><br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">St. Albans</span></strong><br/>St. Albans, the fifth planet orbiting the Red Sun, is an icy world. Located at times about two days away from the Space Bazaar Sky Plex.<br/><br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Triumph</span></strong><br/>Triumph orbits the brown dwarf Heinlein, itself ninth body orbiting the Red Sun. Triumph is a primitive and poor world, self-governed with rather unusual customs and traditions.<br/><br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Whitefall</span></strong><br/>Whitefall is the fourth moon of Athens, the ninth planet orbiting the star Georgia. A large percentage of the world is owned by a woman named Patience. Whitefall is said to not be civilization "in the strictest sense." A Blue Sun facility is rumored to be underneath one of the mountains.<br/><br/><div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;"><strong><span class="bbc_u"><span style="text-decoration: overline;">Other planets</span></span></strong></span></div><br/>These worlds were not featured on screen but were mentioned either in dialog or featured in other media such as the Complete and Official Map of the Verse, the Serenity comic books published by Dark Horse Comics and the Serenity Role-Playing Game published by Margaret Weis Productions.<br/><br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Aberdeen</span></strong><br/>Thirteenth planet orbiting the star Kalidasa. Named after Aberdeen, Scotland, a city on the river Dee.<br/><br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Albion</span></strong><br/>Twelfth planet orbiting the White Sun. It has one moon called Avalon.<br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Angel</span></strong><br/>Seventh planet orbiting the star Kalidasa. It has one moon called Zephyr.<br/><br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Athens</span></strong><br/>Ninth planet orbiting Georgia. It has four moons, one of which is Whitefall.<br/><br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Ares</span></strong><br/>A moon of Boros, the third planet orbiting Georgia.<br/><br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Bernadette</span></strong><br/>A central planet, the first planet orbiting the White Sun. Bernadette is a staging ground for settler expansion out to border planets. <br/><br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Beylix</span></strong><br/>A planet orbiting Penglai, a protostar orbiting Kalidasa and the eleventh body in the Kalidasa system. It has three moons, and appears to have a permanent cloud cover and dense ice rings.<br/><br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Boros</span></strong><br/>Third planet orbiting Georgia. It has a strong Alliance presence.<br/><br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Constance</span></strong><br/>Third planet of Kalidasa.<br/><br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Deadwood</span></strong><br/>Seventh planet orbiting the Blue Sun. It has two moons one of which is Haven.<br/><br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Dyton</span></strong><br/>Dyton is a moon of Greenleaf, the third planet orbiting the Red Sun. The colony's inhabitants were likely of British origin, since English accents appear common among people from Dyton.<br/><br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Ezra</span></strong><br/>The first planet in the Georgia system. Ezra is a desert world orbited by Niska's Skyplex.<br/><br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Greenleaf</span></strong><br/>The third planet orbiting the Red Sun with a strong Alliance presence. Said to be located at times 10 hours away from Jiangyin.<br/><br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Harvest</span></strong><br/>The fourth planet orbiting the Red Sun. Higgin's Moon is one of its two moons.<br/><br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Heinlein</span></strong><br/>A brown dwarf orbited by Triumph, Paquin, Lazarus, and Silverhold. The dwarf itself orbits the Red Sun and is the last body in the system.<br/><br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Highgate</span></strong><br/>The fifth planet orbiting the Blue Sun. It has one moon, Perth.<br/><br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Ita</span></strong><br/>A moon of Whittier.<br/><br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Kerry</span></strong><br/>Fourth planet orbiting Georgia.<br/><br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Liann Jiun</span></strong><br/>A core world and fourth planet orbiting the White Sun.<br/><br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Londinium</span></strong><br/>Londinium is one of the two major planets of the 'verse, (the other being Sihnon). It is the second planet orbiting the White Sun. It is inhabited primarily by colonists from the western continents of Earth-that-was and is the location of the Alliance Parliament. <br/><br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Muir</span></strong><br/>Third planet orbiting the Blue Sun.<br/><br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Newhall</span></strong><br/>Newhall orbits the protostar Penglai which is the eleventh body orbiting the star Kalidasa.<br/><br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">New Melbourne</span></strong><br/>The second planet orbiting the Red Sun. It is mentioned as having extensive fisheries, indicating that it may be an ocean world. <br/><br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Paquin</span></strong><br/>A moon of the brown dwarf Heinlein.<br/><br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Parth</span></strong><br/>A moon of Bellerophon.<br/><br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Pelorum</span></strong><br/>A planet orbiting the protostar Lux, the thirteenth and last body orbiting the White Sun, which is also orbited by Persephone. It is a resort world.<br/><br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Salisbury</span></strong><br/>The seventeenth and final planet orbiting the star Kalidasa.<br/><br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Silverhold</span></strong><br/>A moon of the brown dwarf/protostar Heinlein which is the eleventh and final body orbiting the Red Sun. Said to be eight sectors away from St. Albans which is the fifth planet in the same system.<br/><br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Shadow</span></strong><br/>An agricultural planet orbiting the protostar Murphy, along with Hera and Aphordite. Murphy itself is the fourteenth and final body orbiting the star Georgia. It was rendered uninhabitable during the Unification War as it was one of the three leading planets for the Independent's side.<br/><br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Sihnon</span></strong><br/>The third planet orbiting the White Sun. Together with Londinium, Sihnon is one of the two major planets of the 'verse. It is inhabited primarily by colonists from China. The planet is highly sophisticated and technologically advanced. From space, the planet has a deep red color. The capital city is said to be "like an ocean of light."<br/><br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Three Hills</span></strong><br/>The twelfth planet orbiting Georgia.<br/><br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Verbena</span></strong><br/>The second planet orbiting Kalidasa. Formerly a poor and undeveloped frontier planet, the Alliance chose it as a site of a new gearshift assembly factory for military skiffs.<br/><br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Whittier</span></strong><br/>The tenth planet orbiting the star Kalidasa.<br/><br/>This information was borrowed from this wikipedia document (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Firefly_planets_and_moons)<br/></div></div><br/><div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;"><strong><span class="bbc_u"><span style="text-decoration: overline;">The Lore</span></span></strong></span></div><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Firefly Cortex Lexicon</div><div class="spoiler_body"><strong><span class="bbc_u">Anglo-Sino Alliance</span></strong><br/>    The government in charge of... pretty much everything.<br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">atmo</span></strong><br/>    Foreshortening of the word "atmosphere".<br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">black, the</span></strong><br/>    Outer space or perhaps deep space, beyond planetary orbit.<br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Blackout Zones</span></strong><br/>    Originally areas on Core worlds off the Cortex network, today synonymous with regions where illegal activities, crimes or treason are performed.<br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Blue Sun</span></strong><br/>    A company that sells food products (and certainly more). Blue Sun logos are seen on food cans and advertisements throughout the 'verse. The motto from their commercials: Live life with Blue Sun.<br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Bowdens Malady</span></strong><br/>    A degenerative affliction of the bone and muscle. Afflicts the settlers of Paradiso in the Georgia System.<br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Brown Coats</span></strong><br/>    Referring to the "independents" or rebels against the Alliance, likely in reference to their military uniform.<br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">bughouse</span></strong><br/>    Slang for "mental health facility".<br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">byphodine</span></strong><br/>    A drug which can induce a state of reduced metabolic function. Unexamined, a person under the effects of Byphodine is easily mistaken for a cadaver.<br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">carrion house</span></strong> (a.k.a. scrap shop)<br/>    Outlaws set these facilities up and capture space ships with a high-powered electric "Net". These arrangements are used to immobilize a ship and kill or stun its crew, then strip parts off the ship or simply steal the whole thing.<br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">central authority</span></strong><br/>    Judicial courts of the Alliance.<br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Companion<br/></span></strong>    An academy-schooled prostitute practicing legally as part of The Guild, a socially powerful pseudo-religious organization. Companions are highly respected by almost everyone. Their schooling is long and arduous and covers everything from psychology to sword fighting. They can converse with anyone, and make anyone utterly at ease, from a dirt poor farmer to a planetary president. They live by the Guild code and only engage in transactions with customers of their choice.<br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">core</span></strong><br/>    Refers to any major city/planet in the Alliance.<br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Cortex</span></strong><br/>    The visual/textual Interactive Network of the 26th century.<br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">credit</span></strong><br/>    A type of currency. Alliance-based, with no 'solid' component, and used to the exclusion of all else for legitimate transactions on all core worlds. I.e.: all standard transactions on the Core worlds are electronic in nature -- no one can physically hand you a credit. Per unit, a credit is worth more than any other type of currency (See *platinum*, below.) (See also: Firefly Money)<br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">cruiser</span></strong><br/>    Type of Alliance military vessel. A very large, vertically-aligned vessel that resembles nothing so much as a small city in space.<br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">cryo</span></strong><br/>    Foreshortening of the word "cryogenic", especially in the context of cryogenic suspension. By the 26th century, cryogenic technology has advanced to the point that suspension can be sustained in a self-contained mobile unit. This makes for an ideal means by which to smuggle living human cargo in a temporary state of suspended metabolic function. Awakening suddenly or prematurely from cryo can result in severe system shock.<br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">dedicated source box</span></strong><br/>    The DSL / Personal File Server of the Firefly setting.<br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">doxy</span></strong><br/>    Slang, a female lover or mistress, or a sexually promiscuous woman. This term is distinct from the word prostitute, which is a profession, and is more similar to courtesan or concubine.<br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Dermal Mender</span></strong><br/>    A piece of medical equipment used to repair damage to the dermis, skin, and cartilage, and to reatach limbs or smaller appendages. Presumably it uses molecular nanotechnology to reweave the fibres of the dermis at a molecular level. See "weave".<br/>drops<br/>    Slang, Drugs. Used in "Heart of Gold."<br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">encyclopedia</span></strong><br/>    A palm-sized reference work. It can display information in hypertext form.<br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">fed squad</span></strong><br/>    A unit of twenty Alliance soldiers.<br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">genseed</span></strong><br/>    A type of genetically engineered crop seed issued to those sent to settle terraformed planets and moons.<br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">gorram</span></strong><br/>    expletive, AKA "god damn", used to express extreme displeasure, anger, or surprise..<br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">grapple</span></strong><br/>    Slang, vulgar. "To have sex with."<br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">grizwald</span></strong><br/>    A grenade about the size of a battery; responds to pressure.<br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">gurtsler</span></strong><br/>    Type of engine used in space ships, considered to be of somewhat shoddy construction.<br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">hover-plane</span></strong><br/>    A mode of transport.<br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">humped</span></strong><br/>    Expletive (depending on context).<br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">hydrozapam</span></strong><br/>    Canon- A particularly valuable pharmaceutical.<br/>    For use in this game - I powerful analgesic.<br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">I.A.V.</span></strong><br/>    Interstellar Alliance Vessel -- standard prefix on all Alliance military craft. (As seen on the IAV Dortmunder in the Serenity Pilot, as well as several others.)<br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">ident card</span></strong><br/>    Alliance identification card carrying personal information in electronic format -- useful for scanning purposes.<br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Independents</span></strong><br/>    Political/military party opposed to the Alliance. See also: Brown Coats and the Unification War.<br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">isoprobyline</span></strong><br/>    A pharmaceutical used to boost the immune system.<br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">kick</span></strong><br/>    Slang. To die. (As in "kick the bucket".)<br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">medvault</span></strong><br/>    A secure area for the storage of pharmaceuticals.<br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">mei mei</span></strong><br/>    Little sister. Used for sister in blood or sister in spirit.<br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">mule</span></strong><br/>    Four-wheeled all-terrain vehicle used to transport goods and crew. Seats a maximum of two people. Top speed approximately 40 to 50 k/m.<br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Oh-two</span></strong><br/>    Oxygen.<br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Operative</span></strong><br/>    High-level agent of the Alliance government.<br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">pasceline-d</span></strong><br/>    A type of medicine used to treat the degenerative affliction Bowdens Malady. Pasceline is valuable on the black market. The word Pasceline has its origins in Dutch, a language native to Earth-that-was.<br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">pipeline</span></strong><br/>    A communications channel.<br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">platinum</span></strong><br/>    A type of hard currency, typically used on border worlds and for most clandestine dealings. For the purposes of conversion, a credit (see above) converts to platinum on approximately a 4:1 ratio, and a platinum coin converts to paper scrip (1 "dollar") at approximately 10:1. (1 credit = 4 platinum = 40 bills). (See also: Firefly Money)<br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">propoxin</span></strong><br/>    A pharmaceutical.<br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">purple belly</span></strong><br/>    An Alliance soldier or officer. The Alliance's official colors include purple and are used on the abdomen of Alliance troop body armor.<br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">reader</span></strong><br/>    Short for mind reader.<br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Reavers</span></strong><br/>    Space pirates with a twist -- the twist being they're insane, torture and rape their captives, and practice cannibalism and self-mutilation.<br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">roller</span></strong><br/>    A weapon used in the war, presumably a tank or some other conveyance moving on treads.<br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">rutting</span></strong><br/>    Expletive. Mating or 'to mate'.<br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">seeker</span></strong><br/>    A small heat seeking missile used by the Alliance, that gives off a whining sound when acquiring a heat source, which makes the missile detectable. More likely used to take out infantry than anything else due to the size and the explosive yield of the missile.<br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">shepherd</span></strong><br/>    Term for a religious minister, preacher, or priest.<br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">shiny</span></strong><br/>    Slang. "Good", "great", "neat", "wonderful", etc.<br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">shuffle</span></strong><br/>    Slang. To die. ("Shuffle off this mortal coil...")<br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">sly</span></strong><br/>    Male and homosexually inclined. (May also apply to women who fancy women.)<br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Sky Plex</span></strong><br/>    A space station that has optimized a large portion of it's habitable space for client services such as shopping, entertainment, and so forth.<br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Tele Fonix</span></strong><br/>    Name of a telecommunications system.<br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">terraforming</span></strong><br/>    Means of bestowing a planet or moon with conditions essential to sustain human and nonhuman life.<br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">triplex</span></strong><br/>    A slang term for a planet side shopping and entertainment megaplex.<br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">U-Day</span></strong><br/>    Short for "Unification Day"; the holiday celebrating the Alliance's defeat of the Independents.<br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">'verse</span></strong><br/>    Slang, short for "universe".<br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">vitals</span></strong><br/>    Short for vital signs.<br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">wave</span></strong><br/>    Audio-visual transmission sent over the Cortex. Full waves (audio and visual) are generally only available within major Alliance systems. Once a ship has left a major system (or is traveling in a system too unimportant to have a Cortex beacon), the sender must resort to more primitive means of communication.<br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">weave</span></strong><br/>    Medical term, presumably refering to a skin weave. A skin weave is a highly advanced medical procedure that uses nanotechnology in re-knitting the dermal fibres at a molecular level. Such a procedure is to stitches as stitches are to a bandage. </div></div><div align="center">************</div><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button"> The Slang</div><div class="spoiler_body"><strong>Language and Dictionary</strong><br/><strong>English and Chinese</strong><br/>Folks in the 'Verse speak English or Chinese, one or the other being the dominant tongues most everywhere. It pays to know at least a little of both if you plan to get very far. Of the central planets, Londinum is primarily English-speaking, while Sihnon stands out as a center of Chinese influence.<br/><strong>Mutt Tongues</strong><br/>Hundreds of languages made the great leap from Earth-That-Was and most of them survive in pockets and ghettos on most worlds. Only rarely, however, will anyone encounter a community that speaks a non-dominant language exclusively.<br/><strong>Cussin'</strong><br/>Human beings have happily fouled the gift of language with whatever inventive, vindictive, and insulting expressions they can imagine. While the traditional English swear words have survived intact, a few additional crude cuss words have been added to the common man's vocabulary.<br/>The basics include <strong>Gorram</strong> ("Run! It's the gorram law!"), <strong>Ruttin'</strong> ("It's gettin' too ruttin' hot in here."), and <strong>Humped</strong> ("He's got a gun on us. We're humped!") Cursing in Chinese is considered more imaginative and expressive, and most everyone does it - at least when his mother has left the room.<br/><strong>Fightin' Words</strong><br/>Some speech isn't cursing by traditional definition, but it will cause fists and bullets to fly just the same. Religion, politics, social class, and wealth are touchy subjects - as is mention of the Unification War.<br/><strong>Browncoat: </strong> Member of the Independent Factions, Independent veteran. Adopted early in the war by the Independent Factions, a brown coat has become indelibly linked to supports of the Independents' cause. After the war's end, clothiers made good money dyeing brown coats blue or gray as folks wanted to forget the past and let the past forget them. Those that still 'wear the brown' do it on purpose.<br/><strong>Frontier Slang</strong><br/>In English, there are two predominant speech patterns. "Core Speech" is carefully used and grammatically correct. "Frontier Slang" sounds sloppy and quaint to Core speakers, who judge the speaker as poorly educated and low class. Those born outside the Core are more likely to have at least a little of the Frontier in their speech.<br/><strong>Basic Rim World Speech</strong><br/>-- Truncate the "g" for "ing" words ("schoolin'")<br/>-- Pepper with slang adjectives.<br/>-- Double negatives. ("It don't mean nothin' out here.")<br/>-- Using odd words and word forms in phrases.<br/>-- Use "don't" instead of "doesn't."<br/>-- Ain't.<br/>-- Odd Words: druther, yonder, dang, plumb, right smart.<br/>-- Prefixing on "-ing" ("a-runnin'").<br/>-- No -ly on adverbs. ("She described the plan real simple. That job's awful hard to do.")<br/>-- Subject and verb don't match. ("We was goin' there. He got none of that.")<br/>-- Malformed verbs. ("He growed up real good. He come by here last night. I seen it with my own eyes. He done run off again.")<br/>A few examples...<br/>-- "Looks like we got us some imminent violence."<br/>-- "We got no short of ugly ridin' in on us."<br/>-- "I'm just feeling kind of truthsome right now."<br/>-- "We're in some peril here."<br/>-- "We just need a small crew, them as feel the need to be free."<br/>-- "This here's a recipe for unpleasantness."<br/>-- "I'm shocked my own self."<br/>-- "We'll be there directly."<br/>-- "But she does have an oddness to her."<br/><strong>Slang: Frontier Life</strong><br/><strong>All-fired: </strong> Completely. ("Where'd she go gettin' all-fired jealous 'bout this?")<br/><strong>Awful, Dreadful, Mighty, Plumb, Powerful: </strong> Adjectives for emphasis. ("Gettin' awful crowded in my sky.")<br/><strong>Bang-up:</strong> Great. ("They did a bang-up job.")<br/><strong>Bughouse:</strong> Mental hospital.<br/><strong>Git:</strong> Go away.<br/><strong>Ornery: </strong> Stubborn, not passive.<br/><strong>Peck: </strong> A large amount.<br/><strong>Preacher: </strong>Anyone religious.<br/><strong>Run afoul: </strong> To get into trouble with. <br/><strong>Shindig: </strong>A party, usually with dancing.<br/><strong>Shiny: </strong> Good or valuable.<br/><strong>Size someone up: </strong> Judge how tough they are or what their intentions might be.<br/><strong>Tetchy: </strong> Sensitive or complaining.<br/><strong>Slang: Spacefaring</strong><br/><strong>Atmo: </strong> Atmosphere, as in to "leave atmo."<br/><strong>The black: </strong> Space.<br/><strong>Clean your housing: </strong> To give a thorough beating (as in a spaceship's engine housing).<br/><strong>Feds, Federals: </strong> Members of the Alliance, its military, law enforcement, or functionaries.<br/><strong>Go to blackout: </strong> Shut down power on the ship to avoid detection.<br/><strong>On the drift: </strong> In space without fuel unable to travel.<br/><strong>Reavers: </strong> Madmen who live on the edges of civilized space, flying dangerous ships and preying on other space vessels.<br/><strong>The Rim: </strong> Frontier planets, not the core.<br/><strong>The 'Verse: </strong> Inhabited space or the universe.<br/><strong>Being buzzed: </strong> Sensors from another ship are actively sweeping you.<br/><strong>Slang: Underworld</strong><br/><strong>Doxy: </strong> Prostitute.<br/><strong>Drops: </strong> Illegal, addictive, narcotic drugs.<br/><strong>Second story job: </strong> Breaking and entering robbery.<br/><strong>Scratch: </strong> Valuables.<br/><strong>The goods: </strong> Loot.<br/><strong>Went south: </strong> Problems appeared, the plan fell apart.<br/><strong>Tonic: </strong> Amateur or illegal alcoholic drink.<br/><strong>Bushwhack: </strong> Ambush.<br/><strong>Footpad: </strong> Pickpocket thief in a town.<br/><strong>Hornswoggle: </strong> To trick someone.<br/><strong>On the dodge: </strong> Wanted by the police.<br/><strong>Slang: Technical</strong><br/><strong>Advocate: </strong> A lawyer.<br/><strong>Cortex: </strong> Widespread information network.<br/><strong>Genseed: </strong> Genetically engineered crop seeds used on freshly terraformed worlds.<br/><strong>Skyplex: </strong> Orbital city or space station.<br/><strong>Wave: </strong> A communication: text, audio, video, or holographic.<br/></div></div><div align="center">************</div><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Mandarin Chinese</div><div class="spoiler_body"><strong><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span class="bbc_u">A</span></span></strong><br/>•   A big pile of shit: Yi Da Tuo Da Bian <br/>•   A knot of self-indulgent lunacy: Fang zong feng kuang de jie <br/>•   A real bastard!: Ge zhen de hun dan! <br/>•   A switch to those girls' backsides is just good enough: Bian da ta men de bei jiu gou le <br/>•   Abracadabra-alakazam: Tian-ling-ling, di-ling-ling <br/>•   Accusing someone of lying, a ridiculous notion, or talking out of the posterior: Fang pi, literally "to break wind" <br/>•   Act blindly: Bi se yan jing zhuo ma que, literally "try to catch sparrows with one's eyes blindfolded" <br/>•   Agitate someone out of hiding: Da chow jing ser, literally, "beating the grass to startle the snake" <br/>•   Aah!: Ai ya! <br/>•   Alas, not good, what a mess, too bad: Jao Gao, literally "spoiled cake." <br/>•   All talk: Da chong wu dan, literally "big gun, no bullet" <br/>•   All that is proper: Suo you de dou shi dang <br/>•   All the planets in space shoved up my butt: Tai kong suo you de xing qiu sai jin wo de pi gu <br/>•   Alliance: Tong meng OR Nien Mohn.<br/>•   An absolute genius: Zhen de shi tian cai <br/>•   Are we clear here?: Dohn luh mah. <br/>•   As far as the eye can see: Yi wang wu ji, literally "look afar no bound"<br/>•   Ass, bottom, posterior: Pi Gu. <br/>•   Asshole: Fang Pi. <br/>•   Ass-kicking killer: Xiong can sha shou <br/>•   Attributing an unfortunate longshot occurrence: Yeh lu jwo duo luh jwohn whei jian gui<br/>•   Awesome: Gao gan <br/>•   AWOL: Kai xiao chai <br/><strong><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span class="bbc_u">B</span></span></strong><br/>•   Baboon's ass: Fei fei pi gu <br/>•   Baboon's ass crack: Fei fei de pi yan <br/>•   Bastard: Hun dan <br/>•   Boss or operator of a business: Lao ban; Lao ban ni'un for a female boss or proprietor's wife. <br/>•   Big Brother, Older Brother: Ge or Ge-Ge<br/>•   Big change: Da Bianhua. <br/>•   Big Sister, Older Sister: Jie or Jei-Jei <br/>•   Big stupid pile of stinking meat: Yi dwei da buen chuo roh <br/>•   Blessing on you: Zhu fu ni <br/>•   Blindside or conspire against someone secretly: Fahn leong jianBon Appetit!: Nin chi hao <br/>•   Boss: Lao ban.<br/>•   Boss (Female): Lao ban ni'un <br/>•   Bottoms up: Gan bei <br/>•   Brilliant: Jing cai <br/>•   Browncoat: Zong yi <br/><strong><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span class="bbc_u">C</span></span></strong><br/>•   Cheap floozy: Jian huo <br/>•   Check it out, inspect: Jian cha <br/>•   Check at once: Ma shang jian cha <br/>•   Cheering or urging someone on: Jia you<br/>•   Cheers: Gan bei<br/>•   Chinese/Mandarin language: Jwohn Guo Hua <br/>•   Choose the wrong method to handle a situation: Bao Xin Jiu Huo<br/>•   Cool: Ku <br/>•   Come in, enter: Qing jin <br/>•   Commit blunder of great magnitude: Bie wu long <br/>•   Complete disarray or sheer pandemonium: Tian fuhn di fu<br/>•   Completely useless: Tian di wu yong <br/>•   Congratulations: Gong xi <br/>•   Conniving or scheming person: Gui tou gui nao <br/>•   Consistently useless: Jing-chang mei yong de<br/>•   Cool: Ku.<br/>•   Cow Dung: Niu shi <br/>•   Cow Poop: Niu fen <br/>•   Cow sucking: Xi niu <br/>•   Crap: Gou shi <br/>•   Crap: Zao gao <br/>•   Crazy dog in love with its own feces: Ai chr jze se duh fohn diang gou <br/>•   Cursing: Ma jung hwa <br/>•   Cute: Ke ai<br/><strong><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span class="bbc_u">D</span></span></strong><br/>•   Damn, my god: Ai ya <br/>•   Damn it: Zao gao <br/>•   Danger/Dangerous: Wei xian <br/>•   Dangerous person or animal: Wei xian dong wu <br/>•   Dangly piece of flesh: Zhan Dou De Yi Kuai Rou<br/>•   Darling: Bao bei <br/>•   Daydream or wishful thinking: Bai ri meng <br/>•   Dear god in heaven: Wo De Tian A<br/>•   Demon woman: Yao Nu<br/>•   Deserving of bad consequence or fate: Hwo gai <br/>•   Despicable: Kuh wu<br/>•   Dirty bastard sons-of--: Wang Ba Dan <br/>•   Do something for nothing in return, or wasted endeavor without a payoff: Yee yan<br/>•   Dog-fucking: Gou cao de<br/>•   Done for: Wan dan<br/>•   Don't worry: Fang Xin<br/>•   Down payment: Shi Yan.<br/>•   Done for or imminent doom: Wong Dahn<br/>•   Dumbass: Chun<br/><strong><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span class="bbc_u">E</span></span></strong><br/>•   Earthshaking: Jing tian dwohn di <br/>•   Empty Threat: Da chong wu dan <br/>•   Engage a monkey in a feces-hurling contest: Gen hou zi bi diu shi <br/>•   Enough of this nonsense: Gou huang tang<br/>•   Everyone in the 'Verse: Tian Xia Suo You De Ren. <br/>•   Everyone shut up! Ni men dou bi zui! <br/>•   Everything under the sky: Tian shia<br/>•   Excrement: Mi Tian Gohn<br/>•   Explosive diahrrea of an elephant: Da Shiong La Se La Ch'Wohn Tian.<br/>•   Extraordinarily clever: Gao gan <br/>•   Extraordinarily impatient Buddha: Zhen mei nai xing de Fo zu<br/><strong><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span class="bbc_u">F</span></span></strong><br/>•   Fear nothing but (fill in the blank): Tian bu pa, di bu pa, tze pa... <br/>•   Fellow: Ja hwo <br/>•   Female companion or girlfriend: Ma tze; add Dow in front for "looking for a girlfriend" <br/>•   Filthy fornicators of livestock: He chu-sheng za-jiao de zang-huo! <br/>•   Fire!: Kai huo (shoot), fen huo (flames) <br/>•   Fire at will or terminate with extreme prejudice: Da kai sa jeh<br/>•   Flat-chested: Hur bao dan, slang <br/>•   Foiled or ruined at the last moment: Soh ya fei tian<br/>•   Fool: Sha gua or ben dan <br/>•   Friend, pal, buddy: Peng you <br/>•   Frog-humping son of a bitch: Qing wa kao de liu mang <br/>•   Fuck!: Ta ma de!<br/>•   Fuck you. Damn everyone in the 'verse.: Ni Ta Ma De. Tian Xia Suo You De Ren Dou Gai Si.<br/><strong><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span class="bbc_u">G</span></span></strong><br/>•   Gang, crew, or confederate of diehards: Se duhng <br/>•   Gang or faction leader: Da gher ga for male, da jeh da for female <br/>•   Garbage: Le se <br/>•   Get bold or audacious: Fang dan <br/>•   Get lost: Kwai jio kai <br/>•   Go all out, hold nothing back: Ping ming <br/>•   Go far away very fast: Kuai Qu Hen Yuan De Di Fang. <br/>•   Go die or Go to hell: Chui se  <br/>•   God knows what / name of all that's sacred: Tian xiao de <br/>•   Goddamn monsters: Tian sha de e mo <br/>•   Good or okay: Hao <br/>•   Good-for-nothing: Bu lang bu you <br/>•   Good journey or bon voyage: Yi lu shun feng, or yi lu ping an <br/>•   Good luck: Ju hao yun <br/>•   Great: Da bian hua <br/>•   Greetings: Nihao<br/><strong><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span class="bbc_u">H</span></span></strong><br/>•   Handsome: Shuai <br/>•   Happy development or fortuitous turn of event: How shi sung chung <br/>•   Have desires above one's social/financial position, or beyond one's ability to realize: Lai huh ma shi yong tze tian e zoh<br/>•   He or she: Tah, tah-duh (his/hers) tah-muhn (them), tah-munh-duh (theirs)<br/>•   Heal: Chou.<br/>•   Heaven knows what: Tian Xiao De<br/>•   Hell: Gui, slang<br/>•   Hell, underworld: Di yu <br/>•   Hello: Nihao <br/>•   Hey!: Wei <br/>•   Holy testicle Tuesday: Shun Sheng Duh Gao Wahn.<br/>•   Home wrecking tramp: Hu li jing <br/>•   Horrible old tyrant: Ke-wu de lao bao jun <br/>•   How are you?: Ni Hao?<br/>•   Hump: Gun.<br/>•   Hurry or make haste: Gan mang <br/><br/><strong><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span class="bbc_u">I</span></span></strong><br/>•   I, or me: Wuo, wuo-duh for mine.<br/>•   I don't believe my eyes!: Wo bu shin wo dah yan jing <br/>•   I neither see nor hear you: Wo dui ni bu wen bu jian <br/>•   I'm sorry: Dui bu qi <br/>•   I/you saw his ghost: Jian Ta De Gui.<br/>•   I will close my ears and my heart and I will be a stone: Wuo Shang Mei Er, Mei Sheen, Byen Shi To.<br/>•   Idiot, moron: Buhn Dahn or Chwen Joo<br/>•   Imminent Doom: Wan dan <br/>•   Idiots. All of you.: Ni Mun Dou Shi Sa Gua<br/>•   I'm fucked: Wo Cao.<br/>•   Impossible: Bu Kuh Nuhn.<br/>•   Impressive display or visage but no substance: Da Chung Wu Dahn<br/>•   In the doghouse: Leng gong <br/>•   In someone's doghouse: Luhn Gohn<br/>•   In that case, nevermind: Na mei guan xi <br/>•   Is that so?/Oh, really?: Shi Ma<br/><strong><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span class="bbc_u">J</span></span></strong><br/>•   Jesus: Yeh Su<br/>•   Jerk: Hun dan <br/>•   Junk: Fei wu <br/>•   Just our luck: Zhen dao mei<br/><strong><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span class="bbc_u">K</span></span></strong><br/>•   Kick me in the butt: Ti wo de pi gu <br/><strong><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span class="bbc_u">L</span></span></strong><br/>•   Leader of a criminal operation: She tou <br/>•   Leave one to his own fate: Tze sh'un tze mieh <br/>•   Let me repeat myself: Wuo jai jeong yi chi <br/>•   Let's see how we're going to die!: Kan Wo Men Zen Me Si Ba!<br/>•   Let's take a deep breath: Yi qi shen hu xi <br/>•   Life support failure: Shuhn ming shi t'wohn gu jong <br/>•   Like hell/In your dreams: Jian ta de gui, or jian <br/>•   Little Brother: Di or Di-Di <br/>•   Little Sister: Mei or Mei-Mei <br/>•   Long time no see: Hao joh bu jian <br/>•   Loopy in the head: Feng le<br/><strong><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span class="bbc_u">M</span></span></strong><br/>•   Male companion or boyfriend: Kai tze <br/>•   Make a big mistake: Bie wu long <br/>•   Make an example of someone: Sha ji gei hou kan <br/>•   Merciful Buddha protect us: Ren ci de Fo zu qing bao you wo men <br/>•   Merciful God, please take me away: Ren ci de shang di, qing dai wo zou <br/>•   Merciless Bastard: Leng xue za zhong <br/>•   Merciless Hell: Ai ya tian a! <br/>•   Mind your own business: Guan ni ziji de shi <br/>•   Monkey raping: Qiang bao hou-zi de <br/>•   Monkey's butt: Ho-tze de pi-gu <br/>•   Monkey's ass: Ho Tze Duh Pi Gu.<br/>•   Moron: Ben dan or chun zhu <br/>•   Mother-humping son of a bitch: Ta Ma De Hun Dan.<br/>•   Mother of God: Wo de ma <br/>•   Mother of God and all her crazy nephews: Wo de ma he ta de fen kuang de wai sheng dou <br/>•   Motherless goat of all motherless goats: Gao yang zhong de gu yang<br/>•   Motherfucker: Ta Ma Duh.  <br/>•   Muddled, Mixed-up, Confused: Wu tou wu nao<br/>•   My ass is fucked: Wo Pi Gu Cao.<br/>•   My Buddha-ancestor: Wo De Fo Zu.<br/>•   My wife is not pretty!: Wo Tai Tai Bu Piou Liang.<br/><strong><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span class="bbc_u">N</span></span></strong><br/>•   No problem: Mei wen ti <br/>•   No way: Cai bu shi <br/>•   Nobody: Wu ming shao zu <br/>•   Nonsense, rubbish, superfluous words: Fei hua <br/>•   Not advised: Quan gao bu yi <br/>•   Not enough: Bu gou<br/>•   Not good: Zao gao <br/>•   Not keeping a rendezvous: Fang ge zi <br/>•   Not much of a choice between the two: Ban jin ba liang <br/>•   Nothing ventured, nothing gained: Bu ru hu xue yan de hu zi <br/>•   Now, immediately: Ma shang <br/>•   Nuts: Shiang Jing; Fah Shiang Jing for "going nuts" <br/>•   Nurse (profession): Hu Shi<br/><strong><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span class="bbc_u">O</span></span></strong><br/>•   Oddball or Goof: Chai Neow <br/>•   Of course: Dang ran<br/>•   Oh, crap: Tzao Gao<br/>•   Oh, Lord/Oh, God: Lao Tien Fu.<br/>•   Oh, this is a happy development: O, zhe zhen shi ge kuai le de jin zhan <br/>•   Oh God, no: Lao tian, bu <br/>•   Oh my God: Wo de tian a <br/>•   Okay: Hao <br/>•   Old: Lao <br/>•   Old friend: Lao peng you<br/>•   Old friend, you're looking lively.: Lao Peng You, Ni Kan Chi Lai Hen You Jing Shen <br/>•   Old man / husband: Lao gong <br/>•   Old lady / wife: Lao po <br/>•   One more cup of that brand, please.: Qing Zai Lai Yi Bei Na Kapei.<br/>•   One must be ruthless to be great: Wu du bu zhong fu<br/>•   Ordinarily useless: Jing Chang Mei Yong De <br/>•   Out of touch with reality: Bi mu se ting <br/>•   Outdo someone or doing one better: Dao-gao-yee-chi moh-gao-yee-juhn, <br/>•   Over my dead body: Chu fei wo si le<br/><strong><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span class="bbc_u">P</span></span></strong><br/>•   Pal: Lao xiong<br/>•   Panda piss: Xiong mao niao <br/>•   Paranoid, suspicious: Bei gong she ying <br/>•   Pathetic wretch: Bei bi xiao ren"<br/>•   Penis: Ji Ba, slang<br/>•   Peon: Wu ming shao zu <br/>•   Petty: Suo xi <br/>•   Pig's Sty: Zhu fuen chse<br/>•   Piss-soaked pikers: Niao Se Duh Du Gwai.<br/>•   Piss washed: Xi Niao<br/>•   Pile of sun-baked dog poo: Ri shao gou shi bing <br/>•   Plain, bland, bare: Yong chwen mien. <br/>•   Please be quiet: Qing an jing yi dien<br/>•   Pledge (promise): Shi Yan.<br/>•   Pool of Excrement: F'n Zse <br/>•   Pool of pig droppings: Zhu fuen chse <br/>•   Posterior, bottom, butt: Pi gu <br/>•   Precious, darling, sweetheart, treasure: Bao bei<br/>•   Prehistoric: Lao Diu Ya <br/>•   Pretty lady, forget him and hire me...: Piow Liang De Shao Ji, Bu Li Tah, Gu Wo<br/>•   Pretty lady, hire me for the night and I'll open you like a flower...: Piow Liang De Shao Ji, Nee Gu Wuo Hu Nee Shang Hao. Wuh Hwai Rong Nee Shung Kai Roo Hua. <br/><strong><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span class="bbc_u">R</span></span></strong><br/>•   Real man: Nuhn Tze Huhn <br/>•   Really Dangerous: Wei xian<br/>•   Really is a genius: Zhen De Shi Tian Cai<br/>•   Redundant, unnecessary complicating something: Wua Ser Tian Jwoo   <br/>•   Remorseless harridan: Bu hui hen de po fu <br/>•   Retreat, run away: Jio weh sung chiuh <br/>•   Ridiculously strange, illogical or nonsensical: Mo ming qi miao <br/>•   Ruined, finished: Wan dan le <br/>•   Ruthless or savage beast of a person: Ching soh<br/><strong><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span class="bbc_u">S</span></span></strong><br/>•   Scoundrel: Huai dan <br/>•   Screw him/her running: Gun ta jwo lu <br/>•   Screw you: Qu ni de <br/>•   Shameless Hussy: Meh lian duh jyah ji <br/>•   Shiny, awesome, fantastic: Jahn! <br/>•   Shit on my head!: Ai ya, huai le!<br/>•   Shit talk: Da Bian Hua.<br/>•   Shut up: Bi zui <br/>•   Shut up('yeah right'): Hu che <br/>•   Shut up, all of you!: Ni men dou bi zui! <br/>•   Shut up and make us wealthy: Bi zui, rong wo men fa cai <br/>•   Shut up, you inconsiderate schoolboys!: Bi zui, nin hen bu ti tie de nan sheng! <br/>•   Sir: Da yeh <br/>•   Small fry: Wu ming shao zu <br/>•   Smelled a fart: Wen guo pi <br/>•   So guilty as to deserve a thousand deaths: Jwei gai wang se<br/>•   Soldier, fighter, warrior: Zhan Shi.<br/>•   Son of a bitch: Wang ba dan, or gou neong yung <br/>•   Son of a drooling whore and a monkey: Liu Kou Shui De Biao Zi He Hou Zi De Er Zi<br/>•   Speak now and quickly: Yo hua kuai so <br/>•   Speaking without a clue: Xia hua <br/>•   Splendid: Jing cai <br/>•   Stop talking: Ju kou <br/>•   Stubborn disciplinarian: Pian zhi de jie cha yuan<br/>•   Stuff all the planets in the universe into my ass: Tai Kong Suo You Di Xing Qui Dou Sai Jin Wo De Pi Gu <br/>•   Stupid: Yu Bun Duh.<br/>•   Stupid inbred stack of meat: Ben Tian Sheng De Yi Dui Rou<br/>•   Stupid son of a drooling whore and monkey: Lio Coh Jwei Ji Neong Hur Ho Deh Yung Duh Buhn Jah J'wohn.<br/>•   Stupid inbred sack of meat: Ben tian sheng de yi dui rou.<br/>•   Suicidal idea: Tze sah ju yi.<br/>•   Sweetheart: Bao bei <br/>•   Swindle: Guai <br/>•   Suicidal idea: Zu sha zhu yi <br/>•   Surrender, give up: Tou xiang<br/><strong><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span class="bbc_u">T</span></span></strong><br/>•   Take care, stay healthy: Bao zhong <br/>•   Talk nonsense: Shia suo <br/>•   Teacher: Lao shi <br/>•   Thank you: Sheh Sheh.<br/>•   Thanks: Xie xie <br/>•   That has nothing to do with it: Na Mei Guan Xi. <br/>•   There's nothing in this plan that isn't horrific: Zhe ge ji hua zhen ke pa <br/>•   Things never go smooth: Hao yun bu lai, huai yun bu jwo <br/>•   This really is a happy holiday: Zhe Zhen Shi Ge Kuai Le De Jing Zhang. <br/>•   Time out!: Yi qi shen hu xi <br/>•   Too bad: Zao gao<br/>•   To throw in a monkey wrench: Gwai ma jiao <br/>•   Trouble, problem, complication: Ma Fuhn.<br/>•   Troublemaker: Wan nao <br/>•   Tyrant, iron-fisted ruler: Ba wang <br/><strong><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span class="bbc_u">U</span></span></strong><br/>•   Ugly or perverted person: Joo Bah Jeh<br/>•   Unnecessarily complicating something, or overdoing it: Hua she tian zu<br/>•   Urine: Niao<br/>•   Urine-soaked demons: Niao shi de du-gui <br/><strong><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span class="bbc_u">V</span></span></strong><br/>•   Very: Fei chang <br/>•   Violent lunatic: Xiong meng de kuang ren <br/>•   Vixen: Hu li jing <br/><strong><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span class="bbc_u">W</span></span></strong><br/>•   Wah!: Wa, an exclamation <br/>•   Wait/hold on a second: Deng yi miao <br/>•   Warning someone against doing things 'the hard way': Jing zhou bu chi chi fa zhou <br/>•   Watch your back: Zhen ta ma yao ming. Zhu yi<br/>•   We, us: Wuo Mun, Wuo Mun Duh for ours.<br/>•   We will enjoy your silence now: Bai tuo, an jing yi dian <br/>•   We're in big trouble: Ai ya wo men wan le <br/>•   Weak-ass sauce: Lan dan jiang <br/>•   What?: Shen me <br/>•   What is that?: Na shi shen me? <br/>•   What is this (crap)?: Zhe shi shen me (dohng shee)? <br/>•   What a mess: Zao gao <br/>•   Whores in hell!: Ta shi suo you di yu de diao zi de ma <br/>•   Whores of SOBs: Wang ba dan de biao zi <br/>•   Wonderful!: Pai an jiao jue<br/><strong><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span class="bbc_u">Y</span></span></strong><br/>•   Yeah, right: Cai Bu Shi.<br/>•   Yes, affirmative: Shi a <br/>•   You: Ni, ni-duh (yours), ni-muhn (plural).<br/>•   You don't deserve it: Ni bu ying de zhe ge <br/>•   You fink/wretch/etc: Ni hun qiu <br/>•   You want a bullet right in your throat?: Ni yao wo kai qiang <br/>•   You wanna die?: Ni zhao si ma? <br/>•   You're all idiots: Ni men dou shi sha gua <br/>•   Young lady: Xiao Mei Mei.<br/>•   Young one: ying<br/>•   You're crazy: Fa Kuang.<br/>•   You’re hurt: Ni Shou Shang Le.<br/>•   You're mad: Fa Feng.<br/></div></div><div align="center">************</div><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Handguns of the 'verse</div><div class="spoiler_body"><div align="center">(http://i1191.photobucket.com/albums/z466/Corvus269/Miscellanous/pistols1.jpg)<br/>(http://i1191.photobucket.com/albums/z466/Corvus269/Miscellanous/pistols2.jpg)<br/>(http://i1191.photobucket.com/albums/z466/Corvus269/Miscellanous/pistols3.jpg)<br/><br/>from the official firefly RPG<br/></div></div></div><div align="center">************</div><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Rifles of the 'verse</div><div class="spoiler_body"><div align="center">(http://i1191.photobucket.com/albums/z466/Corvus269/Miscellanous/rifles1.jpg)<br/>(http://i1191.photobucket.com/albums/z466/Corvus269/Miscellanous/rifles2.jpg)<br/></div></div></div><br/><div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;"><strong><span class="bbc_u"><span style="text-decoration: overline;">The Siggy Button</span></span></strong></span><br/>(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/4/48/The_Gamble_small.jpg)<br/><div class="codeheader">Code: <a class="codeoperation" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="return smfSelectText(this);">[Select]</a></div><pre style="margin: 0; padding: 0;"><code class="bbc_code">http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/4/48/The_Gamble_small.jpg</code></pre></div>