On 9/10/2017 4:51 AM, Jerry Barrington wrote:
> Making it impossible to use low- or zero-atmosphere bodies…

Well, he /did/ say it was inspired by Firefly/Serenity, which flips a
big ol' double-bird to realistic planetology in favor of Joss' space
western... Whedon throws in the occasional bone of realism when it
suits/serves his story, and otherwise blatantly ignores it, resulting in
an overall setting only slightly harder than the whole sprawling system
being carried along on the back of giant turtles.

(So, pretty much TITAN A.E. all over again.  You do remember he worked
on that too, right?)

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