1 00:00:02,333 --> 00:00:03,583 (male narrator) Previously on "Babylon 5.." 2 00:00:03,667 --> 00:00:04,917 Any change in those seismic disturbances? 3 00:00:05,000 --> 00:00:06,292 The surface layer's calmed down, but we're still 4 00:00:06,375 --> 00:00:08,167 picking up rumbles from further down. 5 00:00:08,250 --> 00:00:09,583 (Sinclair) Best to check it out, just to be sure. 6 00:00:09,667 --> 00:00:11,083 (Tasaki) 'Activate scanners.' 7 00:00:11,167 --> 00:00:14,458 - 'Set for maximum depth.' - What the hell was it? 8 00:00:14,542 --> 00:00:16,125 All of our readouts blacked out for a second. 9 00:00:16,208 --> 00:00:17,417 (Tasaki) 'It must have come from somewhere' 10 00:00:17,500 --> 00:00:18,667 'deep inside the planet.' 11 00:00:18,750 --> 00:00:20,667 As ISN viewers may know, all contact 12 00:00:20,750 --> 00:00:22,292 with the Mars Colony has been cut off. 13 00:00:22,375 --> 00:00:23,667 What the hell do you mean you can't get 14 00:00:23,750 --> 00:00:25,292 a signal through to the Mars Colony? 15 00:00:25,375 --> 00:00:26,708 Communications are out, except 16 00:00:26,792 --> 00:00:28,042 for authorized personnel. 17 00:00:28,125 --> 00:00:29,375 This is Draal. 18 00:00:29,458 --> 00:00:32,000 For many years, my mentor and teacher. 19 00:00:32,083 --> 00:00:33,917 Let's hope Tasaki was right about that fissure 20 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:36,250 being five miles deep 'cause on our present speed 21 00:00:36,333 --> 00:00:38,083 'it's gonna take at least two miles to decelerate.' 22 00:00:38,167 --> 00:00:40,583 (Ivanova) 'We've got something. Definitely artificial.' 23 00:00:40,667 --> 00:00:42,000 (Garibaldi) Commander, you okay? 24 00:00:42,083 --> 00:00:43,292 (Sinclair) Michael, you wouldn't believe. 25 00:00:43,375 --> 00:00:45,333 A whole new area of technology. 26 00:00:45,417 --> 00:00:47,875 Machines as big as buildings. 27 00:00:47,958 --> 00:00:49,042 What the hell? 28 00:00:49,125 --> 00:00:50,917 Help me 29 00:00:51,000 --> 00:00:52,667 or your people 30 00:00:52,750 --> 00:00:56,375 all your people will die. 31 00:00:56,458 --> 00:00:58,125 So either she's not on Mars anymore-- 32 00:00:58,208 --> 00:00:59,667 - She's there, alright? - Then it's possible.. 33 00:00:59,750 --> 00:01:01,083 That something's happened to her. 34 00:01:01,167 --> 00:01:02,792 Tell the fighters to initiate air cover 35 00:01:02,875 --> 00:01:04,333 'and have a full medical team standing by' 36 00:01:04,417 --> 00:01:05,708 'when we arrive.' 37 00:01:05,792 --> 00:01:07,042 I want that med team at Bay 14 38 00:01:07,125 --> 00:01:08,500 in ten minutes. I'll meet them there. 39 00:01:08,583 --> 00:01:10,125 We've got a ship coming through the jumpgate. 40 00:01:10,208 --> 00:01:12,792 - Fine, fine. - Mr. Garibaldi, it's big! 41 00:01:15,458 --> 00:01:17,333 [whooshing] 42 00:01:21,458 --> 00:01:23,708 [intense music] 43 00:01:25,208 --> 00:01:27,042 What the hell? 44 00:01:27,125 --> 00:01:30,000 It's an Earth Alliance Heavy Cruiser. 45 00:01:30,083 --> 00:01:31,333 Babylon Control to Earth Cruiser 46 00:01:31,417 --> 00:01:32,667 nothing personal, but what's going on? 47 00:01:32,750 --> 00:01:34,333 We didn't ask for any help. 48 00:01:34,417 --> 00:01:36,250 Affirmative, Babylon Control. 49 00:01:36,333 --> 00:01:38,667 But whether you like it or not, you're getting it. 50 00:01:38,750 --> 00:01:40,625 This is Captain Ellis Pierce 51 00:01:40,708 --> 00:01:43,333 of the Earth Alliance Starship Hyperion. 52 00:01:43,417 --> 00:01:46,167 We are assuming control over the situation. 53 00:01:46,250 --> 00:01:49,250 Please stand by, Babylon Control. 54 00:01:49,333 --> 00:01:50,500 We're coming in. 55 00:01:50,583 --> 00:01:53,667 [music continues] 56 00:01:57,917 --> 00:02:01,500 (male narrator) It was the dawn of the Third Age of mankind 57 00:02:01,583 --> 00:02:04,708 ten years after the Earth-Minbari War. 58 00:02:04,792 --> 00:02:08,208 The Babylon Project was a dream given form. 59 00:02:08,292 --> 00:02:10,417 Its goal, to prevent another war 60 00:02:10,500 --> 00:02:12,917 by creating a place where humans and aliens 61 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:15,542 could work out their differences peacefully. 62 00:02:15,625 --> 00:02:18,667 It's a port of call, home away from home 63 00:02:18,750 --> 00:02:20,708 for diplomats, hustlers 64 00:02:20,792 --> 00:02:23,792 entrepreneurs and wanderers. 65 00:02:23,875 --> 00:02:25,125 Humans and aliens 66 00:02:25,208 --> 00:02:28,208 wrapped in 2,500,000 tons 67 00:02:28,292 --> 00:02:32,208 of spinning metal, all alone in the night. 68 00:02:33,500 --> 00:02:35,708 It can be a dangerous place 69 00:02:35,792 --> 00:02:38,708 but it's our last best hope for peace. 70 00:02:38,792 --> 00:02:42,833 This is the story of the last of the Babylon stations. 71 00:02:42,917 --> 00:02:45,125 The year is 2258. 72 00:02:45,208 --> 00:02:49,292 The name of the place is Babylon 5. 73 00:02:49,375 --> 00:02:52,417 [theme music] 74 00:03:21,625 --> 00:03:24,667 [music continues] 75 00:03:27,167 --> 00:03:29,917 [intense music] 76 00:03:34,750 --> 00:03:36,917 - 'How is he?' - 'I've managed..' 77 00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:38,958 (Stephen) 'To stabilize his condition, but we won't know for a while.' 78 00:03:39,042 --> 00:03:41,792 I'm still trying to work out his biology. 79 00:03:41,875 --> 00:03:42,792 [beeping] 80 00:03:42,875 --> 00:03:44,667 - Sinclair. - 'Commander.' 81 00:03:44,750 --> 00:03:46,125 (Ivanova) 'Captain Pierce is coming aboard.' 82 00:03:46,208 --> 00:03:47,708 'He'll meet you in the briefing room.' 83 00:03:47,792 --> 00:03:49,000 On my way. 84 00:03:49,083 --> 00:03:51,708 I want quarterly progress reports on his condition. 85 00:03:51,792 --> 00:03:53,042 Will do. 86 00:03:58,458 --> 00:04:02,125 (computer) 'For your shopping convenience, the Zocalo is accessible' 87 00:04:02,208 --> 00:04:05,083 'through all marked transport tubes.' 88 00:04:05,167 --> 00:04:08,958 'Our casino features gaming from seven systems.' 89 00:04:09,042 --> 00:04:10,833 'All currencies are accepted.' 90 00:04:10,917 --> 00:04:12,083 Fade. 91 00:04:13,250 --> 00:04:15,000 Cushy. 92 00:04:15,083 --> 00:04:17,292 All the comforts of home. 93 00:04:17,375 --> 00:04:19,458 It'll be a nice change of pace for my people. 94 00:04:19,542 --> 00:04:22,125 Good food, some R and R while they're stationed here. 95 00:04:22,208 --> 00:04:23,542 I've just gone over the message you sent 96 00:04:23,625 --> 00:04:25,958 upon your arrival, Captain Pierce. 97 00:04:26,042 --> 00:04:28,375 Would you like to explain yourself? 98 00:04:28,458 --> 00:04:31,625 We were in hyperspace en route to the Vegan outpost 99 00:04:31,708 --> 00:04:33,208 when we received a countermand order 100 00:04:33,292 --> 00:04:34,917 from Earthforce Command. 101 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:37,833 We were ordered to report here and assume control. 102 00:04:37,917 --> 00:04:41,208 - On whose authority? - Office of Planetary Security. 103 00:04:43,125 --> 00:04:44,292 They relayed your reports on 104 00:04:44,375 --> 00:04:47,083 what you discovered on Epsilon 3. 105 00:04:47,167 --> 00:04:51,292 A whole new and potentially revolutionary technology. 106 00:04:51,375 --> 00:04:52,875 Based on what you described 107 00:04:52,958 --> 00:04:56,292 the civilian and military potential is staggering. 108 00:04:56,375 --> 00:04:58,167 We can take care of it ourselves. 109 00:04:58,250 --> 00:05:00,167 For now maybe. 110 00:05:00,250 --> 00:05:02,708 But since this is neutral territory 111 00:05:02,792 --> 00:05:05,375 every race on this station is going to stake a claim 112 00:05:05,458 --> 00:05:07,250 to what you found down there. 113 00:05:07,333 --> 00:05:10,667 Now, my orders are to make sure Earth gets first dibs 114 00:05:10,750 --> 00:05:13,708 to prevent anyone else from sending down a team 115 00:05:13,792 --> 00:05:15,292 and to protect this station 116 00:05:15,375 --> 00:05:17,667 when the other races get tired of being told 117 00:05:17,750 --> 00:05:20,833 they can't take what's ours. 118 00:05:20,917 --> 00:05:22,167 I don't know if you appreciate 119 00:05:22,250 --> 00:05:24,708 how messy this situation can get. 120 00:05:24,792 --> 00:05:27,208 I appreciate the fact that we had this situation 121 00:05:27,292 --> 00:05:28,583 'under control and quiet' 122 00:05:28,667 --> 00:05:30,833 until you blew in here with a heavy cruiser. 123 00:05:30,917 --> 00:05:32,750 Now everybody's gonna wonder what's going on. 124 00:05:32,833 --> 00:05:36,792 A show of force is required. 125 00:05:38,250 --> 00:05:40,042 If they know we're here 126 00:05:40,125 --> 00:05:43,500 they'll be less inclined to start something. 127 00:05:43,583 --> 00:05:45,417 What's the status of your prisoner? 128 00:05:45,500 --> 00:05:48,875 The patient is in Medlab. His condition, uncertain. 129 00:05:48,958 --> 00:05:50,750 Why don't you go down there and hold a gun to his head, captain? 130 00:05:50,833 --> 00:05:53,750 Maybe a show of force will help in that situation, too. 131 00:05:53,833 --> 00:05:56,333 This isn't a backwater outpost or bronze-tech world 132 00:05:56,417 --> 00:05:57,833 where you can come in, bare your teeth 133 00:05:57,917 --> 00:05:59,875 'and expect everyone to fall in line.' 134 00:05:59,958 --> 00:06:01,167 This is a diplomatic station 135 00:06:01,250 --> 00:06:02,750 and your kind of heavy-handedness 136 00:06:02,833 --> 00:06:04,792 is just going to make our job harder. 137 00:06:04,875 --> 00:06:06,667 This kind of help we don't need. 138 00:06:06,750 --> 00:06:08,167 'Enjoy the accommodations, captain.' 139 00:06:08,250 --> 00:06:09,625 I'll do everything I can to make sure 140 00:06:09,708 --> 00:06:11,875 your stay here is a brief one. 141 00:06:11,958 --> 00:06:13,250 That's all. 142 00:06:18,125 --> 00:06:19,833 [intense music] 143 00:06:21,625 --> 00:06:23,417 (woman on TV) ..would appear that Earth Alliance President 144 00:06:23,500 --> 00:06:26,583 Luis Santiago is bowing to pressure by the Earth Senate 145 00:06:26,667 --> 00:06:30,125 to use more force to subdue the Mars rebellion. 146 00:06:30,208 --> 00:06:31,708 We've received unconfirmed reports 147 00:06:31,792 --> 00:06:33,792 that elite shock troops are already en route 148 00:06:33,875 --> 00:06:36,458 to staging areas outside the capital city. 149 00:06:36,542 --> 00:06:40,125 Yeah! Go get 'em, boys! Show them crummy Marsies. 150 00:06:40,208 --> 00:06:41,667 Hey, look. They're humans, too. 151 00:06:41,750 --> 00:06:43,708 Hey, they don't think so. Why should I? 152 00:06:43,792 --> 00:06:46,625 They're just a bunch of damned ingrates and crybabies. 153 00:06:46,708 --> 00:06:47,833 'We get taxed so they can get' 154 00:06:47,917 --> 00:06:50,292 'all the best atmosphere reprocessors' 155 00:06:50,375 --> 00:06:51,875 water reclamation. 156 00:06:51,958 --> 00:06:53,125 They ought to be damn grateful 157 00:06:53,208 --> 00:06:55,833 instead of pulling this garbage. 158 00:06:55,917 --> 00:06:57,833 Okay, fine, fine. Whatever. 159 00:06:57,917 --> 00:06:59,750 'Ask me, the solution's real simple.' 160 00:06:59,833 --> 00:07:02,167 Pump in morph gas, go in there and break some heads. 161 00:07:02,250 --> 00:07:04,167 Every mother lovin' one of 'em. 162 00:07:04,250 --> 00:07:06,167 Teach 'em who's in charge here. 163 00:07:06,250 --> 00:07:07,792 'Like my granddad used to say' 164 00:07:07,875 --> 00:07:10,125 "Nuke 'em till they glow and then shoot 'em in the dark." 165 00:07:10,208 --> 00:07:12,750 [laughs] Oh, ah, that'd take care of 'em 166 00:07:12,833 --> 00:07:14,625 phew, just like magic. 167 00:07:14,708 --> 00:07:16,917 Magic? You wanna see magic? 168 00:07:17,000 --> 00:07:18,792 I got a little magic trick for ya. 169 00:07:18,875 --> 00:07:20,708 I'll make your head magically pass through the top of the bar! 170 00:07:20,792 --> 00:07:23,333 - Hey, let go! - I'll need complete silence. 171 00:07:23,417 --> 00:07:26,000 (Garibaldi) 'Or I'll have to ask for another volunteer from the audience.' 172 00:07:26,083 --> 00:07:28,167 'Let's see. What was that magic word again?' 173 00:07:28,250 --> 00:07:30,917 "Shazam?" That's not it. I'll tell you what. 174 00:07:31,000 --> 00:07:32,708 I'll go home and look in my books, then I'll come back. 175 00:07:32,792 --> 00:07:35,292 If you're still talking trash about killing Marsies 176 00:07:35,375 --> 00:07:40,167 we'll try it again and again until we get it right. Huh? 177 00:07:42,083 --> 00:07:43,458 [groans] 178 00:07:45,125 --> 00:07:47,208 (male 'I'm sorry, commander, this decision comes' 179 00:07:47,292 --> 00:07:49,042 from higher in the chain of command. 180 00:07:49,125 --> 00:07:51,375 There is nothing I can do. 181 00:07:51,458 --> 00:07:53,083 Ever since the war, Earthforce Command 182 00:07:53,167 --> 00:07:56,333 has been obsessed with getting their hands on new technology. 183 00:07:56,417 --> 00:07:57,750 'Now that they have the chance--' 184 00:07:57,833 --> 00:08:00,292 Senator, when I assumed command of Babylon 5 185 00:08:00,375 --> 00:08:02,958 I was personally assured by President Santiago 186 00:08:03,042 --> 00:08:05,333 that I had final authority over this sector. 187 00:08:05,417 --> 00:08:06,750 I refuse to surrender that control 188 00:08:06,833 --> 00:08:08,542 without express orders from the president. 189 00:08:08,625 --> 00:08:11,500 The president is rather busy at the moment. 190 00:08:11,583 --> 00:08:12,792 'The revolt on the Mars Colony' 191 00:08:12,875 --> 00:08:15,208 is taking up a great deal of his time. 192 00:08:15,292 --> 00:08:16,500 That's not my problem. 193 00:08:16,583 --> 00:08:18,292 At the moment, this is my problem. 194 00:08:18,375 --> 00:08:20,000 As far as I'm concerned, until I'm officially 195 00:08:20,083 --> 00:08:22,833 told otherwise, this is still my jurisdiction. 196 00:08:22,917 --> 00:08:25,417 I don't wanna resign over this, but I will if I have to. 197 00:08:25,500 --> 00:08:26,917 Alright, commander. 198 00:08:27,000 --> 00:08:30,292 I'll do what I can to secure that confirmation. 199 00:08:30,375 --> 00:08:33,750 If that fails, maybe I can get Captain Pierce 200 00:08:33,833 --> 00:08:36,125 'to accept shared jurisdictions.' 201 00:08:36,208 --> 00:08:38,000 It's the best I can do for now. 202 00:08:38,083 --> 00:08:41,250 Commander, I will be in touch. 203 00:08:44,083 --> 00:08:45,667 [sighs] 204 00:08:49,333 --> 00:08:50,375 [beeping] 205 00:08:53,125 --> 00:08:54,750 - Yes? - 'Something's happening.' 206 00:08:54,833 --> 00:08:56,417 (Ivanova) 'Down on Epsilon 3, commander.' 207 00:08:56,500 --> 00:08:57,917 'You better come take a look.' 208 00:08:58,000 --> 00:08:59,375 On my way. 209 00:09:03,667 --> 00:09:05,208 A flight of ships departed the Hyperion 210 00:09:05,292 --> 00:09:07,583 a little while ago, headed down to Epsilon 3. 211 00:09:07,667 --> 00:09:09,208 - Did they get through? - Negative. 212 00:09:09,292 --> 00:09:11,500 Bring up tactical display. 213 00:09:11,583 --> 00:09:14,500 They're encountering heavy fire from the surface batteries. 214 00:09:14,583 --> 00:09:15,958 'Four of the Hyperion ships' 215 00:09:16,042 --> 00:09:18,083 'have been disabled in the last five minutes.' 216 00:09:18,167 --> 00:09:19,500 The counterattack looks even heavier 217 00:09:19,583 --> 00:09:20,542 than when we went down there. 218 00:09:20,625 --> 00:09:21,625 I noticed the same thing. 219 00:09:21,708 --> 00:09:23,083 Definite escalation. 220 00:09:23,167 --> 00:09:24,458 They're pulling back. 221 00:09:24,542 --> 00:09:26,958 Commander, Captain Pierce on the link for you. 222 00:09:27,042 --> 00:09:28,958 Put him through. 223 00:09:29,042 --> 00:09:30,458 (Sinclair) 'Captain Pierce, what's the idea' 224 00:09:30,542 --> 00:09:32,458 of dispatching a team down to the planet surface 225 00:09:32,542 --> 00:09:34,000 without checking with me first? 226 00:09:34,083 --> 00:09:35,417 Unnecessary. 227 00:09:35,500 --> 00:09:37,458 We had your log, your flight pattern-- 228 00:09:37,542 --> 00:09:39,042 But it didn't work, did it? 229 00:09:39,125 --> 00:09:40,667 Because you can't get near the planet surface 230 00:09:40,750 --> 00:09:43,125 without a properly encoded jamming device. 231 00:09:43,208 --> 00:09:45,542 What? Why wasn't I informed? 232 00:09:45,625 --> 00:09:47,500 - You didn't ask. - 'Commander.' 233 00:09:47,583 --> 00:09:50,375 I demand you turn over this jamming device at once. 234 00:09:50,458 --> 00:09:52,917 It's being repaired. But I'll see what I can do. 235 00:09:53,000 --> 00:09:54,333 Babylon Control out. 236 00:09:54,417 --> 00:09:56,500 Commander, we didn't use a jamming device. 237 00:09:56,583 --> 00:09:58,167 We don't even have a jamming device. 238 00:09:58,250 --> 00:09:59,542 I know, but he doesn't know that. 239 00:09:59,625 --> 00:10:00,833 With luck, it'll discourage him 240 00:10:00,917 --> 00:10:02,208 from sending anymore ships down there 241 00:10:02,292 --> 00:10:03,625 until we finish working this out. 242 00:10:03,708 --> 00:10:05,333 [alarm blaring] What's that? 243 00:10:05,417 --> 00:10:07,167 That's the other thing I wanted to tell you. 244 00:10:07,250 --> 00:10:09,500 We're picking up increased seismic activity 245 00:10:09,583 --> 00:10:11,750 inside Epsilon 3. 246 00:10:11,833 --> 00:10:13,417 It started about the same time 247 00:10:13,500 --> 00:10:15,833 when the Hyperion ships began their approach. 248 00:10:15,917 --> 00:10:17,292 But they're not natural quakes. 249 00:10:17,375 --> 00:10:19,167 It's a massive artificial disruption 250 00:10:19,250 --> 00:10:20,583 located near the planet's core. 251 00:10:20,667 --> 00:10:22,458 - How serious? - 'Serious.' 252 00:10:22,542 --> 00:10:24,042 And growing in magnitude. 253 00:10:24,125 --> 00:10:25,917 According to our projections, if this keeps on 254 00:10:26,042 --> 00:10:28,875 the planet will start to break apart from the inside 255 00:10:28,958 --> 00:10:30,375 until it explodes. 256 00:10:30,458 --> 00:10:33,542 'Commander, if that planet goes, it'll take us with it.' 257 00:10:33,625 --> 00:10:36,625 The Hyperion can get out of the way. We can't. 258 00:10:36,708 --> 00:10:38,375 We'll be ripped apart. 259 00:10:43,292 --> 00:10:45,667 (Ivanova) 'Data from our latest scan confirms my suspicions.' 260 00:10:45,750 --> 00:10:47,833 Epsilon 3 is honeycombed with passages 261 00:10:47,917 --> 00:10:49,917 and a network of highly-advanced fusion reactors 262 00:10:50,000 --> 00:10:52,583 some of which are five to ten miles across. 263 00:10:52,667 --> 00:10:55,583 The scale of it is outstanding. 264 00:10:55,667 --> 00:10:56,833 There's power down there on a level 265 00:10:56,917 --> 00:10:58,708 that we've never even dreamed of. 266 00:10:58,792 --> 00:11:00,417 For the past five hours, we've been monitoring 267 00:11:00,500 --> 00:11:03,542 a gradual but definite change in all of the fusion reactors. 268 00:11:03,625 --> 00:11:05,792 They're all moving towards critical mass. 269 00:11:05,875 --> 00:11:07,458 - A doomsday machine. - 'Exactly.' 270 00:11:07,542 --> 00:11:10,917 I'd say we have, at the most, 48 hours before they blow 271 00:11:11,000 --> 00:11:12,583 taking the planet and us with them. 272 00:11:12,667 --> 00:11:15,333 How long would it take to evacuate the station? 273 00:11:15,417 --> 00:11:17,250 We're talking a quarter million humans and aliens. 274 00:11:17,333 --> 00:11:18,583 Even if we called in every ship in the sector 275 00:11:18,667 --> 00:11:20,208 it'd take at least three to five days. 276 00:11:20,292 --> 00:11:23,250 [sighs] Have you informed Captain Pierce? 277 00:11:23,333 --> 00:11:24,667 He insists it's just one more reason 278 00:11:24,750 --> 00:11:27,083 why his people have to go down there. 279 00:11:27,167 --> 00:11:28,625 Your opinion. 280 00:11:29,375 --> 00:11:30,417 Not a chance. 281 00:11:30,500 --> 00:11:31,833 This chain reaction started 282 00:11:31,917 --> 00:11:34,208 the last time they tried to land down there. 283 00:11:34,292 --> 00:11:36,292 Now, my guess is that the planet is booby trapped 284 00:11:36,375 --> 00:11:38,167 to keep it from falling into the wrong hands. 285 00:11:38,250 --> 00:11:40,500 If they go down there again, we may not have 48 hours. 286 00:11:40,583 --> 00:11:42,375 So why didn't it start when the two of you went down there? 287 00:11:42,458 --> 00:11:46,250 At a guess, because there was still someone running the show. 288 00:11:46,333 --> 00:11:48,208 - The guy you brought back? - 'Exactly.' 289 00:11:48,292 --> 00:11:49,625 As long as he remains unconscious 290 00:11:49,708 --> 00:11:51,333 the system keeps running on automatic 291 00:11:51,417 --> 00:11:53,083 heading towards self-destruct 292 00:11:53,167 --> 00:11:54,417 without anyone to stop it. 293 00:11:54,500 --> 00:11:56,708 Alright. We'll give it another 12 hours. 294 00:11:56,792 --> 00:11:58,542 See if we can find a way around this thing. 295 00:11:58,625 --> 00:12:00,292 If not, we'll evacuate the station. 296 00:12:00,375 --> 00:12:02,458 Try to get as many as we can away from here. 297 00:12:02,542 --> 00:12:04,458 It'll be a panic. They'll stampede the docking base. 298 00:12:04,542 --> 00:12:06,792 I know, we'll hold back making an announcement 299 00:12:06,875 --> 00:12:08,417 as long as possible, but you better go ahead 300 00:12:08,500 --> 00:12:10,458 'and tell your own people. This could get messy.' 301 00:12:10,542 --> 00:12:12,708 Get something to eat and try to catch an hour or two of sleep. 302 00:12:12,792 --> 00:12:16,042 We've got a long road ahead of us. 303 00:12:16,125 --> 00:12:18,000 [sighs] So if we go down there, it blows. 304 00:12:18,083 --> 00:12:20,208 If we don't, it blows anyway, just a little later. 305 00:12:20,292 --> 00:12:21,875 It's a good thing I'm Russian. 306 00:12:21,958 --> 00:12:24,208 We're used to hopeless situations. 307 00:12:27,042 --> 00:12:28,750 Ah, lieutenant commander. 308 00:12:28,833 --> 00:12:30,625 Just the person I've been looking for. 309 00:12:30,708 --> 00:12:32,083 Ambassador, this is not a good time. 310 00:12:32,167 --> 00:12:35,375 No, I imagine not. You have been holding out on me. 311 00:12:35,458 --> 00:12:37,000 I have no idea what you're talking about. 312 00:12:37,083 --> 00:12:40,000 - Situation is status quo. - Ah, of course. 313 00:12:40,083 --> 00:12:43,083 An Earth War Cruiser parked alongside the station 314 00:12:43,167 --> 00:12:45,583 mysterious trips to the planet beneath us 315 00:12:45,667 --> 00:12:48,167 rumors that you have found someone down there 316 00:12:48,250 --> 00:12:49,625 and brought him back here. 317 00:12:49,708 --> 00:12:51,667 This to you is status quo, yes? 318 00:12:51,750 --> 00:12:53,958 You must lead a very interesting life. 319 00:12:54,042 --> 00:12:56,708 You did find something down there, didn't you? 320 00:12:56,792 --> 00:12:58,292 Something valuable, perhaps? 321 00:12:58,375 --> 00:13:01,292 I wish to remind you that my government has contributed 322 00:13:01,375 --> 00:13:03,875 substantial amounts of money to this station. 323 00:13:03,958 --> 00:13:05,667 We are entitled to an equal share 324 00:13:05,750 --> 00:13:07,500 of anything you find down there. 325 00:13:07,583 --> 00:13:10,542 Ambassador, do you really wanna know what's going on 326 00:13:10,625 --> 00:13:11,708 down there right now? 327 00:13:11,792 --> 00:13:14,292 Yes. Absolutely. 328 00:13:16,500 --> 00:13:18,875 Boom. Boom, boom, boom. 329 00:13:18,958 --> 00:13:21,083 Boom, boom. Boom! 330 00:13:21,167 --> 00:13:23,792 - Have a nice day. - Fa! 331 00:13:23,875 --> 00:13:27,167 You can never get a straight answer from anyone around here! 332 00:13:29,958 --> 00:13:32,958 [mumbling] 333 00:13:37,250 --> 00:13:38,917 I knew you would say that. 334 00:13:39,000 --> 00:13:41,708 [both laughing] 335 00:13:41,792 --> 00:13:45,500 (male "Draal, help me." 336 00:13:46,167 --> 00:13:47,750 'Spinning!' 337 00:13:47,833 --> 00:13:50,250 - Spinning? - 'Help me.' 338 00:13:51,583 --> 00:13:52,875 Spinning? 339 00:13:52,958 --> 00:13:55,625 - Are you alright? - Yes. 340 00:13:55,708 --> 00:13:58,583 It's strange. I heard someone call my name. 341 00:13:59,875 --> 00:14:02,208 It came from this way. 342 00:14:11,292 --> 00:14:12,333 [beeping] 343 00:14:12,417 --> 00:14:13,708 Yeah, come in. 344 00:14:16,542 --> 00:14:18,083 Michael. 345 00:14:18,167 --> 00:14:21,083 Hey, Jeff. What are you doing down in this part of town? 346 00:14:21,167 --> 00:14:23,583 Just thought I'd see how you were doing. 347 00:14:23,667 --> 00:14:26,292 Fine, fine. Have a seat. 348 00:14:26,375 --> 00:14:27,875 I just made some dinner. You want some? 349 00:14:27,958 --> 00:14:31,042 No, thanks. I grabbed something in the mess hall. 350 00:14:33,667 --> 00:14:35,333 Michael, I heard about the incident 351 00:14:35,417 --> 00:14:37,583 this afternoon in the Zocalo. 352 00:14:37,667 --> 00:14:40,750 The uh, magic-trick thing? 353 00:14:40,833 --> 00:14:44,083 - 'They file a complaint?' - No, but they could've. 354 00:14:44,167 --> 00:14:45,958 Oh, I know. I know. 355 00:14:46,042 --> 00:14:48,917 I know, I know. It was stupid. 356 00:14:49,000 --> 00:14:50,625 Ah, but you didn't hear 'em. 357 00:14:50,708 --> 00:14:52,208 The people are dying on Mars and it's like 358 00:14:52,292 --> 00:14:54,125 'some kind of damn game to these guys.' 359 00:14:54,208 --> 00:14:57,083 And on top of that, I'm worried sick about Lise. 360 00:14:57,167 --> 00:14:59,292 - I mean, I just snapped. - Michael, I need you sharp. 361 00:14:59,375 --> 00:15:00,750 You can't go off like that. 362 00:15:00,833 --> 00:15:03,292 Damn it, Jeff. What the hell am I supposed to do? 363 00:15:03,375 --> 00:15:06,542 I've never felt this, this helpless before. 364 00:15:06,625 --> 00:15:08,625 The one woman in my whole life who meant anything to me 365 00:15:08,708 --> 00:15:09,875 and she is back on Mars somewhere. 366 00:15:09,958 --> 00:15:11,625 Maybe she's alive, maybe he's dead. 367 00:15:11,708 --> 00:15:13,542 Either way, I can't do a thing. 368 00:15:13,625 --> 00:15:15,125 'The planet we're parked next to is about to go up' 369 00:15:15,208 --> 00:15:17,667 like a Roman candle. What am I supposed to do, huh? 370 00:15:17,750 --> 00:15:19,083 Arrest it? 371 00:15:24,083 --> 00:15:25,125 You know, I.. 372 00:15:26,167 --> 00:15:28,833 I never should've let her go. I.. 373 00:15:28,917 --> 00:15:31,833 [sighs] I never should have waited this long before calling her. 374 00:15:31,917 --> 00:15:33,500 Then why did you? 375 00:15:38,292 --> 00:15:40,792 I was afraid. 376 00:15:40,875 --> 00:15:44,792 Afraid she'd hang up on me and just as afraid she wouldn't. 377 00:15:44,875 --> 00:15:47,208 Afraid to find out that she hated me.. 378 00:15:48,250 --> 00:15:49,375 ...that it really was all over 379 00:15:49,458 --> 00:15:51,667 and I could kiss my dreams goodbye. 380 00:15:53,833 --> 00:15:56,083 And just as afraid to find out that.. 381 00:15:57,042 --> 00:15:59,167 ...maybe she still loved me 382 00:15:59,250 --> 00:16:01,167 like I think I still loved her. 383 00:16:01,250 --> 00:16:04,042 'Cause then we'd have to do something about it 384 00:16:04,125 --> 00:16:06,250 and I still don't know if I can. 385 00:16:08,083 --> 00:16:10,083 Does any of this make any kind of sense at all? 386 00:16:10,167 --> 00:16:11,917 Yeah, it does. 387 00:16:13,375 --> 00:16:15,083 There's some brass station down on Mars 388 00:16:15,167 --> 00:16:16,250 that owe me a favor or two. 389 00:16:16,333 --> 00:16:18,417 I think it's about time they paid up. 390 00:16:18,500 --> 00:16:21,708 One way or another, I'll get you that clear channel to Mars. 391 00:16:21,792 --> 00:16:24,000 That'd be great. Thanks. 392 00:16:25,458 --> 00:16:27,583 It's okay. I've been there. 393 00:16:32,583 --> 00:16:34,000 One last thing. 394 00:16:34,833 --> 00:16:36,083 A favor. 395 00:16:37,250 --> 00:16:38,417 If we have to evacuate, you know 396 00:16:38,500 --> 00:16:40,542 we'll never get everyone off the station. 397 00:16:40,625 --> 00:16:43,500 Ambassadors, women and children, civilians go first. 398 00:16:43,583 --> 00:16:46,333 Some of the command staff will have to stay onboard until.. 399 00:16:50,000 --> 00:16:51,375 I'd appreciate it if you could make sure 400 00:16:51,458 --> 00:16:53,750 Ivanova gets on the last ship out. 401 00:16:53,833 --> 00:16:56,250 She'll want to stay, but.. 402 00:16:56,333 --> 00:16:58,875 She's got her whole career ahead of her. 403 00:16:58,958 --> 00:17:01,958 Understood, she'll be on it if I have to drug her 404 00:17:02,042 --> 00:17:04,000 and toss her in before the doors close. 405 00:17:04,083 --> 00:17:05,333 [chuckles] 406 00:17:06,625 --> 00:17:09,667 [door whirring] 407 00:17:12,833 --> 00:17:15,875 [intense music] 408 00:17:21,500 --> 00:17:24,042 [door whirring] 409 00:17:24,125 --> 00:17:26,958 Look, this is a restricted area. You're not allowed in here. 410 00:17:27,042 --> 00:17:30,458 No. Well, he's the one. I heard him call my name. 411 00:17:30,542 --> 00:17:33,458 No, no. That's quite impossible, alright? The patient's comatose. 412 00:17:33,542 --> 00:17:36,750 Now, I'm afraid I'm gonna have to insist that you leave now! 413 00:17:36,833 --> 00:17:39,208 (male Spinning! Draal.. 414 00:17:39,292 --> 00:17:41,208 - Spin! - Don't try to move. 415 00:17:41,292 --> 00:17:43,125 (Stephen) 'Don't, don't, don't move.' 416 00:17:43,208 --> 00:17:45,750 [man groaning] 417 00:17:47,250 --> 00:17:49,167 - Spin.. - Stay right there, okay? 418 00:17:49,250 --> 00:17:51,417 - Stay still. - No. 419 00:17:51,500 --> 00:17:52,583 Draal.. 420 00:17:54,042 --> 00:17:55,083 '...you..' 421 00:17:56,208 --> 00:17:57,417 ...help... 422 00:17:58,625 --> 00:18:00,583 ...planet below. 423 00:18:01,875 --> 00:18:04,333 Do not land. 424 00:18:04,417 --> 00:18:06,792 'Do not approach.' 425 00:18:06,875 --> 00:18:09,292 'Will explode.' 426 00:18:10,625 --> 00:18:13,500 Destroy you all. 427 00:18:15,250 --> 00:18:17,500 Without the heart.. 428 00:18:18,917 --> 00:18:21,750 ...without another.. 429 00:18:21,833 --> 00:18:24,875 [intense music] 430 00:18:26,667 --> 00:18:28,333 I got your message. What's up? 431 00:18:28,417 --> 00:18:30,292 Dr. Franklin's reporting the patient is awake 432 00:18:30,375 --> 00:18:31,708 and confirming our information. 433 00:18:31,792 --> 00:18:34,042 If any ships land on the planet, it will self-destruct. 434 00:18:34,125 --> 00:18:35,625 - Did you tell the Hyperion? - Yes. 435 00:18:35,708 --> 00:18:37,833 Unfortunately, they figured out there's no jamming device. 436 00:18:37,917 --> 00:18:39,083 How can you tell? 437 00:18:39,167 --> 00:18:40,375 Because they're about to launch an expedition 438 00:18:40,458 --> 00:18:41,708 to the planet surface. 439 00:18:41,792 --> 00:18:44,958 - Get Pierce on the line! - Already done. 440 00:18:45,042 --> 00:18:47,542 Captain, what the hell do you think you are doing? 441 00:18:47,625 --> 00:18:49,542 That planet's set to blow if your team goes down there. 442 00:18:49,625 --> 00:18:50,833 We've just received confirmation-- 443 00:18:50,917 --> 00:18:53,042 From a source with every reason to lie 444 00:18:53,125 --> 00:18:54,875 to protect what's down there. 445 00:18:54,958 --> 00:18:56,042 (Pierce) 'Our people have been monitoring' 446 00:18:56,125 --> 00:18:57,833 the same activity you have. 447 00:18:57,917 --> 00:19:01,125 They assure us we can safely land on the planet 448 00:19:01,208 --> 00:19:02,875 as long as nominal precautions are taken. 449 00:19:02,958 --> 00:19:04,875 Damn it, captain. I've got a quarter million people in here. 450 00:19:04,958 --> 00:19:06,792 I'm not gonna let you jeopardize their lives. 451 00:19:06,875 --> 00:19:09,833 Commander, it's not your decision. 452 00:19:09,917 --> 00:19:11,375 We're going. 453 00:19:11,458 --> 00:19:13,042 What are you going to do, shoot us down? 454 00:19:13,125 --> 00:19:16,125 If that's what's required to protect this station, yes. 455 00:19:17,292 --> 00:19:19,500 - Excuse me? - Lieutenant commander. 456 00:19:19,583 --> 00:19:21,042 Put Delta and Zeta flights on alert. 457 00:19:21,125 --> 00:19:22,542 Stand by for immediate launch. 458 00:19:22,625 --> 00:19:24,583 - Orders? - Planetary blockade. 459 00:19:24,667 --> 00:19:27,458 Commander, if you order your ships 460 00:19:27,542 --> 00:19:29,458 to fire on my fighters 461 00:19:29,542 --> 00:19:31,292 you can kiss your career goodbye. 462 00:19:31,375 --> 00:19:33,833 And if you go down there, we're dead anyway. 463 00:19:35,333 --> 00:19:37,583 - You're bluffing. - Lieutenant commander. 464 00:19:37,667 --> 00:19:40,500 - Open fighter bay doors. - Fighter bay doors, aye. 465 00:19:40,583 --> 00:19:43,333 [intense music] 466 00:19:43,417 --> 00:19:45,042 Stand by to launch. 467 00:19:45,875 --> 00:19:47,250 It's up to you, captain. 468 00:19:47,333 --> 00:19:50,167 As far as I'm concerned, we've got nothing to lose. 469 00:19:57,500 --> 00:20:00,083 - Status? - They're canceling the launch. 470 00:20:01,708 --> 00:20:03,042 Tell the fighters to stand down 471 00:20:03,125 --> 00:20:05,000 but keep them ready in case we need them after all. 472 00:20:05,083 --> 00:20:06,792 We've got a ship coming through the jumpgate. 473 00:20:06,875 --> 00:20:09,417 [whooshing] 474 00:20:12,333 --> 00:20:13,667 Tell them to stand by. 475 00:20:13,750 --> 00:20:16,792 [whirring] 476 00:20:21,583 --> 00:20:24,125 [intense music] 477 00:20:25,833 --> 00:20:27,125 We're being scanned, they're accessing 478 00:20:27,208 --> 00:20:29,375 'our language and translation files!' 479 00:20:37,875 --> 00:20:39,125 [sighs] 480 00:20:39,208 --> 00:20:40,458 Everybody alright? 481 00:20:40,542 --> 00:20:41,792 - Yes, sir. - Yes, sir. 482 00:20:41,875 --> 00:20:43,792 I think so. 483 00:20:43,875 --> 00:20:45,292 We've got a signal coming through. 484 00:20:45,375 --> 00:20:48,958 This is Takarn. 485 00:20:49,042 --> 00:20:53,333 We have your language files 486 00:20:53,417 --> 00:20:57,708 taken to learn to speak. 487 00:20:57,792 --> 00:21:00,042 (Takarn) 'We have been' 488 00:21:00,125 --> 00:21:02,750 '500 years' 489 00:21:02,833 --> 00:21:06,500 searching for this place. 490 00:21:07,167 --> 00:21:09,125 We received 491 00:21:09,208 --> 00:21:11,875 its call-signal. 492 00:21:11,958 --> 00:21:13,958 He must be talking about the beacon that went off. 493 00:21:14,042 --> 00:21:18,125 This world belongs to us. 494 00:21:19,083 --> 00:21:22,042 We are last 495 00:21:22,125 --> 00:21:24,083 of our people. 496 00:21:24,167 --> 00:21:28,417 Searched 500 years. 497 00:21:28,500 --> 00:21:31,333 We will take! 498 00:21:31,417 --> 00:21:36,208 Give you ten of your hours to move aside. 499 00:21:37,208 --> 00:21:41,042 We do not wish to kill 500 00:21:41,125 --> 00:21:45,000 but we will if you will not let us take 501 00:21:45,083 --> 00:21:47,125 what is ours. 502 00:21:47,958 --> 00:21:49,125 Open channel to them. 503 00:21:49,208 --> 00:21:50,542 (Pierce) 'This is the Earth Alliance' 504 00:21:50,625 --> 00:21:53,208 Cruiser Hyperion to intruder. 505 00:21:53,292 --> 00:21:55,958 This sector is under Earth jurisdiction. 506 00:21:56,042 --> 00:22:00,167 Any attempt to seize this planet by force or to launch an attack 507 00:22:00,250 --> 00:22:02,208 'will be met with deadly force.' 508 00:22:02,292 --> 00:22:06,042 You have nine hours in which to withdraw. 509 00:22:07,500 --> 00:22:10,542 Worst case of testosterone poisoning I've ever seen. 510 00:22:10,625 --> 00:22:13,958 Is it true this world and its technology belongs to them? 511 00:22:14,667 --> 00:22:17,875 No. Outcast. 512 00:22:17,958 --> 00:22:19,583 Violent. 513 00:22:19,667 --> 00:22:22,583 My people cast them out 514 00:22:22,667 --> 00:22:24,667 centuries ago. 515 00:22:24,750 --> 00:22:27,917 Signal was not meant for them. 516 00:22:28,000 --> 00:22:31,417 Was put here to hide from them. 517 00:22:31,500 --> 00:22:33,417 Given to me 518 00:22:33,500 --> 00:22:36,583 when the rest of my people died. 519 00:22:36,667 --> 00:22:38,083 'Sacred trust.' 520 00:22:38,167 --> 00:22:41,708 'Legacy for the future.' 521 00:22:42,375 --> 00:22:45,333 I am guardian 522 00:22:45,417 --> 00:22:46,917 protector. 523 00:22:49,583 --> 00:22:52,458 I live in the heart of the machine. 524 00:22:52,542 --> 00:22:54,708 We are one. 525 00:22:54,792 --> 00:22:57,125 'Five-hundred of your years' 526 00:22:57,208 --> 00:23:00,125 'have I waited in the machine.' 527 00:23:00,208 --> 00:23:03,375 You've been here all this time and you haven't contacted us? 528 00:23:03,458 --> 00:23:05,708 Uh, no. 529 00:23:07,375 --> 00:23:11,208 Only listened to your people. 530 00:23:11,292 --> 00:23:14,125 Watched this great place being built 531 00:23:14,208 --> 00:23:16,917 learned your words. 532 00:23:18,542 --> 00:23:22,417 Please, you must stop them. 533 00:23:22,500 --> 00:23:24,792 'Do not let them take the machine.' 534 00:23:24,875 --> 00:23:28,792 It's not for them. It's not for this time. 535 00:23:28,875 --> 00:23:31,708 Varn, the planet is falling apart. 536 00:23:32,542 --> 00:23:33,625 Yes. 537 00:23:34,625 --> 00:23:38,417 Without guardian, fail-safe.. 538 00:23:39,542 --> 00:23:41,208 '...destroy itself.' 539 00:23:41,292 --> 00:23:43,708 If it blows, it'll kill everyone here. 540 00:23:43,792 --> 00:23:45,708 (Sinclair) 'Is there any way to stop it?' 541 00:23:50,042 --> 00:23:53,167 [sighs] What's your prognosis? 542 00:23:53,250 --> 00:23:54,542 He's dying. 543 00:23:54,625 --> 00:23:57,000 My guess is he's been dying for a while. 544 00:23:57,083 --> 00:23:59,333 (Stephen) 'That would explain the seismic disturbances.' 545 00:23:59,417 --> 00:24:01,167 The more that he suffered 546 00:24:01,250 --> 00:24:03,167 the more the system began to malfunction. 547 00:24:03,250 --> 00:24:06,167 But without him, the planet is dying 548 00:24:06,250 --> 00:24:08,125 taking us right along with it. 549 00:24:13,292 --> 00:24:15,375 [intense music] 550 00:24:15,458 --> 00:24:19,833 I'm told that you two were there when Varn regained consciousness 551 00:24:19,917 --> 00:24:22,042 and that he spoke to you. 552 00:24:22,125 --> 00:24:25,208 Yes, but he did not tell us anything more than he told you. 553 00:24:25,292 --> 00:24:26,958 Would you mind telling me what you were doing there 554 00:24:27,042 --> 00:24:28,542 in the first place? 555 00:24:31,250 --> 00:24:34,458 His spirit cried out to me in the night. 556 00:24:35,458 --> 00:24:37,000 He appeared before me. 557 00:24:38,292 --> 00:24:41,333 Oh, so you also saw him. 558 00:24:41,417 --> 00:24:42,667 Yes. 559 00:24:44,250 --> 00:24:46,833 My guess is that the machine is still tuned to his condition 560 00:24:46,917 --> 00:24:50,292 and was sending a kind of distress signal. 561 00:24:50,375 --> 00:24:54,500 Well, all we can do is hope he comes to pretty soon. 562 00:24:54,583 --> 00:24:55,875 We've got a little over eight hours 563 00:24:55,958 --> 00:24:58,292 before all hell breaks loose out there. 564 00:24:59,625 --> 00:25:02,750 [instrumental music] 565 00:25:07,667 --> 00:25:10,333 You know what Varn meant by "Another." 566 00:25:11,833 --> 00:25:13,125 Don't you? 567 00:25:14,333 --> 00:25:15,417 Yes. 568 00:25:17,250 --> 00:25:20,708 Varn could not ask it, could not say the words.. 569 00:25:22,167 --> 00:25:24,083 ...but it was in his eyes. 570 00:25:24,167 --> 00:25:28,208 He is probably forbidden to ask directly. 571 00:25:28,292 --> 00:25:31,875 But the answer is there if you have ears to hear it. 572 00:25:33,500 --> 00:25:35,542 And what answer is that? 573 00:25:36,458 --> 00:25:38,708 Ambassador Mollari. 574 00:25:38,792 --> 00:25:42,208 I'm astonished, Delenn. Truly. 575 00:25:42,292 --> 00:25:43,583 Of everyone on the station 576 00:25:43,667 --> 00:25:46,042 I never thought you would hold out on me. 577 00:25:47,583 --> 00:25:50,500 I believe we should talk. Yes? 578 00:25:56,958 --> 00:25:58,917 Commander, we have a situation here. 579 00:25:59,000 --> 00:26:00,125 'Where the hell have you been?' 580 00:26:00,208 --> 00:26:01,125 Trying to solve it. 581 00:26:01,208 --> 00:26:02,208 Any word from Earth Central? 582 00:26:02,292 --> 00:26:04,792 Negative. They're jamming us, too. 583 00:26:04,875 --> 00:26:07,375 There's still time to work this out. 584 00:26:07,458 --> 00:26:09,792 Commander, maybe you weren't paying attention. 585 00:26:09,875 --> 00:26:13,417 They've given us an ultimatum. Surrender or be destroyed. 586 00:26:13,500 --> 00:26:15,833 Now, I have no intention of sitting here quietly. 587 00:26:15,917 --> 00:26:19,083 'Together, we have the firepower. We can take them.' 588 00:26:19,167 --> 00:26:22,333 If we coordinate our firepower and link our fighter squadrons 589 00:26:22,417 --> 00:26:23,792 we can launch a preemptive strike 590 00:26:23,875 --> 00:26:25,292 and outflank them. 591 00:26:25,375 --> 00:26:28,208 But I can't do it without your support. 592 00:26:28,292 --> 00:26:30,292 Will you commit your forces to the battle? 593 00:26:30,375 --> 00:26:34,042 I don't see any other choice. We'll be ready when you are. 594 00:26:34,125 --> 00:26:37,958 (Londo) Yes, he called to me as well. 595 00:26:38,042 --> 00:26:40,458 Appeared to me, out of nowhere. 596 00:26:40,542 --> 00:26:42,542 (Delenn) Strange. 597 00:26:42,625 --> 00:26:46,375 I wonder why he appeared just to you, Draal 598 00:26:46,458 --> 00:26:47,667 and the commander. 599 00:26:47,750 --> 00:26:49,500 Perhaps because we are most familiar 600 00:26:49,583 --> 00:26:52,625 with the third principle of sentient life. 601 00:26:54,583 --> 00:26:56,750 You can be of great service, ambassador 602 00:26:56,833 --> 00:26:59,333 if you are willing to dare greatly. 603 00:26:59,417 --> 00:27:03,750 You are talking to the Centauri who led the raid on Fralis 12. 604 00:27:03,833 --> 00:27:05,792 Granted it was a long time ago 605 00:27:05,875 --> 00:27:10,375 but perhaps it is time to return to old habits. 606 00:27:10,458 --> 00:27:12,500 Ambassador.. 607 00:27:12,583 --> 00:27:14,542 I don't think you fully understand 608 00:27:14,625 --> 00:27:16,708 what Draal is asking of you. 609 00:27:17,875 --> 00:27:19,542 Of course I do. 610 00:27:21,667 --> 00:27:24,292 One of us will not return. 611 00:27:25,292 --> 00:27:27,875 - Yes? - That much is certain. 612 00:27:30,667 --> 00:27:34,708 As a young and foolish Centauri 613 00:27:34,792 --> 00:27:37,417 I swore that I would die on my feet 614 00:27:37,500 --> 00:27:39,042 doing something noble 615 00:27:39,125 --> 00:27:42,000 and brave and futile. 616 00:27:42,083 --> 00:27:45,875 Perhaps it was not so wild a dream as I thought 617 00:27:45,958 --> 00:27:47,542 or as foolish. 618 00:27:49,708 --> 00:27:52,500 It is better than waiting for the inevitable. 619 00:27:54,167 --> 00:27:56,833 We will go together. 620 00:27:58,500 --> 00:27:59,750 [indistinct chatter] 621 00:27:59,833 --> 00:28:01,750 We've got another ship asking to leave. 622 00:28:01,833 --> 00:28:03,333 Clear them for launch ASAP. 623 00:28:03,417 --> 00:28:04,500 The more we get out now, the fewer 624 00:28:04,583 --> 00:28:06,083 we have to evacuate later. 625 00:28:06,167 --> 00:28:08,708 [indistinct chatter] 626 00:28:10,125 --> 00:28:12,625 [whirring] 627 00:28:14,833 --> 00:28:16,792 (Garibaldi) Garibaldi to C andamp; C, somebody just grabbed 628 00:28:16,875 --> 00:28:18,458 the patient you brought back from the planet. 629 00:28:18,542 --> 00:28:20,792 'Looks like they created a diversion on Blue 7.' 630 00:28:20,875 --> 00:28:22,833 By the time my guards got back, he was gone. 631 00:28:22,917 --> 00:28:24,250 Stop all outgoing traffic. 632 00:28:24,333 --> 00:28:26,583 It's too late, three transports have already left 633 00:28:26,667 --> 00:28:29,500 and one's about to get to the gate and.. 634 00:28:29,583 --> 00:28:31,333 Wait a minute. Where the hell did it go? 635 00:28:31,417 --> 00:28:33,958 Signal coming in from the enemy ship. 636 00:28:34,042 --> 00:28:36,958 You have ignored our warnings! 637 00:28:37,042 --> 00:28:40,042 'You send ships to our world!' 638 00:28:40,125 --> 00:28:42,333 No more lies! 639 00:28:42,417 --> 00:28:45,542 Now we take what is ours 640 00:28:45,625 --> 00:28:48,375 and we stop your people! 641 00:28:48,458 --> 00:28:50,792 He's right. The transport's heading down to the planet. 642 00:28:50,875 --> 00:28:53,875 [whirring] 643 00:28:56,125 --> 00:28:58,167 [zapping] 644 00:28:58,250 --> 00:29:02,292 They've opened fire. Secondary gunner rays targeting my ship! 645 00:29:02,375 --> 00:29:05,667 I'm launching fighters. Babylon 5, we need your support. 646 00:29:05,750 --> 00:29:08,458 - Launch fighters. Fire at will. - Launch fighters! 647 00:29:08,542 --> 00:29:11,042 [whirring] 648 00:29:12,083 --> 00:29:14,583 [zapping] 649 00:29:15,917 --> 00:29:17,375 My God! 650 00:29:17,458 --> 00:29:19,667 Whoever's piloting that shuttle is a madman! 651 00:29:19,750 --> 00:29:22,750 [whirring] 652 00:29:23,417 --> 00:29:24,875 [chuckles] 653 00:29:24,958 --> 00:29:27,333 Just like Fralis 12. 654 00:29:27,417 --> 00:29:28,833 [chuckles] 655 00:29:28,917 --> 00:29:31,958 [intense music] 656 00:29:32,917 --> 00:29:35,708 [whirring] 657 00:29:37,542 --> 00:29:40,375 [zapping] 658 00:29:43,375 --> 00:29:45,750 Close blast doors. 659 00:29:45,833 --> 00:29:47,458 What's the position of that transport? 660 00:29:47,542 --> 00:29:49,167 They're about to enter the planet's atmosphere. 661 00:29:49,250 --> 00:29:51,125 This is the point where the planet's defense system 662 00:29:51,208 --> 00:29:52,750 opened fire last time. 663 00:29:55,292 --> 00:29:58,042 Wait. The defense system isn't firing. 664 00:29:58,125 --> 00:29:59,750 - It's letting them in. - Lieutenant commander. 665 00:29:59,833 --> 00:30:02,208 - We got a shuttle coming out. - I didn't authorize a launch. 666 00:30:02,292 --> 00:30:03,583 We've got a war going on out here. 667 00:30:03,667 --> 00:30:06,583 Security to C andamp; C. I'm in pursuit of the transport. 668 00:30:06,667 --> 00:30:08,000 Somebody has to bring that guy back 669 00:30:08,083 --> 00:30:09,708 and since you two are stuck in Control-- 670 00:30:09,792 --> 00:30:11,125 Negative. It's too dangerous. 671 00:30:11,208 --> 00:30:12,958 Hey, if they can make it, so can I. 672 00:30:13,042 --> 00:30:16,083 Look, I've got to do something, Jeff. Beginning descent. 673 00:30:16,167 --> 00:30:17,542 Think I can catch them at maximum thrust 674 00:30:17,625 --> 00:30:19,083 if you can buy me some cover. 675 00:30:19,167 --> 00:30:21,958 Tell Deltas 2 through 6 to watch Mr. Garibaldi's back. 676 00:30:22,667 --> 00:30:25,208 [whirring] 677 00:30:25,958 --> 00:30:28,958 [zapping] 678 00:30:36,708 --> 00:30:39,417 Who said the good old days are gone, eh? 679 00:30:40,375 --> 00:30:43,458 Now, uh, landing thrusters. 680 00:30:43,542 --> 00:30:45,667 Landing thrusters. Hm. 681 00:30:46,542 --> 00:30:47,500 [exhales sharply] 682 00:30:47,583 --> 00:30:49,000 If I were a landing thruster 683 00:30:49,083 --> 00:30:52,250 which one of these would I be? 684 00:30:52,333 --> 00:30:53,500 [rumbling] 685 00:30:53,583 --> 00:30:54,750 [laughing] 686 00:30:54,833 --> 00:30:57,833 [whirring] 687 00:31:10,500 --> 00:31:13,542 [zapping] 688 00:31:15,375 --> 00:31:17,167 Hyperion's forward guns powering up. 689 00:31:17,250 --> 00:31:20,042 Preparing to fire. Locking on. 690 00:31:20,125 --> 00:31:23,167 [zapping] 691 00:31:36,792 --> 00:31:39,833 [whirring] 692 00:31:45,125 --> 00:31:48,167 [rumbling] 693 00:31:54,458 --> 00:31:57,500 [rumbling] 694 00:32:09,208 --> 00:32:11,042 - Range to target? - Closing. 695 00:32:11,125 --> 00:32:12,667 300 kilometers. 250. 696 00:32:12,750 --> 00:32:14,625 Standby, defense grid. Prepare to fire. 697 00:32:14,708 --> 00:32:16,667 Alpha Flight, take point and engage. 698 00:32:16,750 --> 00:32:19,042 (male 'Affirmed, Control. Engaging.' 699 00:32:19,125 --> 00:32:20,417 [zapping] 700 00:32:27,500 --> 00:32:28,792 What the.. 701 00:32:33,083 --> 00:32:35,042 What the hell are you two doing down here? 702 00:32:35,125 --> 00:32:37,542 I figured maybe we had hijackers or tech stealers or.. 703 00:32:37,625 --> 00:32:40,333 [rumbling] 704 00:32:40,417 --> 00:32:42,875 Mr. Garibaldi, you may have noticed 705 00:32:42,958 --> 00:32:44,958 but things are not going well down here. 706 00:32:45,042 --> 00:32:47,042 We believe we can help. 707 00:32:47,125 --> 00:32:50,167 [wind howling] 708 00:32:53,208 --> 00:32:56,917 Finished. Have created a pocket of air for you. 709 00:33:02,958 --> 00:33:04,708 The machine that controls this planet 710 00:33:04,792 --> 00:33:06,542 needs a mind to run it 711 00:33:06,625 --> 00:33:10,500 'or it will destroy itself and Babylon 5 with it.' 712 00:33:10,583 --> 00:33:12,333 So you're going back in, is that it? 713 00:33:12,417 --> 00:33:13,917 No. I am. 714 00:33:15,208 --> 00:33:17,000 I will take his place.. 715 00:33:18,292 --> 00:33:21,375 '...in the heart of the machine.' 716 00:33:21,458 --> 00:33:23,583 Fire defense grid. Maximum range. 717 00:33:23,667 --> 00:33:25,792 [zapping] 718 00:33:30,250 --> 00:33:32,208 I can't allow this. There has to be another way. 719 00:33:32,292 --> 00:33:34,125 There is no other way. 720 00:33:35,750 --> 00:33:37,250 Please believe me. 721 00:33:37,333 --> 00:33:40,542 All my life I have searched for a way to serve others. 722 00:33:40,625 --> 00:33:42,542 'To me, there is no higher calling' 723 00:33:42,625 --> 00:33:44,417 no greater destiny 724 00:33:44,500 --> 00:33:45,833 than to live for another 725 00:33:45,917 --> 00:33:48,667 and if necessary, to die for another 726 00:33:48,750 --> 00:33:51,375 to somehow make the world a better place. 727 00:33:53,208 --> 00:33:55,833 I had done all I could on my world. 728 00:33:56,833 --> 00:33:59,208 I came looking for a reason 729 00:33:59,292 --> 00:34:01,000 a way to live out my remaining years 730 00:34:01,083 --> 00:34:02,250 with direction and purpose. 731 00:34:02,333 --> 00:34:04,667 Here I have found it. 732 00:34:05,542 --> 00:34:07,500 'I will save lives.' 733 00:34:10,333 --> 00:34:12,292 The wonders of this place 734 00:34:12,375 --> 00:34:14,625 will take me centuries to explore. 735 00:34:14,708 --> 00:34:17,208 Let my life have meaning. 736 00:34:18,958 --> 00:34:23,500 Help me to do what we both know must be done. 737 00:34:26,750 --> 00:34:29,667 [intense music] 738 00:34:29,750 --> 00:34:32,542 [explosion] 739 00:34:32,625 --> 00:34:34,625 Direct hit. Reporting damage at Cobra Bays. 740 00:34:34,708 --> 00:34:37,500 Hulls Blue A through C buckling, 20% power loss. 741 00:34:37,583 --> 00:34:38,625 One more shot like that and they'll blowout 742 00:34:38,708 --> 00:34:39,875 the whole forward section. 743 00:34:39,958 --> 00:34:41,500 - Where's the Hyperion? - On the other side. 744 00:34:41,583 --> 00:34:43,125 Enemy ship's keeping us between them. 745 00:34:43,208 --> 00:34:45,000 It's coming around again. 746 00:34:45,083 --> 00:34:47,042 Weapon systems powering up. 747 00:34:47,125 --> 00:34:49,792 - They're locking on. - This is it. 748 00:34:49,875 --> 00:34:52,917 [music continues] 749 00:34:56,750 --> 00:34:59,000 (Sinclair) What the hell? 750 00:34:59,083 --> 00:35:02,000 I am sending this message to all three parties involved 751 00:35:02,083 --> 00:35:04,958 in the struggle for control of this planet. 752 00:35:05,042 --> 00:35:07,167 It belongs to none of you. 753 00:35:07,250 --> 00:35:09,667 It belongs only to itself 754 00:35:09,750 --> 00:35:12,167 and to the future. 755 00:35:12,250 --> 00:35:14,458 (Draal) 'Commander Sinclair' 756 00:35:14,542 --> 00:35:17,875 'the secrets buried here must remain secrets.' 757 00:35:17,958 --> 00:35:21,500 They would give any race an advantage over all others. 758 00:35:21,583 --> 00:35:23,833 Thus, it is in the interests of all races 759 00:35:23,917 --> 00:35:27,667 that none should gain exclusive control of it. 760 00:35:27,750 --> 00:35:31,083 We entrust the safekeeping of this place 761 00:35:31,167 --> 00:35:34,833 to the Babylon 5 Advisory Council. 762 00:35:34,917 --> 00:35:38,375 'We'll rely upon your guidance, commander' 763 00:35:38,458 --> 00:35:41,208 'and the enlightened self-interest of the Council' 764 00:35:41,292 --> 00:35:44,458 to make sure that this world is left alone 765 00:35:44,542 --> 00:35:47,125 until the time is right. 766 00:35:49,625 --> 00:35:51,167 If enlightened self-interest 767 00:35:51,250 --> 00:35:54,583 should prove insufficient to the cause 768 00:35:54,667 --> 00:35:57,000 understand this 769 00:35:57,083 --> 00:35:59,333 the defensive systems on this world 770 00:35:59,417 --> 00:36:02,000 are now fully operational. 771 00:36:02,083 --> 00:36:04,708 'Do not attempt to come here again.' 772 00:36:04,792 --> 00:36:07,042 'Any approach will be met with resistance.' 773 00:36:07,125 --> 00:36:11,708 'Any ship attempting to land will be destroyed.' 774 00:36:11,792 --> 00:36:14,083 When the time is right 775 00:36:14,167 --> 00:36:17,333 we will be here waiting for you 776 00:36:17,417 --> 00:36:20,083 but not until then. 777 00:36:22,167 --> 00:36:23,542 Goodbye. 778 00:36:28,208 --> 00:36:30,083 [indistinct chatter] 779 00:36:31,500 --> 00:36:32,917 Somebody better get Pierce on the link. 780 00:36:33,000 --> 00:36:34,958 Commander, the enemy ship is moving again. 781 00:36:35,042 --> 00:36:36,417 - It's headed toward the planet. - What? 782 00:36:36,500 --> 00:36:38,042 - Didn't they get the message? - They got it. 783 00:36:38,125 --> 00:36:39,542 But I don't think they believed it. 784 00:36:39,625 --> 00:36:42,625 [whirring] 785 00:36:46,333 --> 00:36:49,333 [zapping] 786 00:36:55,917 --> 00:36:58,708 Delenn, we're finished here. We should go. 787 00:37:01,042 --> 00:37:02,625 He's right, ambassador. 788 00:37:03,375 --> 00:37:04,667 I know. 789 00:37:04,750 --> 00:37:05,875 If I could.. 790 00:37:06,792 --> 00:37:08,875 If I could have just a moment. 791 00:37:13,750 --> 00:37:16,208 You will take care of him? 792 00:37:16,292 --> 00:37:19,000 I have few days left to me 793 00:37:19,083 --> 00:37:21,958 but I will watch him until the end. 794 00:37:22,042 --> 00:37:24,500 We should know very soon 795 00:37:24,583 --> 00:37:28,625 if the machine has truly accepted him. 796 00:37:28,708 --> 00:37:30,333 How could it not? 797 00:37:33,417 --> 00:37:36,667 Tell me that it's a wonder so that I may sleep 798 00:37:36,750 --> 00:37:39,417 when all I can see in the night is this place. 799 00:37:40,500 --> 00:37:42,750 It is a wonder. 800 00:37:45,417 --> 00:37:48,833 The machine will extend his life 801 00:37:48,917 --> 00:37:51,125 as it did for me. 802 00:37:51,208 --> 00:37:54,542 'He will see all the tomorrows' 803 00:37:54,625 --> 00:37:57,250 'hear all the songs..' 804 00:37:58,500 --> 00:38:01,500 ...touch the edge of the universe 805 00:38:01,583 --> 00:38:03,333 with his thoughts. 806 00:38:03,417 --> 00:38:06,208 And my thoughts will ever be with him. 807 00:38:07,542 --> 00:38:10,625 I hope that he can hear them. 808 00:38:10,708 --> 00:38:13,917 The third principle of sentient life 809 00:38:14,042 --> 00:38:16,833 is its capacity for self-sacrifice.. 810 00:38:18,000 --> 00:38:21,458 '...for a cause, a loved one..' 811 00:38:22,833 --> 00:38:24,542 '...or for a friend.' 812 00:38:26,917 --> 00:38:28,583 Goodbye, dear friend. 813 00:38:30,417 --> 00:38:33,708 Perhaps, some day 814 00:38:33,792 --> 00:38:35,625 I may see you again. 815 00:38:57,917 --> 00:38:59,208 [intense music] 816 00:38:59,292 --> 00:39:00,417 (Pierce) 'We'll be putting into dock' 817 00:39:00,500 --> 00:39:01,750 'for repairs at Earthport.' 818 00:39:01,833 --> 00:39:04,167 'ETA nine days.' 819 00:39:04,250 --> 00:39:06,083 'With luck, they won't be quite as eventful' 820 00:39:06,167 --> 00:39:08,083 'as the last couple of days.' 821 00:39:08,167 --> 00:39:09,917 So much for R and R. 822 00:39:10,917 --> 00:39:12,167 I suppose you should know 823 00:39:12,250 --> 00:39:13,625 communique 824 00:39:13,708 --> 00:39:15,125 from Earthdome. 825 00:39:15,208 --> 00:39:16,667 'President Santiago confirms' 826 00:39:16,750 --> 00:39:18,375 that you have primary jurisdiction 827 00:39:18,458 --> 00:39:21,458 over the Babylon station and this sector of space. 828 00:39:22,208 --> 00:39:25,083 My, uh, regrets 829 00:39:25,167 --> 00:39:26,667 if I exceeded my authority. 830 00:39:26,750 --> 00:39:29,417 Apology accepted. Have a safe trip. 831 00:39:29,500 --> 00:39:32,125 Will do. Hyperion out. 832 00:39:33,083 --> 00:39:36,125 [whirring] 833 00:39:43,500 --> 00:39:45,125 Commander, we finally got a secure line 834 00:39:45,208 --> 00:39:46,583 to the Mars Colony. 835 00:39:46,667 --> 00:39:49,292 But before you tell Mr. Garibaldi 836 00:39:49,375 --> 00:39:51,458 there's something you should know. 837 00:39:51,542 --> 00:39:54,042 Yeah, I'm coming, I'm coming. 838 00:39:54,125 --> 00:39:55,583 What? 839 00:39:55,667 --> 00:39:58,000 Michael, we've got the Mars Colony relay. 840 00:39:58,083 --> 00:39:59,792 We've located your friend. 841 00:39:59,875 --> 00:40:01,458 - Is she.. - She's alive, yes. 842 00:40:01,542 --> 00:40:04,167 Wounded, but okay. The doctors say she'll be fine. 843 00:40:04,250 --> 00:40:06,167 Oh, that's great. 844 00:40:06,250 --> 00:40:07,958 - Put her through? - Coming in. 845 00:40:08,042 --> 00:40:09,833 And, Michael, if you want to talk later 846 00:40:09,917 --> 00:40:11,625 'you know where to find me.' 847 00:40:14,667 --> 00:40:16,625 Michael. Hi. 848 00:40:16,708 --> 00:40:19,625 I hear you've been turning Mars upside down looking for me. 849 00:40:19,708 --> 00:40:23,042 Well, you know me. I had to know if you were okay. 850 00:40:23,125 --> 00:40:24,667 Yeah, I'm fine. 851 00:40:24,750 --> 00:40:27,708 Got caught in a crossfire trying to get some food. 852 00:40:30,000 --> 00:40:31,875 Fighting's died down a little. 853 00:40:31,958 --> 00:40:33,417 Looks like the provisional government 854 00:40:33,500 --> 00:40:34,583 has got the upper hand. 855 00:40:34,667 --> 00:40:36,750 Good. Good. 856 00:40:36,833 --> 00:40:38,375 Look, Lise, these relays get kinda weird. 857 00:40:38,458 --> 00:40:41,167 So we don't have a lot of time. I just wanted to say-- 858 00:40:41,250 --> 00:40:45,000 - Michael.. - Please, let me finish. 859 00:40:45,083 --> 00:40:48,000 I've made a lot of mistakes in my life. 860 00:40:48,083 --> 00:40:49,625 And you're one of them. 861 00:40:49,708 --> 00:40:53,083 I never should've left you. I realize that now. 862 00:40:53,167 --> 00:40:54,833 'I've got a couple of weeks leave coming soon' 863 00:40:54,917 --> 00:40:57,083 and I am gonna take it on Mars. 864 00:40:57,167 --> 00:40:58,833 I thought maybe we could work things out if-- 865 00:40:58,917 --> 00:41:01,667 Michael, I can't. 866 00:41:01,750 --> 00:41:03,042 Oh, if it's the job.. 867 00:41:03,125 --> 00:41:04,542 I'm married. 868 00:41:06,208 --> 00:41:07,833 Oh. 869 00:41:07,917 --> 00:41:10,375 His name is Franz. 870 00:41:10,458 --> 00:41:13,833 We're expecting our first baby in September. 871 00:41:13,917 --> 00:41:15,208 That's great. 872 00:41:16,792 --> 00:41:18,292 I'm glad for you. 873 00:41:19,417 --> 00:41:20,667 Really. 874 00:41:29,958 --> 00:41:31,583 Mr. Garibaldi. 875 00:41:31,667 --> 00:41:33,792 Ambassador. 876 00:41:33,875 --> 00:41:37,833 I see you come here also to lose yourself in the stars. 877 00:41:38,792 --> 00:41:40,042 It's quiet. 878 00:41:42,542 --> 00:41:44,042 I like quiet. 879 00:41:47,375 --> 00:41:49,000 Ask you a question? 880 00:41:50,333 --> 00:41:52,917 Why the end run around us? 881 00:41:53,000 --> 00:41:54,250 When you figured out that someone 882 00:41:54,333 --> 00:41:56,042 was gonna have to take Varn's place down there 883 00:41:56,125 --> 00:41:58,167 why didn't you come to us and let us handle it? 884 00:41:58,250 --> 00:42:01,292 Because if I had, I know in my heart 885 00:42:01,375 --> 00:42:04,833 that Commander Sinclair would be the one down there right now. 886 00:42:05,708 --> 00:42:08,583 He's looking for a purpose. 887 00:42:08,667 --> 00:42:12,125 But his destiny lies elsewhere. 888 00:42:12,208 --> 00:42:15,167 And Londo. How did you get him to go along with this? 889 00:42:15,250 --> 00:42:20,125 An exchange of promises. I now owe him a great favor. 890 00:42:20,208 --> 00:42:23,750 'He will come to collect sooner or later.' 891 00:42:23,833 --> 00:42:26,042 But I think he enjoyed it. 892 00:42:26,125 --> 00:42:28,083 He discovered something inside him 893 00:42:28,167 --> 00:42:32,250 that he had thought was buried long, long ago. 894 00:42:32,333 --> 00:42:35,000 Yeah, well, one thing I have discovered 895 00:42:35,083 --> 00:42:37,250 is that some things are better left buried. 896 00:42:38,083 --> 00:42:39,625 Goodnight, ambassador. 897 00:42:39,708 --> 00:42:43,167 Franz.. What the hell kind of a name is Franz? 898 00:42:45,292 --> 00:42:47,083 Goodnight, old friend. 899 00:42:49,958 --> 00:42:51,792 Sleep well. 900 00:42:51,875 --> 00:42:54,917 [instrumental music] 901 00:43:04,083 --> 00:43:06,667 [theme music] 902 00:43:34,583 --> 00:43:37,667 [music continues]