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(male announcer)
We interrupt our
regular evening schedule

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to bring you the following
special program.

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[instrumental music]

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September 16, 2259.

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The Interstellar
Network News

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presents
"36 Hours On Babylon 5"

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with your host
Cynthia Torqueman

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reporting live from
the ISN news center in Geneva.

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(Cynthia Torqueman)
Good evening.
I'm Cynthia Torqueman.

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In the hundred or so years

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since humanity
went to the stars

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we've established outposts
and colonies

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on over two dozen worlds

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in 14 solar systems.

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Out of all those
far-flung outposts

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only the Mars colony

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plagued by scattered groups
of separatists

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who have used acts
of terror to intimidate

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the Earth-loyal majority

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has proven
more controversial

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than the Earth Alliance
station, Babylon 5.

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Located in a sector
of space

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near Epsilon Irridonni

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designated
neutral territory

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Babylon 5
has defied the odds

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and continued to operate
as a free port.

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A center for diplomacy,
and a showpiece

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for the Earth Alliance Resources
and Technologies Division.

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From its highly publicized
debut three years ago

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recent polls indicate
a growing dissatisfaction

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with the time, money,
and effort consumed

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by this space-born
community.

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So tonight we take you

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to the center
of the controversy.

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An ISN crew and I recently spent
36 hours aboard Babylon 5

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asking hard questions

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and on occasion getting in
a little over our heads.

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In the process of putting
this report together

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it didn't take us long
to learn

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the most important rule
of survival aboard Babylon 5..

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Expect the unexpected.

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'This footage was shot'

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'from our position
on the bridge'

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'of the Earth Transport Hyerdol'

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'on final approach
to Babylon 5.'

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(Captain Sheridan)
'Roger, Babylon Control.'

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'The voices you are hearing
are the ship's captain'

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'and B-5 Command and Control.'

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(Captain Sheridan)
'Mark.'

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(Commander Ivanova)
'Confirmed, Hyerdol. We..'

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'Narn transport, Natung'

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'return to your
holding position at once.'

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'I repeat, return to--'

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[speaking Narn language]

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(Commander Ivanova)
'Centauri vessel, Malios,
break off.'

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[speaking Narn language]

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[explosion]

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A terrible explosion.

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Conspiracy involving several
of these individuals.

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Lies, deception and the deaths
of hundreds of people.

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All this and more
in "36 Hours Aboard Babylon 5"

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here on the Interstellar
Network News.

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We'll be back with our story

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right after this break.

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(male announcer)
"36 Hours" sponsored by

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Interplanetary Expeditions.

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Exploring the past
to create a better future.

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(male narrator)
The Babylon Project was
our last best hope for peace.

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A self-contained world,
five miles long

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located in neutral territory.

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A place of commerce
and diplomacy

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for a quarter of a million
humans and aliens.

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A shining beacon in space..

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...all alone in the night.

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It was the dawn
of the Third Age of mankind.

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The year the Great War
came upon us all.

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This is the story of the last
of the Babylon stations.

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The year is 2259.

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The name of the place
is Babylon 5.

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[theme music]

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[music continues]

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(Cynthia)
'Thirty minutes ago
an armed vessel opened fire'

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on a Centauri transport without
warning or explanation.

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The bodies of the dead
and wounded

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are being brought to
this central docking area

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for transfer to various Medlab
facilities on Babylon 5

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which are already working
beyond maximum capacity.

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Behind me is
Dr. Stephen Franklin.

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Chief of staff, doctor.
Dr. Franklin.

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...for immediate
surgery and full CAT scan.

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And I need more regen
over here, people!

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(Cynthia)
'Dr. Franklin'

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'Cynthia Torqueman, ISN news.'

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'What happened here?'

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Somebody said something
about an ambush.

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Alright, keep his head elevated
30 degrees minimum

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or he'll choke on his own blood.

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- Can you say what--
- Look, I'm sorry.

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(Cynthia)
Captain Sheridan,
Cynthia Torqueman, ISN news.

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'Do you have any comment
on what just happened here?'

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No, no comment at this time.
Doctor.

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(Cynthia)
'What about the Narn vessel
that attacked the transport?'

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We dispatched a fighter wing
to apprehend them.

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We won't know anything more

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until they're in
protective custody.

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If you will excuse me, please.
Doctor.

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(Ambassador Mollari)
'This is exactly
the kind of behavior'

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that endangers the very purpose
of Babylon 5.

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This place is dedicated

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to finding peaceful solutions
to our problems.

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For the Narn to carry
their vendetta

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against our people into
neutral territory like this

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is reckless
and irresponsible.

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And though we mourn
our own losses

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we have felt strongly
about our friends from Earth

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ever since we first
encountered your world

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a hundred years ago.

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To endanger your people,
for no reason.

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(Cynthia)
'Then the attack
on your transport'

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'was completely unprovoked.'

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Of course.

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(Ambassador G'Kar)
'He's lying.'

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Then tell us why your
ship opened fire

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on the Centauri transport?

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I'll issue a statement

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after I've consulted
with my government.

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Are you saying your government
sanctioned this attack?

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No.

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Do you think attacks
of this nature

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put everybody aboard Babylon 5
in unnecessary jeopardy?

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We are already in
far greater jeopardy

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than you can possibly imagine.

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For all the apparent danger
in this part of space

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it seems to have had
little effect on travel.

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Nearly quarter of a million
humans and aliens are here

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at any given moment.

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While most are in transit
to distant worlds

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many others actually live
and work here.

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What does it take

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to call a place
like this...home?

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Well, it's a, it's a job.

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I've been in a lot worse places,
let me tell you.

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It gets crazy
around here sometimes.

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You get 50, 60 ships a day
coming through here

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loading and unloading

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and every last one of them
is a priority job.

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At least that's what
they tell us.

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Hey, watch those crates
over there.

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Get 'em over to the side.

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- No, no, the other side.
- 'Alright.'

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We had a couple of problems
here last year.

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Tried to hit us
with some budget cuts.

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You know, same old song,
but, uh, that's the past.

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You got to go along
to get along.

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You know what I mean?

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Overall I've found this

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to be a good working environment

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and a valuable experience.

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I've learned a lot
while I've been here.

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(Cynthia)
'And you've never felt'

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'that your safety
has been compromised?'

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No, ma'am.

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(Cynthia)
'So this has been a positive'

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'experience for you.'

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'You enjoy working
with everyone?'

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Yes.

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It's a calm,
pleasant environment.

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I don't think I've ever seen
anyone get upset here.

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I guess it's the old joke.

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You don't have to be crazy to
work here, but it helps.

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I suppose there is
a certain attraction

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to being out here
on the edge like this

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a new frontier.

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New frontier is right.

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When Babylon 5
went online in 2257

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odds makers from New Vegas

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to Lloyd's of London
were predicting

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it wouldn't last six months.

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Well, I've never been
very much on gambling.

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I've never quite
found the time for it.

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(Cynthia)
'You were originally
a starship captain, correct?'

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Yeah.

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The Agamemnon.

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She was a real beauty.

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One of the first
Omega class destroyers

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to come off the construction
line after the war.

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Our job was
part military patrol

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part diplomatic mission.

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We went around to
most of the non-aligned worlds

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put in an appearance, kept
the peace that sort of thing.

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(Cynthia)
'Babylon 5 has been through
some dramatic changes'

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'in administration since it
became operational.'

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Would you attribute these
changes to...bad management?

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'Or to quote
former Senator Hidoshi'

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'"Is this horse just too big
for anybody to ride?"'

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Changes are part
of the military life.

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Everybody goes into this

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knowing that tomorrow
you could be someplace

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that you hadn't even
heard of 24 hours ago.

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I've been stationed so many
places over the years

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I-I can't even remember
most of them.

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But you're right.

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Some days this is
one hell of a big horse.

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You know what the folks
back home don't understand.

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The ones who've
never left Earth

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is just how dangerous
space can be.

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Aside from incidents like this,
just the everyday reality

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of living your days and nights

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in a big tin can
surrounded by vacuum.

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I remember my first time
on a transport

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on the Moon-Mars run.

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I was just a kid, maybe 17.

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A buddy of mine
was messing around

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zipping through the halls

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and he hid in
one of the airlocks.

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I don't know, I guess he was
going to try to scare us

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or something, I don't know.

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But just as I got close..

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...he must have hit
the wrong button

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because the air doors
slammed shut

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space doors opened

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and he...just flew out
into space.

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And the one thing
they never tell you

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is that you don't die
instantly in a vacuum.

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He just hung there
against the black

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like a puppet with his strings
all tangled up.

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Or one of those old cartoons

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where you run off
the edge of the cliff

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and your legs keep going.

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You could see that
he was trying to breathe

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but there was nothing.

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The one thing I remember
when they pulled in his body..

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...his eyes were frozen.

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A lot of people make jokes
about spacing somebody

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about shoving somebody
out an airlock.

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I don't think it's funny.

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Never will.

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Although the airlocks
on Babylon 5

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are considerably safer

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the last three years
have shown

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that the station itself
is anything but secure.

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In its first year of operation

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there were half a dozen murders,
three acts of sabotage

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including a bomb
that blew out two levels

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and a barely averted attack
by the Vorlon empire.

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Since then, there have been
50 deaths by violence.

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So the question remains.

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Given its cost
in lives and money

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is Babylon 5 serving
any useful purpose

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or as we're about to see

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is the whole thing
falling apart at the seams?

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I've just been briefed
by my government

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and I'm prepared to issue
the following statement.

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The Centauri ship
that was attacked

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by one of our vessels

256
00:11:25,792 --> 00:11:28,833
was not simply
a commercial transport.

257
00:11:28,917 --> 00:11:32,417
It was secretly transferring
weapons of mass destruction

258
00:11:32,500 --> 00:11:34,167
to ships bound
for the front lines

259
00:11:34,250 --> 00:11:37,833
where they were to be used
in the war against our people.

260
00:11:37,917 --> 00:11:39,375
They have turned Babylon 5

261
00:11:39,458 --> 00:11:41,833
into a weapons supply post

262
00:11:41,917 --> 00:11:44,583
and we cannot allow
this to continue.

263
00:11:44,667 --> 00:11:48,958
Even if it means shutting down
Babylon 5 completely.

264
00:11:52,833 --> 00:11:54,083
(male announcer)
"36 Hours on Babylon 5"
continues

265
00:11:54,167 --> 00:11:55,250
with Cynthia Torqueman.

266
00:11:55,333 --> 00:11:56,667
According to figures released

267
00:11:56,750 --> 00:11:59,208
by the newly formed office
of public morale

268
00:11:59,292 --> 00:12:01,208
President William Clark
has risen

269
00:12:01,292 --> 00:12:03,417
to dramatic new levels
of popularity

270
00:12:03,500 --> 00:12:05,333
because of his
administration's emphasis

271
00:12:05,417 --> 00:12:07,375
on addressing
the needs of Earth.

272
00:12:07,458 --> 00:12:09,875
As a result,
recent hearings in Earth Dome

273
00:12:09,958 --> 00:12:12,833
have openly questioned
how much time and money

274
00:12:12,917 --> 00:12:14,458
should be invested in a project

275
00:12:14,542 --> 00:12:16,625
that seems perpetually
bogged down

276
00:12:16,708 --> 00:12:18,458
in non-human conflict.

277
00:12:18,542 --> 00:12:22,292
So we took that question
to Senator Ronald Quantrell.

278
00:12:22,375 --> 00:12:25,125
Well, obviously,
Babylon 5 is something

279
00:12:25,208 --> 00:12:26,958
President Santiago
believed in very strongly.

280
00:12:27,042 --> 00:12:30,250
And I think we owe it to his
memory to try and make it work.

281
00:12:30,333 --> 00:12:33,125
That doesn't exactly sound
like a ringing endorsement.

282
00:12:33,208 --> 00:12:36,333
Well, clearly we've
taken a lot of heat

283
00:12:36,417 --> 00:12:41,167
and the cost overruns have been
appropriately astronomical.

284
00:12:41,250 --> 00:12:42,958
But let's remember
that the Babylon Project

285
00:12:43,042 --> 00:12:45,792
was conceived right after
the Earth-Minbari war.

286
00:12:45,875 --> 00:12:48,083
At that time,
the idea of a diplomatic station

287
00:12:48,167 --> 00:12:50,500
designed to keep anything
like that from happening again

288
00:12:50,583 --> 00:12:52,208
was...very appealing.

289
00:12:52,292 --> 00:12:53,750
(Cynthia)
'And now?'

290
00:12:53,833 --> 00:12:55,042
Now?

291
00:12:56,083 --> 00:13:00,458
Well...still too early to tell.

292
00:13:00,542 --> 00:13:02,583
Certainly we've rebuilt
our military forces

293
00:13:02,667 --> 00:13:06,000
to a point far in advance of
where they were 14 years ago.

294
00:13:06,083 --> 00:13:07,917
If the Earth-Minbari war
started today

295
00:13:08,000 --> 00:13:11,667
I think things might have gone
a little differently.

296
00:13:11,750 --> 00:13:16,125
So while I'm not sure
how much concrete benefit

297
00:13:16,208 --> 00:13:20,583
we really derive from
Babylon 5 any longer

298
00:13:20,667 --> 00:13:24,750
I suppose it still does keep us
in a...highly visible position

299
00:13:24,833 --> 00:13:26,542
with other races

300
00:13:26,625 --> 00:13:28,167
and, of course,
it's very important

301
00:13:28,250 --> 00:13:30,500
to interstellar
commerce and trade.

302
00:13:32,375 --> 00:13:37,292
Well, with all due respect
to Senator Quantrell

303
00:13:37,375 --> 00:13:41,208
speaking as someone who
did his part in the front lines

304
00:13:41,292 --> 00:13:43,375
I'd have to say we still
haven't fully recovered

305
00:13:43,458 --> 00:13:45,208
from the Minbari war

306
00:13:45,292 --> 00:13:47,875
and we haven't anywhere near
the level of technology

307
00:13:47,958 --> 00:13:51,042
we would need in the event
of another major conflict.

308
00:13:51,125 --> 00:13:53,542
And anybody who thinks
that we could hold our own

309
00:13:53,625 --> 00:13:55,750
against the-the Minbari,
the Centauri

310
00:13:55,833 --> 00:14:00,333
and, God forbid, the Vorlons,
is just plain kidding himself.

311
00:14:00,417 --> 00:14:02,125
You sound angry about it.

312
00:14:02,208 --> 00:14:05,917
No...I'm not.

313
00:14:06,000 --> 00:14:09,000
I-it just, it just
sounds to me like-like

314
00:14:09,083 --> 00:14:13,125
jingoism and self-deception
and armchair quarterbacking.

315
00:14:13,208 --> 00:14:14,500
Anytime you lose a war

316
00:14:14,583 --> 00:14:16,458
you just, you just
wait a few years

317
00:14:16,542 --> 00:14:19,333
and you'll hear from everyone
who thought that we could've won

318
00:14:19,417 --> 00:14:20,958
if they've had done
the fighting.

319
00:14:21,042 --> 00:14:25,917
Except, of course, captain,
we didn't lose the war.

320
00:14:26,000 --> 00:14:28,125
'The Minbari did surrender.'

321
00:14:33,167 --> 00:14:35,083
Of course.

322
00:14:35,167 --> 00:14:37,625
(Cynthia)
Who are the people
who run Babylon 5

323
00:14:37,708 --> 00:14:39,625
and what do they do here?

324
00:14:39,708 --> 00:14:41,792
What are their hopes and dreams?

325
00:14:41,875 --> 00:14:44,042
I'm standing in what's called
the observation dome

326
00:14:44,125 --> 00:14:47,250
or Candamp;C,
short for Command and Control.

327
00:14:47,333 --> 00:14:48,917
When the captain
is otherwise engaged

328
00:14:49,000 --> 00:14:51,000
with diplomatic
or business affairs

329
00:14:51,083 --> 00:14:52,708
this place is under
the watchful eye

330
00:14:52,792 --> 00:14:56,125
of its perky and energetic
commander, Susan Ivanova.

331
00:14:56,208 --> 00:14:57,500
(crew
'We're all green down here.'

332
00:14:57,583 --> 00:14:58,875
Alright, make one more sweep

333
00:14:58,958 --> 00:15:01,375
pulling in whatever you got
then head for the barn.

334
00:15:01,458 --> 00:15:03,458
Commander Ivanova,
would you mind telling us

335
00:15:03,542 --> 00:15:04,958
what it is you're doing here?

336
00:15:05,042 --> 00:15:07,167
We're investigating
Ambassador G'Kar's allegations

337
00:15:07,250 --> 00:15:09,542
that the Centauri transport
was carrying weapons

338
00:15:09,625 --> 00:15:11,625
justifying
his government's attack.

339
00:15:11,708 --> 00:15:13,583
The HAZMAT team outside
is checking the debris

340
00:15:13,667 --> 00:15:15,417
'for any unusual levels
of radiation'

341
00:15:15,500 --> 00:15:16,958
'or trace elements
that could indicate'

342
00:15:17,042 --> 00:15:18,958
'the presence
of unauthorized weapons.'

343
00:15:19,042 --> 00:15:21,042
While we wait for the analysis
would you mind telling us

344
00:15:21,125 --> 00:15:23,583
a little about yourself?
How you got here?

345
00:15:23,667 --> 00:15:25,792
Well, there's really
not much to tell.

346
00:15:25,875 --> 00:15:27,708
I was born
in the Russian consortium

347
00:15:27,792 --> 00:15:30,250
but spent most of my life
at school abroad.

348
00:15:30,333 --> 00:15:32,333
Um, graduated from OTC
ten years ago.

349
00:15:32,417 --> 00:15:33,917
How did you
come to join Earthforce?

350
00:15:35,208 --> 00:15:37,042
After my brother Ganya
was killed in the war

351
00:15:37,125 --> 00:15:40,375
I felt that I had to try
and finish what he started.

352
00:15:40,458 --> 00:15:42,250
That of course, as my luck runs

353
00:15:42,333 --> 00:15:44,667
the war was over
before I saw any action.

354
00:15:44,750 --> 00:15:48,333
Now, commander, I'm sure there's
more to your story than that.

355
00:15:50,250 --> 00:15:51,292
Yes.

356
00:15:52,750 --> 00:15:54,875
What do I hope for?

357
00:15:54,958 --> 00:15:56,000
I hope to get through
this interview

358
00:15:56,083 --> 00:15:57,375
without getting myself fired.

359
00:15:57,458 --> 00:15:59,833
How's that for a start?

360
00:15:59,917 --> 00:16:01,042
I don't know,
it's one of those questions

361
00:16:01,125 --> 00:16:02,458
I don't think about in words

362
00:16:02,542 --> 00:16:05,042
maybe because so many times
it seems like

363
00:16:05,125 --> 00:16:08,542
if I say what I want,
it never comes.

364
00:16:08,625 --> 00:16:10,542
(Cynthia)
'There must be something.'

365
00:16:12,792 --> 00:16:14,208
Yeah.

366
00:16:14,292 --> 00:16:16,625
There are little hopes,
I guess.

367
00:16:19,625 --> 00:16:23,458
Every day I get up
and I hope nothing will happen.

368
00:16:23,542 --> 00:16:27,750
I'd love to be just bored
out of my skull for 24 hours.

369
00:16:27,833 --> 00:16:30,875
And, uh, I guess I keep hoping

370
00:16:30,958 --> 00:16:34,542
that someday, somewhere
I'll make a difference

371
00:16:34,625 --> 00:16:36,375
that at the end of the day

372
00:16:36,458 --> 00:16:37,875
everything that
we've gone through here

373
00:16:37,958 --> 00:16:41,125
for the past few years
will mean something.

374
00:16:41,208 --> 00:16:43,417
[beep]
Yeah.

375
00:16:43,500 --> 00:16:46,167
(Commander Ivanova)
'Garibaldi, we just got back
the HAZMAT report.'

376
00:16:46,250 --> 00:16:48,208
'We've got a problem.'

377
00:16:48,292 --> 00:16:49,250
See what I mean?

378
00:16:49,333 --> 00:16:51,083
Always something.

379
00:16:51,167 --> 00:16:52,958
So far we've spent most
of our time here

380
00:16:53,042 --> 00:16:54,542
talking to the humans.

381
00:16:54,625 --> 00:16:59,083
But aliens make up roughly 42%
of Babylon 5's population.

382
00:16:59,167 --> 00:17:02,625
Many of them live here
in the so-called Alien Sector

383
00:17:02,708 --> 00:17:04,583
which provides
alternate atmospheres

384
00:17:04,667 --> 00:17:06,458
for 14 different species.

385
00:17:06,542 --> 00:17:10,417
Ironically, the alien sector
is how the aliens here

386
00:17:10,500 --> 00:17:12,667
refer to the human part
of the station

387
00:17:12,750 --> 00:17:16,792
proving once again
that beauty and the beast

388
00:17:16,875 --> 00:17:19,208
are in the eye
of the beholder.

389
00:17:24,208 --> 00:17:26,458
Probably the most elusive
of all the aliens

390
00:17:26,542 --> 00:17:28,333
is Ambassador Kosh Nerannick

391
00:17:28,417 --> 00:17:30,625
a representative
of the Vorlon empire

392
00:17:30,708 --> 00:17:32,625
sent here roughly two years ago.

393
00:17:32,708 --> 00:17:34,292
Nothing is known of the Vorlons.

394
00:17:34,375 --> 00:17:37,625
In fact, three expeditions sent
into Vorlon space over the years

395
00:17:37,708 --> 00:17:39,125
have never returned.

396
00:17:39,208 --> 00:17:42,000
The Vorlon government said
they had met with accidents

397
00:17:42,083 --> 00:17:44,708
and suggested
no further expeditions.

398
00:17:44,792 --> 00:17:47,583
Even their appearance is a
mystery compounded by the fact

399
00:17:47,667 --> 00:17:49,750
that Ambassador Kosh
can only leave his quarters

400
00:17:49,833 --> 00:17:52,792
in an encounter suit
which contains his atmosphere

401
00:17:52,875 --> 00:17:54,833
and other life-support
equipment.

402
00:17:54,917 --> 00:17:57,458
A few moments ago, while we
were setting up this shot

403
00:17:57,542 --> 00:17:59,208
we got our first glimpse
of the Vorlon

404
00:17:59,292 --> 00:18:01,708
as he was leaving
his quarters just behind me.

405
00:18:01,792 --> 00:18:03,458
This is an ISN exclusive

406
00:18:03,542 --> 00:18:06,417
presented here
for the first time.

407
00:18:06,500 --> 00:18:07,917
(ISN cameraman)
'It's Ambassador Kosh
over here!'

408
00:18:08,000 --> 00:18:09,333
Mackey, quick!
The camera!

409
00:18:09,417 --> 00:18:11,333
'Ambassador Kosh!
Ambassador!'

410
00:18:11,417 --> 00:18:12,833
Cynthia Torqueman, ISN news.

411
00:18:12,917 --> 00:18:16,583
Can we ask you a few questions?
Ambassador Kosh!

412
00:18:16,667 --> 00:18:18,375
Did we get that?
Tell me we got that.

413
00:18:18,458 --> 00:18:19,708
Did we get it?

414
00:18:19,792 --> 00:18:21,083
Second in elusiveness

415
00:18:21,167 --> 00:18:22,833
to the Vorlon
is Ambassador Delenn

416
00:18:22,917 --> 00:18:24,583
of the Minbari federation.

417
00:18:24,667 --> 00:18:26,500
After initially refusing
several requests

418
00:18:26,583 --> 00:18:27,667
for an interview

419
00:18:27,750 --> 00:18:29,542
she finally agreed
to talk to us.

420
00:18:29,625 --> 00:18:31,458
Since very few humans

421
00:18:31,542 --> 00:18:33,167
have ever been allowed
on Minbar

422
00:18:33,250 --> 00:18:34,417
perhaps you could start
by telling us

423
00:18:34,500 --> 00:18:37,167
a little about your world.

424
00:18:37,250 --> 00:18:39,625
We are the seventh
planet from our sun.

425
00:18:39,708 --> 00:18:41,792
Almost one-quarter
of Minbar is covered

426
00:18:41,875 --> 00:18:44,292
by our North Polar ice cap.

427
00:18:44,375 --> 00:18:47,292
Because our world is rich
with crystalline deposits

428
00:18:47,375 --> 00:18:49,792
many of our cities
are cut directly out

429
00:18:49,875 --> 00:18:52,375
of crystal formations.

430
00:18:52,458 --> 00:18:55,958
During the spring, the patterns
of color caused by the light

431
00:18:56,042 --> 00:18:58,708
are...breathtaking.

432
00:19:00,667 --> 00:19:03,417
Let's see.
What else?

433
00:19:03,500 --> 00:19:05,875
We have, uh,
three basic languages.

434
00:19:05,958 --> 00:19:08,958
Len'au, Feek and Audronado

435
00:19:09,042 --> 00:19:11,125
which is the language
of the Religious Caste.

436
00:19:11,208 --> 00:19:13,708
Can you give us
an example of Audronado?

437
00:19:15,458 --> 00:19:17,750
[speaking in Audronado language]

438
00:19:20,833 --> 00:19:24,417
I'm your friend...in peace.

439
00:19:24,500 --> 00:19:28,625
Your appearance, though, isn't
typical of your people, is it?

440
00:19:30,333 --> 00:19:31,458
No.

441
00:19:31,542 --> 00:19:32,917
(Cynthia)
'According to station records'

442
00:19:33,000 --> 00:19:35,542
'you looked quite different
a year ago.'

443
00:19:35,625 --> 00:19:38,417
I volunteered for this change
in the hope that it would lead

444
00:19:38,500 --> 00:19:40,792
to a better understanding
between our peoples.

445
00:19:40,875 --> 00:19:42,750
Over a quarter of a million
humans were killed

446
00:19:42,833 --> 00:19:45,083
in the war with your people.

447
00:19:45,167 --> 00:19:47,542
'How do you think the families
of those victims will feel'

448
00:19:47,625 --> 00:19:50,833
'about your...change?'

449
00:19:50,917 --> 00:19:52,250
I, uh...I don't know.

450
00:19:54,708 --> 00:19:58,667
I, uh...I would hope..

451
00:19:58,750 --> 00:20:01,583
I think they would feel hurt.

452
00:20:01,667 --> 00:20:03,458
Betrayed.

453
00:20:03,542 --> 00:20:05,000
'That by assuming a human face'

454
00:20:05,083 --> 00:20:07,875
'you're taking a part of us
you're not entitled to.'

455
00:20:09,125 --> 00:20:11,125
'What would you say to them?'

456
00:20:11,208 --> 00:20:13,542
To all the husbands and wives

457
00:20:13,625 --> 00:20:15,417
and children and brothers
and sisters

458
00:20:15,500 --> 00:20:18,708
of the people who were killed
in the war with your people

459
00:20:18,792 --> 00:20:23,792
and now see a Minbari
with a human face?

460
00:20:23,875 --> 00:20:27,125
I'm, uh...I'm sorry.

461
00:20:27,208 --> 00:20:32,667
Can...can we,
can we stop this? Please?

462
00:20:32,750 --> 00:20:34,083
(Commander Ivanova on radio)
'Ambassador Delenn,
you're needed'

463
00:20:34,167 --> 00:20:35,958
'in the Council chambers.'

464
00:20:37,875 --> 00:20:39,250
'Ambassador.'

465
00:20:41,875 --> 00:20:43,500
'Ambassador Delenn.'

466
00:20:45,958 --> 00:20:47,250
We've just been informed
that there's been

467
00:20:47,333 --> 00:20:48,625
a new development
in the Narn attack.

468
00:20:48,708 --> 00:20:50,167
The Babylon 5 Advisory Council

469
00:20:50,250 --> 00:20:51,583
and the league
of non-aligned worlds

470
00:20:51,667 --> 00:20:53,083
have been convened
to hear this update.

471
00:20:53,167 --> 00:20:54,375
We've been given permission
to record

472
00:20:54,458 --> 00:20:55,625
these proceedings
in the Council chambers.

473
00:20:55,708 --> 00:20:56,833
And now, thanks to

474
00:20:56,917 --> 00:20:58,542
Commander Ivanova's
investigation

475
00:20:58,625 --> 00:21:01,333
we have proof of what
we've been saying all along.

476
00:21:01,417 --> 00:21:03,750
An inspection
of the destroyed Centauri

477
00:21:03,833 --> 00:21:05,250
has found conclusive proof

478
00:21:05,333 --> 00:21:07,083
that she was carrying
fusion bombs

479
00:21:07,167 --> 00:21:09,333
and support equipment
for ion cannons

480
00:21:09,417 --> 00:21:11,833
mass drivers,
and heavy-energy weapons.

481
00:21:11,917 --> 00:21:13,708
[shouting]

482
00:21:16,250 --> 00:21:17,875
Now, we have already filed
a complaint

483
00:21:17,958 --> 00:21:19,375
with the Centauri government

484
00:21:19,458 --> 00:21:22,500
on the grounds that Babylon 5
is neutral territory

485
00:21:22,583 --> 00:21:25,792
and is not to be used
as a staging ground

486
00:21:25,875 --> 00:21:26,958
or a munitions depot.

487
00:21:27,042 --> 00:21:28,333
If I may make
an observation--

488
00:21:28,417 --> 00:21:31,125
It is this kind of irresponsible
activity, ambassador

489
00:21:31,208 --> 00:21:34,250
that endangers this station
and everyone here!

490
00:21:34,333 --> 00:21:35,542
It will not be tolerated!

491
00:21:35,625 --> 00:21:37,667
...transferred outside
the station.

492
00:21:37,750 --> 00:21:38,875
Ship to ship.

493
00:21:38,958 --> 00:21:40,500
The risk to Babylon 5
is minimal.

494
00:21:40,583 --> 00:21:44,250
Oh, we've already seen your
minimal risk, ambassador.

495
00:21:44,333 --> 00:21:47,250
Caused by their attack
on one of our vessels.

496
00:21:47,333 --> 00:21:48,875
Our ships have the right

497
00:21:48,958 --> 00:21:50,792
to carry any cargo
they choose.

498
00:21:50,875 --> 00:21:52,875
We will not surrender
our sovereign rights.

499
00:21:52,958 --> 00:21:54,792
Sovereign rights
of any race end

500
00:21:54,875 --> 00:21:56,875
when they threaten innocents.

501
00:21:56,958 --> 00:21:58,875
They're doing
what they always do

502
00:21:58,958 --> 00:22:01,208
using details to distract us

503
00:22:01,292 --> 00:22:03,292
from doing what must be done!

504
00:22:03,375 --> 00:22:07,208
There are seven more Centauri
vessels berthed outside

505
00:22:07,292 --> 00:22:08,667
and I have reason to believe

506
00:22:08,750 --> 00:22:11,875
that they also carry weapons
of mass destruction

507
00:22:11,958 --> 00:22:13,458
to be used against our people.

508
00:22:13,542 --> 00:22:14,458
My government demands

509
00:22:14,542 --> 00:22:16,000
that these ships be impounded

510
00:22:16,083 --> 00:22:17,375
and their weapons seized!

511
00:22:17,458 --> 00:22:21,542
No, no, no!
We will not allow this!

512
00:22:21,625 --> 00:22:23,458
This is Babylon 5 space

513
00:22:23,542 --> 00:22:25,917
and here
we have sovereign rights.

514
00:22:26,000 --> 00:22:27,917
Our ships will
defend themselves

515
00:22:28,000 --> 00:22:30,625
against any
who try to seize them.

516
00:22:30,708 --> 00:22:34,167
Perhaps if the transports
return to Centauri space--

517
00:22:34,250 --> 00:22:35,458
No, we cannot
allow those ships

518
00:22:35,542 --> 00:22:37,125
to leave here
with their weapons.

519
00:22:37,208 --> 00:22:39,958
They'll just turn right around
and use them against us.

520
00:22:40,042 --> 00:22:41,625
Then how do you intend to..

521
00:22:41,708 --> 00:22:43,792
[rumbling]

522
00:22:43,875 --> 00:22:45,375
What the hell?

523
00:22:45,458 --> 00:22:47,250
Captain, we need you in Candamp;C.

524
00:22:47,333 --> 00:22:49,417
We've got a shooting war
going on out here.

525
00:22:59,917 --> 00:23:01,458
The sounds you hear
are heavy weapons

526
00:23:01,542 --> 00:23:02,917
on the Narn and Centauri vessels

527
00:23:03,000 --> 00:23:05,458
doing battle
just outside Babylon 5.

528
00:23:05,542 --> 00:23:07,458
The station is
on a priority one alert.

529
00:23:07,542 --> 00:23:09,583
And people are being
evacuated to shelters.

530
00:23:09,667 --> 00:23:12,333
We're en route to Candamp;C
to try and cover the battle.

531
00:23:12,417 --> 00:23:14,083
As we speak our vid systems
are being plugged

532
00:23:14,167 --> 00:23:15,958
into the station's
external cameras

533
00:23:16,042 --> 00:23:17,292
and communications systems.

534
00:23:17,375 --> 00:23:19,125
And we should be seeing..

535
00:23:19,208 --> 00:23:20,792
(crew member)
'Coming in, reading five.'

536
00:23:20,875 --> 00:23:23,792
'Repeat five incoming hostiles.
No reply.'

537
00:23:23,875 --> 00:23:27,583
'Got the beacon
targeting systems online.'

538
00:23:27,667 --> 00:23:29,458
(Captain Sheridan)
'Delta leader
to hostile vessels.'

539
00:23:29,542 --> 00:23:31,708
'You are ordered
to cease fire at once.'

540
00:23:31,792 --> 00:23:33,542
'Do you copy?'

541
00:23:33,625 --> 00:23:37,167
'You are ordered to surrender
or we will open fire.'

542
00:23:46,083 --> 00:23:47,542
Damage report.

543
00:23:47,625 --> 00:23:49,500
Levels Brown 90 through 92
report damage.

544
00:23:49,583 --> 00:23:52,083
Hull breech in Blue 70.
Dropping pressure doors!

545
00:23:52,167 --> 00:23:53,500
Get a repair crew
down there, stat.

546
00:23:53,583 --> 00:23:55,083
- 'Aye, sir.'
- Any reply yet?

547
00:23:55,167 --> 00:23:56,792
Negative. Hostile forces
continue to fire at each other.

548
00:23:56,875 --> 00:23:58,667
They've started
targeting our ships.

549
00:23:58,750 --> 00:24:00,458
(crew member)
'Delta squadron requesting
permission to fire.'

550
00:24:00,542 --> 00:24:02,125
Ambassadors Londo and G'Kar
are in the league.

551
00:24:02,208 --> 00:24:03,750
They're saying that if we open
fire on their vessels

552
00:24:03,833 --> 00:24:05,958
they'll consider it
an act of war.

553
00:24:10,042 --> 00:24:12,542
Screw them, we have a quarter
million people here to defend.

554
00:24:12,625 --> 00:24:15,167
If they won't stop this,
we will.

555
00:24:15,250 --> 00:24:17,792
All fighters, open fire.
Fire at will.

556
00:24:17,875 --> 00:24:19,625
(crew member)
'Roger, Babylon control.'

557
00:24:19,708 --> 00:24:21,792
'Delta squad, open fire.'

558
00:24:21,875 --> 00:24:24,250
'Target engines and
navigation if possible.'

559
00:24:24,333 --> 00:24:26,542
'But if you have
to take them out, do it.'

560
00:24:26,625 --> 00:24:27,625
(crew member)
'Roger, leader.'

561
00:24:27,708 --> 00:24:29,083
'Come on.'

562
00:24:29,167 --> 00:24:30,458
'Come on.'

563
00:24:30,542 --> 00:24:32,625
'Heaters lit.'

564
00:24:32,708 --> 00:24:35,125
'Come to papa.
Got it.'

565
00:24:35,208 --> 00:24:36,375
'Bombs away.'

566
00:24:36,458 --> 00:24:38,292
'This is 7.
Target's splashed.'

567
00:24:41,292 --> 00:24:43,542
'React, Team 12,
go to Blue 26..'

568
00:24:43,625 --> 00:24:44,917
Two Narn vessels destroyed.

569
00:24:45,000 --> 00:24:46,583
Two damaged
and out of the fight.

570
00:24:46,667 --> 00:24:48,500
Remaining Centauri vessels
are offering to surrender.

571
00:24:48,583 --> 00:24:49,625
Alright, pick them up,
bring them in

572
00:24:49,708 --> 00:24:51,375
and throw them in the brig.

573
00:24:51,458 --> 00:24:53,917
And I want every one of those
ships scanned for weapons.

574
00:24:54,000 --> 00:24:55,500
And tell Ambassadors G'Kar
and Londo

575
00:24:55,583 --> 00:24:57,000
I want to see them
in chambers now.

576
00:24:57,083 --> 00:24:58,500
What if they refuse?

577
00:24:58,583 --> 00:24:59,708
Then you can throw them in the--

578
00:24:59,792 --> 00:25:01,417
Ahem.

579
00:25:01,500 --> 00:25:04,583
(crew member)
'Security, there is a major riot
going on at the entrance..'

580
00:25:06,250 --> 00:25:07,250
Then invite them again

581
00:25:07,333 --> 00:25:09,625
as firmly and as
politely as you can.

582
00:25:09,708 --> 00:25:12,375
This nonsense
has gone far enough.

583
00:25:12,458 --> 00:25:13,750
'My main generator is down.'

584
00:25:13,833 --> 00:25:15,125
'And we're backed up.'

585
00:25:15,208 --> 00:25:16,167
(Cynthia)
'The nonsense'

586
00:25:16,250 --> 00:25:18,000
'Captain Sheridan referred to'

587
00:25:18,083 --> 00:25:19,917
'is the Narn-Centauri war'

588
00:25:20,000 --> 00:25:21,417
which, over the past
several months

589
00:25:21,500 --> 00:25:23,000
has grown into a conflict

590
00:25:23,083 --> 00:25:25,333
which threatens to spill
into other systems

591
00:25:25,417 --> 00:25:28,250
and lead to an escalation
of hostilities.

592
00:25:28,333 --> 00:25:30,000
Prior to the battle
we just witnessed

593
00:25:30,083 --> 00:25:33,417
ISN spoke with representatives
from both sides in order to

594
00:25:33,500 --> 00:25:36,458
better understand the history
of this conflict.

595
00:25:36,542 --> 00:25:41,875
Roughly 150 of your years ago
the Centauri came to our world.

596
00:25:43,667 --> 00:25:46,542
Narn was a green
and fertile place then.

597
00:25:46,625 --> 00:25:48,750
We greeted them in peace

598
00:25:48,833 --> 00:25:51,833
and spent the next
100 years in chains

599
00:25:51,917 --> 00:25:53,708
but we never gave up hope.

600
00:25:53,792 --> 00:25:56,292
We formed a resistance,
learned their secrets

601
00:25:56,375 --> 00:25:58,125
turned their own
machines against them

602
00:25:58,208 --> 00:26:00,417
and finally drove them
from our world.

603
00:26:00,500 --> 00:26:02,583
How did you become involved
with the resistance?

604
00:26:02,667 --> 00:26:03,917
[sighs]

605
00:26:06,625 --> 00:26:08,708
My family lived in G'Kamizad

606
00:26:08,792 --> 00:26:11,125
one of the larger
cities on Narn.

607
00:26:11,208 --> 00:26:15,500
My father served
in a Centauri household

608
00:26:15,583 --> 00:26:18,417
during the last years
of the rebellion.

609
00:26:18,500 --> 00:26:21,625
I was barely a pouchling
at the time.

610
00:26:21,708 --> 00:26:23,292
My mother was ill

611
00:26:23,375 --> 00:26:25,375
unable to escape
through the underground

612
00:26:25,458 --> 00:26:27,500
so we all stayed.

613
00:26:27,583 --> 00:26:29,167
It was a difficult time.

614
00:26:29,250 --> 00:26:32,042
We were striking deep
into Centauri resources.

615
00:26:32,125 --> 00:26:34,625
Things were tense.

616
00:26:34,708 --> 00:26:37,667
One day, my father spilled
a cup of hot jala

617
00:26:37,750 --> 00:26:39,958
on the mistress
of the house, and..

618
00:26:42,250 --> 00:26:44,375
..and she had him killed.

619
00:26:45,750 --> 00:26:47,833
They took him out,
tied his hands together

620
00:26:47,917 --> 00:26:51,542
and hung him from a jalwah tree
for three days.

621
00:26:53,500 --> 00:26:57,500
I came to him the last night,
against my mother's orders

622
00:26:57,583 --> 00:27:00,333
and he looked down at me.

623
00:27:00,417 --> 00:27:03,333
He said he was proud
and to go and fight

624
00:27:03,417 --> 00:27:06,708
and be all the things
he never was.

625
00:27:08,333 --> 00:27:11,167
Then he died.

626
00:27:11,250 --> 00:27:13,167
The next morning,
I ran away

627
00:27:13,250 --> 00:27:17,833
and killed
my first Centauri.

628
00:27:17,917 --> 00:27:19,958
Why do you think
they invaded back then?

629
00:27:20,042 --> 00:27:21,083
Ah!

630
00:27:21,167 --> 00:27:23,208
Why does any
advanced civilization

631
00:27:23,292 --> 00:27:26,333
seek to destroy
a less advanced one?

632
00:27:26,417 --> 00:27:28,875
Because the land is
strategically valuable.

633
00:27:28,958 --> 00:27:30,125
Because there are resources

634
00:27:30,208 --> 00:27:31,875
that can be cultivated
and exploited

635
00:27:31,958 --> 00:27:36,083
but most of all,
simply because they can.

636
00:27:36,167 --> 00:27:40,417
You have experienced much
the same on your own world.

637
00:27:40,500 --> 00:27:44,708
There are humans for whom
the words "Never again"

638
00:27:44,792 --> 00:27:48,000
carry special meaning
as they do for us.

639
00:27:50,167 --> 00:27:53,833
How do you respond to reports
that your military has lost six

640
00:27:53,917 --> 00:27:55,667
out of the last
seven engagements

641
00:27:55,750 --> 00:27:57,625
with the Centauri forces

642
00:27:57,708 --> 00:27:59,250
and now the war consists mainly

643
00:27:59,333 --> 00:28:01,750
of holding actions
and forced retreats?

644
00:28:01,833 --> 00:28:04,292
Centauri propaganda.

645
00:28:04,375 --> 00:28:08,000
We will never fall back.
We will never surrender!

646
00:28:10,292 --> 00:28:11,500
When we first met the Narn

647
00:28:11,583 --> 00:28:14,625
they were, what,
a primitive people.

648
00:28:14,708 --> 00:28:17,833
We gave them technology
centuries ahead of their own.

649
00:28:17,917 --> 00:28:19,958
Took them with us
to the stars.

650
00:28:20,042 --> 00:28:22,958
Taught them laws,
civilized them.

651
00:28:23,042 --> 00:28:25,917
They repaid us
with terror and death.

652
00:28:26,000 --> 00:28:27,625
So, you're saying
that the Centauri

653
00:28:27,708 --> 00:28:29,750
originally came
to help the Narn?

654
00:28:29,833 --> 00:28:33,500
Of course and at considerable
expense, I might add.

655
00:28:33,583 --> 00:28:35,625
Which is why we finally left.

656
00:28:35,708 --> 00:28:38,375
We wished them well,
but the cost, you've seen.

657
00:28:38,458 --> 00:28:41,375
Then you weren't driven off
the Narn homeworld?

658
00:28:41,458 --> 00:28:42,750
Please.

659
00:28:42,833 --> 00:28:46,375
The Narn have rewritten history
enough, don't you think?

660
00:28:46,458 --> 00:28:48,292
If they wanted us gone

661
00:28:48,375 --> 00:28:50,833
we were hardly going
to force the issue.

662
00:28:50,917 --> 00:28:52,125
But ever since

663
00:28:52,208 --> 00:28:55,750
they have grown more
and more irrational.

664
00:28:55,833 --> 00:28:58,458
Have gone out of their way
to harm us

665
00:28:58,542 --> 00:29:00,333
to seize entire territory.

666
00:29:00,417 --> 00:29:03,542
Finally, we had to take a stand.

667
00:29:03,625 --> 00:29:06,000
They were the ones who
declared war, remember?

668
00:29:06,083 --> 00:29:07,708
Not us.

669
00:29:07,792 --> 00:29:10,083
We want only peace.

670
00:29:12,167 --> 00:29:14,083
"We want only peace."

671
00:29:14,167 --> 00:29:15,667
Both sides
say the same thing

672
00:29:15,750 --> 00:29:16,958
but as we've just seen

673
00:29:17,042 --> 00:29:19,333
the reality is anything
but peaceful.

674
00:29:19,417 --> 00:29:21,000
With the skirmish
outside concluded

675
00:29:21,083 --> 00:29:22,458
and the captured
Centauri vessels

676
00:29:22,542 --> 00:29:24,292
about to undergo
a complete search

677
00:29:24,375 --> 00:29:25,875
things seem to have
calmed down a bit.

678
00:29:25,958 --> 00:29:27,000
What is it?

679
00:29:27,083 --> 00:29:28,667
Jump point forming
in Sector 7.

680
00:29:28,750 --> 00:29:31,125
Are they crazy?
That's practically on top of us!

681
00:29:31,208 --> 00:29:33,000
[explosion]

682
00:29:33,083 --> 00:29:35,000
(crew member)
'Reading one Centauri
battle cruiser.'

683
00:29:35,083 --> 00:29:37,250
Mackey, do we still have a feed
from the external monitors?

684
00:29:37,333 --> 00:29:38,625
Are they onli..

685
00:29:42,833 --> 00:29:44,917
I've got Ambassador Mollari
on the link.

686
00:29:45,000 --> 00:29:47,000
Put him through.

687
00:29:47,083 --> 00:29:49,125
Ambassador Mollari,
what the hell is going on here?

688
00:29:49,208 --> 00:29:52,083
I'm sorry this has come as
such a surprise, commander.

689
00:29:52,167 --> 00:29:55,042
But I warned you
not to interfere.

690
00:29:55,125 --> 00:29:58,667
You have no right to search
or detain our ships.

691
00:29:58,750 --> 00:30:00,542
If we don't act
in our own defense

692
00:30:00,625 --> 00:30:02,667
we invite the same from others.

693
00:30:02,750 --> 00:30:06,042
Centauri cruiser is arming
weapons, opening her gun ports.

694
00:30:06,125 --> 00:30:09,875
The cruiser will blockade
Babylon 5 until our ships

695
00:30:09,958 --> 00:30:12,042
are returned to
Centauri custody

696
00:30:12,125 --> 00:30:14,458
intact and unopened.

697
00:30:14,542 --> 00:30:17,875
Any ship attempting to enter
or leave Babylon 5

698
00:30:17,958 --> 00:30:21,333
will be fired upon,
boarded, and sent back.

699
00:30:21,417 --> 00:30:24,958
We will use the minimum
possible level of force.

700
00:30:25,042 --> 00:30:29,708
But if provoked, we are prepared
to use deadly force

701
00:30:29,792 --> 00:30:33,125
even against Babylon 5 itself.

702
00:30:33,208 --> 00:30:36,625
(male announcer)
ISN, the galaxy's most
important network.

703
00:30:41,167 --> 00:30:44,333
John, why aren't you outside
playing with the other kids?

704
00:30:44,417 --> 00:30:46,083
They hate me.

705
00:30:46,167 --> 00:30:47,292
Now, John--

706
00:30:47,375 --> 00:30:48,958
It's true.

707
00:30:49,042 --> 00:30:50,917
I'm just..

708
00:30:51,000 --> 00:30:53,125
I'm different, mom.

709
00:30:53,208 --> 00:30:58,250
I can feel what they think
about me and they know I can.

710
00:30:58,333 --> 00:30:59,583
I called one of them a liar

711
00:30:59,667 --> 00:31:02,625
because I knew he wasn't telling
the truth somehow.

712
00:31:02,708 --> 00:31:06,667
And he just kept hitting me
until I said I was the liar.

713
00:31:06,750 --> 00:31:08,667
I just don't know
what to do anymore.

714
00:31:10,000 --> 00:31:10,958
Don't worry, Johnny.

715
00:31:11,042 --> 00:31:12,167
We'll take care of it from here.

716
00:31:12,250 --> 00:31:13,833
Mom, look, a Psi Cop.

717
00:31:13,917 --> 00:31:15,583
That's right, Johnny.

718
00:31:15,667 --> 00:31:16,917
You know there are
a lot of other kids

719
00:31:17,042 --> 00:31:18,750
who feel just
the same way you do.

720
00:31:18,833 --> 00:31:22,042
They're confused and afraid,
but they don't have to be.

721
00:31:22,125 --> 00:31:24,625
The problem isn't that
other kids don't like you.

722
00:31:24,708 --> 00:31:28,250
Just that they don't
understand you, but we do.

723
00:31:28,333 --> 00:31:29,500
'You're special.'

724
00:31:29,583 --> 00:31:30,792
'You're a latent telepath'

725
00:31:30,875 --> 00:31:32,958
about to come into full bloom.

726
00:31:33,042 --> 00:31:34,833
My Johnny, a telepath?

727
00:31:34,917 --> 00:31:37,500
Probably, but to be sure,
take him down

728
00:31:37,583 --> 00:31:40,458
to the Psi Corps testing center
first thing tomorrow.

729
00:31:40,542 --> 00:31:41,625
How do I find one?

730
00:31:41,708 --> 00:31:43,708
We're everywhere,
for your convenience.

731
00:31:43,792 --> 00:31:46,583
We have offices in schools,
in children's hospitals.

732
00:31:46,667 --> 00:31:48,125
We even have mobile
testing centers

733
00:31:48,208 --> 00:31:50,833
that travel the country,
and if he qualifies

734
00:31:50,917 --> 00:31:54,625
we'll give him an education,
a job, a purpose.

735
00:31:54,708 --> 00:31:58,208
And we'll pay
all his bills for life.

736
00:31:58,292 --> 00:31:59,833
Oh, my.

737
00:31:59,917 --> 00:32:01,875
[chuckles]

738
00:32:01,958 --> 00:32:04,333
Oh, John,
I can't believe it.

739
00:32:04,417 --> 00:32:07,000
You've come so far.
Just look at you.

740
00:32:07,083 --> 00:32:08,583
We're all so proud.

741
00:32:08,667 --> 00:32:10,792
And I'm proud to be
part of the Psi Corps.

742
00:32:10,875 --> 00:32:14,042
So, remember, if you know
someone who might be a telepath

743
00:32:14,125 --> 00:32:16,000
or think you might
be one yourself

744
00:32:16,083 --> 00:32:19,417
help them get the help they
need. Call the Corps.

745
00:32:19,500 --> 00:32:20,958
(male announcer)
Call government information

746
00:32:21,042 --> 00:32:23,000
for more on a Psi Corps center
near you.

747
00:32:23,083 --> 00:32:24,333
This message has been
brought to you

748
00:32:24,417 --> 00:32:26,167
by the Ministry
for Public Information

749
00:32:26,250 --> 00:32:28,583
and your local Psi Corps
recruitment office.

750
00:32:31,583 --> 00:32:34,292
(Cynthia)
'As we enter our 30th hour
aboard Babylon 5'

751
00:32:34,375 --> 00:32:37,000
the Centauri-Narn crisis
has not diminished.

752
00:32:37,083 --> 00:32:38,625
The various parties
to the dispute

753
00:32:38,708 --> 00:32:40,667
have gathered
in Council chambers behind me

754
00:32:40,750 --> 00:32:43,542
in closed session
to discuss the crisis.

755
00:32:43,625 --> 00:32:46,333
Meanwhile, all traffic
in or out of Babylon 5

756
00:32:46,417 --> 00:32:49,917
has come to a halt,
due to the Centauri blockade.

757
00:32:50,000 --> 00:32:53,042
Captain, any progress
in the negotiations?

758
00:32:53,125 --> 00:32:55,875
All sides are still talking.
That's all I can say for now.

759
00:32:55,958 --> 00:32:57,333
Well, is it true that
some of the senate

760
00:32:57,417 --> 00:32:59,708
have suggested that you
accommodate the Centauri

761
00:32:59,792 --> 00:33:03,375
by releasing their vessels
without further searches?

762
00:33:03,458 --> 00:33:05,875
As the commander
of record on Babylon 5

763
00:33:05,958 --> 00:33:07,542
I doubt that the senate

764
00:33:07,625 --> 00:33:10,042
would attempt to undermine my
position in these negotiations

765
00:33:10,125 --> 00:33:12,583
by armchair quarterbacking.

766
00:33:16,125 --> 00:33:19,292
Ambassador G'Kar, do you
have anything to say?

767
00:33:19,375 --> 00:33:21,625
Only that this should
prove once and for all

768
00:33:21,708 --> 00:33:25,250
that the Centauri are a menace
to more than just our world.

769
00:33:25,333 --> 00:33:27,292
This kind of thing
cannot be allowed.

770
00:33:27,375 --> 00:33:28,958
And we will take whatever
steps necessary

771
00:33:29,042 --> 00:33:30,542
to make that perfectly
clear to them.

772
00:33:30,625 --> 00:33:34,292
Well, what does that mean?
A-Ambassador G'Kar?

773
00:33:34,375 --> 00:33:36,000
Certainly the events
on Babylon 5

774
00:33:36,083 --> 00:33:37,750
which took place
during your recent visit

775
00:33:37,833 --> 00:33:39,917
are emblematic of what
many of us on Earth Dome

776
00:33:40,000 --> 00:33:42,417
have been worried
about for sometime.

777
00:33:42,500 --> 00:33:45,208
By placing an Earth installation
between warring factions

778
00:33:45,292 --> 00:33:46,750
we risk being drawn
into a conflict

779
00:33:46,833 --> 00:33:50,667
that has nothing to do with us
or Earth interests.

780
00:33:50,750 --> 00:33:53,125
If we'd not been
in that place at that time

781
00:33:53,208 --> 00:33:55,458
a terrible loss of life
might have been avoided.

782
00:33:55,542 --> 00:33:58,625
On the other hand, senator, they
are at war with one another.

783
00:33:58,708 --> 00:34:00,583
People die in war.

784
00:34:00,667 --> 00:34:03,875
Yes, but it wouldn't have
happened in our backyard.

785
00:34:04,000 --> 00:34:05,125
What happened next came with

786
00:34:05,208 --> 00:34:06,792
the reluctant support
of Earthdome

787
00:34:06,875 --> 00:34:10,958
but, uh...hundreds of deaths.

788
00:34:11,042 --> 00:34:14,458
I don't see how we can support
that sort of thing.

789
00:34:16,167 --> 00:34:18,958
I'm only glad you made it out
alive, Cynthia.

790
00:34:19,042 --> 00:34:21,167
We need all the good
reporters we can get.

791
00:34:22,833 --> 00:34:24,292
Ten minutes ago,
Captain Sheridan

792
00:34:24,375 --> 00:34:25,583
received a coded transmission

793
00:34:25,667 --> 00:34:27,875
from Earthdome
on the current crisis.

794
00:34:27,958 --> 00:34:29,417
After considerable negotiations

795
00:34:29,500 --> 00:34:31,125
we've been allowed
back in to Candamp;C..

796
00:34:31,208 --> 00:34:34,542
Captain John Sheridan,
Babylon 5, to Centauri cruiser.

797
00:34:36,542 --> 00:34:38,125
My government
has rejected your demand

798
00:34:38,208 --> 00:34:39,667
that we release your ships.

799
00:34:39,750 --> 00:34:44,167
We will not consider any demand
made under terrorist threat.

800
00:34:44,250 --> 00:34:47,125
We have activated our defense
grid and are prepared

801
00:34:47,208 --> 00:34:50,000
to defend all ships
coming through here.

802
00:34:50,083 --> 00:34:51,833
Any hostile action taken by you

803
00:34:51,917 --> 00:34:55,000
against ships entering
or leaving this station

804
00:34:55,083 --> 00:34:58,833
will be considered an attack
on Babylon 5 itself

805
00:34:58,917 --> 00:35:01,208
and we will respond accordingly.

806
00:35:03,167 --> 00:35:05,417
If they send back a reply,
don't acknowledge it.

807
00:35:05,500 --> 00:35:06,542
'Aye, captain.'

808
00:35:06,625 --> 00:35:07,875
We'll let them
sweat for a while.

809
00:35:07,958 --> 00:35:09,875
I hope this works,
I know that a defense grid

810
00:35:09,958 --> 00:35:11,500
can probably hold them off,
but the repercussions--

811
00:35:11,583 --> 00:35:13,917
Ah, they're bluffing.

812
00:35:14,000 --> 00:35:17,792
I can't believe they'd take on
the whole station.

813
00:35:17,875 --> 00:35:19,833
Now that bring Earth
on the side of the Narn's.

814
00:35:19,917 --> 00:35:25,208
And the last thing the Centauri
want is a war on two fronts.

815
00:35:25,292 --> 00:35:27,000
'Docking Bay 9 just linked in.'

816
00:35:27,083 --> 00:35:29,375
'The transport's ready to go.'

817
00:35:29,458 --> 00:35:33,000
Bring her up.
Activate autopilot.

818
00:35:33,083 --> 00:35:34,958
We'll run the transport
from here

819
00:35:35,042 --> 00:35:37,333
make sure no one gets hurt.

820
00:35:37,417 --> 00:35:39,458
Just in case
they're not bluffing.

821
00:35:41,625 --> 00:35:44,542
Bring the Maintenance Bots
around for a closer look.

822
00:35:44,625 --> 00:35:47,042
(crew member)
'Move Secure Cam 23
to high overhead'

823
00:35:47,125 --> 00:35:51,042
'and Maint Bot 9 through 14
at 12 click intervals..'

824
00:35:51,125 --> 00:35:52,583
You realize if they do
attack the transport

825
00:35:52,667 --> 00:35:54,583
they'll turn right around
and fire on us next

826
00:35:54,667 --> 00:35:57,542
figuring we'll have to
retaliate?

827
00:35:57,625 --> 00:35:58,708
I know.

828
00:36:03,125 --> 00:36:05,708
(crew member)
'Transport, maintain approach..'

829
00:36:05,792 --> 00:36:08,000
All tracking stations

830
00:36:08,083 --> 00:36:12,750
if you see their weapons
targeting us...open fire.

831
00:36:18,458 --> 00:36:20,250
Any reply from the cruiser?

832
00:36:20,333 --> 00:36:22,208
'Negative, sir. No response.'

833
00:36:22,292 --> 00:36:24,000
Their weapons system
is still armed.

834
00:36:24,083 --> 00:36:25,333
I don't like this.

835
00:36:27,667 --> 00:36:28,917
[beeping]

836
00:36:40,042 --> 00:36:41,917
Well, the transport's through.
We called their bluff.

837
00:36:42,000 --> 00:36:43,833
(crew member)
'Getting a signal
from the Centauri cruiser.'

838
00:36:43,917 --> 00:36:45,750
'They want to talk.'

839
00:36:45,833 --> 00:36:47,750
Open a channel.
Let's be gracious about this.

840
00:36:47,833 --> 00:36:50,042
Captain, any thoughts
on the--

841
00:36:50,125 --> 00:36:52,417
Second jump point forming
in Sector 10.

842
00:36:58,667 --> 00:37:01,292
- Looks like a Narn.
- Oh, hell.

843
00:37:01,375 --> 00:37:02,917
Babylon control to Narn cruiser.

844
00:37:03,000 --> 00:37:06,583
We do not, repeat,
we do not require assistance.

845
00:37:06,667 --> 00:37:07,958
Do not interfere.

846
00:37:08,042 --> 00:37:09,792
We have the situation
under control.

847
00:37:09,875 --> 00:37:12,792
(crew member)
'Narn cruiser powering-up
weapons systems.'

848
00:37:12,875 --> 00:37:15,167
No. Listen to me.

849
00:37:15,250 --> 00:37:16,708
We do not need..

850
00:37:28,042 --> 00:37:29,000
(crew member)
'Firing.'

851
00:37:29,083 --> 00:37:30,667
'Back again.
A Centauri hit.'

852
00:37:30,750 --> 00:37:32,625
All civilians to the shelters.

853
00:37:32,708 --> 00:37:35,625
Get me that cruiser.
I don't care how you do it.

854
00:37:35,708 --> 00:37:36,833
'Aye, sir.'

855
00:37:38,042 --> 00:37:39,167
'Security, heavy damage.'

856
00:37:44,292 --> 00:37:46,500
Close blast doors now.

857
00:37:48,625 --> 00:37:49,958
Ah!

858
00:38:00,083 --> 00:38:01,542
Narns have destroyed
the Centauri cruiser.

859
00:38:01,625 --> 00:38:02,708
They're trying to
open a jump point.

860
00:38:02,792 --> 00:38:03,917
Can they make it?

861
00:38:04,000 --> 00:38:06,167
I don't think so.
They're hit bad.

862
00:38:06,250 --> 00:38:07,875
Jump engines are malfunctioning.

863
00:38:07,958 --> 00:38:10,000
[dramatic music]

864
00:38:25,917 --> 00:38:29,042
As journalists, we would be
remiss in our responsibilities

865
00:38:29,125 --> 00:38:31,833
if we suggested that events such
as those you've just witnessed

866
00:38:31,917 --> 00:38:34,542
were typical of the
situation on Babylon 5.

867
00:38:34,625 --> 00:38:37,958
Like anyone else, they have
good days and bad days.

868
00:38:38,042 --> 00:38:40,458
But there can be no question
that it is a flash point

869
00:38:40,542 --> 00:38:43,208
that can only grow hotter
as time passes.

870
00:38:43,292 --> 00:38:46,333
And yet growth only comes
through pain and struggle.

871
00:38:46,417 --> 00:38:49,458
So, perhaps we should allow
Babylon 5 time to realize

872
00:38:49,542 --> 00:38:51,917
or, one day,
even exceed the dreams

873
00:38:52,000 --> 00:38:54,208
we have invested in it.

874
00:38:54,292 --> 00:38:56,083
We'll be back with
some concluding thoughts

875
00:38:56,167 --> 00:38:58,250
right after this message.

876
00:39:01,250 --> 00:39:02,583
After the crisis was over

877
00:39:02,667 --> 00:39:04,708
the debris cleared
and the bodies counted

878
00:39:04,792 --> 00:39:05,958
we asked each of the people

879
00:39:06,042 --> 00:39:08,375
involved in this story
one question.

880
00:39:08,458 --> 00:39:10,333
Given the danger,
at the end of the day

881
00:39:10,417 --> 00:39:14,042
as Mr. Garibaldi said,
is it worth it?

882
00:39:14,125 --> 00:39:15,750
Absolutely.

883
00:39:15,833 --> 00:39:18,750
Sure, when things get tense
out here, we have to be careful.

884
00:39:18,833 --> 00:39:20,833
Our search of the Centauri
vessels we captured

885
00:39:20,917 --> 00:39:23,125
proved they were bringing in
weapons of mass destruction

886
00:39:23,208 --> 00:39:24,583
offloading them
outside the station

887
00:39:24,667 --> 00:39:26,083
and sending them on
to the front lines.

888
00:39:26,167 --> 00:39:27,458
Now that we know that

889
00:39:27,542 --> 00:39:29,458
we can make sure it doesn't
happen anymore.

890
00:39:29,542 --> 00:39:30,875
We learn.

891
00:39:30,958 --> 00:39:32,125
That's what humans do.

892
00:39:32,875 --> 00:39:35,708
Misunderstandings aside

893
00:39:35,792 --> 00:39:39,917
yes, I definitely think
it's worth it.

894
00:39:40,000 --> 00:39:42,667
We must simply work harder

895
00:39:42,750 --> 00:39:45,542
to make sure we communicate
with one another

896
00:39:45,625 --> 00:39:49,583
to prevent this sort of
tragic situation

897
00:39:49,667 --> 00:39:52,458
from ever happening again.

898
00:39:52,542 --> 00:39:57,292
A violent attack by Narn forces
is an unacceptable response

899
00:39:57,375 --> 00:40:00,250
to a peaceful protest
by my government.

900
00:40:00,333 --> 00:40:02,042
And with the intervention
of Earth

901
00:40:02,125 --> 00:40:04,500
perhaps...we can keep them

902
00:40:04,583 --> 00:40:08,000
from making a similar
mistake in the future.

903
00:40:09,333 --> 00:40:11,458
I don't know anymore.

904
00:40:11,542 --> 00:40:14,875
I used to think so,
but now..

905
00:40:14,958 --> 00:40:16,125
Yes.

906
00:40:16,208 --> 00:40:18,875
Of course it is,
for the simple reason

907
00:40:18,958 --> 00:40:22,208
that no one else would ever
build a place like this.

908
00:40:22,292 --> 00:40:25,667
Humans share one unique quality.

909
00:40:25,750 --> 00:40:27,667
They build communities.

910
00:40:27,750 --> 00:40:30,042
If the Narns or the Centauri

911
00:40:30,125 --> 00:40:32,167
or any other race built
a station like this

912
00:40:32,250 --> 00:40:35,208
it would be used only
by their own people.

913
00:40:35,292 --> 00:40:39,000
But everywhere humans go,
they create communities

914
00:40:39,083 --> 00:40:43,167
out of diverse and sometimes
hostile populations.

915
00:40:43,250 --> 00:40:47,750
It is a great gift
and a terrible responsibility.

916
00:40:47,833 --> 00:40:51,750
One that cannot be abandoned.

917
00:40:51,833 --> 00:40:53,458
Well..

918
00:40:53,542 --> 00:40:56,667
I guess we'll just
have to see...won't we?

919
00:40:59,542 --> 00:41:02,292
Alright, Med 2.
Go, go!

920
00:41:02,375 --> 00:41:04,250
Look, if we weren't
here right now

921
00:41:04,333 --> 00:41:06,958
half the people
in this room would be dead.

922
00:41:07,042 --> 00:41:10,167
Now, that should be a good
enough answer for anyone.

923
00:41:10,250 --> 00:41:12,208
Sure.
What, are you kidding?

924
00:41:12,292 --> 00:41:15,542
I have a retirement pension
to make, you know?

925
00:41:15,625 --> 00:41:16,875
Yes.

926
00:41:18,833 --> 00:41:23,000
But not for any of the reasons
that you've probably been told.

927
00:41:25,958 --> 00:41:30,208
The job of Babylon 5
is not to enforce the peace.

928
00:41:30,292 --> 00:41:33,375
It's to create the peace.

929
00:41:33,458 --> 00:41:35,958
And this place was built
on the assumption that

930
00:41:36,042 --> 00:41:40,500
we could work out our problems
and build a better future.

931
00:41:40,583 --> 00:41:44,000
And that, to me,
is the key issue.

932
00:41:46,458 --> 00:41:51,333
See, in the last few years,
we've stumbled.

933
00:41:51,417 --> 00:41:54,583
We stumbled at the death
of the president, the war

934
00:41:54,667 --> 00:41:57,875
and on and on.

935
00:41:57,958 --> 00:42:02,417
And when you stumble a lot, you,
you start looking at your feet.

936
00:42:04,500 --> 00:42:09,292
You know, we have to make
people...lift their eyes

937
00:42:09,375 --> 00:42:11,000
back to the horizon

938
00:42:11,083 --> 00:42:15,917
and see the line of ancestors
behind us saying

939
00:42:16,000 --> 00:42:18,208
"Make my life have meaning."

940
00:42:19,917 --> 00:42:23,792
And to our inheritors
before us saying

941
00:42:23,875 --> 00:42:27,125
"Create the world
we will live in."

942
00:42:28,958 --> 00:42:31,292
I mean, we're not just

943
00:42:31,375 --> 00:42:33,042
holding jobs and having dinner.

944
00:42:33,125 --> 00:42:37,125
We are in the process
of building the future.

945
00:42:37,208 --> 00:42:39,542
That's what Babylon 5
is all about.

946
00:42:41,167 --> 00:42:45,125
Only by making people
understand that

947
00:42:45,208 --> 00:42:49,417
can we hope to...create a better
world for ourselves

948
00:42:51,792 --> 00:42:53,333
and our posterity.

949
00:42:55,208 --> 00:42:57,958
I'm Cynthia Torqueman,
ISN news.

950
00:42:58,042 --> 00:42:59,292
Goodnight.

951
00:42:59,375 --> 00:43:02,458
[instrumental music]

952
00:43:07,375 --> 00:43:09,833
[theme music]