1 00:00:01,667 --> 00:00:04,083 [instrumental music] 2 00:00:12,292 --> 00:00:14,750 [whooshing] 3 00:00:14,833 --> 00:00:16,375 (Sheridan) Ambassador. 4 00:00:17,750 --> 00:00:20,333 I've been looking for you. 5 00:00:20,417 --> 00:00:21,500 Uh.. 6 00:00:23,125 --> 00:00:26,208 Last week after you saved my life 7 00:00:26,292 --> 00:00:29,792 I didn't really get a chance to thank you properly. 8 00:00:29,875 --> 00:00:31,375 I've tried to reach you since then 9 00:00:31,458 --> 00:00:34,917 but, uh, you haven't answered my calls. 10 00:00:35,000 --> 00:00:36,542 Is everything alright? 11 00:00:37,708 --> 00:00:41,292 Being seen by so many at once 12 00:00:41,375 --> 00:00:44,000 was a great strain. 13 00:00:44,083 --> 00:00:47,000 I returned to my ship to rest. 14 00:00:48,208 --> 00:00:51,083 You have a question? 15 00:00:55,042 --> 00:00:57,375 Nobody knows it was you. 16 00:00:57,458 --> 00:00:59,667 Everyone saw something different. 17 00:00:59,750 --> 00:01:04,000 Something from the, the legends of their own world. 18 00:01:04,083 --> 00:01:06,625 But it was still a terrible risk. 19 00:01:06,708 --> 00:01:10,625 After taking such, such care to hide what you really are 20 00:01:10,708 --> 00:01:12,417 why take that chance? 21 00:01:13,958 --> 00:01:16,708 It was necessary. 22 00:01:20,292 --> 00:01:21,875 Well, as answers go 23 00:01:21,958 --> 00:01:25,083 short, to the point, utterly useless 24 00:01:25,167 --> 00:01:26,583 and totally consistent 25 00:01:26,667 --> 00:01:29,000 with what I've come to expect from a Vorlon. 26 00:01:31,083 --> 00:01:32,625 Good. 27 00:01:35,750 --> 00:01:38,500 You know, I just had a thought. 28 00:01:38,583 --> 00:01:40,458 'You've been back and forth to your homeworld' 29 00:01:40,542 --> 00:01:42,333 so many times since you got here. 30 00:01:42,417 --> 00:01:44,792 How do I know you're the same Vorlon? 31 00:01:44,875 --> 00:01:47,417 Inside that encounter suit, you could be anyone. 32 00:01:48,417 --> 00:01:51,292 I have always been here. 33 00:01:51,375 --> 00:01:54,042 Oh, yeah? You said that about me too. 34 00:01:55,292 --> 00:01:56,500 Yes. 35 00:01:59,500 --> 00:02:01,750 I really hate it when you do that. 36 00:02:03,333 --> 00:02:04,625 Good. 37 00:02:19,458 --> 00:02:22,083 [gunfire] 38 00:02:23,250 --> 00:02:25,708 Approaching the barrier. Are you ready? 39 00:02:25,792 --> 00:02:28,708 - 'Standing by.' - Here it comes. 40 00:02:28,792 --> 00:02:31,875 [gunfire continues] 41 00:02:37,667 --> 00:02:40,250 - Almost there. - 'Eject me.' 42 00:02:40,333 --> 00:02:42,500 - 'Don't take the chance.' - Not yet. 43 00:02:42,583 --> 00:02:44,958 Get you all the way outside the barrier. 44 00:02:47,542 --> 00:02:49,375 (male 'Now.' 45 00:02:49,458 --> 00:02:50,417 'Now.' 46 00:02:50,500 --> 00:02:53,208 - 'Damn it, now.' - Now. 47 00:02:55,125 --> 00:02:57,292 [zapping] 48 00:02:58,333 --> 00:02:59,792 Good luck. 49 00:03:03,000 --> 00:03:04,375 [explosion] 50 00:03:07,500 --> 00:03:10,500 [intense music] 51 00:03:13,792 --> 00:03:15,250 Goodbye, Drasak. 52 00:03:17,042 --> 00:03:19,250 Computer, damage report. 53 00:03:19,333 --> 00:03:20,958 Can we still jump? 54 00:03:21,042 --> 00:03:22,417 [automated message] 'Confirmed.' 55 00:03:22,500 --> 00:03:24,292 'Destination?' 56 00:03:24,375 --> 00:03:25,833 Babylon 5. 57 00:03:28,875 --> 00:03:31,250 [intense music] 58 00:03:34,417 --> 00:03:39,375 (Ivanova) The Babylon project was our last, best hope for peace. 59 00:03:43,042 --> 00:03:44,292 It failed. 60 00:03:58,958 --> 00:04:00,625 But in the year of the Shadow War 61 00:04:00,708 --> 00:04:02,958 it became something greater. 62 00:04:03,042 --> 00:04:06,333 Our last best hope for victory. 63 00:04:11,458 --> 00:04:13,917 The year is 2260. 64 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:16,708 The place, Babylon 5. 65 00:04:16,792 --> 00:04:19,833 [theme music] 66 00:04:49,917 --> 00:04:53,042 [music continues] 67 00:05:02,708 --> 00:05:04,042 [dramatic music] 68 00:05:04,125 --> 00:05:08,208 Computer, how much longer till we reach Babylon 5? 69 00:05:08,292 --> 00:05:11,417 [automated message] 'Seven standard hours at present speed.' 70 00:05:13,875 --> 00:05:17,000 Redirect as much power as you can 71 00:05:17,083 --> 00:05:19,708 from life support to the engines. 72 00:05:19,792 --> 00:05:21,167 [automated message] 'Confirmed.' 73 00:05:22,458 --> 00:05:25,542 [music continues] 74 00:05:30,667 --> 00:05:32,667 (Sheridan) You know, I'm getting a little tired of these 75 00:05:32,750 --> 00:05:34,583 unannounced visits by VIPs 76 00:05:34,667 --> 00:05:36,042 who will not tell us why they're coming 77 00:05:36,125 --> 00:05:37,792 or what they're gonna do when they get here. 78 00:05:37,875 --> 00:05:40,042 Well, leave it to you to try and take all the fun out of life. 79 00:05:40,125 --> 00:05:42,292 I mean, come on, where's your sense of mystery, of adventure? 80 00:05:42,375 --> 00:05:44,917 - Are you trying to cheer me up? - No, sir. Wouldn't dream of it. 81 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:47,750 Good. I hate being cheered up. It's depressing. 82 00:05:47,833 --> 00:05:49,750 Well, in that case, we're all gonna die 83 00:05:49,833 --> 00:05:52,208 horrible, painful, lingering deaths. 84 00:05:52,292 --> 00:05:54,917 Thank you. I feel so much better now. 85 00:05:55,000 --> 00:05:57,083 Captain Sheridan. 86 00:05:57,167 --> 00:05:58,750 Commander Ivanova. 87 00:05:58,833 --> 00:06:01,917 David Endawi, Earthforce Special Intelligence Division. 88 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:03,750 Sorry to jump in on you at the last moment 89 00:06:03,833 --> 00:06:06,792 but I only got my orders a few days ago. 90 00:06:06,875 --> 00:06:08,958 Can we go someplace private? 91 00:06:09,042 --> 00:06:11,583 What I have to say is for your ears only. 92 00:06:11,667 --> 00:06:13,667 Of course, uh, this way. 93 00:06:13,750 --> 00:06:14,958 I'd appreciate it if you could have 94 00:06:15,042 --> 00:06:16,708 Ambassador Delenn present as well? 95 00:06:16,792 --> 00:06:18,958 Not a problem. I'll have her meet us there. 96 00:06:21,250 --> 00:06:23,583 - I got a new one for you, doc. - Yeah, what is it? 97 00:06:23,667 --> 00:06:25,208 (Garibaldi) Uh, he just got off the ship when he collapsed. 98 00:06:25,292 --> 00:06:27,500 The ship was shot up pretty bad. I checked the cockpit. 99 00:06:27,583 --> 00:06:29,500 He practically turned off his life-support systems. 100 00:06:29,583 --> 00:06:32,000 My guess is he was saving energy to make sure he got here. 101 00:06:32,083 --> 00:06:33,708 - Any idea why? - Uh, negative. 102 00:06:33,792 --> 00:06:36,208 He must have erased the ship's log before he docked. 103 00:06:36,292 --> 00:06:37,875 Like the new digs. Just move in? 104 00:06:37,958 --> 00:06:39,250 Yeah, this morning. 105 00:06:39,333 --> 00:06:42,125 Still trying to sort the place out though. 106 00:06:42,208 --> 00:06:43,792 Definite improvement. 107 00:06:45,042 --> 00:06:47,208 Alright, we'll have Dr. Sanchez do a full workup. 108 00:06:47,292 --> 00:06:49,375 We'll let you know when he comes to. 109 00:06:49,458 --> 00:06:50,667 Okay. 110 00:06:57,542 --> 00:07:00,625 [dramatic music] 111 00:07:06,542 --> 00:07:09,625 - Franklin to, uh, Sanchez. - 'Sanchez.' 112 00:07:09,708 --> 00:07:12,208 Got a patient here. Medlab 1. Can you get up here stat? 113 00:07:12,292 --> 00:07:14,458 - 'Is it serious?' - I don't think so. 114 00:07:14,542 --> 00:07:17,667 Looks like, uh, exhaustion 115 00:07:17,750 --> 00:07:19,667 dehydration, oxygen deprivation. 116 00:07:19,750 --> 00:07:21,458 Believe me, he's not going anywhere. 117 00:07:21,542 --> 00:07:23,542 (Sanchez on speaker) 'I'm on my way.' 118 00:07:33,250 --> 00:07:35,167 Good morning, ambassador. 119 00:07:35,250 --> 00:07:36,375 I hear you've been looking for me. 120 00:07:36,458 --> 00:07:38,917 Yes. Please. 121 00:07:40,958 --> 00:07:45,542 I have been doing a great deal of thinking lately. 122 00:07:45,625 --> 00:07:48,333 With the Narn War over 123 00:07:48,417 --> 00:07:51,750 I think it is time that we.. 124 00:07:51,833 --> 00:07:54,417 ...reconsidered our relationship. 125 00:07:54,500 --> 00:07:56,167 How? 126 00:07:56,250 --> 00:07:59,500 My people have a manifest destiny. 127 00:07:59,583 --> 00:08:01,333 They can achieve it just as well 128 00:08:01,417 --> 00:08:04,458 without the help of your associates, perhaps better. 129 00:08:04,542 --> 00:08:07,958 - So we're no longer necessary? - That's right. 130 00:08:08,042 --> 00:08:09,375 And now that we've done everything 131 00:08:09,458 --> 00:08:13,625 that you have asked, you'd like us to just disappear? 132 00:08:13,708 --> 00:08:17,333 I do believe you have got it surrounded, Mr. Morden. 133 00:08:19,667 --> 00:08:21,792 Aren't you being a little premature? 134 00:08:21,875 --> 00:08:23,625 After all, your people are still moving in 135 00:08:23,708 --> 00:08:25,583 on several other worlds. 136 00:08:25,667 --> 00:08:28,042 You might still need us. 137 00:08:28,125 --> 00:08:30,417 No, I don't think so. 138 00:08:31,833 --> 00:08:36,833 We have danced our last little dance, Mr. Morden. 139 00:08:37,958 --> 00:08:42,417 Now it is time for you to go away. 140 00:08:46,000 --> 00:08:47,333 Okay. 141 00:08:57,083 --> 00:08:59,750 There is one small detail, ambassador. 142 00:08:59,833 --> 00:09:02,083 A little bookkeeping to close out. 143 00:09:02,167 --> 00:09:03,667 I have to meet with my associates 144 00:09:03,750 --> 00:09:06,333 but let's say, we reconvene in your quarters 145 00:09:06,417 --> 00:09:08,458 later this afternoon to discuss it. 146 00:09:08,542 --> 00:09:10,667 And then you'll go away? 147 00:09:11,708 --> 00:09:13,792 For as long as you want. 148 00:09:18,583 --> 00:09:23,042 (Endawi) I am here on a matter of the utmost urgency, ambassador. 149 00:09:23,125 --> 00:09:24,958 'Before I leave, I will be speaking' 150 00:09:25,042 --> 00:09:26,792 with most of the other ambassadors 151 00:09:26,875 --> 00:09:29,875 but I wanted to see you first 152 00:09:29,958 --> 00:09:33,542 because of our current good relations with Minbar 153 00:09:33,625 --> 00:09:37,833 and because as one of the older races 154 00:09:37,917 --> 00:09:41,417 you might have some knowledge of the subject at hand. 155 00:09:42,708 --> 00:09:45,125 I will, of course, do anything I can. 156 00:09:49,042 --> 00:09:52,333 Some of you may already have seen this on ISN. 157 00:09:52,417 --> 00:09:55,583 We yanked it off the air as soon as we heard about it. 158 00:09:55,667 --> 00:09:57,083 This is gun-camera footage 159 00:09:57,167 --> 00:09:59,875 from one of your starfuries, is it not? 160 00:09:59,958 --> 00:10:02,333 Yes. Lieutenant Keffer. 161 00:10:02,417 --> 00:10:05,208 He was conducting a series of unauthorized investigations 162 00:10:05,292 --> 00:10:08,625 into an unknown ship he'd seen in hyperspace. 163 00:10:08,708 --> 00:10:11,042 It cost him his life. 164 00:10:11,125 --> 00:10:15,083 Then you had no knowledge of his investigation? 165 00:10:15,167 --> 00:10:17,000 He didn't talk about it much. 166 00:10:17,083 --> 00:10:18,750 We heard about it and tried to discourage him 167 00:10:18,833 --> 00:10:20,417 from continuing, but he disobeyed. 168 00:10:20,500 --> 00:10:21,792 Yeah. 169 00:10:21,875 --> 00:10:25,042 Was he authorized for a first contact protocol? 170 00:10:25,125 --> 00:10:26,250 No. 171 00:10:28,000 --> 00:10:30,875 Ambassador, our research division has been studying 172 00:10:30,958 --> 00:10:33,042 'this record for the last ten days.' 173 00:10:33,125 --> 00:10:35,708 It's hard to gauge size in hyperspace 174 00:10:35,792 --> 00:10:38,042 but it's big and it's powerful 175 00:10:38,125 --> 00:10:40,625 and it is totally unknown to us. 176 00:10:40,708 --> 00:10:44,208 'It attacked and killed one of our pilots.' 177 00:10:44,292 --> 00:10:47,083 'It's clearly from a highly advanced civilization.' 178 00:10:47,167 --> 00:10:50,708 We're downplaying this at home trying to convince the public 179 00:10:50,792 --> 00:10:52,542 that we know what it is, where it's from 180 00:10:52,625 --> 00:10:57,500 and that we're not worried, but we don't have a clue. 181 00:10:57,583 --> 00:11:01,042 My job is to find out what you or any of the other races 182 00:11:01,125 --> 00:11:03,083 'know about this ship.' 183 00:11:04,958 --> 00:11:06,208 I'm sorry, Mr. Endawi. 184 00:11:06,292 --> 00:11:08,083 I wish I could be of some help to you 185 00:11:08,167 --> 00:11:12,083 but, uh, this is the first time I've seen a ship like this. 186 00:11:12,167 --> 00:11:13,875 You're sure? 187 00:11:13,958 --> 00:11:16,000 Take a good look. 188 00:11:18,542 --> 00:11:21,625 [instrumental music] 189 00:11:31,417 --> 00:11:34,917 Yes, I'm quite sure. 190 00:11:35,000 --> 00:11:39,125 I assume nothing like this has entered Babylon 5 space lately? 191 00:11:39,208 --> 00:11:42,875 No. If there was something like that, I'd recognize it. 192 00:11:42,958 --> 00:11:44,417 Alright. 193 00:11:44,500 --> 00:11:47,750 Well, I shouldn't have expected to hit it right off the bat. 194 00:11:47,833 --> 00:11:49,917 I'll need to speak with all the other ambassadors 195 00:11:50,042 --> 00:11:53,125 about this, captain, strictly on the QT. 196 00:11:53,208 --> 00:11:54,292 'This may take a while' 197 00:11:54,375 --> 00:11:56,208 'so if you could find me a place to stay.' 198 00:11:56,292 --> 00:11:57,875 That's already been taken care of. 199 00:11:57,958 --> 00:11:59,333 If you'll just follow me. 200 00:11:59,417 --> 00:12:00,917 Thank you. 201 00:12:04,042 --> 00:12:05,375 (Endawi) Ambassador. 202 00:12:09,958 --> 00:12:13,250 A few months ago, you told me about an ancient race. 203 00:12:13,333 --> 00:12:14,750 The Shadows. 204 00:12:16,083 --> 00:12:18,333 This is one of theirs, isn't it? 205 00:12:20,375 --> 00:12:22,792 I'm sorry I could not tell him the truth. 206 00:12:22,875 --> 00:12:25,000 But our only chance is in allowing the Shadows 207 00:12:25,083 --> 00:12:27,167 to think that we are unaware of their return 208 00:12:27,250 --> 00:12:29,125 while we prepare our own forces. 209 00:12:29,208 --> 00:12:31,000 But you said you'd never seen one before? 210 00:12:31,083 --> 00:12:33,042 That part was true. 211 00:12:33,125 --> 00:12:35,000 Descriptions of these ships 212 00:12:35,083 --> 00:12:38,083 have come down to us from the last great war. 213 00:12:38,167 --> 00:12:41,125 I have never actually seen one until this moment. 214 00:12:43,250 --> 00:12:45,000 'These ships..' 215 00:12:45,083 --> 00:12:47,833 '...once they target you..' 216 00:12:47,917 --> 00:12:51,417 ...they never stop, never slow down, never give up 217 00:12:51,500 --> 00:12:53,542 until they have destroyed you. 218 00:12:53,625 --> 00:12:55,125 They are nearly invincible. 219 00:12:55,208 --> 00:12:57,500 I don't believe that. 220 00:12:57,583 --> 00:12:59,792 Every ship has a weakness. 221 00:12:59,875 --> 00:13:01,917 Believe what you will 222 00:13:02,000 --> 00:13:04,417 till experience changes your mind. 223 00:13:06,167 --> 00:13:09,792 Take a good look, John, and remember it well. 224 00:13:10,917 --> 00:13:13,708 That is the face of our enemy. 225 00:13:18,458 --> 00:13:21,500 [dramatic music] 226 00:13:23,750 --> 00:13:26,417 Delenn. Good. There you are. 227 00:13:26,500 --> 00:13:28,708 I was just informed that someone is looking for you. 228 00:13:28,792 --> 00:13:30,292 Oh, this is not a good time, Lenny. 229 00:13:30,375 --> 00:13:31,833 Uh.. 230 00:13:31,917 --> 00:13:33,750 He sent this. 231 00:13:43,625 --> 00:13:45,208 I appreciate your seeing me 232 00:13:45,292 --> 00:13:47,625 on such short notice, Ambassador Mollari. 233 00:13:47,708 --> 00:13:50,208 Nonsense, even before our new treaty 234 00:13:50,292 --> 00:13:51,708 there's nothing I would not do 235 00:13:51,792 --> 00:13:53,958 for my dear friends from Earth. 236 00:13:54,042 --> 00:13:56,792 Now, you are sure you will not have a drink? 237 00:13:56,875 --> 00:13:59,167 Not while I'm on duty. 238 00:14:00,792 --> 00:14:03,292 Well, you see, we, Centauri 239 00:14:03,375 --> 00:14:05,333 are always on duty. 240 00:14:05,417 --> 00:14:08,792 Duty to the Republic, to our houses 241 00:14:08,875 --> 00:14:10,750 to one another. 242 00:14:10,833 --> 00:14:15,083 And so we have made the practice of joy.. 243 00:14:15,167 --> 00:14:18,625 ...another duty, one which must be pursued 244 00:14:18,708 --> 00:14:20,958 as vigorously as the others. 245 00:14:21,042 --> 00:14:23,958 [laughs] You should try it sometime. 246 00:14:28,333 --> 00:14:31,583 Now, what can I do to be of service? 247 00:14:31,667 --> 00:14:36,083 I was wondering what you might know about this ship. 248 00:14:37,833 --> 00:14:42,042 We salvaged this record from a destroyed Earth fighter. 249 00:14:42,125 --> 00:14:44,917 We've never seen anything like it. 250 00:14:45,000 --> 00:14:47,042 Given its strength, its size 251 00:14:47,125 --> 00:14:49,583 'and its apparent hostility' 252 00:14:49,667 --> 00:14:52,500 'until we know otherwise, we are considering it' 253 00:14:52,583 --> 00:14:54,792 a threat to planetary security. 254 00:14:54,875 --> 00:14:57,083 Can you tell me if you've seen this before? 255 00:14:57,833 --> 00:14:59,625 Yes. 256 00:14:59,708 --> 00:15:00,792 In a dream. 257 00:15:01,833 --> 00:15:03,167 A dream? 258 00:15:05,708 --> 00:15:06,917 I.. 259 00:15:07,750 --> 00:15:09,250 I'm standing.. 260 00:15:11,542 --> 00:15:14,708 ...somewhere on Centauri Prime, I think. 261 00:15:14,792 --> 00:15:16,750 And I'm.. 262 00:15:16,833 --> 00:15:18,292 ...looking up. 263 00:15:19,917 --> 00:15:21,917 And there are ships.. 264 00:15:22,667 --> 00:15:24,750 ...just like this.. 265 00:15:25,583 --> 00:15:28,625 ...passing overhead. 266 00:15:30,625 --> 00:15:32,125 First, a few.. 267 00:15:33,083 --> 00:15:34,708 ...and then more. 268 00:15:35,833 --> 00:15:38,792 A thousand, two thousand. 269 00:15:40,083 --> 00:15:42,917 So many that they blot out the sun. 270 00:15:46,250 --> 00:15:47,917 A terrible sight. 271 00:15:49,750 --> 00:15:51,000 Terrible. 272 00:15:52,792 --> 00:15:54,042 That's all? 273 00:15:57,917 --> 00:15:59,458 It is enough. 274 00:16:04,625 --> 00:16:07,292 Now that is all I know. 275 00:16:07,375 --> 00:16:09,458 I'm sorry I could not be of more assistance. 276 00:16:09,542 --> 00:16:12,000 Perhaps one of the others. 277 00:16:12,083 --> 00:16:13,375 Yes, of course. 278 00:16:14,708 --> 00:16:17,500 Thank you for your time, Ambassador Mollari. 279 00:16:23,458 --> 00:16:25,583 Are you sure this is the place? 280 00:16:25,667 --> 00:16:27,333 Reasonably. 281 00:16:27,417 --> 00:16:30,708 A most unreasonable place for reasonable assumptions. 282 00:16:33,208 --> 00:16:36,250 [glass clinking] 283 00:16:38,792 --> 00:16:41,875 [indistinct chatter] 284 00:16:54,833 --> 00:16:57,708 - Drink. - Uh, thank you, no. 285 00:16:57,792 --> 00:17:00,000 Now if you please, we are waiting for someone. 286 00:17:00,083 --> 00:17:03,125 People come here to drink. Do you want to draw attention? 287 00:17:13,042 --> 00:17:15,708 No alcohol. It is safe. 288 00:17:15,792 --> 00:17:17,792 - Mister? - Just Marcus. 289 00:17:17,875 --> 00:17:19,625 Of course, it's safe. 290 00:17:19,708 --> 00:17:22,250 I know the effect it has on Minbari. 291 00:17:22,333 --> 00:17:23,792 But since most don't 292 00:17:23,875 --> 00:17:26,292 I figured it would help prove I was waiting for you. 293 00:17:27,708 --> 00:17:29,500 Can I have it back now, please? 294 00:17:34,042 --> 00:17:36,958 Do you know, I've heard that when these are made 295 00:17:37,042 --> 00:17:39,625 they're forged in white-hot flame 296 00:17:39,708 --> 00:17:42,333 then cooled in three bowls. 297 00:17:42,417 --> 00:17:46,083 The first is some kind of ancient holy water. 298 00:17:46,167 --> 00:17:47,792 The second, Minbari blood. 299 00:17:47,875 --> 00:17:49,542 The third, human blood. 300 00:17:50,708 --> 00:17:53,542 They say that when a ranger dies 301 00:17:53,625 --> 00:17:56,542 the figures on either side shed three tears. 302 00:17:56,625 --> 00:17:58,333 One of water and two of blood. 303 00:17:58,417 --> 00:18:01,625 And you? Do you believe this? 304 00:18:01,708 --> 00:18:04,750 I stopped believing in miracles a long time ago, ambassador. 305 00:18:06,250 --> 00:18:09,292 Part of the heart goes dead. It's best to leave it that way. 306 00:18:12,792 --> 00:18:15,125 I need your help, Delenn. 307 00:18:15,208 --> 00:18:17,083 'But I suggest we go someplace' 308 00:18:17,167 --> 00:18:19,667 a little more private to discuss it. 309 00:18:20,583 --> 00:18:21,792 This way. 310 00:18:33,250 --> 00:18:36,250 [dramatic music] 311 00:18:43,458 --> 00:18:46,667 - We're being followed. - Yes, I know. 312 00:18:50,250 --> 00:18:52,667 This is my party Downbelow. 313 00:18:52,750 --> 00:18:56,625 You wanna do business here, you gotta pay. 314 00:18:56,708 --> 00:18:59,458 - I don't like extortion. - And I don't like insults. 315 00:18:59,542 --> 00:19:00,958 Funny, with a face like yours 316 00:19:01,042 --> 00:19:03,292 I thought you would be used to it by now. 317 00:19:03,375 --> 00:19:05,375 It's a bad move. 318 00:19:05,458 --> 00:19:07,542 All you had to do was give us everything you got. 319 00:19:07,625 --> 00:19:11,458 Now, you're still gonna give us everything you got 320 00:19:11,542 --> 00:19:13,833 only it's gonna hurt a hell of a lot worse. 321 00:19:15,458 --> 00:19:18,458 [grunts] 322 00:19:19,917 --> 00:19:22,958 [dramatic music] 323 00:19:34,875 --> 00:19:37,625 - You alright? - Yes. 324 00:19:37,708 --> 00:19:40,417 Yes. Lennier? Lennier? 325 00:19:40,500 --> 00:19:43,250 I'm fine. Thank you, Delenn. 326 00:19:43,333 --> 00:19:46,500 A Minbari fighting pike. An old one. 327 00:19:46,583 --> 00:19:48,417 A gift from a friend. 328 00:19:50,333 --> 00:19:52,417 We must hurry. This way. 329 00:20:09,042 --> 00:20:12,417 - Captain, you wanted to see me? - Yes, commander, um.. 330 00:20:13,875 --> 00:20:15,083 It's gonna be difficult. 331 00:20:15,167 --> 00:20:17,583 Um, I haven't had a chance to fill you in 332 00:20:17,667 --> 00:20:21,167 on everything until now and I apologize for that. 333 00:20:22,292 --> 00:20:23,833 But from what I've just heard 334 00:20:23,917 --> 00:20:26,375 we don't have a lot of time. 335 00:20:26,458 --> 00:20:28,333 This is Marcus. He's a-- 336 00:20:28,417 --> 00:20:30,542 A ranger, they've been trained to fight the Shadows 337 00:20:30,625 --> 00:20:33,333 and keep an eye on what's happening outside Babylon 5. 338 00:20:33,417 --> 00:20:35,583 'The rangers in this area are under the direct control' 339 00:20:35,667 --> 00:20:37,833 'of you, Ambassador Delenn' 340 00:20:37,917 --> 00:20:40,542 'and Garibaldi is functioning as your liaison.' 341 00:20:42,292 --> 00:20:44,458 Did I leave anything out? 342 00:20:44,542 --> 00:20:46,708 Ah, when did you, how did you-- 343 00:20:46,792 --> 00:20:48,417 Captain, the day something happens around here 344 00:20:48,500 --> 00:20:50,417 and I don't know about it, worry. 345 00:20:51,458 --> 00:20:52,625 'So what's up?' 346 00:20:54,250 --> 00:20:55,417 Marcus? 347 00:20:55,500 --> 00:20:58,167 I came here from Zagros 7. 348 00:20:58,250 --> 00:21:00,333 It's a Drazi colony on the edge of their territory. 349 00:21:00,417 --> 00:21:03,250 It's also the base for one of our biggest training camps. 350 00:21:03,333 --> 00:21:05,500 I thought the rangers were being trained on Minbar? 351 00:21:05,583 --> 00:21:07,375 (Lennier) 'Many of them are, yes.' 352 00:21:07,458 --> 00:21:10,042 But there is a wisdom in, as you say 353 00:21:10,125 --> 00:21:13,208 not putting all of your eggs in one basket. 354 00:21:13,292 --> 00:21:14,958 Besides, not all of our people 355 00:21:15,042 --> 00:21:17,375 are comfortable with the idea of the rangers. 356 00:21:17,458 --> 00:21:19,333 So with the cooperation of other governments 357 00:21:19,417 --> 00:21:22,167 we've created additional training camps elsewhere. 358 00:21:22,250 --> 00:21:24,167 Two weeks ago, we were surrounded 359 00:21:24,250 --> 00:21:26,708 by Centauri blockade mines. 360 00:21:26,792 --> 00:21:30,250 Any ship trying to leave the blockade is shot down. 361 00:21:31,750 --> 00:21:33,875 It's a small colony with very little a value 362 00:21:33,958 --> 00:21:36,042 so our guess is that we're the target. 363 00:21:36,125 --> 00:21:38,375 Why hasn't the Drazi government done anything about this? 364 00:21:38,458 --> 00:21:40,708 The Centauri have captured much larger targets 365 00:21:40,792 --> 00:21:42,667 on the other side of their territory. 366 00:21:42,750 --> 00:21:44,750 They do not have resources to protect a colony 367 00:21:44,833 --> 00:21:47,750 with so few people and of such limited strategic value. 368 00:21:47,833 --> 00:21:49,750 We're boxed in on all sides. 369 00:21:50,542 --> 00:21:52,542 We need your help now 370 00:21:52,625 --> 00:21:54,958 before anyone else is killed or the camp is invaded. 371 00:21:55,042 --> 00:21:57,667 All you have to do is break the blockade long enough 372 00:21:57,750 --> 00:21:59,750 for the other rangers to escape. 373 00:21:59,833 --> 00:22:02,125 Look, to lead an expedition into Drazi space 374 00:22:02,208 --> 00:22:03,625 and take out a planetary blockade 375 00:22:03,708 --> 00:22:05,875 you'd need a warship, major ordinance, a crew. 376 00:22:05,958 --> 00:22:07,542 'We don't have those kind of resources.' 377 00:22:07,625 --> 00:22:09,333 'And we're already in hot water with the Centauri' 378 00:22:09,417 --> 00:22:10,833 'over the last firefight.' 379 00:22:10,917 --> 00:22:14,500 We have the means if you have the will. 380 00:22:14,583 --> 00:22:17,500 'There'll be nothing left behind that can be linked back to you.' 381 00:22:18,500 --> 00:22:20,458 We have no one else to turn to. 382 00:22:22,417 --> 00:22:24,250 (Ivanova) And, captain, there's one more thing. 383 00:22:24,333 --> 00:22:26,708 We still have a VIP onboard. 384 00:22:26,792 --> 00:22:29,042 You leave now, it's gonna raise ten kinds of hell. 385 00:22:33,667 --> 00:22:37,750 When I agreed to share command of the rangers with Delenn 386 00:22:37,833 --> 00:22:40,625 I became responsible for their well-being. 387 00:22:40,708 --> 00:22:42,875 And I'm not going to abandon them now. 388 00:22:44,500 --> 00:22:47,583 Michael, I'm leaving you in charge of Mr. Endawi. 389 00:22:47,667 --> 00:22:50,083 'Tell him anything. Just buy me as much time as you can.' 390 00:22:50,167 --> 00:22:51,250 Will do. 391 00:22:51,333 --> 00:22:53,083 Now we've spent too much time reacting 392 00:22:53,167 --> 00:22:55,875 when we should've been acting. 393 00:22:55,958 --> 00:22:58,458 Let's take the offensive for a change. 394 00:22:58,542 --> 00:23:00,667 'Fire up the shuttle, commander.' 395 00:23:01,708 --> 00:23:03,500 We've got work to do. 396 00:23:06,042 --> 00:23:09,042 [dramatic music] 397 00:23:10,583 --> 00:23:13,375 I just sent a fake destination to the station files. 398 00:23:13,458 --> 00:23:15,792 We can proceed to Zagros 7 anytime. 399 00:23:15,875 --> 00:23:18,042 Shuttle One to Minbari flyer. 400 00:23:18,125 --> 00:23:21,208 Stay close. Initiating jumpgate sequence. 401 00:23:22,542 --> 00:23:24,667 [whooshing] 402 00:23:28,667 --> 00:23:30,958 (Morden) Since you feel strongly about going our separate ways 403 00:23:31,042 --> 00:23:32,458 I wanted to be sure we understood 404 00:23:32,542 --> 00:23:34,875 the terms of our separation. 405 00:23:37,625 --> 00:23:40,167 Ah, here we are. 406 00:23:40,250 --> 00:23:43,042 This area over here is for the Centauri. 407 00:23:43,125 --> 00:23:45,875 Conquer all the worlds you like, we won't bother you 408 00:23:45,958 --> 00:23:50,000 as long as it's understood that this area is ours. 409 00:23:50,083 --> 00:23:51,750 'You can take anything you want over here' 410 00:23:51,833 --> 00:23:53,417 and we'll take everything we want over there. 411 00:23:53,500 --> 00:23:55,625 Yes, and what guarantee do we have 412 00:23:55,708 --> 00:23:59,167 that your forces will not decide to turn around and attack us? 413 00:23:59,250 --> 00:24:00,333 None. 414 00:24:00,417 --> 00:24:02,208 Ambassador, we both know 415 00:24:02,292 --> 00:24:04,583 what promises in treaties mean. 416 00:24:04,667 --> 00:24:06,875 All I can tell you is we have what we want. 417 00:24:06,958 --> 00:24:09,333 The rest is of no concern to us. 418 00:24:12,583 --> 00:24:14,000 Done. 419 00:24:14,083 --> 00:24:15,667 We go our separate ways 420 00:24:15,750 --> 00:24:18,583 and we owe each other nothing. 421 00:24:18,667 --> 00:24:20,292 Of course. 422 00:24:20,375 --> 00:24:23,417 Oh, uh, one small exception hardly worth mentioning. 423 00:24:23,500 --> 00:24:26,000 Uh, this world. 424 00:24:26,083 --> 00:24:27,375 'It's on the border of your space' 425 00:24:27,458 --> 00:24:29,375 'but we have a vested interest in it.' 426 00:24:29,458 --> 00:24:32,542 I've taken the liberty of asking Lord Refa to secure it for us. 427 00:24:32,625 --> 00:24:34,375 Refa? 428 00:24:34,458 --> 00:24:37,417 Well, you said you wanted nothing more to do with us 429 00:24:37,500 --> 00:24:41,333 and he was quite open to my request. 430 00:24:41,417 --> 00:24:43,625 He secured the planet for us and now my associates 431 00:24:43,708 --> 00:24:45,542 'will take custody of it.' 432 00:24:45,625 --> 00:24:47,917 The rest is yours. Good day, ambassador. 433 00:24:48,000 --> 00:24:50,208 Mr. Morden. 434 00:24:50,292 --> 00:24:52,625 I was thinking.. 435 00:24:52,708 --> 00:24:54,292 ...I have never really seen the ships 436 00:24:54,375 --> 00:24:59,583 that you and your associates have used in, in helping us. 437 00:24:59,667 --> 00:25:02,250 - Perhaps one of these days-- - Perhaps. 438 00:25:02,333 --> 00:25:04,250 Meanwhile, as I said 439 00:25:04,333 --> 00:25:06,667 tell your forces to leave the blockade mines 440 00:25:06,750 --> 00:25:09,542 but to move their ships out of that area. 441 00:25:09,625 --> 00:25:11,500 You don't want them or anyone else hanging around 442 00:25:11,583 --> 00:25:14,292 when my associates come for Zagros 7. 443 00:25:22,333 --> 00:25:24,250 (Delenn) 'We're approaching the rendezvous point.' 444 00:25:24,333 --> 00:25:26,500 'Prepare for return to normal space.' 445 00:25:26,583 --> 00:25:28,708 Confirmed, ambassador. 446 00:25:28,792 --> 00:25:30,083 Would you like to tell us 447 00:25:30,167 --> 00:25:31,958 what's waiting for us on the other side? 448 00:25:32,958 --> 00:25:34,292 A beginning. 449 00:25:35,542 --> 00:25:38,583 [dramatic music] 450 00:25:42,333 --> 00:25:44,250 (Ivanova) Scanning area. 451 00:25:45,750 --> 00:25:48,167 I'm not seeing anything, but.. 452 00:25:48,250 --> 00:25:49,958 Wait, I've got a.. 453 00:25:50,042 --> 00:25:51,750 What the hell is that? 454 00:25:56,042 --> 00:25:58,125 (Sheridan) 'My God.' 455 00:25:58,208 --> 00:25:59,542 'It's beautiful.' 456 00:26:00,625 --> 00:26:02,750 Her name is The White Star. 457 00:26:04,083 --> 00:26:05,917 And she's yours, captain. 458 00:26:14,917 --> 00:26:17,042 (Endawi) 'This is quite irregular, Mr. Garibaldi.' 459 00:26:17,125 --> 00:26:18,625 I was assured that Captain Sheridan 460 00:26:18,708 --> 00:26:20,625 or Commander Ivanova would be available. 461 00:26:20,708 --> 00:26:22,167 They got called away on urgent business. 462 00:26:22,250 --> 00:26:23,625 What kind of business? 463 00:26:23,708 --> 00:26:25,583 I'm not authorized for that kind of information. 464 00:26:25,667 --> 00:26:27,875 But you're the head of security. 465 00:26:27,958 --> 00:26:29,458 And what kind of head of security would I be 466 00:26:29,542 --> 00:26:31,042 if I let people like me know things 467 00:26:31,125 --> 00:26:32,583 that I'm not supposed to know? 468 00:26:32,667 --> 00:26:34,500 I mean, I know what I know because I have to know it 469 00:26:34,583 --> 00:26:36,417 and if I don't have to know it, I don't tell me 470 00:26:36,500 --> 00:26:38,167 and I don't let anyone else tell me either. 471 00:26:38,250 --> 00:26:39,875 Now look, we've tried most of the other ambassadors. 472 00:26:39,958 --> 00:26:41,167 Why don't you speak to G'Kar? 473 00:26:41,250 --> 00:26:42,750 Maybe he knows something about the ship. 474 00:26:42,833 --> 00:26:44,750 Under the terms of our recent treaty 475 00:26:44,833 --> 00:26:47,500 I am not authorized to have any official conversation 476 00:26:47,583 --> 00:26:49,958 with the Narn without Centauri approval. 477 00:26:50,042 --> 00:26:51,375 So you'll ask unofficially. 478 00:26:51,458 --> 00:26:53,042 And I can give you reasonable assurances that 479 00:26:53,125 --> 00:26:56,500 the head of security will not report you for doing so. 480 00:26:56,583 --> 00:26:59,167 Because you won't tell yourself about it? 481 00:26:59,250 --> 00:27:01,500 I try never to get involved in my own life. 482 00:27:01,583 --> 00:27:03,792 Too much trouble. 483 00:27:03,875 --> 00:27:07,292 This is a very strange place you have here, Mr. Garibaldi. 484 00:27:07,958 --> 00:27:09,208 Thank you. 485 00:27:13,042 --> 00:27:16,333 (Delenn) 'The White Star is a new breed of Minbari warship.' 486 00:27:16,417 --> 00:27:18,042 Smaller than our other fleet ships 487 00:27:18,125 --> 00:27:20,542 and faster than anything else her size. 488 00:27:20,625 --> 00:27:23,833 It uses both Minbari and Vorlon technology. 489 00:27:26,125 --> 00:27:28,917 Most important, unlike other vessels her size 490 00:27:29,000 --> 00:27:31,708 this one can make its own jump point into hyperspace. 491 00:27:31,792 --> 00:27:33,417 Very nice, and it looks just different enough 492 00:27:33,500 --> 00:27:35,208 so that it won't be recognized as a Minbari ship. 493 00:27:35,292 --> 00:27:37,500 - Yes, exactly. - I'll take two. 494 00:27:37,583 --> 00:27:40,042 I've noticed you have artificial gravity. 495 00:27:40,125 --> 00:27:42,958 Our ships have to use rotating sections. 496 00:27:43,042 --> 00:27:44,417 Her drive systems are based partly 497 00:27:44,500 --> 00:27:47,042 on magnetic and gravitational principles. 498 00:27:47,125 --> 00:27:50,583 Uh, we've had artificial gravity for some time now. 499 00:27:50,667 --> 00:27:52,458 - This way. - Hmm. 500 00:27:59,125 --> 00:28:02,625 Because we've had some problems recently with the warrior caste 501 00:28:02,708 --> 00:28:05,625 we've chosen a crew from the religious caste. 502 00:28:05,708 --> 00:28:08,875 Many of them helped design this ship working in secret. 503 00:28:08,958 --> 00:28:11,750 Even some in the Grey Council do not know about this. 504 00:28:11,833 --> 00:28:13,792 It's amazing, Delenn. 505 00:28:13,875 --> 00:28:16,083 I could spend the next couple of days taking this thing apart 506 00:28:16,167 --> 00:28:17,625 to learn how it works. 507 00:28:17,708 --> 00:28:21,042 But we don't have time for that right now. Who do I, um.. 508 00:28:21,125 --> 00:28:24,083 The others are not yet familiar with your language 509 00:28:24,167 --> 00:28:27,292 but I'll be happy to relay your orders to the crew, captain. 510 00:28:27,375 --> 00:28:29,083 (Sheridan) 'Thank you, Mr. Lennier.' 511 00:28:29,167 --> 00:28:32,292 Put us on course for Zagros 7. 512 00:28:32,375 --> 00:28:35,292 [speaking in foreign language] 513 00:28:36,958 --> 00:28:40,000 [whooshing] 514 00:28:42,208 --> 00:28:45,000 So I know it is a long shot, Mr. G'Kar 515 00:28:45,083 --> 00:28:46,458 but if there is anything 516 00:28:46,542 --> 00:28:49,458 you could tell us about this ship. 517 00:28:52,667 --> 00:28:53,958 Finally. 518 00:29:12,083 --> 00:29:14,083 'They came to our world' 519 00:29:14,167 --> 00:29:16,750 'over a thousand of your years ago.' 520 00:29:16,833 --> 00:29:20,667 Long before we went to the stars ourselves. 521 00:29:20,750 --> 00:29:24,250 They set up a base on one of our southern continents. 522 00:29:24,333 --> 00:29:26,750 They took little interest in us. 523 00:29:26,833 --> 00:29:29,458 G'Quan believed they were engaged in a war 524 00:29:29,542 --> 00:29:32,000 far outside our own world. 525 00:29:32,083 --> 00:29:33,417 G'Quan? 526 00:29:33,500 --> 00:29:35,625 One of our greatest spiritual leaders. 527 00:29:35,708 --> 00:29:38,667 "The Book Of G'Quan" is copied by hand 528 00:29:38,750 --> 00:29:43,625 from the original with every note and line precisely drawn. 529 00:29:45,375 --> 00:29:47,792 This ship and your ship are the same. 530 00:29:49,000 --> 00:29:50,458 I tried to warn the others 531 00:29:50,542 --> 00:29:52,958 that the ancient enemy was returning. 532 00:29:53,750 --> 00:29:55,333 But no one listened. 533 00:29:56,458 --> 00:29:58,292 Perhaps now they will. 534 00:29:58,375 --> 00:30:00,208 But if this is correct 535 00:30:00,292 --> 00:30:04,500 why would they just disappear for a thousand years? 536 00:30:05,708 --> 00:30:09,125 To all things, there is a time, Mr. Endawi. 537 00:30:10,125 --> 00:30:12,625 Perhaps this is theirs. 538 00:30:13,958 --> 00:30:15,500 [intense music] 539 00:30:17,458 --> 00:30:20,542 [devices chiming] 540 00:30:26,125 --> 00:30:28,250 You haven't said much since we came aboard. 541 00:30:28,333 --> 00:30:31,083 I don't usually speak unless I have something to say. 542 00:30:31,167 --> 00:30:33,708 Then we have something in common. 543 00:30:33,792 --> 00:30:35,708 So how did you get involved with the rangers? 544 00:30:35,792 --> 00:30:38,250 My brother joined six months before I did. 545 00:30:39,333 --> 00:30:41,458 I said he was being a fool 546 00:30:41,542 --> 00:30:44,333 'chasing legends, playing hero.' 547 00:30:46,833 --> 00:30:48,583 He came back to warn me about a Shadow attack 548 00:30:48,667 --> 00:30:51,042 on the mining colony I was working at. 549 00:30:52,250 --> 00:30:53,833 I didn't listen. 550 00:30:56,417 --> 00:30:58,875 I got back just in time to see him die. 551 00:31:01,833 --> 00:31:03,792 I'm sorry. 552 00:31:03,875 --> 00:31:07,417 Before he died, he asked me to finish what he'd started. 553 00:31:08,333 --> 00:31:10,333 I keep my promises. 554 00:31:11,333 --> 00:31:12,917 (Lennier) 'Approaching Zagros 7.' 555 00:31:13,000 --> 00:31:15,208 'Coming out of hyperspace.' 556 00:31:16,750 --> 00:31:19,833 [intense music] 557 00:31:26,042 --> 00:31:27,458 Are the other rangers ready? 558 00:31:27,542 --> 00:31:29,333 I sent them a message as soon as we came aboard. 559 00:31:29,417 --> 00:31:32,208 Good. Ivanova, you finished studying the weapon system? 560 00:31:32,292 --> 00:31:33,917 - Ready when you are. - Keep scanning. 561 00:31:34,000 --> 00:31:35,292 There's bound to be a Centauri warship 562 00:31:35,375 --> 00:31:36,750 hanging around to keep an eye on things 563 00:31:36,833 --> 00:31:39,625 and I do not wanna get caught in a crossfire. 564 00:31:39,708 --> 00:31:40,917 Let's go. 565 00:31:42,542 --> 00:31:43,833 [speaking in foreign language] 566 00:31:48,333 --> 00:31:49,500 Fire. 567 00:31:51,375 --> 00:31:52,500 [zapping] 568 00:31:52,583 --> 00:31:53,875 [explosion] 569 00:31:56,542 --> 00:31:58,667 They're getting our range. 570 00:31:58,750 --> 00:32:00,458 Still no sign of a Centauri warship? 571 00:32:00,542 --> 00:32:02,333 None. 572 00:32:02,417 --> 00:32:03,667 I don't like it. 573 00:32:03,750 --> 00:32:06,083 They wouldn't just abandon a blockade like this. 574 00:32:06,167 --> 00:32:07,750 Unless they recalled it. 575 00:32:07,833 --> 00:32:10,250 And just leave all of this behind unprotected? 576 00:32:10,333 --> 00:32:12,417 That doesn't make sense. 577 00:32:14,000 --> 00:32:16,333 Are you sure all your scanners are working properly? 578 00:32:17,458 --> 00:32:18,750 Would you like to see for yourself? 579 00:32:18,833 --> 00:32:20,042 Yes. 580 00:32:21,875 --> 00:32:24,917 [dramatic music] 581 00:32:32,250 --> 00:32:34,458 Oh, this is.. 582 00:32:34,542 --> 00:32:35,792 This is wo.. 583 00:32:35,875 --> 00:32:38,000 Delenn, what else can this ship do? 584 00:32:38,083 --> 00:32:41,708 All in good time, captain. All in good time. 585 00:32:41,792 --> 00:32:44,250 We're picking up a disturbance. One ship. 586 00:32:44,333 --> 00:32:45,917 Unknown configuration. 587 00:32:47,167 --> 00:32:48,208 Show me. 588 00:32:52,417 --> 00:32:53,792 (Delenn) 'Shadows.' 589 00:32:58,542 --> 00:33:00,000 In Valen's name. 590 00:33:07,000 --> 00:33:09,417 [music continues] 591 00:33:09,500 --> 00:33:11,667 They've got to be here for the same reasons we are. 592 00:33:11,750 --> 00:33:13,333 The rangers. 593 00:33:13,417 --> 00:33:14,875 You can't abandon them down there. 594 00:33:14,958 --> 00:33:17,458 I have no intention of abandoning anyone. 595 00:33:17,542 --> 00:33:18,958 How many more of these mines do we have to take out 596 00:33:19,042 --> 00:33:20,583 before the rangers can escape? 597 00:33:20,667 --> 00:33:21,750 The next three should give them 598 00:33:21,833 --> 00:33:23,083 a big enough a window to get out. 599 00:33:23,167 --> 00:33:24,500 We're not ready for this yet. 600 00:33:24,583 --> 00:33:26,625 Then we'd better get ready and fast. 601 00:33:26,708 --> 00:33:29,667 We came this far. We're gonna finish what we started. 602 00:33:29,750 --> 00:33:32,208 - Continue attack. - 'Aye, sir.' 603 00:33:33,500 --> 00:33:34,708 [speaking in foreign language] 604 00:33:38,333 --> 00:33:39,917 Enemy vessel's targeting us. 605 00:33:40,000 --> 00:33:41,792 Evasive action, but keep firing. 606 00:33:43,208 --> 00:33:46,083 [zapping] 607 00:33:49,500 --> 00:33:50,542 They missed. 608 00:33:52,333 --> 00:33:53,833 They never miss. 609 00:33:55,667 --> 00:33:58,958 Wait, they don't recognize our ship. 610 00:33:59,042 --> 00:34:01,958 They wanna find out who we are before they destroy us. 611 00:34:02,042 --> 00:34:03,667 They'll either cripple us, so they can board us 612 00:34:03,750 --> 00:34:06,750 or drive us off so they can follow us. 613 00:34:06,833 --> 00:34:09,250 That should give us just enough room to maneuver. 614 00:34:09,333 --> 00:34:11,875 We've got the last mine in this area cleared. 615 00:34:11,958 --> 00:34:14,833 Marcus, there's your window. Tell the rangers to clear out. 616 00:34:21,042 --> 00:34:22,792 [explosion] 617 00:34:22,875 --> 00:34:24,542 Alright, head for the jumpgate. 618 00:34:24,625 --> 00:34:26,667 Would it not be faster to open a jump point? 619 00:34:26,750 --> 00:34:28,667 I don't want them to know we have that potential. 620 00:34:28,750 --> 00:34:29,958 Now hit it. 621 00:34:30,042 --> 00:34:31,458 We cannot lose them in hyperspace. 622 00:34:31,542 --> 00:34:33,542 They will follow us wherever we go. 623 00:34:35,708 --> 00:34:37,125 I'm counting on it. 624 00:34:38,583 --> 00:34:41,625 [whooshing] 625 00:34:45,542 --> 00:34:48,667 - 'It's still there, captain.' - Good. 626 00:34:48,750 --> 00:34:50,208 Listen to me, captain. 627 00:34:50,292 --> 00:34:52,125 You don't know what you're dealing with. 628 00:34:52,208 --> 00:34:54,083 This weapons in this ship aren't strong enough 629 00:34:54,167 --> 00:34:56,083 to hurt a Shadow vessel of that size. 630 00:34:56,167 --> 00:34:57,375 We must find help. 631 00:34:57,458 --> 00:35:00,292 We cannot hope to destroy a ship like that alone. 632 00:35:00,375 --> 00:35:02,792 With all due respect, ambassador.. 633 00:35:03,667 --> 00:35:06,000 ...I've heard that before. 634 00:35:08,917 --> 00:35:11,167 Enemy vessel's closing. 635 00:35:13,583 --> 00:35:16,167 Captain, why didn't you want the enemy to know 636 00:35:16,250 --> 00:35:18,542 we could make our own jump point into hyperspace? 637 00:35:19,750 --> 00:35:21,708 'Cause most ships this size can't do it. 638 00:35:21,792 --> 00:35:24,167 They have to rely on a jumpgate. 639 00:35:24,250 --> 00:35:25,875 As long as it thinks we're in that class 640 00:35:25,958 --> 00:35:29,125 we've got one extra weapon in our arsenal. 641 00:35:30,125 --> 00:35:31,375 Tell me, commander. 642 00:35:31,458 --> 00:35:32,917 Have you ever wondered what would happen 643 00:35:33,000 --> 00:35:35,500 if you opened a jump point while inside a jumpgate? 644 00:35:35,583 --> 00:35:38,125 No, and neither should you. 645 00:35:38,208 --> 00:35:39,708 Earthforce experimented with the idea 646 00:35:39,792 --> 00:35:41,333 during the Minbari War. 647 00:35:41,417 --> 00:35:43,833 They called it the Bonehead Maneuver. 648 00:35:43,917 --> 00:35:45,917 - No offense. - None taken. 649 00:35:46,000 --> 00:35:47,500 Because it's suicide. 650 00:35:47,583 --> 00:35:49,125 Forming a jump point inside a jumpgate 651 00:35:49,208 --> 00:35:51,042 releases a staggering amount of energy. 652 00:35:51,125 --> 00:35:52,708 None of our ships could clear the blast range 653 00:35:52,792 --> 00:35:53,833 before being blown to bits. 654 00:35:53,917 --> 00:35:55,542 But this isn't one of our ships. 655 00:35:55,625 --> 00:35:57,417 Mr. Lennier, what do you think? 656 00:35:57,500 --> 00:35:59,333 Is this ship fast enough to get out 657 00:35:59,417 --> 00:36:01,208 before the gate blows? 658 00:36:01,833 --> 00:36:03,500 I have no idea. 659 00:36:07,292 --> 00:36:09,292 Well, it'll do. 660 00:36:09,375 --> 00:36:13,167 We should just about be to Sector 45 by now. 661 00:36:13,250 --> 00:36:15,542 Tell them to head to the local jumpgate, best speed. 662 00:36:15,625 --> 00:36:18,583 Uh, captain, why this jumpgate? 663 00:36:18,667 --> 00:36:20,000 It's expendable. 664 00:36:21,333 --> 00:36:22,750 Used to be the Markab system. 665 00:36:22,833 --> 00:36:25,125 But since they died off, other races have been using 666 00:36:25,208 --> 00:36:27,208 the abandoned gate to strip the place bare. 667 00:36:27,292 --> 00:36:30,042 I do not like grave robbers. 668 00:36:30,125 --> 00:36:32,792 This should take care of two problems at once. 669 00:36:32,875 --> 00:36:34,875 Approaching jumpgate. 670 00:36:34,958 --> 00:36:36,583 Alright. Stand by jumpgate sequence. 671 00:36:36,667 --> 00:36:38,042 Ivanova, you ride the jump engines. 672 00:36:38,125 --> 00:36:40,042 Be ready on my signal. 673 00:36:42,167 --> 00:36:43,958 You ready? 674 00:36:44,042 --> 00:36:46,792 No, but you may proceed anyway. 675 00:36:50,333 --> 00:36:53,042 Activate jumpgate sequence.. 676 00:36:53,125 --> 00:36:54,167 ...now. 677 00:36:56,625 --> 00:36:59,167 Half jump engines on line now. 678 00:37:01,375 --> 00:37:04,417 [engines revving] 679 00:37:06,250 --> 00:37:07,333 Punch it! 680 00:37:10,500 --> 00:37:13,542 [crackling] 681 00:37:20,500 --> 00:37:22,458 Hang on. Oh. 682 00:37:22,542 --> 00:37:24,000 [Ivanova yells] 683 00:37:26,583 --> 00:37:29,625 [rumbling] 684 00:37:36,250 --> 00:37:39,417 - Everybody alright? - Yeah, fine, I-I think. 685 00:37:39,500 --> 00:37:41,333 Lennier. Lennier. 686 00:37:41,417 --> 00:37:43,000 Are you alright? 687 00:37:43,083 --> 00:37:44,750 I was just thinking 688 00:37:44,833 --> 00:37:48,208 that, uh, in all my years in temple 689 00:37:48,292 --> 00:37:49,792 nothing ever prepared me 690 00:37:49,875 --> 00:37:52,750 for this sort of experience. 691 00:37:52,833 --> 00:37:54,958 Perhaps that when this is all over 692 00:37:55,042 --> 00:37:59,958 that I will submit a proposal to revise the program. 693 00:38:00,042 --> 00:38:02,375 I think that would be a very good idea. 694 00:38:03,208 --> 00:38:04,375 [both sigh] 695 00:38:07,625 --> 00:38:09,708 [instrumental music] 696 00:38:16,125 --> 00:38:18,833 [indistinct chatter] 697 00:38:22,833 --> 00:38:24,958 Captain Sheridan. Commander Ivanova. 698 00:38:25,042 --> 00:38:27,583 So good of you to join us. 699 00:38:27,667 --> 00:38:29,667 Could you please explain to me where you have been 700 00:38:29,750 --> 00:38:32,375 what you have been doing and why there is a fraudulent entry 701 00:38:32,458 --> 00:38:35,542 in the station logs about your destination? 702 00:38:35,625 --> 00:38:38,083 Oh, I'd be happy to, Mr. Endawi. 703 00:38:38,167 --> 00:38:39,542 Uh, I'm sorry we left you 704 00:38:39,625 --> 00:38:41,000 in the lurch like this, but we've been-- 705 00:38:41,083 --> 00:38:43,375 Assisting my government by towing a disabled 706 00:38:43,458 --> 00:38:45,875 Minbari shuttle to a nearby jump point. 707 00:38:45,958 --> 00:38:48,792 Yes, it took quite a while. We just got back. 708 00:38:48,875 --> 00:38:51,542 And why is there no mention of this in the station logs? 709 00:38:51,625 --> 00:38:54,333 It seems straightforward enough. 710 00:38:54,417 --> 00:38:55,750 It was a diplomatic shuttle 711 00:38:55,833 --> 00:38:57,708 carrying important government documents. 712 00:38:57,792 --> 00:39:00,125 Uh, we were asked, as a courtesy 713 00:39:00,208 --> 00:39:01,583 to keep this confidential 714 00:39:01,667 --> 00:39:04,625 to avoid embarrassing the Minbari government. 715 00:39:07,000 --> 00:39:10,333 Now that we've taken care of that.. 716 00:39:10,417 --> 00:39:13,000 ...is there anything else we can do for you, Mr. Endawi? 717 00:39:13,083 --> 00:39:16,125 No. As a matter of fact, I was just leaving. 718 00:39:16,208 --> 00:39:18,167 I have everything I came for. 719 00:39:18,250 --> 00:39:20,792 I'll turn this over to SID for analysis. 720 00:39:20,875 --> 00:39:22,583 See what they can make of it. 721 00:39:22,667 --> 00:39:25,708 I'll make sure you get a copy of my report. 722 00:39:37,500 --> 00:39:41,250 (Endawi) 'You'll find the report quite complete, senator.' 723 00:39:41,333 --> 00:39:42,708 And no one knows what this ship is 724 00:39:42,792 --> 00:39:44,250 or where it came from. 725 00:39:44,333 --> 00:39:46,167 Not that I could determine. 726 00:39:46,250 --> 00:39:49,458 I came across some interesting stories here and there. 727 00:39:49,542 --> 00:39:53,042 Most of it from a thousand years ago. 728 00:39:53,125 --> 00:39:55,458 I don't know if it has any relevance or not. 729 00:39:55,542 --> 00:39:58,458 Well, we'll leave that for the experts to tell us. 730 00:39:58,542 --> 00:40:01,667 Good work on this, Endawi. I'll let you know what we find. 731 00:40:05,792 --> 00:40:06,917 [sighs] 732 00:40:12,667 --> 00:40:15,667 I told you to wait outside. You could've been seen. 733 00:40:15,750 --> 00:40:18,625 (Morden) 'No harm. No one knows who I am.' 734 00:40:18,708 --> 00:40:20,833 (female 'It's all here. They don't have much to go on.' 735 00:40:20,917 --> 00:40:22,167 'A little from the Narns.' 736 00:40:22,250 --> 00:40:25,375 Yes, well, that's to be expected. 737 00:40:25,458 --> 00:40:28,542 But I think we've neutralized that problem. 738 00:40:28,625 --> 00:40:31,208 - Nothing else then? - Not that I can see. 739 00:40:31,292 --> 00:40:33,750 The ship's a complete mystery to all of them. 740 00:40:33,833 --> 00:40:37,792 Good. My associates will be very happy to hear that. 741 00:40:37,875 --> 00:40:40,375 There's no need to rush things. 742 00:40:40,458 --> 00:40:43,292 Your government can dismiss this as an isolated incident. 743 00:40:43,375 --> 00:40:44,667 I don't know. 744 00:40:44,750 --> 00:40:47,000 There's something about this idea of a threat 745 00:40:47,083 --> 00:40:50,125 to planetary security I find very appealing. 746 00:40:50,208 --> 00:40:52,708 As long as we keep the real truth to ourselves 747 00:40:52,792 --> 00:40:55,250 there's no reason we can't use this situation 748 00:40:55,333 --> 00:40:57,583 to speed up the program here at home. 749 00:40:58,583 --> 00:41:00,667 Interesting. 750 00:41:00,750 --> 00:41:02,875 What exactly did you have in mind? 751 00:41:11,542 --> 00:41:15,042 (Sheridan) Although some of us, like Susan here 752 00:41:15,125 --> 00:41:16,375 make it a point to watch everything 753 00:41:16,458 --> 00:41:18,250 that happens on Babylon 5 754 00:41:18,333 --> 00:41:20,583 most of the rest don't have that option. 755 00:41:21,708 --> 00:41:24,042 Now up until now 756 00:41:24,125 --> 00:41:25,833 Delenn and I and.. 757 00:41:25,917 --> 00:41:28,542 ...maybe Garibaldi here have had all the pieces 758 00:41:28,625 --> 00:41:31,042 to what's going on out there. 759 00:41:31,125 --> 00:41:33,833 The return of The Shadows, the rangers. 760 00:41:34,958 --> 00:41:37,333 The loss of my wife on Zahadoom. 761 00:41:39,667 --> 00:41:41,125 The first thing I learned at the academy 762 00:41:41,208 --> 00:41:45,167 was that a lack of information can kill you. 763 00:41:47,625 --> 00:41:49,542 We can't afford that. 764 00:41:50,625 --> 00:41:52,958 So I'm creating a war council. 765 00:41:53,042 --> 00:41:55,208 We'll meet every two weeks for now 766 00:41:55,292 --> 00:41:57,250 unless something urgent comes up. 767 00:41:57,333 --> 00:41:59,667 'The war council will consist of each of us' 768 00:41:59,750 --> 00:42:02,875 'whichever ranger is stationed here at the time' 769 00:42:02,958 --> 00:42:06,875 'and a few others I hope to add later.' 770 00:42:06,958 --> 00:42:09,375 'Now whatever knowledge or information we have' 771 00:42:09,458 --> 00:42:11,250 will be shared among the rest. 772 00:42:11,333 --> 00:42:13,208 There are no ground rules. 773 00:42:13,292 --> 00:42:16,292 Anyone can say anything he or she wants to say. 774 00:42:18,000 --> 00:42:20,208 Well, then I have a question. 775 00:42:20,292 --> 00:42:23,625 Granted, I'm stuck in Medlab most of the time 776 00:42:23,708 --> 00:42:26,000 and granted, I'm usually the last 777 00:42:26,083 --> 00:42:27,667 to know anything around here 778 00:42:27,750 --> 00:42:29,625 and granted, we've all been pretty busy lately 779 00:42:29,708 --> 00:42:32,875 but could someone please tell me what the hell these Shadows are? 780 00:42:36,750 --> 00:42:38,292 There are beings in the universe 781 00:42:38,375 --> 00:42:42,292 billions of years older than any of our races. 782 00:42:42,375 --> 00:42:44,792 They walked among the stars like giants. 783 00:42:44,875 --> 00:42:47,208 Vast, timeless. 784 00:42:47,292 --> 00:42:49,375 They created great empires 785 00:42:49,458 --> 00:42:51,125 taught the new races 786 00:42:51,208 --> 00:42:53,792 explored beyond the Rim. 787 00:42:53,875 --> 00:42:57,833 The oldest of the ancients are The Shadows. 788 00:42:57,917 --> 00:42:59,667 We have no other name for them. 789 00:43:05,125 --> 00:43:07,667 [theme music]