New Time Slot

Ok, guys. Weeks ago, I asked you to give me your schedules for the new year so I can work out a new meeting day and time for the game. So far, I have two schedules, one of which is mine. We're on hiatus for the holiday season, but we cannot come OFF hiatus until we have a meeting time. I can't come up with a meeting time unless you guys tell me when you can meet. Therefore, there will be no more sessions until you post your schedules. Q.E.D.

I still need schedules from:

Eric
Emi
Scott
And any of you new people that are thinking about joining the game. You know who you are.

SERENITY CANCELLED TONIGHT

I'm sorry, but I got a call at 6:12 today. A friend's having an emergency, and I have to leave. Serenity is cancelled for tonight. I'm sorry for the short notice.


Li


Update: My friend's fine. She just had an emergency and I had to help her move out of her dorm and into an apartment. Once again, sorry for the inconvenience.

Schedule for 2007

The new year is at hand, and with it comes new semesters, and new schedules. Wednesday, as I understand it, might not be convenient for everyone next year, so I need everyone to post here and let me know what evenings are good for you.

For myself, I'm free every day other than Thursday. (And don't forget, this week's session is Thursday, not Wednesday.)

Next Week's Session

Thanks to Lav's dilligence with the archive posts (Thank's Lav!), my original message got buried further down the page, so I'm reposting it.

Because of Eric's exam schedule, he cannot make it next Wednesday, however, he can make it on Thursday. Lav can make it then, too. Is Thrusday good for everyone else?

December 6, 2006

Session Summary: The crew, minus Wu, make for the Machinal on a shuttle dressed in their uniforms. Lester, who had made the plan to pull of the caper, decides that today is a good day to steal the clock because there is a major concert planned and any diversion is a good thing. They reach the ship and realise soon enough that something is off: it is too quiet and they encounter nobody at all on their way to the V.I.P. suites, where the clock is being held. They get the clock, and a chicken lizard (read, little feather-y dinosaur) named Fluffy. The lights suddenly go out and while the crew tries to make their getaway with their loot, they get attacked by ninjas. Mansi and Eli's nose get broken, among other injuries, but they otherwise manage to get through the incident with minor losses. They make it to their shuttle with the clock and the chicken lizard and narrowly avoid getting picked up by three Alliance boats.

Full transcript here.

November 8, 2006

Session Summary: Eli studies the information on the disk that Isidor Chemelwitz had given Mansi and Runner and decides to take job involving the Clock of Long Now. In line with that, the crew goes to have their "uniforms" altered by the recommended tailor. While they're there, Mansi remembers that they forgot to lock the ship. Eli goes back and checks the ship from top to bottom twice but doesn't notice anything other than a peculiar smell. Meanwhile, Wu, who got laid, decides to go on a date after with the woman and her pickpocket children. Eli finds him and makes him abandon his picnic to get measured (and felt up).





Full transcript here.

Next Week's Session

Hey Guys,

Great session this week. Unfortunately, Eric can't make a Wednesday session next week because of exams. If I held a session on Thursday, how many of you could make it?

Li

Update on the Update

Ok. After some consideration, I'm still running Serenity tonight for whoever will show up, even if it's only one person. I'll think of a little side adventure that'll be worth your while.

November 29th's Session

Hello My Pretties,

I hope you had a good break. Just a reminder, we are having a session tomorrow. It is VITALLY IMPORTANT that you show up PREPARED and ON TIME. Violators will be fed to ninjas and mauled.

Kissies,

Li

November 2, 2006

Session Summary: Wu regains consciousness but he's by no means recovered. Mansi, Eli and John go follow the lead they got from Georg Foster, while Lester looks for the engine part he needs. Mansi, Eli and John are led to a no-nonsense, courteous woman by the name of Isidor Chemelwitz. She's into acquisitions. Her assignment for them is to steal an ancient clock (very expensive, very important) from the cruise vessel Machinal while it is on its way to the museum in Londinium. The route is a well-traveled shipping lane. Isidor offers 10,000 credits but Eli refuses the offer because he believes it is more than dangerous. They leave and head back to the ship, halfway toward which Eli tells Mansi to go back with John and get the disk with the information about the clock from Isidor. She does that and is handed the disk and a box with uniforms in it. Meanwhile Wu gets pickpocketed, which in turn leads to him getting laid. While Mansi is gone, Eli gets into a fight with a wino. Eli wins and even steals onion rings, but his ear gets badly bitten in the process.

Full transcript here.

October 25, 2006

Session Summary: While Eli thought he'd gotten a shiny deal with Georg Foster, and lifted off of Shadow feeling particularly joyful, the events that followed highlighted just how much the 'verse hates it when things go smooth. The fact that he'd leaked sensitive Independent information reached the ears of the wrong people, i.e., the authorities, who boarded the Underdog and produced an perfectly legal arrest warrant for Eli and a search warrant for the ship. While the ship is being searched and the rest of the crew deliberates on how to save Eli, an Alliance patrolboat approaches and engages the Independent patrolboat that came to arrest them. Eli offers his assistance to the Independent officer in exchange for the Underdog's freedom. The officer is hesitant but the Alliance weapons-fire is uncomfortably close, so he lets them go. Eli keeps his word, somewhat, before the Underdog turns tail and runs.

Full transcript here.

October 18, 2006

Session Summary: It's the Underdog's second day on Shadow, and the day starts with Seargent Asper's appearance at the ship, at about the same time that Wu returns. As agreed upon the previous day, she is allowed to board and inspect the cargo. This takes place without incident, and satisfied, she pays Eli in full before unloading it. The rest of the day is spent in pursuit of two goals: a mule and a job. Mansi and Runner head to the red light district a few miles north of the docks, while Eli, Wu and Lester head to a dive bar in the ports called The Alibi. At the dive bar, Eli meets with an old contact named Georg Foster. They talk business over hookah and Eli exits the bar the proud owner of a four-wheeler mule and a napkin with a potential business contact on it. In the meanwhile, on the other side of town, Mansi finds out that she's not at all cut out for dealing with people in low places and mistakenly entrusts John with the task of finding them a mule. He, in his turn, asks the wrong person and ends up lost and in the middle of a yard full of stubborn donkeys. Mansi eventually finds John and they head back empty-handed to the ship, where they're met with Eli and Lester, and pink Buddha-fied hubcaps.

Full Transcript Here.

Minor Characters

Making up all these NPC's off the top of my head is going to come and bite me in the ass. I can feel it. So I'm going to write them all down here future reference.


Kamchatka



Characters coming next week!



Persephone

Criminals

Ethan Talbolt: The name given to Eli as a contact on Persephone. Unclear if this is an actual person or just a password.
Doris: Runs the day-to-day affairs of the porn/children's book store "Jabberwocky."
Edvard Melsen: A midget and owner of the Melsen Interplanetary Traveling Circus and Sideshow. He caught passage with Underdog to Kamchatka.
Damon Akechi: A.k.a. The Wolfman of Dayton, Damon works for Edvard and acts as his assistant.
Dix: A woman with harshly bleached hair and a harsher personality. Her face was scared in an accident. Not much else is known about her at this time.


The Black

Ninjas: Attacked the crew during the Machinal job, and one stowed away to finish the job later, but was defeated. Almost certainly responsible for the deaths of Machinal's passengers and crew. Nothing more is known about them at this time.

General Richard Wilkins: The only person listed on Machinal's passenger manifest whose body was not recovered. Whereabouts and welfare unknown.


Beaumonde

Criminals

Jack Clobbs: Proprieter of a local dive called The Badger, known for its onion rings and its shady side deals. A former contact of Eli's, Jack was recently pinched on smuggling charges.
Herman Clobbs: Jack's son. He appears to be taking over his father's business affairs, and is taking to it well. Known business affairs: human trafficking and pornography.
Isidor Chemelwitz: To use her phrasing, Isidor is in aquisitions. She runs her affairs out of a spot called The Kosciusko, and the law knows better than to go knocking on her door. She is an aquaintance of Georg Forster's.
Guido: A steroid-pumped minion for Isidor.
Bridget: A waitress at The Kosciusko.
Nikki: A twelve year old pick pocket who stole Wu's wallet.
Sayaka: A twenty-something mother and prostitute who came to Wu's aid. She lives on the underbelly of Beaumonde's society, seen more than she cares to, and clings on to what she can, however she can. Nikki's mother.

Other:

Sayaka's Mother: B and Runner owe her 1000 credits.
Gun Store Owner: He can sell you guns so lethal and well-crafted, your penis enlarges just looking at them. Or so he says.
A Tailor: A local merchant on retainer for Isidor.
Dr. Hobo: She likes rats. Eli discovered this the hard way. She stowed away on Underdog, but was later killed by a ninja.


Shadow

The Independents

Sargent Aspers: Female soldier with the Independent army. She had a run in with Eli but ended on good terms Her unit ships for Sturges.
Cigarette Guy: Unnamed soldier in Asper's unit.
Julius Ellison: Quartermaster on Shadow, a whimp, and a "fuckwit." Nobody seems to like this guy.

Criminals

Georg Forster: Freakishly tall smuggler who runs his business out of a bar called The Alibi. He's in to some drugs and other vague things.
Doris: The Alibi's crantankerous bartender.

Other

Miss Carmody: Waitress at The King's Court
Ms. Satu: Leader of a "geisha" okiya in the red light district.
A ten year old girl: Ms. Satu's errand girl.

October 11, 2006

Here is the transcript for the RP session on October 11, 2006. Note that this came from iChat, so screennames don't show up here.

Summary: Underdog set down on Shadow to drop off a shipment of unknown cargo to the Independents, and hire a mechanic. Unfortunately, Eli doesn't remember where to meet their contact, Julius. They get directions from a man name Lester Boothe, who says he's a mechanic and a traveler. Once the crew meets up with Juilus, they discover they won't be paid in full, because engine trouble caused the ship, and therefore the shipment to arrive late. Eli threatens Juilus to pay them, but Julius says that he can't, and offers instead to tell Eli what are in the crates. The crates are filled with an experimental alloy, stolen from the Alliance. Eli decides to get back to the ship and steal some of the cargo for himself. Unforuntately, the Independets get there first, and put a land lock on Underdog until Eli agrees to let them inspect the cargo. After a few phone calls to and from Lester, they negotiate a "settlement" for the issue.

Full Transcript Here.

Prologue

Last week, I went over a brief summary of the current political situation in the 'verse. Here, slightly edited for clarity, is the transcript.

See transcript.

Posting Access

If you want posting access, make an account here and I'll add you.

For Wednesday, make sure you're clear on what plot points do. Otherwise, you'll have trouble spending them. (Makes sense.)

Bunk Assignments

Captain Timmothy Eli Weiss: Bunk C
Mansi Reynolds, Firstmate: Bunk B
John Runner, Merc: Bunk G
Jimmy Kraken, Pilot: Bunk G
Bianca Reynolds, Medic: Passenger Dorm A
Lester Boothe, Mechanic: Bunk F
Dix, Passenger: Passenger Dorm G
Edvard Melsen/Damon Akechi, Passengers: Passenger Dorm H

Cast List

Captain Timmothy Eli Weiss: Patrick Warburton
Mansi Reynolds, Firstmate: Katee Sackhoff
Lester Boothe, Mechanic: Dennis Haysbert
John Runner, Merc: John Cena
Bianca "Binky" Reynolds, Medic: Caroline Dhavernas
Jim "Jimmy" Kraken, Pilot: Billy Ray Cyrus.


Quang-Thieu Ba Ngoc (Lee Wu), Pilot: Dat Phan [Deceased]

Thematic Prologue

Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned

-- from The Second Coming, Yeats

Chinese Cheat Sheet - 中國欺詐板料。

After using my original cheat sheet for almost a year for The Signal, I've decided to upgrade it with more words, more expressions, and more filthy, filthy, insults. I've used as my resources the Chinese guide in Finding Serenity, the Firefly RPG book, Wikipedia, and numerous internet dictionaries, most of which are linked here. For most, I've tried to acquire the pinyin translation. For others, I could only the phonetic, and those are noted with an asterisk. If you have any questions, feel free to post them.

Note: While I original created this guide for use in my RPG The Signal, the game has since closed down. I'm sorry for any confusion this might have caused.


Endearments / Words Expressing Relationship - 關係

an absolute genius - zhen de shi taincai
big brother (familiar) - ge ge
big brother (formal) - dà ge
big boss / leader of the group - Lóng tóu lǎo dà
big sister - jie jie
boss, or operator of a business - Lǎo bǎn
boyfriend - nán péng yǒu
daddy (familiar) - bà bàn
dear / darling - qin ài de
father (formal) - fùqin
husband - zhàngfu
girlfriend - nǚ péng yǒu
little albatross - xíao xiantainweng
little brother - xíao dì dì
little friend (familiar) / kid - xiâo péngyou
little sister (familiar) - mèimei
little sister - xiao mèimei
mommy (familiar) - mà mà
mother (formal) - mu qin
sweetheart - bao bei
sweetheart / darling - xin gan
young one - nianqing de


Exclaimations - 常規褻瀆

all that's proper - suoyou de dou shidang
all the planets of space flushed into my butt! - Taikong suoyou de xingqiu saijin wo de pigu!
damn! - Aiya!
extraordinarily impatient Buddha - Zhen mei naixing de Fozu.
hey! - Wei!
holy mother of god and all her wacky nephews! - Wo de ma he ta de fengkuang de waisheng dou.
holy testicle Tuesday - Shensheng de gaowan.
kick me in the bottom! [as in, "I'm an idiot."] - Tee wuh duh pee-goo.*
like hell! [See his ghost!] - Jian ta de gui!
merciful buddha - Renci de Fouzu.
motherfucker! (exclaimation) - Tamade!
motherless goats of all motherless goats! [Orphan goats among young goats] - Gaoyang zhong de guyang.
mother of Jesus [literally, my ma!] - Wo de ma.
name of all that's sacred [God knows what] - tain xiode
oh god. (exclaimation) - Tianna
oh sky (exclaimation) - Wode tìan
whores in hell! [She's the mother of all whores in hell!] - Ta shi suoyou diyu de biaozi de ma!


Insults - Intelligence Related - 黷智力

dummy/fool - dàiguā
fool/jerk (familar) - chunrén
idiots. all of you. - Nimen duo shi shagua.
moron - Chuin-zi
retard [dumb melon] - shǎguā
stupid - chun
stupid - yúchûn
stupid inbred sack of meat - ben tiansheng de yidui rou
stupid son of a drooling whore and a monkey - liu kuoshui de biaozi he houzi de ben erzi.
you are a fool. - Ni shi sai gooa.
you are an idiot. - Ni shi bai chi.
[you] idiot! - Bèn dàn!


Insults - Male Related - 黷男人

big dick - Da diao.
cock - jībā
cock - xiǎo dìdì (lit. "little younger brother")
eat my dick [literally, eat banana] - Chee jiao.
impotent - Yangwei
penis - Diao.
penis - Jiba.
penis (literary) - kuà xià wù
penis (scientific) - yīnjīng
smelly asshole - Chu shie fook.
suck my dick - Ha wo deh bang.
suck one's dick - Ha bang.
whore, male (lit. colored wolf) - Yanse lang.
you have no dick! - Ni meiyou langun!
your wife is cheating on you (literally, "you have a green hat") - Ni you piaoliang de lu maozi.
--Alternately: to be a cuckold (literally "wear a green hat" supposedly because male brothel workers in the Tang dynasty had to wear green hats) - dàilǜmàozi


Insults - Female Related - 黷雌性

bitch - pofù
bitch - Si san ba.
bitch - sāobī
bitch (a flirtatious woman) - Hu li jing
buy pussy - Mai bee
cunt - bī
dumb cunt (used like motherfucker) - shǎbī
dumb cunt, big - da shǎbī
eat pussy! - Tian ping!
pussy (bad insult to a man) - Ji bai.
rotting cunt - lànbī
slut - sāohuò
smelly slave wench - Cho yade.
stinky cunt - chòubī
vagina (polite) - Ni yin.
vagina (scientific) - yīndào
whore - Ji nu.
you have a face like a rotting cunt. - Ni Ya Lien zhangde gen Lanbi shide.


Insults - Fuck, and Fuck Related - 黷操

animal fucking bastard - chùsheng xai-jiao de xiang huo
dog-humping - guo cao de
filthy fornicators of livestock - He chusheng zajiao de zanghuo.
frog-humping son of a bitch - qingwa cào de liúmáng
fuck! (exclaimation) - Made!
fuck! (exclaimation) - Wǒ kào! (Originally from Taiwanese, this has spread to the mainland).
[I] fuck - Wa tsao.
[to] fuck - Gan tsao
fuck eighteen generations of you ancestors - Tsao ni zuzong shiba dai.
fuck everyone in the universe to death! - Ni tama de tianxia suoyou de ren duo gaisi.
fuck him! / fuck that! - Qù tamade!
fuck me blind! - Tama de!
fuck off - Gunkai
fuck off - qù nǐ nǎinaide
fuck your dad - Gan nin bei.
fuck your family name - Zao ni de xing.
fuck your grandfather's piss stinking arsehole - Wo cao ni yeye de sao pi yanr.
fuck your mother - Zao ni ma.
fuck your teacher (for not teaching you) - Gan ni lao shi.
fuck your uncle - Tzau ni Daye.
screw / fuck (v/t) - cào
screw you - Qu ni de.


Insults - Your Mom and Other Things Family Related - 黷媽媽

dirty bastards sons of bitches - Wangbadan
fuck your mother - cào nǐ niáng
fuck your mother/kill your mother - gàn nǐ lǎo mǔ
motherfucker - Gan ni niang
mother-humping son of a bitch - tama de hundan.
son of a rabbit - Too zaizi
whores of SOBs - wangbadan de biaozi
your mother's a cunt! - Ni male ge bi!
your mother's cunt - nǐmādebī


Insults - Scatological - 黷大便

bullshit - gôu pì
butt / bottom - pigu
cow dung - niushi
cow shit - niufen
crap! / damn! - Zaogao!
crap / dog crap - goushi
dear god in heaven - Wo detain, a.
eat my shit - Chee wo de shi.
eat shit - Chee shi.
engage in a feces-hurling contest with a monkey - gen houzi bi diushi
explosive diarrhea of an elephant! - Daxiang baozhashi de laduzi!
[to] fart (lit. to let your ass go) - Fang pi
garbage - lese
garbage / nonsense - fèhuà
go to hell, fat ass - Chiu di yu, pu yin.
go eat shit - Chi shi.
hell [ghost, demon] - Gui.
panda urine - xiongmao niao
piss-soaked pikers [urine-soaked habitual gamblers] - niao shi de dugui
poo (or to take a poo) - dà biàn
shit - Sch.
shit on my head! - Aiya huaile!
smelled a fart - wenguo pi


General Insults - 侮辱

animal - dòngwù
baboon's ass-crack - feifei de piyan
bastard - liúmáng
bastard - sishengzi
bastard - wángbādàn
bastard - zázhǒng (lit. "half-breed", sometimes racist)
bastard / asshole / jerk - Hundan
cheap floozy - jianhuo
coward - nuòfu
cow-sucking - xi niu
dead man doggie - Si lang kow.
foreign devil - Yang gui zi
goddamned - tā māde niǎo
hermaphrodite - Yin yang ren
horrible old tyrant - kewu de lao baojun.
I wish you a slow death, but a quick ride to hell! - Wo xi wang ni man man si, dan kuai dian xia di yu!
junk - feiwu
kiss my ass - Chin wo de pigu.
loser - wōnang fèi
lousy bastard - Chou wan ba dan
lunatic - Shingjingbing.
may your children be damned (lit. "May your child be born with an imperforate anus") - jiào nǐ shēng háizi méi pìgu yǎn
monkey's butt - houzi de pigu
monster - yaoguài
pig head - ju tou
a real bastard - ge zhen de hundan
remorseless harridan - bu huihen de pofu
shameless (without honor, strong insult) - bùyàoliǎn
stubborn disciplinarian - pianzhi de jiuchayuan
trash (dispicable person) - wúnéug de rén
ugly as hell - Chou ba guai.
useless person - fèi rén
violent lunatic - xiongmeng de kuangren
yes man (derogatory) - zôugôu
you are a cheat! - Ni shi pian zi!
you are a rotten egg. - Ni shi hwin dan.
you're not human - nǐ bú shì rén
you're less than human - ǐ shì shénme dōngxi
you're less than human - nǐ búshì dōngxi
you're shameless and less than human - bùyàoliǎn de dōngxī
your heart is black! - Ni xin tai hei le!


Booze - 酒精

alcohol - jiǔ jīng
beer - pí jiǔ
beer, draft - shēng pí jiǔ
beer, stout - hēi pí jiǔ
bottoms up [literally “dry cup.”] - Gon beh*
can I have one more class of [INSERT DRINK HERE]? - Qing zailai yibei [INSERT DRINK HERE]?
gin - qín jiǔ
moonshine - sijiu
rum - lǎo mǔ jiǔ
sake - rì běn mǐ jiǔ
tequila - mò xī gē tè qí lā jiǔ
vodka - é de kè jiǔ
whiskey - wēi shì jì
wine - pú táo jiǔ
wine, red - hóng pú táo jiǔ
wine, sparkling - hán qì pú táo jiǔ
wine, white - bái pú táo jiǔ


Sex - 性行

boyfriend [somewhat derogatory] - kai tze*
extramarital sex - hūn wài xìng jiē chù
to have sex - jiāo gòu
to have sex - jìn xíng xìng jiāo
have sex appeal - sāo
girlfriend [somewhat derogatory] - ma tze*
lecherous - Se mi mi de ren.
looking for a boyfriend - dow kai tze*
looking for a girlfriend - dow ma tze*
luck with the opposite sex - táo huā yùn
make love - zuò ài
male masturbation (vulgar) - dăshǒuqiāng (lit. "firing a handgun")
male masturbation (vulgar) - dǎfēijī (lit. "hitting an airplane")
male masturbation (vulgar) - wǔdǎyī (lit. "five beating one")
mastrubate - Zi wei
masturbation (scientific) - shǒuyín
oral sex - kǒu jiāo
sex partner - xìng bàn lǚ
sexual desire - xìng yù
sexual encounter - xìng jiē chù
sexual intercorse - xìng bàn lǚ
sexually transmitted disease - táo huā yùn
sexy - qíng gǎn de
sexy - sè qíng de


Love - 愛

do you love me? - Nǐ ài wǒ ma?
do you really love me? - Nǐ zhēn ài wǒ ma?
I love you. - Wǒ ài nǐ.
I love mom. - Wǒ ài mā mā.
I will love you forever. - Wǒ huì yǒng yǔan ài nǐ.
love at fist sight - yī jiàn zhōng qíng
love someone no matter what - ài wū jí wū
love story - liàn ài xiǎo shuō
spark between two lovers - gān chái liè huǒ
still have feeling for lost love - ǒu duàn sī lián


Questions - 刨

are we clear? - Dohn luh mah?*
are you ok? - Ni meí shì bà?
are you unhappy? - nǐ hěn bù gāo xìng ma?
can I have one more class of Ng-Ka-Pei? [a Chinese medicinal herb-wine] - Qing zailai yibei Ng Gaa Pei?
do you think I'm an idiot? - Ni juede wo hen ben ma?
do you understand? - Dòng bu dòng?
may I have the pleasure...? - Wo nén qin ni tiào wu ma...?
understand? - Dong ma?
what? [I'm sorry?] - Shénme?
what's the harm? - Hé fang?
what is this garbage? - Zhe shi shenme lan dongxi?
why don't you tell the cow about it's beautiful eyes? - Ni gaosu na niu ta you shuang meimu?


Answers - 荅

absolutely not - júe duì bú shì
god knows what - tain xiaode
I don't know. - wǒ bù zhī dào
I don't understand. - Wo bù dong.
I don't understand. (I hear you, but I don't understand your meaning.) - Wǒ tīng bù dǒng.
I don't understand. (I can read it, but I don't understand the words.) - Wǒ kàn bù dǒng
I'm fine - Wô hên hâo
I'm not fine - bù hǎo
I understand completely - Wǒ wán quán míng bái.
in that case, nevermind. - Na mei guanxi.
it's nothing / it's ok - Méi guänxi
it's no big deal - zhè jiàn shì bù zhòng yào
no way - Cai bu shi
no way! - Juéduì bù
not at all - bìng bù
of course - dang ran
okay / sure - Hao
okay (reluctant) - Hao ba
over my dead body [literally, not unless I die] - chufei wo sile
very good! - Ding hao!
very good - hen hao
very big - hen da
whichever - Rènhé
yes / right - Shìde
you're shitting me / you're talking out of your ass [literally, "farting"] - Fuhn pi.*


Commands - 吩咐

be careful - Xiâoxin
be quiet / shut up - Bì zuî
be quiet / shut up - Zhùzuî
check at once - Ma shong jien cha.*
come in - Qingjin
don't make any mistakes - Bié chū chāi cuò
everybody shut the hell up! - Nimen dou bizui.
fire at will / terminate with extreme prejudice [meaning “breaking the Buddhist vow against killing.”] - Da kai sa jeh.*
forget it - Suànle.
get out / shut up [nonsense] - Huche.
have something ready just in case - bèi ér bù yòng
hold on a second - Deng yimiao.
let's take a deep breath - Yiqi shen huxi.
mind your own business. - Guan ni ziji de shi.
shut up, you inconsiderate schoolboys! - Bizui, nin hen butitie de nansheng!
watch your back [This is pretty damned dangerous. Pay attention] - Zhen tama yaoming. Zhuyi


Niceties - 表示敬意

blessing on you - Zhufu ni
cheering or urging someone on [literally “add fuel,” equivalent of “go (name)!” in English] - Jah yoh.*
congratulations - Gōng xǐ gōng xǐ
don't mention it (impolite form of "you're welcome") - bú kè qì
goodbye - Zài-jiàn
hello - Ni hao
happy new year - Guo nian
have a nice day! - Zhù nǐ yī tiān guò de yú kuài!
nevermind. you didn't do it on purpose. - Méiguanxì, ni yòu bùshì gùyì de.
oh, I'm sorry. I didn't do it on purpose. - Duìbùqi, wo búshì gùyì de.
pleased to meet you - Gaoxing jìandào nî
sorry - Duìbùqî
sorry, please forgive my mistake - duì bù qǐ qǐng yúan liàng wǒ
sorry, I stained your shoes. - Duìbùqi, wo ba nide xié zi nòngzang le.
thanks - Xièxie
thank you - Xièxie nî
you are so beautiful - Nî hâo mêi
you're looking wonderful, old friend - Laopengyou, ni kan qilai hen you jing shen. (Point of interest, this is Morena Barracin's favorite Chinese line from Firefly.)
you stepped on my toe. - Ni cai le wo dé jiao.


Good Things - 不錯

amazing - wǒ cào
awesome or extraordinarily clever [literally “high pole.”] - Gao guhn*
brilliant [splendid] - jingcai
cool (racy expression) - diǎo
handsome / cute - shuài
fucking awesome - niúbī
stylish clothing - jiangjiu de fuzhuang
stunning / amazing - lìngrén jingyì


Bad Things - 不良

a centipede dies but never falls down (old institutions die hard) - bǎi zú zhī chóng sǐ ér bù jiāng
a switch to those girls’ backsides is just good enough - Byen dah tah muhn dug bay jo go lai.*
alas, not good, what a mess, too bad [literally “spoiled cake.”] - Jao gao*
as incompatible or irreconcilable as ice and hot coals - bīng tàn bù xiāng róng
be outraged by an injustice - bào bù píng
blindside or conspire against someone secretly [literally “shoot a cold arrow.”] - Fahn leong jian*
can't compare with - bǐ bù shàng
complete disarray or sheer pandemonium [literally “sky tumbles while earth turns over.”] - Tian fuhn di fu.*
crazy / nuts - kuangzhe de
I don't like you - wǒ bù xǐ hūan nǐ
just our luck! - Zhen daomei!
keep on fighting in spite of all setbacks; be undaunted by repeated setback - bǎi zhé bù náo
a knot of self-indulgent lunacy - fangzong fengkuang de jie
make the same mistake twice - chóng dào fù ché
oh, this is a happy development. - O, zhe zhen shi ge kuaile de jinzhan.
petty [trivial] - Suoxi
screw up / commit a blunder of great magnitude: Bie woo lohng.*
there can never be too much deception in war - bīng bù yàn zhà
troublemaker - wēnshén
weak-ass sauce! [As in, "This booze sucks!"] - Landan jiang!*
we're in big trouble - Aiya, women wanle.
when a longshot chance doesn't go your way [literally “do enough nighttime travels and one will eventually see a ghost"] - Yeh lu jwo duo luh jwohn whei jian guay.* (Also a warning of future retribution.)
you are crazy - nǐ fēng le
you are in a bad mood - nǐ de xīn qíng bù hǎo
you don't deserve her, you fink [literally, you're not good enough, you bastard] - Ni be guoge, ni hunqiu.


Other - 其他
absolute necessity - bì bù kě shǎo zǔ chéng
abracadabra-alakazam: Tian-ling-ling, di-ling-ling.*
agitate someone out of hiding [literally “beating the grass to startle the snake.”] - Da chow jing ser*
Alliance - Lián méng
ass-kicking killer - xiongcan shashou
beautiful / pretty - mêilì
big change - da bianhua
blue sun - lan ri
Browncoat - zōng sè dà yī
danger - wei
danger electricity - wei dian
dumb as a wooden chicken [paralized by fear] - dairuomu ji
elegant - youmei
fragile - yisui
gay [as in homosexual, not an insult] - Ton shing lian
life support failure. check oxygen levels at once. - Jiusheng xitong guzhang. Jiancha yangqi gongying.
management not responsible for ball failure. - Ruguo taiqiu huaile, na me guanli jiu bu fuze de.
nonsense - feihua
not dumb / not too stupid - bù bèn
pan-fried dumplings (New Year specialty) - jiao-zi
pimp - Lao mao.
police - jing
Serenity - Píngjìng
small - shao
strange bedfellows / unlikely alliance - Tóng chuáng yì mèng
too small - tai da
tour bus - youlanche

Planetary Guide

This is the same one I made up for the Signal. I need to go back and correct some of the science segments of it, since people up and changed the definition of a planet on me since I wrote this. It'll do for the time being.

Also, bear in mind that this is written from the perspective of the Signal's time frame, and references events that happened after the Unification War.


     Planetary Guide - Overview
     Planetary Guide - Core Words
     Planetary Guide - Middle Worlds
     Planetary Guide - Rim Worlds
     Planetary Guide - Space Stations, etc.

Planetary Guide - Overview

In the opening of the Serenity movie, we find out that all of human civilization resides in one, vast solar system with dozens of planets and hundreds of moons--or, rather, a compound solar system, where several stars orbit one larger star. (Put another way, imagine that Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune were all stars, and had planets orbiting them. Now imagine there's a crapload more of them.) I've expanded on that idea here and extrapolated from the information in the show to create this rough guide to the Firefly planets. Much of this comes directly out of the canon, some of it I had to give my best guess on, and other things I flat out made up. I've also used the Serenity Role Playing Guide as a reference for this work, as it was written with the help and approval of Joss Whedon. Please note that many of the worlds featured on the show were unnamed, and in those cases I provided one of my own. I indicate non-canon planets created for the use in this game by an asterisk next to their names. I'll update this list as I learn new information about the canon or we invent new planets in the game.

Also note that while the show often uses "planet," "moon," and "world" interchangeably, for the sake of this guide, "planets" are defined as objects that orbit a sun and have been pulled into a spherical shape by the force of their own gravity. "Moons" are the same thing, only orbiting another planet. A "world" is a teraformed planet or moon. Worlds basically come from three places:

Terrestrial Planets: Solid, rocky worlds. These orbit relatively close to the sun and therefore close to the star's natural zone of habitation, making these planets easier to teraform. They often have one to three moons in orbit which are too small to hold an atmosphere, but often service as refueling stations for cruisers too large to land on worlds. Local examples: Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars.

Gas Giants: The largest of all planets, these enormous worlds are made almost entirely of gas and are completely unsuitable for teraforming of any kind. They do, however, have dozens of moons each, ranging in size from large asteroids to Earth-like proportions. The larger moons can be teraformed, but never with the same success as most terrestrial planets. Local examples: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.

Cubewanos: A large Kuiper belt object. The Kuiper belt is the solar system's leftovers from creation and generally floats at the edge of the solar system. The Kuiper belt contains everything from dust particles to planet-sized rocks, the latter of which are called cubewanos. Cubewanos sometimes get knocked into a closer solar orbit, becoming planets. Using inertial dampening technology similar to the systems that propel spaceships and allow artificial gravity, cubewanos can also be towed further into the system and pushed into orbit around a gas giant, creating yet another moon suitable for teraforming. Local examples: Pluto, Varuna, Quaoar, and 2003 UB₃₁₃ (the "tenth planet").

Black Rocks: These are uninhabitable planets due to teraforming mishaps or other disasters. Local examples: Earth. (Wait a couple of centuries.)

Planetary Guide - Core Worlds

Asterisks indicate a non-canon world.

Note: All core worlds are restricted landing zones and require an order of business or a permit to land there--although these things can sometimes be dodged, bribed, or forged.

Mizar*: An F-Class star, very similar in many ways to Sol, serves as the central star in the cluster, around which everything else orbits.

New Earth*: The first planet humanity attempted to teraform and its first black rock. Inexperience with the then experimental technology caused a series of problems that left the planet completely unsuitable for human life. The Alliance has since made many attempts to “fix” the planet, with limited results. The project has become something of a joke within Parliament, where a wasteful bill is often described as a “New Earth measure.”

Sihnon: The first successfully teraformed world in the system, Shinon is the the heart of the Buddhist religion and home to its most sacred temples. It is also headquarters for all the guilds; for instance the city of Chang'Pei is owned entirely by the trade administration. Shinon's capital is Lu'Weng. While legally Sihnon is a restricted fly zone, so much trade comes through the world that traffic is nearly impossible to regulate. Landing passes are easily bought or forged.

Londinum: The second teraformed world, and generally considered to be the most Earth-like of all the worlds. Londinum's culture is more in line with the United States and Europe than China. It is the home of the Alliance Parliment. Londinum is a restricted, no fly zone. Unauthorized transports will be shot down with no warning given.

Manhattan*: Despite its urban name, Manhattan's economy is largely agricultural, providing food to much of the core worlds and beyond.

Bernadette: This was the third planet to be teraformed by humanity and is the traditional launching point for settlers en route to the new colonies. As a result, Bernadette is also a major hub for the underground slave trade, and also, strangely a major religious hub for faiths of all kinds.

Osiris: Home to the Alliance Judicial branch and the finest universities in the core. Blue Sun also maintains its corporate office, although no one enters any of its complexes without a background check. Really, you'd have an easier time getting a landing permit on Londinium than a pass into Blue Sun HQ. Like, don't even try. I'm not kidding.

Qing-Jao*: A heavily industrialized planet, its name means "gloriously bright," and rightly so: The cities have horrible problems with light pollution.

Ariel: Yet another wealthy and advanced planet, Ariel is well known for its museums, theatres, and bioluminescent lakes. It also has some of the most advanced medical facilities in the system, as well as the best resturants. The core's wealtier citizens are sometimes known to holiday on Ariel for the food alone.

Planetary Guide - Middle worlds

An asterisk indicates a non-canon world.

Bellerophon: One of the great terafroming success stories, Bellerphon has a temperate climate and landscapes that rival some of the core worlds. Thus, Bellerphon is a favorite retreat for the galaxy's wealthiest inhabitants, often on private floaty islands.

Santo: Prior to the war, Santo was one of the most beautiful worlds in the system and host to hundreds of resorts and hotels. The war devistated the world's economy, even though the planet itself pulled through mostly unscathed. Its resorts turned into brothels and its hotels into casinos. The world remains a hot tourist spot, but for a somewhat different crowd.

Paquin: "The Gypsy Planet," Paquin is home to innumerable carnivales and fairs, not to mention the famous Opera House, which rivals any theatre in the Core. Paquin is the cultural center of the rim world, and even rivals Sihnon in that regard--not that the Sihnonese will admit this. This makes Paquin a mecca for artists and performers throughout the system.

Beaumonde: Heavily industrialized, Beaumonde is a major manufacturing hub for the system, and home to several (very secure) Blue Sun factories. While most of the world is heavily polluted, its capital of New Dunsmuir is a beautiful, thriving tourist attraction. The moon's large merchant class makes the world a major waypoint for interplanetary trade.

Persephone: A largely agricultural world, its aristocracy is mainly made up of the landholding elite. Persephone also plays host to a robust criminal subculture, particularly when it comes to Persephone's famous horse races, which are somewhat similar to the Kentucky derby of today. Mal often has dealings on this word and has many contacts here, such as Badger and Sir Warrick Harrow.

Boros: Ares, one of Boros' moons, is home to the Iskellkian's primary military ship yards, with an average of five cruises under construction at any given time. While the moon is restricted, the planet is not, and is the best place in the system to aquire a ship or pick up spare parts. Note, however, that the Alliance maintains a strong military presence here.

Newhall: A newly terriformed planet covered mostly in water. Its inhabitants mostly live on island chains and export water to other planets still in the teraforming process.

Boca:* A top vacationing spot, known for it's beaches, fine dining, and relaxed atmosphere, Boca is home to the 'verse's largest Jewish population. Benefiting from supporting unification, the moon is home to one of the best med-acads as well as one of the top law-acads (which might explain the high rate of lawsuits filed on the moon). The majority of the population enjoy their wealth, though not everything is pleasant. Under the pastel brightness is a slowly churning conflict between the orthodox and unorthodox sects of the people here. Homeworld of Mr. Universe (supposedly) and Will Trubald.

Verbena: The Alliance made this world the test case for its "rejuvenation after Unification" effort by building factories and encouraging economic growth, but its efforts so far have been stymied by sabotage and terrorism from rogue Independents. It remains to this day a hotbed of resistance.

Hera: A largely agricultural world, Hera is considered the breadbasket of the system. Its key location between the core and the outer planets on a shipping lane made it a critically stragetic location during the war, leading to the Battle of Serenity Valley. The Independents suffered a crushing defeat there and is generally considered the turning point in the war. To this day Serenity Valley is barren and uninhabitable, home only to an immense graveyard, most of its tombstones unmarked.

Ninsei:* While not often acknowledged in the history books, the founding of Shinon was not without it's cultural speed bumps. Once the initial threats to survival were overcome and civilization was once again taking root on these new worlds, the old national rivalries began to flair up, most notably between the politically dominant Chinese and the Japanese minority. After decades of strife, Japanese investors pooled their resources to fund a colony on a newly teraformed world. Since then, Nensei has become a cultural and economic touchstone of the system, and a welcome host to people of all races--so long as they pay homage to the world's Japanese roots.

New Melbourne: A planet covered almost entirely in ocean, save for scattered islands. It serves as a layover point for nearly every planet on its side of the system. New Melbourne's economy is based on fish and fish-related activities.

Planetary Guide - Rim Worlds

Names of planets/moons are in bold. Stars are italicized. An asterisk indicates a non-canon world.

Georgia: A F-class yellow-white star. Its satellites compose much of the Burnham quadrant.

Ezra: Most of Ezra's population gets by through mining, although the fumes from the process react badly with the lingering chemicals from the teraforming process, causing widespread cases of Bowden's Malady. Niska's Skyplex space station orbits this world.

Lilac: Xuantong Teraforming marketed Lilac as an Eden of perpetual springs, and many who have to live on the world wonder if the people who wrote those adds ever visited the planet. It’s suitable for little other than substance farming and to add insult to injury, it’s right on the edge of Reaver territory.

Wintermute Asteriod Belt:* Speculated to be the debris left over from a planet torn apart by Athens' gravity, this asteroid belt lies between the orbit of Lilac and Athens. Contrary to popular depictions in science fiction, most of the asteriods are the size of dust or pebbles and pose no hazard for navigation, however many of the planetoids are seveal miles long. The larger asteroids are commonly host to manned mining stations which strip the rocks of their valuabe ores before moving on. The two largest mines currently in operation are both owned by the Minear Corporation and are located on the asteroids Nemesis and Prize. Special landing clearance is required for most corporately owned colonies.

Athens: A Jupiter-sized world, its atmosphere is rich with several rare elements, which are harvested from low-orbit space stations in the upper atmosphere.

--Three Hills: This moon is well known for two things: High quality potatoes and the annual goose-juggling tournament. While their competitions are open to anyone in the galaxy, the treasured title of Top Juggler has yet to be held by an outsider.

-- Haven: A small mining moon, Haven’s residents have not struck it rich yet, but that hasn’t made the world any less appealing to corporate interference. The Corone Consortium recently sent representatives to try to acquire the mining rights, and returned somewhat worse for wear. The miners have since invested in a series of surface to air cannons to discourage any more foreign incursion onto their world, remaining one of the few economically independent worlds in the system

--Whitefall: A rough little moon. Its government and economy are mostly controlled by Patience, although Mal has other contacts there. Former Agent Laurence Dobson also lived here for a time.

--Reno:* One of the richest moon's of Athens, which isn't saying a whole lot. Officially, the largest industry on Reno is exotic lumbers, genetically modified by the Laurentus Corporation to grow in Reno's wet, yet unforgiving climate. Unofficially, prostitution and black market dealings drive the economy here, leading to one of the highest murder rates in the system.

Miranda: According to official Alliance records, Miranda is a black rock in the Burnham quadrant where teraforming failed and killed its population of 30 million. However, recent information has gone public suggesting that the world was subject to a failed experiment, and that it was the chemicals released by the Allaince and not the teraforming itself that killed the population. No concrete evidence exists to prove this and successful attempt to explore the planet is unlikely, since a large fleet of Reaver ships are known to occupy the area. It likely serves as a home base for the Reavers, perhaps even a "home world."


Odin*: A K-class orange star in the Cherokee* quadrant.

Dyton Colony: Dyton's settlers trace their roots back to the British colony ships that first colonized Londinum and have a pronounced dedication to their ancestral culture. Badger was born here.

Beylix: While the planet has many large farming communities, Beylix is best known as the system’s “reclamation and recycling center,” or more colloquially, “garbage dump.” United Reclamation runs most of its operations out of Brylix’s scrap yards and refuse centers, which supports a bustling economy of junk dealers and rebuilt spaceships. Monty was once arrested here on smuggling charges.

Juno*: A large gas giant that masses at four and a half times the size of Jupiter. Juno is best known for its large subsystem of moons and its vibrant red colour.

-- Jia Li*: Whomever named this place probably never set foot there. Good and beautiful is far from the truth of this little moon. First populated for the mining rights, it soon gave way to factories. Most of the inhabitants are indentured workers or slaves. Life is dull and tedious here. The last big thing to happen was an uprising at the Tao Industries in which the owner of the factory was murdered. This caused the security measures to be reinforced. Getting clearance to land on Jia Li is difficult and getting a chance to talk to any member of management at the factories is near impossible. Far too often strangers on the moon are shot on sight without questioning. No one wants another riot, afterall. Fiona Tao was raised here.

-- Kamchatka*: Heavily polluted from years of intense industrial waste, many parts of this world are uninhabitable. The rest of the planet is largely dedicated to manufacturing, mostly heavy machinery.

-- Barton: Originally serving as an agricultural moon, Barton was farmed by a pacifist commune of workers, who set up their own Alliance-sponsored medical facilities, primarily engaged in the purification of plant-based. However, whether it was a fault in the original terraforming or the Alliance pressing for more and more supplies during the War of Unification, the crops rapidly became exhausted, and the moon turned into a virtual dust ball. Though most of the Alliance members left after the war, some stayed, many of whom were dissatisfied with how their government was run, or who had put down roots in the community. These days, Barton is run by a small, but powerful upper class that makes their money renting out the last remaining farmable land to those who, for whatever reason, need to scrape out a living. On many of the worthless parts, there are scrap yards and forges, where antiquated technologies are melted down and sold back to the Alliance and anyone else who can pay. At the top of this heap is Mrs. Belinda Burgess, Rance Burgess’ widow. (Note: The canon does not provide a name for this planet.)

-- Silverhold Colonies: Another moon settled under a special religious charter from the Alliance. Unlike other colonies of its kind, its charter religion of Mahāyāna Buddhism (大乘, Dàshèng) did not take to the general population. However, the unique conditions of the charter allow certain scientific enterprises that are illegal on other worlds. Silverhold's many scientific institutes make the moon surprisingly affluent compared to its neighbors.

Eris*: The oddball of the system, Eris is a planet roughly the size of Saturn, however astronomers more often compare it to Uranus due to the radical tilt of its axis. Eris rotates perpendicular to the normal plane of the system, causing its satellites to orbit on the same direction. Eris' unusual situation makes the vast majority of its moons unsuitable for habitation.

--Hermes: Its thin atmosphere and artic climate make Hermes an unpopular world for colonists, however a few have chosen the moon as their home for its unique quality; Eris' intense electromagnetic field surrounds the moon in a dense, nebulous ion cloud that magnifies all ambient radio, cortex, and ansible transmissions, which allows receivers to pick up (and broadwave) signals from across the entire system with little effort. Recent reports of a large military confrontation here are unconfirmed. (Note: The canon does not provide a name for this planet.)


Tian-Wang*: A B-class blue-white star in the Dravidian quadrant.

Hemmingway*: Originally deemed a failure of teraforming, most life forms never took to Hemmingway despite its rather mild climate, leaving the majority of the world one vast, uninterrupted desert. However, it was later discovered that the planet’s deserts were rich with certain minerals not commonly found on other worlds, which are useful in manufacturing. Settlement is still sparse, though, owing to the unusually high rates of neurological disorders among the world’s inhabitants. Cause remains unknown.

Dekane*: The smallest terrestrial planet in the system, Denkane is on the edge of what can support a sufficient atmosphere for human life. In fact, teraforming wasn't so much an event here, as a continual process to keep the planet habitable. The effort is more than compensated by the rich ecology of the planet's oceans, which account for four fifths of Dekane's surface. Ironic, perhaps, as surface salination has reduced most of world's sole continent into desert.

Greenleaf: This world possesses a large tropical belt with vast jungles and rainforests, thus Greenleaf hosts major pharmaceutical laboratories to take advantage of the many life-saving drugs available in the local flora. Rather than work for the corporations like most of the population, some of the local residents prefer to smuggle drugs off world as part of a very lucrative black market. The Alliance recently acquiesced to corporate pressure and declared Greenleaf a restricted landing zone, although the new security measures are still loose and too weak to put much of a dent in smuggling.

Potmos*: A gas giant. In the early days of settlement in the rim, Potmos was considered a worthless subsystem, lacking any satellites of sufficient mass for teraforming. When technology later advanced so that it was possible to tow cubewanos into the solar system, Blue Sun invested in the teraforming process of a series of artificially created moons, each covered in large bonanza farms that form the cornerstone of the corporation's vast agricultural empire. The farms are automated, sleek, and efficient operations, requiring very little human supervision, so these moons have very low population density and see little commercial traffic outside Blue Sun's cargo haulers.

-- Teleute*: Blue Sun employees have creatively nicknamed this moon "One."

-- Morpheus*: Otherwise known as Two.

-- Aponoia*: Otherwise known as Three.

-- Epithumia*: Otherwise known as Four.

-- Mania*: Otherwise known as Five

-- Olethros*: Just recently moved into Potmos' orbit, Olethros (a.k.a. "Six") is the most recent addition and still in the early stages of tereforming.

Sparrow*: A gas giant about twice the size of Jupiter and host to a large sub-system of moons:

-- Harvest*: Due to unusual tectonic plate activity that’s just within the legal guidelines for habitable planets, Harvest is known for two things: Large mountain ranges and frequent ground tremors. While the unsteady ground is a mite unsettling, the moon’s snowcapped vistas are breathtaking, and its valleys are unusually fertile—hence the world’s name.

-- Ramin*: An unremarkable agricultural moon. Chief exports are mostly lumber and restless youths in search of their fortune in the Core. The moon does maintain its century-old tradition of festivals in the autumn.

-- Graeae*: A relatively small moon, Graeae was one of the first massive failures of terraforming in the Rim planets. Something in the chemical processing polluted the moon's natural water and air. This continued for years before the situation was remedied through purification systems, and there are still areas where the pollution cannot be treated. Though those who live here still manage to eek out their livings through farming and other trades, half of all children born on the planet have some sort of mental defect, and it isn't unheard of for a perfectly healthy adult to begin suffering from dementia and symptoms akin to Alzheimer's disease with no warning.

-- Haung He: A miserable ball of dirt run primarily by a Magistrate Higgins. The moon's primary exports are mud, clay and ceramics. (Note: “Haung He” is a name I created, because the canon does not provide one.)

--St. Albans: A barren hunk of rock that can barely support human life. Its citizens scrape an existence out of what they can mine out of its rocks. Tracy's family lives here.

-- Feng Du*: A penal colony, rumored to be one of the harshest worlds in the system, and not technically teraformed. Officially, the Alliance reserves this punishment only for those convicted for life sentences without parole, but overcrowding in the other penal colony sometimes forces the Alliance to house prisoners here for lesser offenses.


Báihuà*: A K-class orange sun, this system has a reputation as a hotbed of Independent sentiment. It is located in the Narang* quadrant.

Sturges: Best known as the site of the Battle of Sturges, the second bloodiest battle in the War of Unification. Pilots should note that a large debris field surrounds the planet, posing a serious hazard to navagation.

Shadow: Shadow was one of the first worlds to mount an organized resistance to the Alliance, and serves as the unofficial capitol for Independent forces. A thriving prairie world of grain farms and cattle ranches, the bulk of the economy is agricultural, although there is a strong manufacturing sector.

Ita: Founded under a special charter from the early Alliance Parliament, Ita is a religious colony, populated almost entirely by orthodox Mormons. Its economy is largely based on shipbuilding and salvage.

Prospero*: A gas giant the size of Neptune, easily recognized by its brilliantly coloured rings.

-- Dodge*: Little more than a collection of farms and ranches, Dodge appears on the surface to be little more than another generic border moon. Alliance military intelligence has recently identified Dodge as a hotbed of Independent activity, and may be one of their main bases of operation.

-- Jiangyin: A backwards moon, with no local government to speak of and virtually no Alliance presense. Some of its locals are known to kidnap people, mostly tradesmen and women.

-- Guilder*: While every planet has its quirks of teraforming, Guilder takes the cake. In the biological seeding stage of planetary preparation, a still unidentified error occured, resulting in a significantly higher mutation ratio. The bulk of the planet's complex lifeforms failed to develop at all, however a small percentage of abberant species resulted, which makes Guilder a favorite point of study for biologist. Word to the wise: Don't swim in the ocean.

Heinlein: A gas giant roughly the size of Saturn. It’s moons include:

--Triumph: This moon has little to offer than a few scraps of land worth farming, making it of little interest to “civilized” folk, thus the world has become a haven for those that want nothing to do with society, primarily Amish-like religious communities.

--Coyote*: Formed under a special Alliance charter, Coyote is a haven for the surviving tribal cultures of Earth that was. The moon's local government consists of a loose confederation of tribes, including the Inuit, Cherokee, Dakota, Aborigine, !Kung, etc.

--Tara: One of the newest worlds in the system, Tara was not opened for colonization until after the war, which made it an ideal candidate for rejuvenation after Unification program. Many of the guilds were given special tax breaks to open branches on Tara and gain a foodhold in the rim. The world is known for its beauty, but not always peace; the political nature of its colonization sometimes makes it a target for rogue, independent terrorists. (Note: The canon does not provide a name for this planet, so we made it up.)

--Anjìng*: The first moon to be opened for colonization after the end of Unification War. While its foundation was the cause of much promotion and fanfare, the moon has sense faded in obscurity as yet another small, agricultural moon.

Planetary Guide - Space Stations, etc.

An asterisk indicates a non-canon addition.

Skyplex: A space station privately owned and operated by Adelai Niska. Skyplex serves as his base of operations for his numerous criminal enterprises.

Samudaya Station*: In a solar orbit between Verbena and Hera, Samudaya was first established by the Corone Consortium of Sihnon to take advantage of the titanium rich asteroid belt in the area. The belt is long since exhausted but the station remains a major waypoint for ships passing from core to rim. Samudaya first made a name for itself in the war, where it served as a hub for freelance ships ferrying supplies to both sides of the war. It nearly became the target of an Alliance assault in an attempt to cut off supplies to the independents. The attack was called off however when it was discovered that General Nigila Porras of the Seventh Fleet was currently on station, visiting the famed Companion House Aukana. At this time, Samudaya remains a bustling trade center and serves as a unique cross section of life in the Allied Worlds, as wealthy merchants and Companions work and live next to criminals and whores.

Zhongwen Space Bazaar: A space station that serves as a waypoint and refueling stop for transports on their way from the core to the rim. The bazaar has a solar orbit in the Georgia system between Lilac and Athens. Serenity's crew picks up their post here. (Name not provided in the canon.)