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Water In One Hand by ana_grrl (PG-13)
Fandom: FIREFLY
Pairing: Mal/Simon
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ana_grrl
Author Website: Unknown
Why this must be read:
This story is post Serenity the movie and does something rarely seen in Firefly fiction. It digs into the science of the Firefly universe, which is something just often accepted as a truth. What created the worlds and moons of this universe? Terraforming. What would happen if Terraforming failed? You also get a sense of the ruthlessness of the Alliance. Told mainly from Mal's point of view, it is a wonderful, thinking read, with a believable Mal/Simon in the background. Makes me think that even though the world as they know it may be ending, the crew of the Serenity just has to keep living.
WATER IN ONE HAND
Pairing: Mal/Simon
Author on LJ:
ana_grrlAuthor Website: Unknown
Why this must be read:
This story is post Serenity the movie and does something rarely seen in Firefly fiction. It digs into the science of the Firefly universe, which is something just often accepted as a truth. What created the worlds and moons of this universe? Terraforming. What would happen if Terraforming failed? You also get a sense of the ruthlessness of the Alliance. Told mainly from Mal's point of view, it is a wonderful, thinking read, with a believable Mal/Simon in the background. Makes me think that even though the world as they know it may be ending, the crew of the Serenity just has to keep living.
Terraforming is a delicate, precise business. Humans need specific living conditions – gravity more-or-less of Earth-that-was is easy enough to come by, but after that, it's the little things that count.
Solar radiation levels need to be acceptable and stable, because no one, ultimately, is willing to have their life expectancy cut drastically, or risk a high rate of genetic mutation.
Oxygen, obviously, is key. Tanks and suits and enclosed environments lead to discomfort and crowding. Discomfort and crowding lead to discontent, which, eventually, leads to rebellion. The Parliament has little use for rebellion.
Soil must be conducive to bacterial growth and reproduction of the right kind of bacteria to ensure plant life, food crops, greenery.
And then there's water.
Solar radiation levels need to be acceptable and stable, because no one, ultimately, is willing to have their life expectancy cut drastically, or risk a high rate of genetic mutation.
Oxygen, obviously, is key. Tanks and suits and enclosed environments lead to discomfort and crowding. Discomfort and crowding lead to discontent, which, eventually, leads to rebellion. The Parliament has little use for rebellion.
Soil must be conducive to bacterial growth and reproduction of the right kind of bacteria to ensure plant life, food crops, greenery.
And then there's water.
WATER IN ONE HAND