Serenity

"But it ain't all buttons and charts, little albatross. You know what the first rule of flyin' is? Love. You can know all the math in the 'Verse, but take a boat in the air you don't love, she'll shake you off just as sure as the turning of worlds. Love keeps her in the air when she oughta fall down, tells ya she's hurtin' 'fore she keens. Makes her home."
—Malcolm Reynolds

Firefly class ship

Serenity is the Firefly-class ship, named after the Serenity Valley, captained by Malcolm Reynolds.

History

Serenity was acquired by Mal in 2512, shortly after the war, Mal wanted a ship because it would provide freedom — even though the Alliance was ever-growing, a ship would enable them to keep outside it. Mal already had Serenity's name picked out when he bought her.

Zoë was unimpressed by Mal's purchase of the ship: at the time she was definitely a fixer-upper and needed much work before she would even take off. Despite some problems with hiring a mechanic, Mal eventually managed to get the ship off the ground, hiring out one of Serenity's two shuttles as a means of extra income, and the crew went on to expand from there.

One of the most distinctive features about Serenity is its lack of weapons; when push comes to shove, all the ship has to get it out of trouble is the ingenuity of its crew.

Components

The Serenity sets contain many components from modern day airline aircraft:

• Pilots' chairs on the bridge and in shuttles, with Boeing's signature sheepskin covering.
• Boeing-style throttle quadrants in the engine rooms and shuttles.
• Boeing-style control yokes.
• What appear to be pilots' oxygen masks are dotted around the ship - most rooms have at least one.
• Airliner galley-style cubbyholes and trolleys at the back of the galley.
• On the exterior, each engine of Serenity is fitted with navigation indicator lights (green on the starboard side, red on the port side).

Official ship stats

According to the official Official Serenity Blueprints.

Serenity Firefly Class Transport General Plans and Schematics Specifications
Class	03-K64-Firefly
Type	Mid-Bulk Transport (Class B)
Drive	Standard Radion/Accelerator Core
Powerplant	2 Blue Sun 6V4-178-B31 Trace Compression Blocks 36 RCS Thrusters
Registration	U.A.P./Hera
Owner of Record	Capt. Malcolm Reynolds
Registry No.	404-E-132-4FE274A
Mandatory Reg. Markings	None
Contractors	Allied Spacecraft Corp., Osiris Firefly Ship Works, Ltd., Hera Mandel & Earls, Ltd., Londinum
Manufacturers' Model No.	47 Mark IV
Hull No.	G-82659
Keel Laid	August 2459
Length Overall	269'-3"
Width Overall	170'-0"
Height Overall	78'-8" (Landing Gear Extended)
Main Hull	L 261'-1" × W 68'-10" × H 74'-5"
Wingspan	112'-4" (to Engine Mounts)
Main Engines	L 62'-8" × W 28'-4" × H 29'-6"
Weight (Empty)	282,500 lbs
Weight (Maximum Takeoff)	585,000 lbs
Payload (Maximum)	164,900 lbs
Crew	5 (5 Crew Cabins)
Accommodation	18 Maximum (9 Passenger Dorms)
Standard Acceleration	4.2 G
Range (Maximum Fuel)	400 A.U.
Range (Maximum Payload)	44 A.U.
Standard Complement	2 Endo/Exo-Atmospheric Shuttles 1 MF-813 Flying Mule
Other Equipment	2 Magnetic Grappler Launchers 6 Self-Powered Transmitter Buoys