Seriously? That had to be an intentional name. "Let's name our prototype after a fictional experiment that killed an entire planet of people and turned the survivors into rapey, murderous, cannibals."
I’m baffled by the number of people who don’t know this reference. I haven’t seen the film either, I guess, but I thought it was a pretty well known pop culture reference.
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illi@lemm.ee · 19 pts · 2y
Shiny
netburnr@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y
I'll be in my bunk
roofuskit@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 2y
Seriously? That had to be an intentional name. "Let's name our prototype after a fictional experiment that killed an entire planet of people and turned the survivors into rapey, murderous, cannibals."
NOT_RICK@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 2y
Firefly is the class of ship Serenity is if I recall correctly. Don’t remember what the Reaver experiment was called.
Edit: Found it, was a chemical experiment called the Pax that had the opposite of the intended effect.
Revan343@lemmy.ca · 14 pts · 2y
Miranda was the planet the experiment was on
NOT_RICK@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
Ah you’re right
Rayston@kbin.social · 4 pts · 2y
Technically it had too much of the effect on 99% of the population. They just sat down and died because they couldn't be bothered to continue living.
The other 1% had the opposite effect x100, murder cannibals
user1234@lemmynsfw.com · 5 pts · 2y
Someone also thought that Soylent is a good name for an actual product...
Revan343@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 2y
As long as it's not green
user1234@lemmynsfw.com · 3 pts · 2y
Green seems to be one of the most prevalent colors for it.
Chobbes@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
I’m baffled by the number of people who don’t know this reference. I haven’t seen the film either, I guess, but I thought it was a pretty well known pop culture reference.
troyunrau@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 2y
Should theoretically be slightly larger thrust than the Merlin 1-D. 7x engines on an Antares or similar.
bfg9k@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y
Can it pull a Crazy Ivan?
Crazychicken563@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
Check out the slow mo guy's video on this https://youtu.be/0srs5jZ1qdg?si=HWTzB_aOFXMO2OB-
troyunrau@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 2y
Oh that's very cool. Startup looks so rough at 80x slowdown hah!
nothingcorporate@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 2y
Am I taking to Miranda now?
JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 2y
Very cool with the t tep green starter flame.
troyunrau@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 2y
TEA-TEB. Although t tep is probably a reasonable facsimile of how it is pronounced in industry...