Given Whedon's age and his general geekieness the idea that he was unaware of the game seems highly improbable. There are a number of things that clearly steer the Firefly verse away from traveller, primarill
Derek Stanley
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On 2012-06-18, at 15:52, "Mike West" <> wrote:
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> > Actually, I think that Marc would be pleased (and probably is) that
> > Traveller had a role in such a cool manifestation as Firefly/Serenity.
> > He wouldn't go after Whedon's Firefly money.
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> > But Whedon is probably acting on good old CYA Legal Advice, which is
> > not unwise.
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> Just to be clear, I have no knowledge that Firefly and Serenty were
> inspired by Traveller. I believe Whedon has specifically denied such.
> I was merely making a light-hearted comment in response to your
> light-hearted comment.
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> Mike West
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