u/Cautious-Sea6895

The Firefly spacecraft is very small!! approximately 102,366 cu meters!

The size of the original Star Trek space craft is 210,000 cu meters!

this size comparsion makes it a very small target compared to the size of the Star Trek that is spread all over the sky!

The Firefly Crew are supposed to be ex soldiers. Other than carring guns and talking tough and occasionly shooting some colonist. They donot much act like

experienced Soldiers.

The firefly group of veterans didnot appear to have a single crew served weapon.

1. There was no dedicated machine gun crew!
2. Note that by the time of the TV show period , 90 % of all mechanical machine guns were very probadly obsolete, but still useful and better than no system at all.
3. no mortars - 60mm or 81 mm 0r the monster 120mm.
4. no antitank weapons or any vechile weapons.
5. no mines of any type.
6. no missile systems for antiship attack or attacking large or small objects in space!
7. no worry's aout Ammunition supplies -- how to restock nor keep current munitions in stock.
8. no Hand grenades
9. no blocks of explosives or anybody that appeared to know abpout the subject.
10. only linited Anti --Electronic warfare weapons systems
11. No specifily trained EW specialist or on any electronic weapons suite.
12. no one trained in the use or operation of such Electronic weapons systems.
13. no freindly neighborhood Arms dealers.
14. limited repair or replacement for any weapons systems considered standard or neccessary.
15. no inferred or sonar sytems
16. how about a water test for ship wide systems?