Scifisquad.com SerenitySerenity in The top 5 hunk of junk spaceshipsWednesday 21 October 2009, by Webmaster (...) 3. SERENITY from Firefly "She don’t look like much," professes Book as he takes his first glance at the Firefly-class cargo ship Serenity in the first episode of Joss Whedon’s cult smash. Ship engineer Kaylee replies quickly, "Oh, she’ll fool ya." Fat-bottomed ships, you make the rockin’ world go round. To avoid unwanted scrutiny, the ship features not a single weapon to protect itself against a hostile version of space, operating on frontier rules. This requires the ship’s Captain and pilot to carry out ridiculously fool-hardy flying maneuvers like gorram idiots in order to keep on smuggling, but, surprisingly, the ship can handle these with amazing grace. Known cargo has included gold-foil wrapped protein bars, cows, and actress Summer Glau. FEATURES: Plenty of secret hiding places, separate shuttles available for rent. DRAWBACKS: Seems to have a high pilot turnaround. (...) Click on the link : http://www.scifisquad.com/2009/10/21/the-top-five-hunk-of-junk-spaceships/ |