What do you think Shepard Book's secret was?

[Pharaoh Atem]

now from the show we knew Book had some secret past now what do you think it was.

remember in the episode safe his id card got him into a alliance medical ship

and in the movie Mal noticed that book seemed to know a lot about the type of situation that the crew was in so what was book hiding

[Trek_Girl42]

hope this comes out right I'm editing this thread and turning it into this.

now from the show we knew Book had some secret past now what do you think it was.

remember in the episode safe his id card got him into a alliance medical ship

and in the movie Mal noticed that book seemed to know a lot about the type of situation that the crew was in so what was book hiding

Perhaps he had once been an operative of sorts.

[Famous]

Personally, I think he's ex-Alliance military. Probably high up. I think it'd be awesome and ironic if he had been the commander of the Alliance at the Battle of Serenity Valley. But that's just me.

[mckaychick]

I think he's ex-Alliance military

[St@rbuck]

I think he's ex-Alliance military

yep me too

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[_WraithQueen_]

his secret is:

Spoiler:

he's a cross dresser

[Insipid]

Personally, I think he's ex-Alliance military. Probably high up. I think it'd be awesome and ironic if he had been the commander of the Alliance at the Battle of Serenity Valley. But that's just me.

Nice. That's totally something that Joss would do.

[Hex.FTB.enabled]

I agree it is something along the lines of Operative or part of the Battle of Serenity on the Alliance side. But knowing the genius that is Joss, we'll prolly never guess.

[Cymro]

Methinks he was an operative.

[yaaayoubetcha]

Personally, I think he's ex-Alliance military. Probably high up. I think it'd be awesome and ironic if he had been the commander of the Alliance at the Battle of Serenity Valley. But that's just me.

same here.

[White Knight]

Book was a jazz ballet dancer who became disillusioned after losing a lot of his fellow ballerinas in a skirmish with the Riverdancers.

[captainpash]

Book was a jazz ballet dancer who became disillusioned after losing a lot of his fellow ballerinas in a skirmish with the Riverdancers.

Or that.

My idea he is related to someone who is high up in the military.

[trentk_3888]

Or that.

My idea he is related to someone who is high up in the military.

That’s actually pretty good either that or he was a high up military person

[IcyNeko]

I think he was a former operative... just because if he were a famous general of the fleet, his name would be heralded by most. EVerytime they came across alliance patrols, no one would give Serenity any trouble.

If he were an operative, no one would know him (likely), and he would know about most criminals (that's his job). PLus, if you're a fleet commander, you don't necessarily need to have great aim with a weapon, and Book has perfect aim. Plus he has great martial arts prowlness, which Operatives have.

.. that and he knows an operative of the Parliament when he hears about one. They're so secretive that the military would not have likely seen one or be able to pick one out.

I think he's a former operative, probably sent to take out the Browncoat government.

[White Knight]

Actually I don't think an Operative would know a whole lot about crime and criminals; he isn't a policeman. His job isn't to catch criminals, his job is to find and stop people who are threats to the stability of the Alliance.

However, like I said, a policeman would know a heck of a lot about crime and would have good weapons and fighting skills. A famous policeman would be well known to cruiser commanders and the like. An undercover policeman would have experience dealing with crime and criminals.

Just a thought.