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MEANWHILE, ON EARTH AND MINBAR,

PREPARATIONS CONTINUE

FOR NEXT MONTH'S CELEBRATION

MARKING THE FIFTH ANNIVERSARY

OF THE INTERSTELLAR ALLIANCE.

ASIDE FROM ONE BRIEF CONFLICT

WITH THE CENTAURI REPUBLIC EARLY IN ITS FIRST YEAR,

ISA PRESIDENT JOHN SHERIDAN HAS DELIVERED ON HIS PROMISE

TO MAINTAIN PEACE AMONG ALL ITS MEMBER WORLDS.

ALTHOUGH ISA VICE PRESIDENT DELENN

CONTINUES TO MAKE APPEARANCES DURING THESE PREPARATIONS,

SHERIDAN HIMSELF HAS NOT BEEN SEEN FOR SEVERAL DAYS.

SPECULATIONS ON HIS ABSENCE RANGED FROM THE FLU

TO A GOOD-WILL MISSION TO NARN.

IN OTHER NEWS,

GROUND WAS BROKEN TODAY IN EARTHDOME

FOR A MONUMENT DEDICATED TO THE MANY WHO DIED

IN THE RECENT TELEPATH CRISIS INCLUDING--

CAPTIONING MADE POSSIBLE BY WARNER BROS.

THAT'S HIM.

ALL RIGHT, MOVE US AWAY AS SOON AS HE'S ON BOARD.

TELL THEM TO HAVE SOME DINNER READY.

IT'S BEEN A LONG TRIP, HE'S PROBABLY HUNGRY.

AND IF HE'S NOT, I AM.

I APPRECIATE YOU GETTING INTO THIS, MICHAEL.

I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO BE AS INVOLVED IN THE CONSTRUCTION

ON THE NEW SHIPS AS I'D HAVE LIKED.

COME ON, YOU GOT A GALACTIC EMPIRE TO RUN.

WHY DON'T YOU LEAVE

THE NUTS AND BOLTS TO THE OTHER GUYS.

KICKING BUTT IS WHAT I DO FOR A LIVING.

SPEAKING OF WHICH,

HOW ARE THINGS GOING ON MARS?

COULDN'T BE BETTER.

YOU KNOW, I NEVER FIGURED MYSELF

FOR THE CORPORATE TYPE.

I MEAN, THINK ABOUT IT.

ME, ME RUNNING EDGARS INDUSTRIES,

ONE OF THE 10 BIGGEST CORPORATIONS ON MARS?

BUT I LOVE IT.

BUT YOU KNOW ME, IF THERE'S SOMETHING

I CAN DO TO HELP, I'M HERE.

GOOD.

I TAKE IT YOU HAVE TALKED TO THE HEAD OF CONSTRUCTION?

WHAT'S HIS NAME, UH, DRAKE?

DRAKE. I'VE TALKED,

I'VE YELLED, I'VE SCREAMED.

NOW HE'S A BRIGHT GUY,

BUT HE'S ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE

THAT HAS TO GET EVERYTHING JUST PERFECT

BEFORE HE'LL SIGN OFF ON IT.

AND SINCE NOTHING IS EVER PERFECT,

NOTHING GETS FINISHED.

I UNDERSTAND HIS CAUTION.

A JOB LIKE THIS,

REVERSE-ENGINEERING MINBARI AND VORLON TECHNOLOGY

SO IT'LL WORK WITH HUMAN TECH.

I MEAN, IT'S NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE.

YEAH, BUT ONCE WE'RE DONE,

YOU ARE GONNA HAVE THE LEANEST

AND MEANEST FLEET ON THE BLOCK.

OF COURSE, ONCE THE OTHER RACES

FIND OUT ABOUT IT, THEY ARE GONNA GO NUTS.

I KNOW.

SO FAR THOUGH,

WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO HIDE THE FUNDING

AND DELENN'S KEPT EVERYONE'S ATTENTION BACK ON MINBAR

GETTING READY FOR THE ANNIVERSARY.

NOBODY KNOWS WE'RE EVEN HERE.

YEAH, WE HOPE.

EXCUSE ME, MR. PRESIDENT,

WE'VE CLEARED ALL THE SHIPPING LINES.

READY TO JUMP AT ANY TIME.

GOOD. PROCEED.

ONE THING'S FOR SURE,

EVEN IF ANYBODY DOES KNOW WE'RE HERE,

NO ONE'S GONNA BE ABLE TO FOLLOW US FROM HERE ON OUT.

I HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING YET THAT COULD KEEP UP

WITH A WHITE STAR ON FULL BURN.

GALEN.

GALEN.

THE CIRCLE REQUIRES YOUR PRESENCE.

I'M BUSY.

THEY KNOW OF YOUR ACTIVITIES.

YOU WILL COME TO THEM,

OR THEY WILL COME TO YOU.

EITHER WAY, YOU WILL BE CALLED TO ACCOUNT.

WE ARE ALL CALLED TO ACCOUNT

SOONER OR LATER.

AND TO WHOM AM I SUPPOSED

TO EXPLAIN MY BEHAVIOR THIS TIME?

TO EVERYONE INVOLVED.

EVERYONE?

MUST BE A VERY LARGE ROOM.

GALEN... ALL RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT.

[SIGHS] SHOW ME THE WAY.

THE LONG ROAD.

BUT THEN IT ALWAYS IS A LONG ROAD, ISN'T IT?

AND YOU...

YOU MAY BE CALLED TO ACCOUNT

EVEN SOONER THAN YOU IMAGINED.

MR. PRESIDENT.

WE'VE ARRIVED AT THE RENDEZVOUS POINT, SIR.

GOOD. LOCK IN COORDINATES,

PREPARE TO JUMP TO NORMAL SPACE.

JUMP.

SHOULD BE COMING

INTO VISUAL RANGE ANY TIME NOW.

I HOPE THIS WAS WORTH IT.

I HAVEN'T SEE ANYTHING ON THESE SHIPS

SINCE THE INITIAL DESIGNS CAME ACROSS MY DESK.

WELL, IF IT'S ANYTHING

LIKE WHAT I SAW HERE A WEEK AGO,

I THINK YOU'RE GONNA LIKE THIS.

YEAH, I THINK YOU'RE GONNA LIKE THIS A LOT.

THERE SHE BLOWS.

OUR FIRST 2 PROTOTYPE DESTROYERS.

MR. PRESIDENT, SAMUEL DRAKE.

IT'S AN HONOR TO MEET YOU, SIR.

MR. GARIBALDI, IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.

I CAN TELL.

SO, LET'S BEGIN THE TOUR, SHALL WE?

SO FAR, WE'VE ONLY BEEN ABLE

TO GET THE GRAVITETIC PROPULSION SYSTEM

TO PROVIDE A WORKABLE GRAVITY

OF SLIGHTLY LESS THAN ONE G.

AFTER 3 MONTHS OF TRYING,

MR. GARIBALDI SUGGESTED THAT WE DECLARE VICTORY

AND MOVE ON.

I FIGURED LESS THAN A FULL G

WAS BETTER FOR EVERYBODY ANYWAY.

I KIND OF LIKE THE IDEA

THAT EVERY TIME I COME ON BOARD

I WEIGH 5 POUNDS LESS.

INCIDENTALLY, SIR, I WANTED TO THANK YOU

FOR BRINGING ME ABOARD.

IT'S NOT EASY FOR MARS-BORN CITIZENS

TO GET WORK ON MAJOR EARTH CONTRACTS.

WELL, I DON'T HAVE MUCH PATIENCE

FOR THAT KIND OF POLITICS.

UNDER THE TERMS OF THE ALLIANCE,

MARS-BORN AND EARTH NATURALS

ARE ENTITLED TO EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES.

BESIDES, YOU WERE HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.

WE DECIDED ON

A NON-STANDARD BRIDGE CONFIGURATION,

BASED ON THE SUBMARINE MODEL.

LINEAR INSTEAD OF CIRCULAR.

FROM THE CAPTAIN'S CHAIR

IT'S A STRAIGHT THROW BACK AND ACROSS

TO THE OTHER COMPARTMENTS.

MAP ROOM.

CONFERENCE ROOM.

NAVIGATION AND HELM CONTROLS.

COM SYSTEM. WEAPONS.

WE DESIGNED THE CONTROLS ALONG EARTHFORCE LINES

TO MAKE THEM EASIER FOR US TO DEAL WITH.

THE SYSTEM'S VERY INTUITIVE.

YOU CAN RUN IT LIKE ALMOST ANY OTHER SHIP.

IT'S WHAT'S INSIDE THAT SETS HER APART

FROM ANYTHING ELSE THAT'S OUT THERE.

HOW DOES SHE HANDLE?

WE...DON'T ACTUALLY KNOW.

WE WANTED TO WAIT UNTIL

YOU GOT HERE AND SHE WAS COMPLETELY FITTED OUT.

MR. DRAKE, DON'T YOU THINK THAT YOU SHOULD FIND OUT

WHETHER OR NOT THIS THING WILL ACTUALLY GO ANYWHERE

BEFORE YOU SPEND A LOT OF TIME POLISHING THE CHROME?

WHAT IF THIS NEW PROPULSION SYSTEM DOESN'T WORK?

ALL THE TESTS HAVE INDICATED--

[WRIST-LINK BLIPS]

UH, YES?

Officer: MESSAGE FOR PRESIDENT SHERIDAN

ON STELLARCOM. IT'S DELENN.

YOU CAN TAKE IT

IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM, MR. PRESIDENT.

DRAKE, DID I OR DID I NOT

TELL YOU TO TAKE HER OUT BEFORE I GOT BACK HERE?

DID I OR DID I NOT

INTRODUCE YOU TO THE THEORY

THAT "IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE PERFECT,

LET'S JUST SEE IF IT WORKS"?

YES, SIR, BUT--

WELL, THEN LET ME INTRODUCE YOU TO A NEW THEORY.

"SHUT UP AND DO EXACTLY WHAT I SAY."

NOW, EASE HER OUT OF SPACE DOCK.

YES, SIR.

CAST OFF TIES,

PREPARE TO EASE AWAY FROM SPACE DOCK.

Navigation: READY TO ENGAGE AT YOUR COMMAND.

I'M SURE THERE WON'T BE ANY PROBLEMS.

DRAKE...

WAS THAT A PROBLEM?

SO IT WOULD SEEM, SIR.

Computer: MESSAGE RECEIVED, READY TO DISPLAY.

OK, LET ME SEE IT.

MR. PRESIDENT?

MR. PRESIDENT?

YOU OK?

YOU WERE IN HERE ALMOST A HALF AN HOUR.

OH, NO, I JUST GOT HERE.

THE MESSAGE WAS SCRAMBLED, GIBBERISH.

MUST HAVE HIT SOME KIND OF INTERFERENCE.

YOU WERE LOOKING AT GIBBERISH FOR 20 MINUTES?

WELL, IF YOU WANT TO DO THAT

YOU OUGHT TO SWING BY MY PLACE SOME TIME,

I'LL SHOW YOU SOME 20TH CENTURY TELEVISION.

LOOK, DRAKE... HE HAS A FEW, UH,

BUGS TO WORK OUT.

NOTHING SERIOUS, BUT IT'S GONNA TAKE A LITTLE WHILE.

SO, WHY DON'T YOU GET SOME REST?

AND WE'LL FINISH UP THE TOUR LATER.

FINE. GOOD IDEA.

GUESS I'M MORE TIRED THAN I THOUGHT.

AND NOW, WE'RE GONNA FIGURE OUT

HOW TO GET THIS THING MOVING.

OR YOU'RE GONNA GO OUTSIDE AND PUSH.

THINGS WERE SO MUCH EASIER ON BABYLON 5.

Computer: WEAPONS VIOLATION. WEAPONS VIOLATION.

MA'AM?

MA'AM?

CAN I SEE YOU OVER HERE?

I GUESS YOU DIDN'T READ THE POSTINGS OUTSIDE.

BABYLON 5 HAS A STRICT WEAPONS POLICY.

NOW EITHER YOU GIVE ME WHATEVER YOU'RE CARRYING,

OR I'LL HAVE TO ASK YOU TO LEAVE THE STATION.

ALL OF IT.

YOU CAN PICK IT UP WHEN YOU LEAVE.

THANKS.

WHERE DO THE LOST PEOPLE GO?

WHO?

THE FORGOTTEN. THE CASTOFFS, THE NEGLECTED.

THE LOST PEOPLE.

DOWN BELOW. BROWN SECTOR.

DO YOU HEAR THAT?

HEAR WHAT?

LISTEN.

I DON'T HEAR ANYTHING.

EXACTLY.

NO BIRDS, NO ANIMALS,

NO VOICES, NO MACHINES,

NO INSECTS, STARSHIPS,

OR MUSIC.

YOU ARE HEARING THE SOUNDS

OF A DEAD WORLD.

A MURDERED WORLD.

AN ATTACK?

A TEST.

CAN YOU IMAGINE?

ALL THIS JUST FOR A TEST.

THIS IS A DREAM. NO.

NOT A DREAM. A NIGHTMARE.

AND IF SOMETIMES DREAMS COME TRUE,

THEN WHAT OF OUR NIGHTMARES?

WHO ARE YOU?

A FRIEND.

MY NAME IS GALEN.

I CALLED TO YOU EARLIER.

THE MESSAGE FROM DELENN.

THAT WAS ME.

[LAUGHS]

I APOLOGIZE FOR THE DECEPTION.

A CONNECTION WAS NECESSARY

FOR THE ELECTRON INCANTATION.

[SPACECRAFT HUMMING]

I THOUGHT YOU SAID THIS WORLD WAS DEAD.

IT IS.

THE KILLERS HAVE RETURNED

TO CHECK ON THEIR HANDIWORK.

WE SHOULD GO.

I DOUBT THEY CAN PICK UP ON MY PROBE,

BUT THERE'S NO POINT IN RISKING IT.

REMEMBER WHAT YOU HAVE SEEN.

THEY MUST HAVE GOT IT FIXED.

WELL, IT AIN'T PRETTY,

BUT AT LEAST IT'LL GET US OUT TO THE FIRING RANGE.

YOU GET TO LIVE ANOTHER 10 MINUTES, DRAKE.

YES, SIR.

THANK YOU, SIR.

GOOD NIGHT.

NO.

NO, I CAN'T BE BACK.

I CAN'T.

CAN'T YOU?

AREN'T YOU?

YOU.

THIS IS NOT YOUR WORLD, DUREENA NAFEEL.

BUT IT SHARES THE SAME FATE AS YOUR WORLD.

WHEN THE TIME COMES TO CHOOSE YOUR TARGET

BE SURE TO PICK THE RIGHT ONE.

BECAUSE YOU WILL ONLY GET ONE SHOT.

YOU WERE HAVING A BAD DREAM.

AND HAVE AWAKENED TO ANOTHER.

WHAT'S YOUR NAME?

DUREENA.

DUREENA NAFEEL.

DO YOU HAVE THE MARK?

SHOW US.

WHO TRAINED YOU?

HMM? WHO BROUGHT YOU INTO THE THIEVES GUILD,

TAUGHT YOU OUR WAYS?

MAFEEK OF TRIPANI 7.

MAFEEK IS KNOWN TO ME.

WHO WAS HIS TEACHER?

GANT THE ELDER.

HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN A THIEF?

LONG ENOUGH TO BE GOOD AT WHAT I DO.

BUT NOT GOOD ENOUGH TO AVOID BEING SEEN,

CAPTURED, AND RESTRAINED.

[GROUP LAUGHS]

I DIDN'T EXACTLY HIDE THE FACT

THAT I WAS LOOKING FOR YOU.

I WANTED TO CHECK IN,

AND THE QUICKEST WAY TO DO THAT

WAS TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION.

I WAS CAPTURED BECAUSE I CHOSE TO BE.

THERE WAS NO REASON TO TREAT ME THIS WAY.

HAD I KNOWN THE LEVEL OF YOUR HOSPITALITY,

IT WOULD HAVE BEEN YOU ON THE FLOOR, NOT ME.

YOU TALK PRETTY GOOD

FOR SOMEONE WHO'S ALL CHAINED UP.

WHAT CHAINS?

YOU'VE MADE YOUR POINT. YOU'VE MADE YOUR POINT.

WE WELCOME YOU.

WELCOME YOU AS ONE GUILDER TO ANOTHER.

WELCOME.

WHILE YOU'RE HERE,

YOU'LL LIVE BY OUR RULES.

DO NOT INTERFERE IN THE ACTIVITIES

OF ANY OTHER MEMBER OF THE THIEVES GUILD.

DO NOT BETRAY OUR PRESENCE

TO THE AUTHORITIES.

WE SUPPORT RIGGED GAMES,

PETTY THEFT, CON JOBS, PICK-POCKETING,

BLACK MARKETEERING, AND BARTER,

BUT NOTHING VIOLENT.

NOTHING THAT WOULD CAUSE THE AUTHORITIES

TO NOTICE US.

WE'LL TAKE 10% OF YOUR EARNINGS

IN EXCHANGE FOR A PLACE TO STAY

AND OF COURSE, THE PLEASURE OF OUR COMPANY.

IF BY SOME CHANCE

YOU ARE CAPTURED BY THE AUTHORITIES,

YOU ARE ALONE. WE CANNOT HELP YOU.

DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?

NO.

THEN YOU CAN GO.

I'LL HAVE THIS ONE SHOW YOU OUT.

DON'T TOUCH ME.

ONE LAST THING.

YOUR KIND IS UNKNOWN TO US,

YOU'RE VERY FAR FROM HOME, DUREENA NAFEEL,

WHEREVER THAT IS.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?

I DON'T KNOW.

GOOD MORNING, MR. PRESIDENT.

YOU'RE JUST IN TIME FOR THE WEAPONS DEMONSTRATION.

SHALL WE?

ANY TIME YOU'RE READY.

YOU ARE READY, AREN'T YOU?

READY, WILLING, AND ABLE. AREN'T WE, DRAKE?

YES, SIR.

ALL HANDS PREPARE FOR LEVEL ONE TEST FIRING.

REPEAT. PREPARE FOR LEVEL ONE TEST FIRING.

WEAPONS CONTROL, STAND BY.

WEAPONS CONTROL AYE, AYE, SIR.

TARGET 12 DEGREES BY 9 DEGREES BY 25 DEGREES.

12 X 9 X 25, AYE, AYE, SIR.

CONFIRM TARGET LOCK.

FIRE.

WHAT DO YOU THINK, MR. PRESIDENT?

WELL, I'M A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED.

THAT WASN'T MUCH MORE FIRE POWER

THAN THE AVERAGE WHITE STAR.

NOW THESE SHIPS ARE SUPPOSED TO PACK A BIGGER PUNCH.

WELL, THEN, I GUESS WE'RE JUST GONNA

HAVE TO DELIVER ON THAT PROMISE.

YOU SEE, THAT WAS LEVEL ONE.

DRAKE, GO TO LEVEL 2.

SIR, ABOUT THE MAIN GUNS...

THERE'S A SLIGHT...

A COMPLICATION.

WHAT KIND OF COMPLICATION?

THE ENHANCED WEAPONS ARRAY

IS BASED LOOSELY ON VORLON DESIGNS.

THEY WERE INTENDED TO BE USED IN SHIPS

FAR MORE ADVANCED

THAN WE'RE CAPABLE OF BUILDING

WITH A FAR GREATER ENERGY RESERVE.

FIRING THE MAIN GUNS

TAKES VIRTUALLY ALL OF OUR POWER.

SO THEY SHOULD ONLY BE USED

AS A LAST RESORT.

DULY NOTED.

NOW, WOULD YOU LIKE TO TAKE A SHOT

AT OUR NEXT TARGET?

LET'S SAY, THAT BIG ASTEROID OVER THERE.

MR. PRESIDENT.

YOU MAY FIRE WHEN READY.

WEAPONS CONTROL, READY TO FIRE.

AYE, SIR.

TARGET BEARING 9 X 6 X 23.

9 X 6 X 23, AYE, AYE, SIR.

TARGET LOCKED, READY TO FIRE.

READY TO FIRE, SIR.

FIRE WHEN READY.

NO!

NO, WE CAN'T.

HOW DID WE--

HOW DID WE WHAT, SIR?

THAT'S EARTH OUT THERE.

WHAT?

I SAID THAT IS...

SIR?

NOTHING.

PREPARE TO FIRE.

STANDING BY.

FIRE.

FIRE.

AS I SAID,

IT DRAINS NEARLY ALL OF OUR ENERGY,

LEAVING BARELY ENOUGH

FOR GRAVITY CONTROL.

WE CAN'T NAVIGATE OR FIRE AGAIN

FOR AT LEAST A MINUTE.

WHICH LEAVES THE SHIP VULNERABLE.

YES, SIR. FOR ONE MINUTE.

A LOT CAN HAPPEN IN A MINUTE.

I SAID A LOT CAN HAPPEN IN A MINUTE.

IT'S A MISTAKE.

YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE BROUGHT HIM HERE.

BAD ENOUGH YOU'VE BEEN SENDING PROBES OUTSIDE,

SENDING SIGNALS THAT CAN BE TRACKED BACK TO US,

BUT THIS?

YOU'RE ENDANGERING ALL OF US.

WE AGREED TO HAVE NO CONTACT

WITH THE OUTSIDE.

AND IF OUR SILENCE MEANS THE DEATH OF BILLIONS?

YOU SAID I SHOULD EXPLAIN MYSELF TO ALL INVOLVED.

HE IS INVOLVED,

WHETHER HE KNOWS IT OR NOT.

GALEN, THIS IS PREMATURE.

WE CAN'T MAKE CONTACT WITHOUT PROOF.

WE CAN'T GET PROOF UNLESS WE CONTACT

SOMEONE ON THE OUTSIDE. THIS IS INSANITY.

PERHAPS THAT'S TRUE,

BUT THESE ARE INSANE TIMES.

AND THIS ONE...

IS HE THE BEST YOU COULD DO?

AS A MATTER OF FACT, YES.

HE IS THE ONE PERSON

WHO CAN GIVE US WHAT WE NEED.

WE ALL KNOW WHAT IS AT STAKE HERE IF I'M RIGHT.

YES, WE MUST PROTECT OURSELVES,

BUT WE CANNOT DO SO

BY ABANDONING THOSE WE LEFT BEHIND.

ALL RIGHT.

WE'LL ALLOW THIS ONE CONTACT,

BUT NO MORE.

IF YOUR ACTIONS COMPROMISE OUR HIDING PLACE,

IF WE RISK DEATH BECAUSE OF YOUR ACTIONS,

UNDERSTAND THAT YOU WILL BE

THE FIRST OF US TO DIE.

[THUNDER]

THEY'RE UPSET WITH YOU.

NOT UPSET.

AFRAID.

FEAR MAKES WISE MEN FOOLISH.

IN MY CASE,

I CAN ONLY HOPE IT MAKES FOOLS WISE.

DO YOU KNOW WHO--

WHAT WE ARE?

WELL, YOU CALLED THIS AN ELECTRON INCANTATION,

AND YOU AND THE REST ARE IN HIDING.

SO MY GUESS IS YOU'RE TECHNO-MAGES.

YOU USE TECHNOLOGY

TO SIMULATE THE EFFECT OF MAGIC.

I MET ONE OF YOUR KIND BEFORE.

HE WAS JOINING THE REST OF YOU

IN LEAVING KNOWN SPACE.

WE CAME TO THIS PLACE DURING THE SHADOW WAR

TO PREVENT OUR SECRETS

FROM FALLING INTO THE WRONG HANDS.

AND THOUGH THE WAR IS OVER,

OUR LEADERS ARE IN NO HURRY TO RETURN.

SO, WE WILL CONTINUE HIDING FOR A BIT LONGER.

20, 30 MORE YEARS, JUST TO BE SAFE.

THEY LIKE BEING SAFE.

AND WHERE IS THIS PLACE?

[THUNDER]

WRONG QUESTION.

I'M HIP.

LISTEN TO ME CAREFULLY, SHERIDAN.

WE DON'T HAVE MUCH TIME.

THE CONNECTION BETWEEN US IS A DELICATE ONE.

DO YOU RECOGNIZE THIS PLACE?

Z'HA'DUM.

THE HOMEWORLD OF THE SHADOWS

BEFORE THEY LEFT FOR THE RIM.

AN ANCIENT RACE

DEDICATED TO CHAOS AND DESTRUCTION.

THEY LEFT, BUT THEIR ALLIES REMAINED.

SOME OF THEM YOU KNOW AS THE DRAKH.

WE'VE BEEN WATCHING THE DRAKH FOR SOME TIME.

WE KNEW THAT SOONER OR LATER,

THOSE WHO HAD ONCE SERVED OTHER MASTERS

WOULD CHOOSE TO BECOME MASTERS THEMSELVES

AND CONTINUE THE WORK THE SHADOWS BEGAN.

LATELY WE'VE HEARD RUMORS,

STORIES FROM OTHER RACES

WHO'VE ENCOUNTERED THE DRAKH.

WE THINK THEY ARE PREPARING TO MOVE,

TESTING THEIR RESOURCES,

WEAPONS, CAPABILITIES.

BUT WITH THE SHADOWS GONE

AND THEIR WORLD DESTROYED,

HOW MUCH POWER CAN THEY HAVE?

THAT IS WHAT YOU WILL HAVE TO FIND OUT.

WHY ME?

BECAUSE I BELIEVE THEY ARE GOING TO START THEIR WAR

BY ATTACKING EARTH.

REMEMBER, IT WAS HUMANS WHO ORGANIZED

THE WAR AGAINST THEIR MASTERS.

HUMANS WHO FINALLY OBLITERATED THEM.

SUCH THINGS ARE NOT QUICKLY FORGOTTEN.

YOU SAID RESOURCES. HOW MUCH DO--

NO, I HAVE TOLD YOU ALL I CAN,

AND SOME OF WHAT I SUSPECT.

I AM NOT ALLOWED TO TELL YOU MORE.

THE REST...

YOU AND YOUR COMPANIONS

MUST LEARN ON YOUR OWN.

BUT...

DO NOT TELL ANYONE WHAT YOU ARE DOING

OR WHY

OR MOST ESPECIALLY, WHO TOLD YOU.

THE DRAKH HAVE SPIES EVERYWHERE.

IF THEY KNOW WE ARE WATCHING,

THEY WILL MOVE BEFORE WE CAN PREPARE.

I DON'T THINK ANYBODY

WOULD BELIEVE THIS ANYWAY.

THE DREAMS,

ALL OF THIS,

THEY'D THINK I WAS CRAZY.

HELL, I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF ANY OF THIS IS REAL.

BUT YOUR CURIOUS ENOUGH TO FIND OUT,

WHICH IS WHY I CHOSE YOU.

YOUR SPIRIT IS SUCH THAT YOU WILL GO

EVEN IF IT MEANS GOING ALONE.

I WISH I WERE GOING WITH YOU.

I WISH I COULD HELP.

BECAUSE IF I'M RIGHT,

OH, MY FRIEND, UNLESS YOU ACT,

EARTH MAY SUFFER THE FATE OF DALTRON 7.

[THUNDER]

MR. PRESIDENT?

MR. PRESIDENT?

I WAS SAYING THAT THE HULL

IS A PLASTEEL- CRYSTALLINE ALLOY

CAPABLE OF REFRACTING 80%

OF ANY ENERGY WEAPON USED AGAINST IT,

ALTHOUGH, AS I'M SURE YOU CAN IMAGINE

THAT 20% CAN MOUNT UP PRETTY FAST

IN A MAJOR BATTLE. WE SHOULD--

WE HAVE TO GO.

WHAT? BUT WE JUST--

TELL THE WHITE STAR TO PICK US UP.

WE HAVE TO GO.

WE HAVE TO GO RIGHT NOW.

GO WHERE?

IT WAS ABOVE THE FACES.

OVER THEM ALL.

BABYLON 5.

JOHN.

MR. PRESIDENT.

MR. PRESIDENT, YOU WANT TO TELL ME

WHY WE'RE HEADING TO B5 IN SUCH A RUSH?

NO.

NOT YET, BECAUSE I'M NOT EVEN SURE

I BELIEVE IT MYSELF.

I HAVE TO FIND OUT IF WHAT I THINK IS IS.

AND WHAT IF IS ISN'T?

IF IT ISN'T, THEN IT'S NOT.

BUT IF IT IS,

WELL, THERE YOU ARE.

AHA.

LOOK, UH, WHY DON'T WE STOP BY MINBAR,

SEE DELENN.

YOU HAVE BEEN UNDER A LOT OF PRESSURE LATELY.

I'M FINE, MICHAEL. AND WE ARE GOING TO BABYLON 5.

RIGHT.

ABSOLUTELY.

WHATEVER YOU SAY.

I'LL JUST GET SOME WORK DONE

WHILE YOU'RE, UH,

DRAWING. GOOD.

OH, WELL, WHILE YOU'RE AT IT,

SEE WHAT YOU CAN FIND OUT ABOUT

A PLANET NAMED DALTRON 7.

NEVER HEARD OF IT.

ME EITHER.

IS IT IMPORTANT?

COULD BE.

GET CAPTAIN LOCHLEY AT B5 ON THE LINE.

I'LL BE IN MY QUARTERS

CHASING FIREFLIES.

First Officer: ARE YOU SURE ABOUT THIS, CAPTAIN?

QUITE SURE, COMMANDER.

WHY?

IS THERE A PROBLEM?

NO, SIR. IT'S JUST...

OUR LAST INSTRUCTIONS FROM EARTHDOME

ORDERED US TO VEGA COLONY

FOR A ROUTINE SECURITY PATROL.

NOW WE'VE CHANGED COURSE FOR BABYLON 5

WITHOUT NOTIFYING HQ.

PHIL, YOU WORRY TOO MUCH.

NOW GO ON WITH YOUR STATUS CHECKS.

I KNOW WHAT I'M DOING.

I HOPE.

CAPTAIN, GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.

AND YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. IT'S QUITE A SURPRISE.

WELL, PERHAPS NOT THAT MUCH OF A SURPRISE.

CAPTAIN, I NEED YOU TO DO ME A FAVOR.

I WANT YOU TO RUN THESE PICTURES,

SEE IF ANY OF THESE PEOPLE

ARE ON THE STATION.

NOW, THE LIKENESSES MAY NOT BE EXACT,

BUT THEY SHOULD BE CLOSE ENOUGH

FOR THE COMPUTER TO DO AN ANALYSIS.

ARE YOU SURE THEY'RE HERE?

NO. BUT IF THEY'RE NOT, THEY WILL BE SOON.

I THINK.

DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT THIS IS ABOUT?

NOT A CLUE.

SHE'S MAKING A RUN FOR IT.

LET'S GO.

HEY, WHOA!

HEY, WE JUST WANNA--

WE JUST WANNA TALK.

GET HER!

Lochley: WELL, I'LL GIVE YOU THIS ONE.

SHE'S A DEAD MATCH FOR THE DRAWING.

WHO IS SHE?

YOU DON'T KNOW?

YOU DREW HER.

IT'S A LONG STORY.

WHAT'S HER NAME?

DUREENA NAFEEL.

SHE GOT HERE A FEW DAYS AGO.

JUDGING FROM THE HALF DOZEN PURSES AND WALLETS

SHE HAD ON HER WHEN THE GUARDS FOUND HER,

I'D SAY SHE'S A PETTY THIEF.

BUT A GOOD ONE-- TO STEAL THAT MUCH

WITHOUT ANYONE NOTICING IT.

WHERE IS SHE FROM?

I'VE NEVER SEEN AN ALIEN LIKE THAT BEFORE.

ZANDER PRIME.

I THOUGHT THAT WAS A DEAD WORLD.

IT IS...NOW.

ZANDER PRIME WAS WIPED OUT

DURING THE SHADOW WAR.

DURING THE LAST DAYS OF THE WAR,

THE SHADOWS REVEALED THEIR BIGGEST WEAPON--

A DEATH CLOUD

CAPABLE OF ENGULFING WHOLE WORLDS.

THERMONUCLEAR MISSILES FROM THE DEATH CLOUD

PENETRATED DEEP INTO THE PLANETARY CORE

WHERE THEY EXPLODED,

DESTROYING THE PLANET FROM THE INSIDE OUT.

ZANDER PRIME WAS ONE OF THE LAST PLANETS

DESTROYED BY THE SHADOWS.

WE THOUGHT NO ONE HAD SURVIVED, UNTIL NOW.

WELL, WE TOLD HER

WE WERE THROWING HER OFF THE STATION FOR THEFT.

WE'LL BRING HER BY TO SEE YOU

ON HER WAY TO DEPORTATION.

THAT MIGHT MAKE HER A LITTLE MORE COOPERATIVE.

[BEEP BEEP]

YES?

C&C: WE'VE GOT CAPTAIN ANDERSON

OF THE CHARON ON-LINE.

HE WANTS TO SPEAK WITH THE PRESIDENT

AND SAYS IT'S URGENT.

ALL RIGHT. LET HIM THROUGH.

YOU KNOW THIS GUY?

I DON'T THINK SO.

HELLO, MR. PRESIDENT.

BY ANY CHANCE, HAVE YOU BEEN LOOKING FOR ME?

SO IT WOULD APPEAR.

MR. PRESIDENT.

CAPTAIN.

SO YOU WERE DRAWN HERE SAME AS I WAS.

YES, SIR.

YOU KNOW, IT'S GOOD TO MEET SOMEBODY

WHO WON'T THINK I'M CRAZY IF I SAY

THE MAN IN MY DREAMS TOLD ME TO FIND YOU.

WELL, IF YOU'RE CRAZY, THEN WE'RE BOTH CRAZY.

AH, GOOD.

DUREENA NAFEEL, THIS IS CAPTAIN--

AAAGH!

HEY! HEY!

HEY, LET GO! I SAID, LET GO!

WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU?

MY WORLD IS DEAD.

MY PEOPLE, MY FAMILY-- THEY'RE ALL DEAD,

AND IT'S YOUR FAULT!

Garibaldi: SO, YOU THINK HE'S LOSING IT?

OH, I DON'T KNOW.

I MEAN, ON THE ONE HAND,

2 OF THE PICTURES HE GAVE US DID PAN OUT.

ON THE OTHER HAND,

IT COULD BE RANDOM CHANCE.

ALL I KNOW FOR SURE

IS THAT HE HAS NOT BEHAVING RATIONALLY.

IT'S ALMOST AS IF HE'S ACTING

UNDER SOME KIND OF OUTSIDE INFLUENCE.

WELL, IT COULD BE.

ALL THIS STARTED WHEN HE GOT A SIGNAL

THAT WAS SUPPOSEDLY FROM DELENN.

THE SIGNAL WAS A MESS.

I FIGURED IT GOT SCRAMBLED EN ROUTE,

BUT IT COULD HAVE BEEN A CODED MESSAGE

DOWNLOADED DIRECTLY INTO HIS BRAIN SOMEHOW.

WELL, THERE DON'T SEEM TO BE A LOT OF CHOICES.

EITHER SOMETHING REALLY IS HAPPENING,

OR SOMEONE'S TRYING TO MAKE HIM THINK IT IS

IN ORDER TO...

WHAT, DISCREDIT HIM?

END THE ALLIANCE?

YEAH, MAYBE.

BUT ALL WE CAN DO FOR RIGHT NOW

IS KEEP AN EYE ON HIM, BECAUSE, IF HE IS RIGHT,

WE'RE GONNA NEED TO BE HERE TO HELP HIM.

AND IF HE'S WRONG,

WE MAY HAVE TO INTERVENE

BEFORE SOMEBODY GETS HURT.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT.

WHY DID YOU SAY I KILLED YOUR WORLD?

IT WAS A WAR. BOTH SIDES--

WE HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS WAR OF YOURS.

WE WERE NEUTRAL.

WHEN OTHER WORLDS NEAR US

WERE BEING DESTROYED BY THE SHADOWS,

WE CALLED TO YOU FOR HELP.

YOU DID NOTHING.

THERE WAS NOTHING WE COULD DO.

OUR FORCES WERE SCATTERED OUT

ALL OVER THE PLACE.

OTHER WORLDS WERE THREATENED.

WE WERE BARELY HANGING ON.

AND WE DIDN'T GET WORD ABOUT YOUR PLANET

UNTIL IT WAS TOO LATE. BY THE TIME WE--

YOU COULD HAVE DONE SOMETHING.

NO!

NOW FOR YEARS AFTER THE WAR,

I ASKED MYSELF THE SAME QUESTION.

COULD I HAVE DONE MORE?

COULD WE HAVE SAVED MORE LIVES THAN WE DID?

BUT THE TRUTH IS,

EVEN IF WE HAD HEARD IN TIME,

WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING

THAT COULD STOP A SHADOW PLANET KILLER.

WE WERE OUTGUNNED.

NOW, DUREENA, YOU ARE ANGRY WITH ME

BECAUSE YOU SEE ME AS A SYMBOL

FOR WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR WORLD,

BUT I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE.

THE SHADOWS GAVE THE ORDERS...

BUT THEY WEREN'T THE ONES

WHO PULLED THE TRIGGER.

WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

THE SHADOWS HAD OTHERS WORKING FOR THEM

WHO CARRIED OUT THE ORDERS.

THEY'RE CALLED DRAKH,

AND THE DRAKH ARE STILL OUT THERE, DUREENA.

DUREENA.

DUREENA.

YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A TARGET,

A WAY TO MAKE SOMEONE PAY

FOR THE DEATH OF YOUR WORLD.

YOU PICKED ME

BECAUSE YOU THOUGHT YOU COULDN'T GET TO THEM.

BUT YOU CAN.

I CAN GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO STRIKE BACK

AT THE PEOPLE RESPONSIBLE

FOR THE DEATH OF YOUR WORLD

BEFORE THEY DO THE SAME TO SOMEONE ELSE.

THEN PERHAPS THAT IS WHAT THE DREAM MEANT.

I THOUGHT THEY WERE MEMORIES OF WHAT WAS, BUT...

PERHAPS THEY ARE WARNINGS OF WHAT IS YET TO COME.

ONE THING, MR. PRESIDENT--

THERE ARE 3 OF US IN THIS DRAWING.

WHERE'S THE OTHER ONE?

THE DRAZI?

I DON'T KNOW, AND THAT WORRIES ME.

WELL, SHOULD WE WAIT FOR HIM TO GET HERE?

NO. IF GALEN WAS RIGHT

AND THE DRAKH ARE PREPARING TO MOVE,

ANY DELAY COULD BE COSTLY.

WE HAVE TO GO

AND HOPE THAT HE CATCHES UP WITH US LATER.

IT'S TRUE. IT IS ME.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND.

WHY US?

I DON'T KNOW,

BUT I ASSUME

WE EACH BRING SOMETHING UNIQUE TO THE MISSION

THAT INCREASES THE ODDS OF ITS SUCCESS.

WELL, SPEAKING OF WHICH, MR. PRESIDENT,

WE MAY HAVE A SERIOUS PROBLEM.

THE TYPE OF FORCES YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT

ARE BEYOND ANYTHING I'VE EVER FOUGHT BEFORE.

NOW, MY SHIP CAN TAKE US INTO BATTLE,

BUT, AGAINST ODDS LIKE THIS,

YOU'RE GONNA NEED SOMETHING A LOT BIGGER AND NASTIER

THAN AN EARTH DESTROYER.

I THINK I JUST MAY HAVE THE THING.

GOOD MORNING, CAPTAIN.

MR. GARIBALDI. SLEEP WELL?

YEAH. YEAH, I DID.

BOY, I NEEDED IT, TOO.

SO, WHERE'S THE PRESIDENT?

WELL, I THOUGHT HE WAS COMING WITH YOU.

NO. WHEN HE DIDN'T CALL,

I FIGURED HE'D BE MEETING ME HERE.

WELL, THAT'S ODD.

[LINK BEEPS]

LOCHLEY TO C&C.

C&C: C&C ON-LINE.

DID YOU SEND PRESIDENT SHERIDAN

THE MESSAGE REMINDING HIM

ABOUT OUR MEETING THIS MORNING?

YES, CAPTAIN, BUT HE'S BEEN WORKING

AND HASN'T CHECKED IN.

WELL, IF HE HASN'T CHECKED IN,

THEN HOW DO YOU KNOW HE'S WORKING?

THAT'S WHAT THE MESSAGE SAYS.

SHOW ME.

HELLO. THIS IS THE PRESIDENT.

I'M BUSY WITH AFFAIRS OF STATE

AND CAN'T COME TO THE LINK RIGHT NOW.

AT THE CHIME, LEAVE A MESSAGE,

AND I'LL GET BACK TO YOU

AT THE EARLIEST OPPORTUNITY.

OH, HE WOULDN'T--

IF HE WANTED TO SKIP OUT, HE COULD.

HE KNOWS ALL THE WAYS IN AND OUT OF HERE.

[LINK BEEPS]

IS THE WHITE STAR STILL BERTHED OUTSIDE?

C&C: AFFIRMATIVE.

THAT'S A RELIEF.

NO, WAIT.

WERE THERE ANY DEPARTURES DURING THE NIGHT?

JUST ONE--THE EARTHFORCE DESTROYER CHARON.

HELL. LISTEN,

I WANT YOU TO GET ME AN OUTSIDE FREQUENCY.

I WANT TO GET ON THE LINE ASAP

WITH SAMUEL DRAKE.

WHO?

YES, SIR, MR. PRESIDENT.

MR. DRAKE, WE HAVE A BREACH IN SECURITY.

OUR COMMUNICATION FREQUENCY HAS BEEN CRACKED,

AND MR. GARIBALDI FEELS THERE ARE CERTAIN PEOPLE

THAT MAY USE IT TO SEND YOU

FALSE OR MISLEADING INFORMATION.

I SEE. IF I MAY ASK,

WHERE IS MR. GARIBALDI?

CONSEQUENTLY,

YOU ARE NOT TO RECEIVE ANY FURTHER MESSAGES

UNLESS THEY COME THROUGH ON THIS FREQUENCY.

BLOCK EVERYTHING ELSE OUT OF YOUR SYSTEM.

DO NOT ACKNOWLEDGE, RECEIVE, OR ANSWER THEM

FOR ANY REASON.

IS THAT UNDERSTOOD, DRAKE?

YES, SIR.

GOOD. I'M COUNTING ON YOU.

WE'RE EN ROUTE, AND WE'LL BE THERE SHORTLY.

END SIGNAL.

WHEW.

HAVE YOU TALKED

TO THE REST OF YOUR CREW ABOUT THIS?

I HAVE.

WHAT ABOUT YOU?

ARE YOU SURE YOU WANT TO DO THIS?

YOU'LL BE GOING AWOL, RISKING YOUR CAREER.

DURING THE CIVIL WAR,

WE HAD A CHANCE TO JOIN YOUR SIDE,

AND WE DIDN'T. WE WERE WRONG.

WHEN THIS DREAM CAME TO ME,

I DIDN'T KNOW IF IT WAS REAL OR NOT.

THAT'S WHY WE CAME.

IF YOU HADN'T HAVE BEEN HERE,

I WOULD HAVE WRITTEN THE WHOLE THING OFF

AS A DELUSION AND MOVED ON.

BUT YOU WERE HERE, AND EARTH IS IN DANGER.

AND THIS TIME,

I INTEND ON BEING ON THE WINNING SIDE.

NOW THE CREW FEELS THE SAME WAY.

WE LET YOU DOWN ONCE.

WE WON'T DO IT AGAIN.

[SIGH]

THANK YOU, CAPTAIN.

SO, IS EVERYTHING READY?

I THINK SO.

THEN WE'RE IN GOOD SHAPE.

SO I SEE.

AND WHAT DOES THE PHRASE "GOOD SHAPE" MEAN

ON THE PLANET WHERE YOU LIVE?

MR. PRESIDENT, I'M SORRY. WE'RE NOT READY.

WE DIDN'T THINK

YOU'D BE COMING BACK SO SOON.

IT'S QUITE ALL RIGHT.

MR. DRAKE, I'D LIKE YOU TO MEET CAPTAIN ANDERSON.

I BROUGHT HIM ALONG TO SEE THE TOUR.

I SEE. UM, THIS IS QUITE IRREGULAR.

HE HASN'T BEEN CLEARED.

AND A FEW OF HIS FRIENDS.

NO. NO, NO. THIS IS OUT OF THE QUE--

WE DON'T HAVE

THE FACILITIES FOR A TOUR.

YOU CAN'T GO IN THERE.

OH, OF COURSE THEY CAN.

NOW TELL ME THAT PART AGAIN

ABOUT HOW THE SYSTEMS WERE DESIGNED

TO USE STANDARD EARTHFORCE CONTROLS.

THAT MEANS THERE WON'T BE

MUCH OF A LEARNING CURVE

IN LEARNING HOW TO RUN THIS THING.

AM I RIGHT?

WELL, YES, BUT...

AH, YEAH, GOOD.

YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE HERE.

I REPEAT.

THIS IS WHITE STAR 90 TO SAMUEL DRAKE.

PLEASE RESPOND.

NO GOOD, SIR. THEY'RE BLOCKING US.

IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE, SIR.

WHY WOULD HE GO BACK THERE?

IT'S NOT AS IF HE'S GOING

TO STEAL THE SHIPS OR ANY--

HE WOULDN'T, SIR.

IF HE THOUGHT HE NEEDED THEM

AND HE THOUGHT HE WAS RIGHT,

HE'D DO IT.

VICTORY TO EXCALIBUR.

WE'RE READY TO GO.

ARM GRAVITATIONAL ENGINES.

AHEAD 1/4.

UNABLE TO COMPLY.

WE ARE STILL LOCKED INTO SPACEDOCK.

PROBLEM SOLVED.

SET COURSE FOR...

Galen: UNLESS YOU ACT,

EARTH MAY SUFFER THE FATE OF DALTRON 7.

SET COURSE FOR DALTRON 7.

Sheridan: PREPARE TO JUMP TO HYPERSPACE.

JUMP.

DALTRON 7 DEAD AHEAD, SIR.

THIS CAN'T BE.

THE REFERENCE TABLE ON DALTRON 7

DESCRIBES THIS AS THE NEXT BEST THING TO PARADISE--

CLEAR SKIES AND WARM WEATHER?

SHIP. ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS OF PLANET.

Computer: NITROGEN-OXYGEN ATMOSPHERE

IN PROPORTIONS DANGEROUS FOR HUMAN LIFE FORMS.

HIGH DEGREE OF CARBON ASH

AND PARTICULATE MATTER IN UPPER ATMOSPHERE

INDICATIVE OF SURFACE ERUPTIONS.

TEMPERATURE OF PLANETARY CORE

FAR BELOW NORMAL LEVELS.

ANOMALOUS SURFACE DETAILS.

WHAT KIND OF SURFACE DETAILS?

DETAIL ON NAVIGATION DISPLAY.

Dureena: THIS...

THIS IS WHAT THEY DID TO MY WORLD.

BUT IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.

DALTRON 7 WAS WELL OUTSIDE THE WAR ZONE.

BESIDES, THE WAR'S BEEN OVER FOR 6 YEARS.

ANY ATTACK HERE--

EVEN THIS FAR OFF THE MAIN ROUTES--

WE WOULD HAVE HEARD ABOUT IT BY NOW.

ARE YOU PICKING UP ANY LIFE FORMS,

ANYTHING AT ALL?

NEGATIVE ON LIFE FORMS.

WE'RE PICKING UP ONE POWER SOURCE.

IDENTIFY POWER SOURCE.

DISTRESS SIGNAL IS OF DRAZI ORIGIN.

FIRE UP A SHUTTLE.

TELL CAPTAIN ANDERSON TO DO THE SAME.

WE ARE GOING DOWN THERE.

Officer: NOTIFY CAPTAIN ANDERSON

THAT THE PRESIDENT HAS ORDERED

AN EXCURSION DOWN TO THE PLANET.

Sheridan: THIS IS IT.

THIS IS THE PLACE I SAW IN MY DREAM.

[CHATTER OVER RADIOS]

[TRACKING DEVICE BEEPING]

I'VE FOUND THE BEACON.

AND SOMETHING ELSE.

IS THIS THE DRAZI

WE WERE SUPPOSED TO MEET UP WITH?

WELL, IT'S HARD TO BE SURE, BUT...

YES, IT LOOKS LIKE HIM.

LOOKS LIKE SOMEBODY GOT TO HIM BEFORE WE COULD.

I WANT THE BODY SEARCHED.

MAYBE YOU CAN FIND A NOTE ON HIM

OR SOMETHING TO EXPLAIN WHAT HAPPENED HERE.

HERE'S THE PLANETARY REPORT, CAPTAIN.

WHAT IS IT?

I HAD MY CREW DO A DETAILED SURFACE ANALYSIS--

SCAN THE PLANETARY CORE.

BACK-CHECK THE RECORDS,

SEE IF ANYBODY MADE A REPORT ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED HERE.

AND?

LOOK, I WASN'T IN THE SHADOW WARS--

YOU WERE--

SO I DIDN'T SEE THESE DEATH CLOUDS,

BUT ARE YOU SURE

THIS IS CAUSED BY A SHADOW PLANET KILLER?

I'M POSITIVE.

NOTHING LEAVES A PATTERN OF CRATERS

LIKE WE SAW FROM ABOVE.

I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT

BEFORE OR SINCE.

AND THIS ALL HAPPENED 6 YEARS AGO, RIGHT?

CORRECT.

THE SHADOWS LEFT,

AND THEY TOOK IT WITH THEM.

WELL, WE HAVE A SERIOUS PROBLEM THEN, MR. PRESIDENT.

BECAUSE IF WHAT I'M READING IS CORRECT,

THIS JUST HAPPENED OVER A WEEK AGO.

LOOK, THE DRAZI LOOKS LIKE HE'S BEEN DEAD

FOR ONLY A FEW DAYS.

HE MIGHT HAVE SEEN SOMETHING.

ANYTHING ON THE BODY?

NEGATIVE, SIR.

SO IT'S A DEAD END.

Dureena: NOT NECESSARILY.

HEY! HOLD IT. WAIT A MINUTE.

MALE DRAZI HAVE A...

POUCH UNDER THEIR LEFT ARM.

IT'S COVERED BY A SKIN FLAP.

YOU CAN'T SEE IT

IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT TO LOOK FOR.

DRAZI SMUGGLERS USE IT TO TRANSPORT SMALL ITEMS

INTO OTHER PARTS OF SPACE.

IF HE WAS IN TROUBLE

AND WANTED TO MAKE SURE IT WASN'T FOUND,

IT'D BE THE LOGICAL PLACE TO HIDE IT.

I DIDN'T KNOW THE DRAZI

HAD A SKIN POUCH UNDER THEIR ARMS.

UH, IT'S NOT A POUCH,

AT LEAST, NOT TECHNICALLY.

AHEM. IT'S THEIR REPRODUCTIVE AREA.

AUGH. WHY'D YOU HAVE TO TELL ME THAT?

HEY, LADY. DUREENA!

LISTEN, THE ONLY THING VALUABLE I CARRY ON ME

IS MY WATCH.

I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT

IN CASE THIS EVER COMES UP IN THE FUTURE. OK?

YOU DID WELL BACK THERE.

BUT I CAN'T HELP WONDERING

HOW SOMEONE WHO'S SUPPOSEDLY JUST A PICKPOCKET

KNOWS SO MUCH ABOUT SMUGGLING AND ALIEN LIFE FORMS.

I'M MORE CONCERNED WITH WHAT YOU SAID.

YOU SAID YOU BEAT THE SHADOWS.

YOU SAID THEY WENT AWAY

AND TOOK THEIR WEAPONS WITH THEM--

THE WEAPONS USED TO MURDER MY PEOPLE.

YOU WERE WRONG.

WE KNEW THEY'D HIDDEN SOME OF THEIR WEAPONS

ON OTHER PLANETS AS A SAFETY MEASURE.

BUT WE DIDN'T THINK ANYONE ELSE KNEW WHERE THEY WERE

OR HOW TO USE THEM, BUT THE DRAKH KNEW.

THEY PROBABLY HELPED BUILD THE DAMN THINGS.

SO, THIS HAS HAPPENED BEFORE?

LEFTOVER SHADOW TECH?

YEAH, A FEW TIMES.

BUT NOTHING THIS MAJOR.

THEN WHAT HAPPENED?

WE GOT OUR BUTTS KICKED EVERY TIME.

AH.

PERHAPS I SHOULD JUST SHOOT MYSELF NOW

AND SAVE MYSELF

A GREAT DEAL OF TIME AND TROUBLE.

BUT NO. NO, THAT WOULD BE SELFISH.

AS THEIR GREATEST ENEMY,

THEY WOULD HAVE TERRIBLE PLANS FOR YOU

IF WE DO NOT STOP THEM.

THAT'S IT.

FIRST I WILL SHOOT YOU, THEN I WILL SHOOT ME.

I WOULD CONSIDER IT A PUBLIC SERVICE.

I'M HONORED.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

Drake: IT WAS TERRIBLE, MR. GARIBALDI,

ABSOLUTELY TERRIBLE.

SHERIDAN WAS LIKE... LIKE A MADMAN.

HE JUST BROKE IN HERE AND STOLE THE PROTOTYPES.

YOU SHOULD'VE SEEN THE LOOK IN HIS EYES.

I WAS SURE HE WAS GOING TO KILL ME.

YEAH, WHATEVER.

DID HE SAY WHERE HE WAS GOING?

NO. BUT HE WAS IN A BIG HURRY

TO GET THERE, I CAN TELL YOU THAT.

THEN WHERE THE HELL--

WAIT A MINUTE, WAIT A MINUTE.

HE WANTED ME TO CHECK OUT A PLANET

OUT ON THE DEEP RANGE.

WHAT WAS THE NAME?

DAL...DAL..DAL...

DALTRON 7.

IS THAT WHERE HE WENT?

I DON'T KNOW, BUT IT'S A LEAD.

IT'S THE ONLY ONE WE GOT AT THE MOMENT.

I CAN HAVE SOMEBODY SHUTTLE YOU BACK OVER--

NO. NO. NO, NO. AFTER WHAT I'VE BEEN THROUGH,

I WANT TO BE THERE WHEN YOU CATCH UP WITH HIM.

BESIDES, THOSE 2 PROTOTYPES

ARE MY BABIES, MR. GARIBALDI.

I SHOULD BE THERE WHEN THEY'RE FOUND.

ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT.

I THINK THEY'VE GOT

A SPARE BUNK ROOM DOWNSTAIRS.

WHY DON'T YOU CHECK WITH LENNOK,

SEE WHAT HE CAN DO FOR YOU.

[COM BEEPS]

GARIBALDI TO BRIDGE.

SET COURSE FOR DALTRON 7.

BEST SPEED.

[BEEP]

Voice, through link: CAPTAIN, WE'VE MANAGED

TO GET A CLEAR SIGNAL THROUGH TO EARTH.

OK. PUT IT THROUGH.

HELLO, LYNNE.

LEONARD. OH, MY GOD. WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?

THEY'VE BEEN CALLING, SAYING YOU'VE DESERTED.

I HAVEN'T DESERTED.

LET'S JUST SAY

I'VE BEEN TRANSFERRED BY A HIGHER FORCE.

LISTEN, I CAN'T REALLY TALK ON AN OPEN CHANNEL.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU AND SARAH WERE OK.

WE'RE FINE.

I'M JUST WORRIED ABOUT YOU.

I'LL BE FINE.

YOU KNOW HOW I AM.

HEY.

HI, SARAH.

ARE YOU OK?

YEAH, I'M OK,

BUT I HAD A BAD DREAM.

I DREAMED I WAS BEING CHASED

BY A MONSTER, AND IT ATE ME.

SHE'S SAYING SHE WON'T GO TO SLEEP TONIGHT

BECAUSE THE MONSTERS WILL GET HER.

THEY WILL.

NO. NO, THEY WON'T.

I'LL MAKE SURE OF THAT.

NO MATTER WHERE I AM-- FAR OR NEAR--

I'M GONNA KEEP THOSE MONSTERS AWAY FROM YOU.

I PROMISE.

Voice, through link: CAPTAIN.

THEY'VE GOT THE DRAZI DATA CRYSTAL DECODED.

I'M ON MY WAY.

I GOTTA GO, LYNNE.

SARAH,

NOW YOU GET SOME REST,

AND YOU LISTEN TO YOUR MOMMY, OK?

I LOVE YOU, LYNNE.

I LOVE YOU, TOO, LEONARD.

Drazi: AND THE DREAMS SPOKE TO ME.

THEY CALLED TO ME

TO COME TO THIS PLACE.

WHEN I ARRIVED,

THE DESTROYER WAS HERE.

I SENT A PROBE IN TO EXAMINE IT.

IT LOOKED LIKE THIS.

MAYBE YOU SHOULD--

NO. I'M ALL RIGHT.

JUST PROMISE SOMEDAY

YOU'LL LET ME KILL THAT THING.

IT ISN'T ALIVE.

NO?

Drazi: IT IS... A TERRIBLE THING--

A SLAYER OF WORLDS,

AN ECHO OF THE DARKNESS

WE THOUGHT HAD FINALLY LEFT US.

WHEN IT WAS FINISHED,

THE OTHERS WHO WERE WITH IT TOOK IT AWAY.

I FOLLOWED THEM TO THIS LOCATION.

I WOULD HAVE INVESTIGATED FURTHER,

BUT THERE WERE TOO MANY.

SO I AM RETURNING TO DALTRON 7

TO SEE IF THERE ANY WHO CAN BE SAVED.

THEN...

I WILL WAIT FOR THE OTHERS IN MY DREAM TO COME.

WITH LUCK...

THE DARK ONES WILL NOT FIND ME

BEFORE THEY CAN ARRIVE.

END MESSAGE.

Anderson: MR. PRESIDENT.

YES? YES, CAPTAIN, WHAT IS IT?

CHECK YOUR LONG-RANGE SCANNERS.

WE'VE GOT COMPANY.

SHOW ME.

ARE THOSE DRAKH?

THEY'RE EITHER DRAKH

OR THE WEIRDEST-LOOKING PIZZA DELIVERY TRUCKS

I'VE EVER SEEN.

Sheridan: HAVE THEY TAKEN ANY HOSTILE ACTION?

Communications: NEGATIVE, SIR.

WE'RE PICKING UP SCANNERS.

I THINK THEY'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT

WHO AND WHAT WE ARE.

THEY DON'T RECOGNIZE OUR SHIPS.

GOOD. THAT'S WHAT I WAS COUNTING ON.

LET THEM GET CLOSER, CAPTAIN.

Anderson: UNDERSTOOD.

WE'LL LAY LOW

UNTIL WE CAN SEE RIGHT DOWN THE GUN PORTS.

KEEP YOUR FINGER ON THE TRIGGER.

IF THEY DO ANYTHING SUSPICIOUS,

KNOCK 'EM DOWN.

[RADIO BEEPS]

SIR, WE'RE GETTING A TRANSMISSION

FROM THE DRAKH SHIP.

RECEIVE TRANSMISSIONS BUT DO NOT RESPOND.

VIDEO OR AUDIO.

IF WE CAN GET A LOOK AT THEM

WITHOUT THEM GETTING A LOOK AT US...

COMING THROUGH.

MESSAGE IS IN INTERLAC.

USING AUTO-TRANSLATION SYSTEM.

[SPEAKING INTERLAC]

Translator: YOU HAVE NO BUSINESS IN THIS AREA.

WHO ARE YOU?

IDENTIFY YOURSELF.

IT'S THE FACE OF THE ENEMY.

DON'T RESPOND.

WAIT, WAIT. I HAVE A BETTER IDEA.

SEND THEM A REPLY IN INTERLAC AUDIO ONLY.

TELL THEM...TELL THEM WE CAME TO ATTEND TO OUR ENEMIES

BUT FOUND THAT SOMEONE HAD ALREADY DEALT WITH THEM.

WE WERE HOPING TO THANK WHOEVER WAS RESPONSIBLE.

LOOK, IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW POWERFUL THEY ARE.

THEY'RE STILL GONNA NEED ALL THE ALLIES THEY CAN GET.

LET'S SEE IF WE CAN CONVINCE THEM

WE COULD BE SUCH AN ALLY.

SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

SEND IT.

[HIGH-PITCHED ELECTRONIC WAILING]

WHAT WAS THAT?

TRANSMISSION COMING IN ON DRAKH FREQUENCY.

EXTREMELY POWERFUL.

TACHYON-ENHANCED.

IT DEFINITELY CAME FROM OUTSIDE THE SYSTEM.

THERE'S NO WAY TO TRACE IT.

ARE YOU SURE IT WAS MEANT FOR THEM?

POSITIVE.

WHAT'S THEIR POSITION?

THEY'VE STOPPED THEIR APPROACH.

HOLDING STEADY.

I DON'T LIKE THIS.

ANY FURTHER COMMUNICATIONS?

NO, SIR.

DAMN! I KNEW IT WAS TOO EASY.

ALL HANDS, MAN BATTLE STATIONS!

COMMUNICATIONS, START JAMMING THEIR TRANSMISSIONS.

NAVIGATION, GIVE ME FULL POWER TO THE ENGINES

AS SOON AS--

HERE THEY COME!

Sheridan: ANDERSON, YOU TAKE THE TWO ON APPROACH.

WE'LL GO AFTER THE OTHERS.

WE GOT 'EM, SIR.

FORWARD GUNS... PREPARE TO FIRE.

Control: AYE, SIR.

THE TARGET'S COMING INTO RANGE.

ENEMY SHIPS ARE LOCKING ON...

FIRING.

DAMAGE REPORT.

MINOR DAMAGE TO THE OUTER DECKS.

THE HULL APPEARS TO BE REFRACTING AWAY

MOST OF THE ENERGY.

OUTSTANDING.

WEAPONS CONTROL!

FIRE!

SHE'S MAKING A RUN FOR IT.

STAY WITH HER.

DISTANCE TO TARGET.

2,000 KILOMETERS TO OPTIMUM FIRING RANGE.

CLOSING FAST.

60 SECONDS TO TARGET ACQUISITION.

Navigator: 55...

50...

WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?

WE'RE GETTING NOTHING ON THE SCANNERS.

IT'S LIKE A NULL FIELD OUT THERE...

ABSORBING EVERYTHING, EVEN THE LIGHT.

AND THOSE SHIPS ARE HEADED RIGHT FOR IT.

HOW LONG BEFORE THEY ENTER THE FIELD?

30 SECONDS.

PREPARE TO FIRE MAIN GUNS.

Control: CAPTAIN, IF THE MAIN GUNS ARE FIRED--

I KNOW. STAND BY TO FIRE.

AYE, SIR. MAIN GUNS POWERED UP AND STANDING BY.

STAND BY.

FIRE!

TEMPORARY POWER LOSS. 50 SECONDS TO REBUILD.

DISTANCE TO NULL FIELD.

10 SECONDS.

Sheridan: NAVIGATION, JUST AN IDLE THOUGHT,

DOES THIS LOCATION BY ANY CHANCE

CORRESPOND WITH THE ONE IN THE DRAZI RECORDINGS?

YES, SIR.

THAT'S WHAT I WAS AFRAID OF.

ARE YOU SURE THEY WENT IN THERE?

AYE, SIR.

BUT WE CAN'T READ ANYTHING BEYOND THE NULL FIELD.

WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?

HARD TO STARBOARD, RIGHT NOW!

REAR GUNS, FIRE!

Control: AYE, SIR.

EXCALIBUR, WHAT HAPPENED?

Sheridan: FLEET IS ON THE MOVE! ALL OF 'EM!

THEY SENT AFTER US THE ONLY SHIPS THEY COULD SPARE.

LISTEN, CAPTAIN, I DON'T THINK ANY OF THEIR SHIPS

ARE JUMP-CAPABLE, SO I'VE GOT A PLAN.

Anderson: WHAT IS IT?

RUN LIKE HELL AND HOPE THEY'RE NOT FAST ENOUGH

TO FOLLOW US INTO THE JUMP POINT BEFORE IT CLOSES!

STAND BY. PREPARE TO JUMP.

STANDING BY.

Sheridan: JUMP!

ARE YOU PICKING UP THE ENEMY FLEET?

AYE, SIR.

THEY'RE RIDING

THE PRIMARY HYPERSPACE BEACON

IN THIS AREA.

10,000 KILOMETERS AHEAD OF US,

MOVING FAST.

TAKE US OFF THE HYPERSPACE BEACON.

WE'LL TRY TO SLIP PAST THEM.

THEY'RE ONLY AS FAST AS THEIR SLOWEST SHIP

SO WE'VE GOT AN EDGE ON THEM.

PUT US ON A COURSE FOR EARTH, MAXIMUM BURN.

GET ME CAPTAIN LOCHLEY ON BABYLON 5.

[BEEP BEEP]

C&C: CAPTAIN, CALL COMING IN FOR YOU.

IT'S PRESIDENT SHERIDAN.

PUT IT THROUGH.

[BEEP]

MR. PRESIDENT,

I'M GLAD YOU FINALLY DECIDED TO CHECK IN.

WE'VE BEEN WORRIED ABOUT YOU.

WELL, YOU'VE GOT GOOD REASON TO BE WORRIED.

I'M ABOUT 3 HOURS AHEAD

OF A DRAKH ASSAULT FLEET HEADED RIGHT FOR EARTH.

AND, CAPTAIN,

THEY'VE GOT A SHADOW PLANET-KILLER WITH THEM.

I SEE.

WELL, PERHAPS IF YOU WERE

TO STOP OFF HERE ON YOUR WAY,

WE COULD DISCUSS THIS A LITTLE AND--

DAMN IT, CAPTAIN, I KNOW HOW THIS SOUNDS, BUT IT'S TRUE.

NOW, I'VE CONTACTED DELENN,

AND SHE'S CALLING IN AS MANY ALLIANCE SHIPS AS SHE CAN GET

ON THIS KIND OF SHORT NOTICE.

BUT THAT'S NOT ENOUGH.

WE NEED A FULL-SCALE MOBILIZATION BACK HOME.

EARTH ISN'T GONNA SCRAMBLE EVERY SHIP THEY'VE GOT

JUST BECAUSE I TELL THEM TO.

THEN YOU'LL HAVE TO BE A LITTLE MORE PERSUASIVE.

WHY ME?

BECAUSE YOU'RE STILL PART OF EARTHGOV.

AND BESIDES, THEY'RE STILL A LITTLE WARY OF ME,

GIVEN WHAT HAPPENED THE LAST TIME

I BROUGHT A FLEET INTO EARTH SPACE.

CAPTAIN ANDERSON DOESN'T HAVE THE CLOUT TO DO IT,

AND SINCE HE WENT AWOL TO JOIN US,

HIS WORD'S NOT GONNA COUNT FOR A LOT.

YOU'RE ASKING THE IMPOSSIBLE.

THEN I AM ASKING THE RIGHT PERSON.

ELIZABETH...

IF YOU'VE EVER BELIEVED ME,

IF YOU'VE EVER TRUSTED ME,

TRUST ME NOW.

YOU HAVEN'T SEEN

WHAT A DEATH CLOUD CAN DO. I HAVE.

IT'LL WIPE OUT ALL LIFE ON EARTH

UNLESS WE STOP IT.

HELL, I DON'T EVEN KNOW

IF WE CAN STOP IT.

ALL I DO KNOW IS THAT WE HAVE TO TRY.

ALL RIGHT. I'LL, UH...

I'LL DO WHAT I CAN.

[SIGHS]

THANKS.

I'LL BE IN TOUCH.

NOW GET ME GARIBALDI.

[BEEP]

[BEEP BEEP]

LOCHLEY TO C&C.

C&C ONLINE.

ACTIVATE GOLD CHANNEL ONE.

PUT ME THROUGH TO EARTHDOME,

PRESIDENT SUSANNA LUCHENKO'S OFFICE.

CAPTAIN, IT'S 3:00 IN THE MORNING BACK THERE.

THANK YOU. I KNOW.

ALWAYS KNEW I'D GET COURT-MARTIALED

FOR SOMETHING SOMEDAY.

MAY AS WELL BE NOW, GET IT OVER WITH.

WHAT'S UP?

SOMETHING ODD.

WE HAD AN ANOMALY TURN UP

IN THE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM TODAY

DURING A ROUTINE CHECK.

A SUSTAINED CODED MESSAGE

WAS ROUTED THROUGH THE STELLARCOM SYSTEM.

IT EVEN TAPPED INTO THE MAIN POWER SYSTEM

TO BOOST THE SIGNAL FAR BEYOND THE USUAL.

SOUNDS LIKE SOMEBODY REALLY WANTED TO CALL HOME.

NO, SIR. I DON'T THINK THAT--

[BEEPING]

INCOMING SIGNAL FROM PRESIDENT SHERIDAN.

PUT IT ON SCREEN.

MICHAEL...

THE BALLOON'S GONE UP.

WE'VE GOT AN ATTACK FLEET HEADED FOR EARTH,

AND THEY'VE GOT A SHADOW PLANET-KILLER.

HMM. AND HOW DO YOU KNOW

THEY'RE HEADING FOR EARTH-- ANOTHER DREAM?

YES. BUT MORE THAN THAT.

LOOK AT THE TIMING, MICHAEL.

THIS IS THE 5th ANNIVERSARY OF THE ALLIANCE,

WHICH CONSTITUTES

THE PRIMARY THREAT TO THE DRAKH

AND WHATEVER PLANS THEY HAVE FOR THE FUTURE.

NOW THE ALLIANCE WAS BORN

BECAUSE HUMANS GOT INTO THE SHADOW WAR.

CAN YOU THINK OF A BETTER TARGET?

I--I DON'T WANT TO ARGUE WITH YOU.

I JUST WANTED TO WARN YOU

BECAUSE I THINK THE DRAKH KNOW THAT WE'RE ONTO THEM.

WELL, IF THERE IS A LEAK,

YOU MAY WANT TO LOOK CLOSE TO HOME.

I JUST GOT A MESSAGE FROM BABYLON 5

A LITTLE WHILE AGO.

IT TURNS OUT THAT WOMAN WHO JOINED UP WITH YOU

IS A MEMBER OF THE THIEVES' GUILD.

IT'S AN ORGANIZATION OF CROOKS, CON ARTISTS,

EXTORTIONISTS, YOU NAME IT.

SHE'S GOT A RECORD AS LONG AS YOUR ARM,

AND I WOULDN'T TRUST HER ANY FURTHER THAN THAT.

IS THIS TRUE?

MM-HMM.

WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME?

THERE'S NO SENSE BELONGING TO A SECRET GROUP

IF YOU TELL EVERYBODY ABOUT IT.

BUT IF I WERE YOUR LEAK, I'D BE PRETTY STUPID,

SINCE I COULD'VE BEEN KILLED RIGHT ALONGSIDE YOU.

KILLED HOW?

WE WERE APPROACHED BY 4 DRAKH SHIPS

TRYING TO MAKE CONTACT.

SUDDENLY THEY JUST ATTACKED.

THEY KNEW WHO WE WERE. THEY RECOGNIZED OUR SHIPS.

NO, THAT'S NOT POSSIBLE.

NOBODY'S SEEN THE DESIGN BEFORE.

THEY COULDN'T HAVE KNOWN.

THAT'S MY POINT.

NOW, THEY ATTACKED JUST AFTER RECEIVING

AN EXTREMELY POWERFUL TRANSMISSION.

SOMEONE TOLD THEM WHO WE WERE.

SOMEONE KNEW WHERE WE'D GONE...

AND IDENTIFIED OUR SHIPS.

BUT THAT'S...

THIS TRANSMISSION, WHEN DID IT COME IN?

ABOUT 1600 HOURS E.S.T.

THAT'S ABOUT THE SAME TIME THAT--

[PPG POWERING UP]

I THINK WE'VE FOUND THE LEAK, MR. PRESIDENT.

I WILL HAVE TO CALL YOU BACK.

Sheridan: MICHAEL--

THERE'S A COLONY ONE JUMP FROM HERE.

YOU'RE GONNA DROP ME OFF, AND I'M--

WHY'D YOU DO IT, DRAKE?

HMM?

THE ALLIANCE WENT TO BAT FOR YOU.

THEY GAVE YOU THE CHANCE

THAT NOBODY ELSE BACK ON EARTH WOULD GIVE YOU.

SO WHY?

THE DRAKH MADE ME A BETTER OFFER.

AND YOU DON'T CARE

WHAT HAPPENS TO EARTH AS A RESULT.

WHY SHOULD I?

THEY NEVER CARED ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED TO ME.

I SAY LET 'EM BURN.

THAT'S AN EASY THING TO SAY, DRAKE,

MAYBE EVEN EASY TO DO.

NICE AND IMPERSONAL.

BUT PULLING THE TRIGGER ON THAT GUN,

TURNING MY HEAD INTO A CANOE,

YOU GOT THE STONES FOR THAT?

JUST STAY AWAY FROM ME!

BECAUSE IF YOU ARE GONNA BLOW MY HEAD OFF,

I SUGGEST THAT YOU DO IT RIGHT NOW,

OR I AM GONNA TEAR YOUR HEART OUT.

AND IF YOU DO SHOOT ME...

THE REST OF MY PEOPLE WILL BE ALL OVER YOU.

AND WHAT THEY'LL DO TO YOU IS WORSE THAN ANYTHING

THAT I COULD DREAM UP IN A THOUSAND YEARS.

AND I CAN DREAM REAL DARK.

NOW YOU ARE GONNA TELL ME

EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON AROUND HERE.

YOU'RE GONNA TELL ME EVERYTHING THAT YOU KNOW,

OR I AM GONNA TURN YOU OVER TO THEM.

HUH?

YEAH.

YEAH.

Garibaldi: YOU WERE RIGHT, JOHN.

AFTER SOME CONVINCING, OUR NEW FRIEND CONFIRMED

THAT THE DRAKH ARE HEADED RIGHT FOR EARTH

TO TRY AND MAKE A STATEMENT TO THE REST OF THE ALLIANCE

BY WIPING OUT EARTH IN A BIG SHOW OF FORCE.

THEY MAY HAVE A GOOD CHANCE

OF PULLING IT OFF.

I JUST HOPE LOCHLEY WAS SUCCESSFUL

IN CONVINCING EARTH

TO MOUNT A FULL-SCALE OPERATION.

WE SHOULD BE ENTERING EARTH SPACE ANY TIME NOW.

ALL RIGHT.

ANYTHING ELSE?

YEAH, ONE PIECE OF GOOD NEWS.

IT APPEARS THE DRAKH ONLY HAVE ONE PLANET-KILLER,

THE ONLY ONE THE SHADOWS LEFT BEHIND.

OF COURSE, THEY DON'T WANT ANYBODY ELSE TO KNOW THAT,

SAME AS THE UNITED STATES

DIDN'T WANT ANYBODY ELSE TO KNOW THEY ONLY HAD 2 NUKES

WHEN THEY WENT AFTER JAPAN.

BUT IF WE CAN STOP THIS ONE,

WE WON'T HAVE ANOTHER ONE TO WORRY ABOUT.

YEAH. WELL, WE STILL HAVE TO STOP THIS ONE.

AND IT WON'T BE EASY.

STANDING BY.

READY TO ENTER EARTH SPACE.

WELL, I HAVE TO GO, MICHAEL.

IT'S TIME.

GET HERE WHEN YOU CAN.

IF WE FAIL, WE'LL NEED SOMEONE TO PICK UP THE PIECES.

SAVE AS MANY SURVIVORS AS YOU CAN...

ASSUMING ANYONE...

I'LL SEE YOU ON THE OTHER SIDE, MICHAEL.

EXCALIBUR OUT.

ALERT THE VICTORY AND JUMP TO NORMAL SPACE.

I JUST HOPE THEY BELIEVED LOCHLEY.

THIS IS GENERAL YURI MIKHAILOVICH DENISOV

OF THE HERMES TO EXCALIBUR.

DO YOU COPY?

CONFIRMED, HERMES.

WE ARE ALL HERE AS YOU REQUESTED,

BUT SO FAR WE HAVE SEEN NOTHING.

Sheridan: GENERAL--

CERTAINLY ON BEHALF OF THE RUSSIAN CONSORTIUM,

WHICH HAS LOST MANY OF OUR CITIZENS

IN RECENT CONFLICTS,

IT IS OUR HOPE THAT THIS EXERCISE--

THIS IS NO EXERCISE.

[ALARM PINGING]

GOOD GOD.

GENERAL, LISTEN TO ME.

THE FLEET IS NOT OUR MAIN CONCERN.

LEAVE THEM TO THE DEFENSE GRID.

THE DEATH CLOUD ITSELF IS THE REAL DANGER.

NOW THEY WILL TRY TO KNOCK YOUR FLEET ASIDE

TO POSITION THEIR PLANET-KILLER WHERE IT CAN STRIKE.

YOU HAVE GOT TO STOP THAT FROM HAPPENING.

WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO?

CAPTAIN ANDERSON AND I

STAND THE BEST CHANCE OF TAKING IT OUT.

GIVE US A FLYING WEDGE OF SHIPS

TO HELP PUNCH A HOLE THROUGH THEIR DEFENSES

AND GET US WITHIN STRIKING RANGE OF THAT THING.

THEN WHAT?

THEN WE KILL IT.

SOMEHOW.

Man: DELTA 6.

Woman: WE'VE GOT A TARGET LOCK.

FIRE. FIRING.

NOW. COME ABOUT.

FIRE.

DISTANCE TO TARGET.

10,000 KILOMETERS.

FIRE FORWARD GUNS--

MAXIMUM POWER, FULL DISPERSION PATTERN.

SIR, AT THIS RANGE, THE BEAMS WILL DISPERSE.

THEY WON'T DO ANY DAMAGE.

I'M NOT LOOKING TO DO ANY DAMAGE.

I WANT TO FIND OUT WHAT THAT THING'S MADE OUT OF.

AYE, SIR. FIRING.

THERE.

SOME OF THEM WENT RIGHT THROUGH. THE OTHERS WERE STOPPED.

THAT TELLS US

THERE'S A SUPERSTRUCTURE OF SOME KIND INSIDE.

NOW, IF IT'S SOLID, WE CAN HIT IT.

AND IF WE CAN HIT THE RIGHT POINT, WE CAN DESTROY IT.

SCANNERS TO MAXIMUM, FULL SPECTRUM,

STARTING AT INFRARED AND MOVING OUTWARDS.

NOTHING WE EVER HAD BEFORE COULD PENETRATE THAT THING.

LET'S SEE HOW ADVANCED THIS SHIP REALLY IS.

AYE, SIR.

COME ON, COME ON, COME ON.

I COULD PAINT THIS THING IN OILS BY NOW.

THERE.

MY GOD.

HOW ARE WE SUPPOSED TO STOP SOMETHING LIKE THAT?

IT'S AS BIG AS A PLANET.

DAVID AND GOLIATH.

YOU JUST HAVE TO FIND THE RIGHT POINT.

Galen: WHEN THE TIME COMES

TO CHOOSE YOUR TARGET,

BE SURE TO PICK THE RIGHT ONE...

BECAUSE YOU WILL ONLY GET ONE SHOT.

Sheridan: THERE IT IS.

THAT HAS TO BE THE CONTROL CENTER.

IT'S RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF IT.

WE HIT IT WITH EVERYTHING WE'VE GOT, AND--

NO.

EXCUSE ME?

IF YOU HIT THAT PART, YOU'LL FAIL,

AND YOUR PLANET WILL BE DESTROYED.

YEAH, WELL, WE DON'T HAVE MUCH TIME.

WE CAN'T TAKE TOO MANY MORE HITS LIKE THAT.

THEN LISTEN.

YOUR FRIEND WAS RIGHT ABOUT ME.

I AM A THIEF, AND PROUD OF IT.

I WORK LIKE A THIEF,

I LIVE LIKE A THIEF, AND I THINK LIKE A THIEF,

AND SO DO THEY.

THE FIRST THING A THIEF LEARNS

IS THE BIGGEST JEWELS ARE NEVER HIDDEN IN THE SAFE.

THEY'RE HIDDEN IN A BOX OR A BOOK NEXT TO THE SAFE.

THEY'RE NEVER IN THE OBVIOUS PLACE.

SO YOU LEARN TO LOOK WHERE THEY DON'T WANT YOU TO LOOK.

NOW MAYBE THEY ASSUMED THAT NO ONE

COULD PENETRATE THE DEATH CLOUD AT ITS CENTER,

AND MAYBE THEY DID-- IN WHICH CASE

THEY WOULD KNOW THAT THE CENTERPIECE

WOULD BE THE OBVIOUS TARGET.

SO THEY WOULD REINFORCE IT

BUT MOVE THE MAIN SEGMENT

OF THE CONTROL SYSTEM ELSEWHERE.

SUCH AS?

HERE. MAGNIFY.

THIS LOOKS LIKE A JOINT BETWEEN PARTS OF THE DEVICE,

SAME AS A THOUSAND OTHERS, RIGHT?

THERE'S NOTHING SPECIAL ABOUT IT.

WHY IS IT SURROUNDED BY SHORT-RANGE WEAPONS?

WHY ARE THEY SO DETERMINED TO PROTECT IT?

IF IT'S JUST ONE MORE JOINT IN THE MECHANISM,

THERE'D BE NO REASON FOR THE EXTRA WEAPONS.

UNLESS IT'S MORE THAN IT APPEARS.

YES. EXACTLY.

Anderson: SHERIDAN,

WE'RE MONITORING YOUR SITUATION.

ENEMY SHIPS CLOSING IN ON OUR POSITION.

TIME IS RUNNING OUT.

WE CAN GET ONE OR THE OTHER, BUT NOT BOTH.

SO WHATEVER YOU'RE GONNA DO, YOU BETTER DO IT FAST.

I WOULDN'T BE HERE IF THERE WASN'T A REASON,

IF I DIDN'T HAVE SOMETHING TO CONTRIBUTE.

NOW MAYBE IT'S NOT A THING. MAYBE IT'S A WAY OF THINKING.

I KNOW I'M RIGHT.

ENGINES AT FULL.

ALL WEAPONS PREPARE TO FIRE

AS SOON AS WE'RE WITHIN RANGE.

WHICH TARGET?

HERS.

WEAPONS FIRE IS NOT GETTING THROUGH, CAPTAIN.

AUTO-DEFENSE SYSTEMS ARE BAD ENOUGH,

BUT WE JUST HAD 5 MORE SHIPS JOIN THE DEFENSE.

HOW LONG UNTIL IT CAN HIT EARTH?

WE'RE MINUTES AWAY, SIR.

MAIN REAR WEAPONS ARE HIT.

HOW BAD?

THEY WERE DESTROYED, SIR.

MY DAUGHTER'S OUT THERE, PHIL.

I MADE A PROMISE TO HER

THAT I'D PROTECT HER FROM THE MONSTERS.

WHAT KIND OF FATHER AM I IF I CAN'T KEEP MY PROMISE?

YOU STAY ON THE HELM. GET ME SHERIDAN.

AYE, SIR.

Anderson: SHERIDAN,

STANDARD WEAPONS FIRE ISN'T GETTING THROUGH.

I KNOW.

THERE'S ONLY ONE THING TO DO.

YOU FIRE YOUR MAIN GUN,

IT'LL PUT YOU OUT OF COMMISSION FOR ONE MINUTE,

BUT THEN WE'LL COVER YOU

UNTIL YOU CAN NAVIGATE YOUR WAY OUT OF HERE.

AT THIS RANGE, ALL WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO

IS KNOCK OUT SOME OF THOSE SHIPS.

EXACTLY.

BUT AT LEAST YOU'LL CLEAR THE WAY

SO THAT WE CAN USE OUR MAIN GUNS.

AND THEN YOU CAN COVER US.

JUST OPEN UP THE DOOR, MR. PRESIDENT.

WE'LL TAKE IT FROM THERE.

READY MAIN GUNS.

STAND BY TO FIRE.

FIRE.

Officer: MAIN TARGET MISSED BY .6 DEGREES.

LOOKS LIKE YOU WON'T GET YOUR CHANCE

TO SHOOT EITHER OF US.

I'VE GROWN ACCUSTOMED TO DISAPPOINTMENT.

RAMMING SPEED.

AYE, SIR.

SIR.

THE VICTORY, SHE'S BREAKING AWAY.

WHAT?

AAH!

ANDERSON.

SIR, THE MECHANISM-- IT'S MOVING ALL AROUND US.

MISSILES ACTIVE ON ALL SIDES.

THE IMPACT MUST HAVE ACTIVATED

THE MECHANISM PREMATURELY.

SHERIDAN TO FLEET COMMAND:

EVERYONE CLEAR OUT.

I REPEAT: EVACUATE THE AREA.

GET US THE HELL OUTTA HERE. FAST.

FASTER.

THIS IS AS FASTER AS I CAN GO.

SIR.

LOOK.

WHAT IS IT?

WHAT HAPPENED?

[THUNDERCLAP]

GALEN...

[THUNDERCLAP]

THE CIRCLE REQUIRES YOUR PRESENCE.

Sheridan: THE ROMANS HAD A PHRASE FOR IT.

THEY CALLED IT "POISONING THE WELL."

WHAT THEY COULDN'T CONQUER, THEY KILLED.

AFTER THEY WERE DRIVEN FROM AN AREA,

THEY LITERALLY POISONED THE WELLS

SO NO ONE ELSE COULD LIVE THERE EITHER.

IT'S THE ULTIMATE ACT OF SPITE:

IF THEY CAN'T HAVE IT, NO ONE CAN.

SO THEY'VE FINISHED ANALYZING WHATEVER IT WAS

THE DRAKH SPRAYED INTO EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE?

IT'S A BIOGENETIC PLAGUE.

EARTH HAS BEEN COMPLETELY QUARANTINED.

NO ONE'S ALLOWED IN OR OUT.

THE DEATH CLOUD

WAS THE ONLY ONE THE DRAKH HAD LEFT,

BUT IT WASN'T THE LAST WEAPON

IN THEIR ARSENAL.

FROM THE COMPLEXITY OF ITS STRUCTURE,

THE BIOWEAPONS DIVISION BACK HOME

THINKS THE PLAGUE WAS PROBABLY ENGINEERED

BY THE SHADOWS.

HOW MUCH TIME DO THEY HAVE?

THAT'S THE ONLY BRIGHT SPOT IN THIS.

APPARENTLY THE DRAKH DIDN'T HAVE TIME

TO FINISH ADJUSTING IT TO OUR BIOLOGY...

OR THEY JUST DIDN'T KNOW HOW.

BUT EITHER WAY, IT'S GOING TO TAKE TIME

FOR THE PLAGUE TO ADJUST TO A NEW HOST.

NOW, THEY'RE SAYING 5 YEARS. COULD BE LESS.

AND SOME PEOPLE WILL BE AFFECTED BY IT

SOONER THAN OTHERS.

BUT PROBABLY 5 YEARS

IS THE BEST GUESS FOR NOW.

AND AT THE END OF 5 YEARS?

EVERY MAN, WOMAN, AND CHILD OF EARTH...

WILL BE DEAD.

UNLESS THEY CAN FIND A CURE.

JOHN, IF THE PLAGUE WAS CREATED BY SHADOW TECHNOLOGY

CENTURIES AHEAD OF OUR OWN...

HOW DO THEY PLAN TO SOLVE IT IN 5 YEARS?

THEY CAN'T.

BUT SINCE THIS CAME TO US FROM OUTSIDE...

THEN MAYBE WE CAN FIND A CURE OUT THERE.

I MEAN, WE KNOW THERE ARE OTHER RACES

AS OLD AS THE SHADOWS.

ONE OF THEM MUST'VE FOUND A CURE.

WE'LL FIND THEM.

WE HAVE TO.

Sheridan: I'VE TOLD PRESIDENT LUCHENKO

THAT WE'LL PUT ALL THE RESOURCES OF THE ALLIANCE

AND THE WHITE STAR FLEET AT THEIR DISPOSAL.

WE'LL TURN THE EXCALIBUR

INTO A TRAVELING RESEARCH VESSEL,

MANNED BY THE BEST CREW WE CAN FIND.

THE RANGERS WILL SEARCH EVERY CORNER OF SPACE,

LOOKING FOR CLUES TO A CURE.

THEN THE EXCALIBUR AND HER CREW

WILL GO IN TO FOLLOW IT UP.

LEGEND SAID THAT ONE DAY

THE REAL EXCALIBUR WOULD RETURN

IN OUR GREATEST HOUR OF NEED.

I GUESS THIS IS IT.

WHAT ABOUT THE REST

OF THE NEW FLEET YOU WERE BUILDING?

THE DRAKH HIT THE CONSTRUCTION DOCK ON THEIR WAY OUT.

YEARS OF WORK WIPED OUT IN A SECOND.

OH, WE'LL START OVER, BUT IT'LL TAKE TIME.

UNTIL THEN,

THE EXCALIBUR...

IS THE ONLY ONE OF HER KIND.

THOSE WHO COMMAND THE EXCALIBUR

WILL NEVER STOP, NEVER GIVE UP,

AND NEVER SLOW DOWN UNTIL A CURE IS FOUND.

AND WE'LL TAKE ANY HELP WE CAN GET,

WHEREVER AND WHOEVER IT COMES FROM...

BECAUSE THIS IS A CAUSE THAT SURPASSES BORDERS

AND DIFFERENCES AND DISTRUST.

THIS IS A MISSION ABOUT THE SURVIVAL OF EARTH ITSELF.

WHAT WE DO OVER THE NEXT 5 YEARS HERE, AT HOME,

AND ACROSS THE DARKNESS BETWEEN THE STARS

WILL DETERMINE WHETHER AN ENTIRE WORLD

WILL LIVE...OR DIE.

IT'S A FIGHT WE CAN'T AFFORD TO LOSE.

AND WE WON'T.

WE WON'T.

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