@@casbot71 It's basically a great big heat sink designed to take the brunt of the damage from transitioning in to planetary atmosphere, and if it falls off the next thing that'll start getting super hot is the hull, and right behind that is the cockpit full of vital equipment like Wash and / or Captain Mal
Absolutely true! Could easily see me using one, for, well anything. Cargo, bounty hunting, smuggling you name it. I can see in in SW too, add a hyper-drive, shields, navigation computer any your good to go; maybe a couple light weapons, just in case.
The ship felt real because the interior was built in its entirety. You could actually walk up the entry ramp and down through the cargo bay to the stairs. From the stairs you could go up to the second floor which had the crew quarters in kitchen.The large open cargo bay in the gangway above it allowed for filming.
@russellspillman9056 Do you know if any of the parts still exist? A dream of mine if I even won the lottery would be to build a house that would look and feel like a Firefly, and place it in a suitable looking area of scrub.
@@grahammonk8013 I know the grav sled is out at Universal Studios in CA, though not sure about the ship itself. I was worried it was destroyed in the fire there, but it seems to have been rescued from the path of the destruction. I wonder if someone in the fire department there was a Firefly fan.
It was actually 2 sets. The upper deck and the lower deck, while continuous from front to back, were built as 2 separate sets. So to go from one deck to the other you'd have to go different sets.
@@Riceball01 Yeah that "oner" in the movie has one hidden cut there as they transition from one stage to the other, it was probably done for practical and safety reasons (reasons why multi layer sets are quite rare).
This is the first video I've seen about the Firefly class. I had no idea that the class had more than one variant and that Serenity was a gen 3 model. Very nice. Thank you.
Yes love the show and the ship , every time I see Serenity I think she kind of looks like a abstract horse knowing that her Capitan is basically a space cowboy it makes me smile
Still flyin' in our hearts. Amused to see the "multiple light years" rating when the canon shows the show all taking place in the same system. Joss liked to pin down such minor technicalities even like that Trek.
A ship able to access all the planets in a system without taking years and years might well be able to cross interstellar space, though it would probably require lots more resources and space.
Given the distances in canon, and travel times shown, a sublight non-Newtonian drive would make sense. Speeds too fast for a simple fusion rocket with a mass ratio fitting the illustrated ship, too slow for a superluminal drive.
@goldenknight578 Hehe, I sat up thinking I was seeing things. Had to go back in slow mo. I dont have many friends or family who enjoy shows like Firefly and BSG. So it's nice to know that out there somewhere there are others who like to geek out over scifi.
I still want a game which gives me a ship (and crew) that feels as much like home as Serenity did. Maybe one day they'll make a Firefly game that does it justice.
Ah yes, the old favorite. not the oldest favorite, but probably the best. Always carry a spare catalyzer! It's only a "nothing part" until you don't have one!
Nice video. For those not in the know, Joss Whedon once mentioned that the basis for the Firefly series came from his university days when he used to play the Traveller role-playing game. The ship was designed as a "far trader" within that game, so would have been intended for inter-system travel (having a jump-2 drive). Watching the series always made me miss the good old days of playing the game ( I still have all the original rule books). It does help explain why the ship always felt so real though, as there were many detailed deck plans published for different ships, and a lot of work went into many of the designs. (Sorry. Reminiscing about Firefly/Serenity/Traveller always brings out the inner geek in me!)
Love. You can learn all the math in the 'Verse, but you take a boat in the air that you don't love, she'll shake you off just as sure as the turning of the worlds. Love keeps her in the air when she oughta fall down, tells you she's hurtin' 'fore she keens. Makes her a home. Oh how I love this ship!
There's a special place in hell for the executive who cancelled this series. It's not even the worst place in hell. It's just a place where you feel a constant sense of anticipation that goes unfulfilled forever.
She likes to complain that nobody gives her credit for being the one to give the series a chance in the first place. I say that just makes it worse if she can rip out its beating heart after getting it started.
Sounds like that buffer panel is not necessary 😆 loved the show settings and overall vibes, the characters were great .. humourous but also gritty and dark when needed. and loved the ship .. it felt like home with the dinner tables and the personal rooms ...not shared Jayne 😉
Years ago I had a book about fictional spacecraft drawn or painted by famous sci fi artists. One of them was the Rovey Wanderer which looked a lot like the Freely class. Google doesn’t seem to know that it ever existed. Wish I still had the book.
I knew there was a military version. But that artwork now has me jonesing for somebody to do a spectre gunship version. Think of how much dakka you could squeeze into that cargo bay😁 Shiney indeed.
No mention of the Lambda shuttle cameo? Its even in this video! In the pilot episode as Inara's shuttle is docking a Lambda class shuttle takes off in the background. Look at the shuttle pod pic at 3.35.
Given Humanity's current technological level, the world of firefly is the most plausible future for humanity. Still a very nice ship and would take her in a heart beat, the only thing I never liked about the Firefly Class was the landing legs.
I've been watching Blake's 7 on Blu-ray which is very much a spiritual predecessor to Firefly and a twisted anti-star trek, right down to the logo of the baddies being the Starfleet delta on its side. The Liberator is also the most beautiful ship in all of sci-fi.
You know I never realized it had High speed FTL it always seemed to be light speed/low FTL. The show always felt like humanity found a few systems and got there the long way after the Earth died. Hmm never actually knew the lore.
I would love to see videos about the ships or races from the Perry Rhodan universe. The way in which technology and the relationships between races develop over the course of thousands of years of storytelling is phenomenal. And all of this is done with a level of detail that you would definitely enjoy. But with the limited release in English, that's probably wishful thinking.
My roommate back innthe early 70's was collecting the Perry Rhodan books. He had over 150 when we were posted to different places. Made for some fun reading.
Bit late to this one, but I wanted to say that I'd love to hear your unique take on the ships of other sci fi franchises. Your technical breakdowns tickle my brain
oh my Gigaroo my name as an engine too cool and i drew my OC since 1986 too but im happy to have one named after me, this is too cool no wonder this is one of my alltime fave series, but man that firefly is a bonza beauty of a ship, good down to earth ship also a mk 4 would make a good back up ship to go on long voyages and keep up appearances i wonder if you could do bestiaries on the races n possible creatures in verse of the series and movie also or even planets.
It would be interesting to look at the Serenity vs. the Millenium Falcon to which was the better smuggler's ship. The Falcon was rather heavily armed, so maybe it's not a fair comparison.
If you're going to be getting into more non-Trek ships, I'd love to see a breakdown on the MCRN Corvette-class. The Rocinante is one of my favorite sci-fi hero-ships.
in Out of Gas,after the "engine" (drive?) failed,they were running on what's left of life support,but they still had generated gravity,or the crew would have been floating around the ship,not walking on the deck.
Not sure where the range numbers are being derived from seeing as Firefly is a setting without FTL and a "range" of 400ly would mean the ship would be able to leg it (in relative terms) back and forth between blue sun and the inner planets likely in excess of tens of thousands of times (pulling that number out of my butt, I think the verse is only a few light hours wide at most, so it's likely that's a gross underestimate).
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"Don't get on anything with a capson 38 engine, they fall right out of the sky". Kaylee Frye.
Yup!
Can't take the sky from me....
Bonus points for the buffer panel gag. Well done, I tip my shiny hat to you.
That damn Primary Buffer Panel. If only there could be some talented ship's engineer who could come up with a fix for that continuing problem.
A vessel than vanished way too soon, but stays in our hearts forever! 😀
The buffer plate falling off made the video for me, well done.
What was that?
did you notice that on the plan of the ship the primary buffer panel was unattached and underneath the ship?
@@emergingloki Did the Primary Buffer Panel just fall off my goram ship?!
Just what does the primary buffer panel do?
Besides buffering?
And how bad is it when it falls off.
@@casbot71 It's basically a great big heat sink designed to take the brunt of the damage from transitioning in to planetary atmosphere, and if it falls off the next thing that'll start getting super hot is the hull, and right behind that is the cockpit full of vital equipment like Wash and / or Captain Mal
Best ship in the verse.
💪🏻
Absolutely true! Could easily see me using one, for, well anything. Cargo, bounty hunting, smuggling you name it. I can see in in SW too, add a hyper-drive, shields, navigation computer any your good to go; maybe a couple light weapons, just in case.
The ship felt real because the interior was built in its entirety. You could actually walk up the entry ramp and down through the cargo bay to the stairs. From the stairs you could go up to the second floor which had the crew quarters in kitchen.The large open cargo bay in the gangway above it allowed for filming.
Glad I saw this comment, I was going to say something similar, but my version was way worse. 😄
@russellspillman9056 Do you know if any of the parts still exist? A dream of mine if I even won the lottery would be to build a house that would look and feel like a Firefly, and place it in a suitable looking area of scrub.
@@grahammonk8013 I know the grav sled is out at Universal Studios in CA, though not sure about the ship itself. I was worried it was destroyed in the fire there, but it seems to have been rescued from the path of the destruction. I wonder if someone in the fire department there was a Firefly fan.
It was actually 2 sets. The upper deck and the lower deck, while continuous from front to back, were built as 2 separate sets. So to go from one deck to the other you'd have to go different sets.
@@Riceball01 Yeah that "oner" in the movie has one hidden cut there as they transition from one stage to the other, it was probably done for practical and safety reasons (reasons why multi layer sets are quite rare).
The firefly class? Your gorram right i clicked and liked right away!
Oooo shinny 🥳🥳🥳
Beat me to it.
I'd moved on. I'd forgotten about The Serenity. My heart was healing. Now I'm reminded all over again. Oww.
This is the first video I've seen about the Firefly class. I had no idea that the class had more than one variant and that Serenity was a gen 3 model. Very nice. Thank you.
An entire video dedicated to a leaf on the wind?
Was Serenity the Leaf or the Wind?
Too soon. It'll always be too soon.
Watch how it soars.
"We will rule over all this land and we will call it...This Land."
Pour one out.
Yes love the show and the ship , every time I see Serenity I think she kind of looks like a abstract horse knowing that her Capitan is basically a space cowboy it makes me smile
Nostalgia and melancholy. That's what I felt seeing this review. I really miss this show.
We need more videos on the ships of the Verse
The Alliance cruisers had such a _weird,_ unconventional design. Would love to learn more about them.
@@GSBarlevand such a wide variety of designs as well
second that. Maybe some about The Verse in general.
The Firefly is a better freighter than any YT-series
Pretty much the same role though, both in universe and plot wise.
Yeah... Quite a bit slower, though.
That's because the Firefly has an actual cargo bay with loading ramp.
God knows where the YT series was supposed to store cargo.
@@noppornwongrassamee8941 The YTs are also about the size of a Federation runabout. A Firefly can almost fit a runabout inside it.
@@noppornwongrassamee8941 It didn't carry it. It pushed it.
Always that damn panel
I've recently been thinking about rewatching Firefly, I'm taking this as the 'verse giving me a sign
That's my plan tomorrow
Guess it is bout time to take a break from all my black market beagle smugglin and rewatch the show again
@@Oniphire conveniently small (both in size and amount of droppings produced) and more profitable than wobbly headed geisha dolls, top tier cargo
Still flyin' in our hearts. Amused to see the "multiple light years" rating when the canon shows the show all taking place in the same system. Joss liked to pin down such minor technicalities even like that Trek.
A ship able to access all the planets in a system without taking years and years might well be able to cross interstellar space, though it would probably require lots more resources and space.
AU would have made more sense than LY
Given the distances in canon, and travel times shown, a sublight non-Newtonian drive would make sense. Speeds too fast for a simple fusion rocket with a mass ratio fitting the illustrated ship, too slow for a superluminal drive.
Fun easter egg: you can see a Firefly in the _Battlestar Galactica_ reboot mini, VFX firm Zoic having worked on both.
I remember that. It was in the scene where Larua found out she had cancer. The view upward was a glass ceiling, so you could see it fly by.
And the TOS Enterprise in the fleet. Along with the Kodiak from Command & Conquer.
@@nenaviboe1841 I chuckled the moment I saw it.
@goldenknight578 Hehe, I sat up thinking I was seeing things. Had to go back in slow mo. I dont have many friends or family who enjoy shows like Firefly and BSG. So it's nice to know that out there somewhere there are others who like to geek out over scifi.
Wow this is what Spacedock once was.
Good review of a fantastic ship and show.
Ooh, shiny.
If you treat a ship like that right, it'll be with you the rest of your life...
"That's because it's a deathtrap, sir..."
I still want a game which gives me a ship (and crew) that feels as much like home as Serenity did. Maybe one day they'll make a Firefly game that does it justice.
The outer worlds comes closeish. There is even a line of pistols that looks like Mals freedom hammer.
Aw man, Firefly. I recently discovered that there are novels and comics, so that fills *SOME* of the void left behind.
I have the comic that bridges the show and movie, a show gone before it's time.
It's always a good day when you aim to misbehave, Ric!
and I aim to misbehave
Hell yeah! Definitely need more videos like this. I like Trek. But I love the other franchises too.
Once Brown Coat, always Brown Coat.
Be sure to keep a supply of compression coils handy.
Good choice on the background music.
I'm thinking we'll rise again...
That primary buffer panel aims to misbehave
A bang-up video on the shiniest ship in the 'verse.
She'll never let you down
Many thanx Rick! This "Bucket" is 1 of my favorites. Enjoy the Holidays. 👍👍
Damn you FOX! Thats not the only good SciFi show been cut short because of duh.
This was awesome. Even though I loved the movie more that the show, The Verse holds a special place in my heart.
Ah yes, the old favorite. not the oldest favorite, but probably the best.
Always carry a spare catalyzer! It's only a "nothing part" until you don't have one!
Love this little ship. Thank you!
This was awesome. The bit "falling off" in the middle of your exposition was a great touch! 😁
she was a beauty
Nice video.
For those not in the know, Joss Whedon once mentioned that the basis for the Firefly series came from his university days when he used to play the Traveller role-playing game. The ship was designed as a "far trader" within that game, so would have been intended for inter-system travel (having a jump-2 drive). Watching the series always made me miss the good old days of playing the game ( I still have all the original rule books). It does help explain why the ship always felt so real though, as there were many detailed deck plans published for different ships, and a lot of work went into many of the designs.
(Sorry. Reminiscing about Firefly/Serenity/Traveller always brings out the inner geek in me!)
More Firefly! Yay!
I can't wait for more videos on the ships of firefly. Give me more!!!
Love. You can learn all the math in the 'Verse, but you take a boat in the air that you don't love, she'll shake you off just as sure as the turning of the worlds. Love keeps her in the air when she oughta fall down, tells you she's hurtin' 'fore she keens. Makes her a home.
Oh how I love this ship!
"Did the primary buffer panel just fall off my gorram ship for no apparent reason?"
"Everything's shiny Captain, not to fret."
well done sir!
I miss firefly 😢
shiny! aside from the goram missing primary buffer panel
There's a special place in hell for the executive who cancelled this series. It's not even the worst place in hell. It's just a place where you feel a constant sense of anticipation that goes unfulfilled forever.
She likes to complain that nobody gives her credit for being the one to give the series a chance in the first place. I say that just makes it worse if she can rip out its beating heart after getting it started.
Thanks for making this breakdown of the Firefly Class. Shiny.
Sounds like that buffer panel is not necessary 😆 loved the show settings and overall vibes, the characters were great .. humourous but also gritty and dark when needed. and loved the ship .. it felt like home with the dinner tables and the personal rooms ...not shared Jayne 😉
Excellent review. Having built all of these for Firefly Online, and several physical models, it's great to see such a detailed video. We'll done!
Thanks for this. I too am waiting for the void to be filled.
Thanks for showing one of the other sci-fi ships!
I hope you choose to do more in the future!!
Bring this show back!
The YT-1300 of the Verse, minus faster than light drive. A surprise, but a welcome one. Looking forward to more Firefly content.
"Here's something you can't do!"
Years ago I had a book about fictional spacecraft drawn or painted by famous sci fi artists. One of them was the Rovey Wanderer which looked a lot like the Freely class. Google doesn’t seem to know that it ever existed.
Wish I still had the book.
This was the best Sci-Fi show ever 🤗
I knew there was a military version. But that artwork now has me jonesing for somebody to do a spectre gunship version.
Think of how much dakka you could squeeze into that cargo bay😁
Shiney indeed.
I asked, you did. Thank you
I take my hat off to you.
Kind Regards
David
Is your hat cunning?
@@dmann1982 no he is Harry
No mention of the Lambda shuttle cameo?
Its even in this video! In the pilot episode as Inara's shuttle is docking a Lambda class shuttle takes off in the background. Look at the shuttle pod pic at 3.35.
I didn't even notice that at all!?
Time to go watch some clips of firefly on youtube again ❤️
If we are looking at Non-Trek ships it would be lovely to have a showcase for Moya from Farscape.
Given Humanity's current technological level, the world of firefly is the most plausible future for humanity. Still a very nice ship and would take her in a heart beat, the only thing I never liked about the Firefly Class was the landing legs.
A rare cinematic experience and yes, it left a void. I might be due for my once a decade rewatch of the series.
I've been watching Blake's 7 on Blu-ray which is very much a spiritual predecessor to Firefly and a twisted anti-star trek, right down to the logo of the baddies being the Starfleet delta on its side. The Liberator is also the most beautiful ship in all of sci-fi.
Now I need to listen to "Intergalactic Space Crusaders" by Star One again. 😁
In case you don't know, it's a song about "Blake's 7".
As well as the Kodiak transport from Command and Conquer in the final episode.
Thanks for doing this! I love this ship.
You know I never realized it had High speed FTL it always seemed to be light speed/low FTL. The show always felt like humanity found a few systems and got there the long way after the Earth died. Hmm never actually knew the lore.
I would love to see videos about the ships or races from the Perry Rhodan universe. The way in which technology and the relationships between races develop over the course of thousands of years of storytelling is phenomenal. And all of this is done with a level of detail that you would definitely enjoy.
But with the limited release in English, that's probably wishful thinking.
My roommate back innthe early 70's was collecting the Perry Rhodan books. He had over 150 when we were posted to different places. Made for some fun reading.
Even thou we only got 1 season and a film with this fantastic little ship, it is still one of the best designs of any Sci-Fi ships to this date.
Great video Rick loved this 1. 😁👍
Bit late to this one, but I wanted to say that I'd love to hear your unique take on the ships of other sci fi franchises. Your technical breakdowns tickle my brain
You called Serenity The! She don't like being a The!
Yayusss Ric!!! 💪🏻
💖😊Shiny! thank you so much.
liked the show ... loved the movie.
Thanks Mate.
Shiny, thank you.
It also saw service in the twelve colonies, having been spotted on Caprica
The series really got going in the second season.
This was nice.
Ahh, Take me out, into the black, tell em I ain't comin' back! Love that ship!
oh my Gigaroo my name as an engine too cool and i drew my OC since 1986 too but im happy to have one named after me, this is too cool no wonder this is one of my alltime fave series, but man that firefly is a bonza beauty of a ship, good down to earth ship also a mk 4 would make a good back up ship to go on long voyages and keep up appearances i wonder if you could do bestiaries on the races n possible creatures in verse of the series and movie also or even planets.
I can't wait till you start doing the Reaver ships!
Thank you for doing a video on this glorious hunk of junk! I re-watch the show and movie every year 😊
It would be interesting to look at the Serenity vs. the Millenium Falcon to which was the better smuggler's ship. The Falcon was rather heavily armed, so maybe it's not a fair comparison.
Fun. Thanks.
Rick aimed to misbehave by posting this one
Those are some impressive fuel ranges, considering the entire verse was just one big solar system.
I was wondering if it was referring to the lifespan of the powerplant itself. It makes my brain hurt less that way.
❤thank you❤
If you're going to be getting into more non-Trek ships, I'd love to see a breakdown on the MCRN Corvette-class. The Rocinante is one of my favorite sci-fi hero-ships.
Best ship in the gall dern 'verse. Sept for the baffle plate kept a comin off.
God I love this ship❤️✨😁 it’s one of my favourite sci-fi ships, I just absolutely love the design of it
in Out of Gas,after the "engine" (drive?) failed,they were running on what's left of life support,but they still had generated gravity,or the crew would have been floating around the ship,not walking on the deck.
love it
Shiny! But 500 light years seem a lot for a ship that only travels with sub-light speed
Not sure where the range numbers are being derived from seeing as Firefly is a setting without FTL and a "range" of 400ly would mean the ship would be able to leg it (in relative terms) back and forth between blue sun and the inner planets likely in excess of tens of thousands of times (pulling that number out of my butt, I think the verse is only a few light hours wide at most, so it's likely that's a gross underestimate).