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WE INTERRUPT OUR REGULAR EVENING SCHEDULE

TO BRING YOU THE FOLLOWING SPECIAL PROGRAM.

SEPTEMBER 16, 2259.

THE INTERSTELLAR NETWORK NEWS

PRESENTS 36 HOURS ON BABYLON 5

WITH YOUR HOST CYNTHIA
TORQUEMAN REPORTING LIVE

FROM THE ISN NEWS CENTER IN GENEVA.

GOOD EVENING. I'M CYNTHIA TORQUEMAN.

IN THE HUNDRED OR SO YEARS

SINCE HUMANITY WENT TO THE STARS,

WE'VE ESTABLISHED OUTPOSTS AND COLONIES

ON OVER TWO DOZEN WORLDS

IN 14 SOLAR SYSTEMS.

OUT OF ALL THOSE FAR-FLUNG OUTPOSTS,

ONLY THE MARS COLONY,

PLAGUED BY SCATTERED GROUPS OF SEPARATISTS

WHO HAVE USED ACTS OF TERROR TO INTIMIDATE

THE EARTH-LOYAL MAJORITY,

HAS PROVEN MORE CONTROVERSIAL

THAN THE EARTH ALLIANCE STATION BABYLON 5.

LOCATED IN A SECTOR OF SPACE

NEAR EPSILON IRRIDONNI,

DESIGNATED NEUTRAL TERRITORY,

BABYLON 5 HAS DEFIED THE ODDS

AND CONTINUED TO OPERATE AS A FREE PORT,

A CENTER FOR DIPLOMACY, AND A SHOWPIECE

FOR THE EARTH ALLIANCE RESOURCES
AND TECHNOLOGIES DIVISION.

FROM ITS HIGHLY PUBLICIZED
DEBUT THREE YEARS AGO,

RECENT POLLS INDICATE A
GROWING DISSATISFACTION

WITH THE TIME, MONEY, AND EFFORT CONSUMED

BY THIS SPACE-BORN COMMUNITY.

SO TONIGHT WE TAKE YOU

TO THE CENTER OF THE CONTROVERSY.

AN ISN CREW AND I

RECENTLY SPENT 36 HOURS ABOARD BABYLON 5

ASKING HARD QUESTIONS

AND ON OCCASION GETTING IN
A LITTLE OVER OUR HEADS.

IN THE PROCESS OF PUTTING
THIS REPORT TOGETHER,

DIDN'T TAKE US LONG TO LEARN

THE MOST IMPORTANT RULE OF
SURVIVAL ABOARD BABYLON 5--

EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED.

THIS FOOTAGE WAS SHOT

FROM OUR POSITION ON THE BRIDGE

OF THE EARTH TRANSPORT HEYERDAHL

ON FINAL APPROACH TO BABYLON 5.

ROGER, BABYLON CONTROL.

THE VOICES YOU ARE HEARING
ARE THE SHIP'S CAPTAIN

AND B-5 COMMAND AND CONTROL.

MARK.

CONFIRMED,HEYERDAHL. WE...

NARN TRANSPORTNATUNG,

RETURN TO YOUR HOLDING POSITION AT ONCE.
I REPEAT..

CENTAURI VESSELMALIOS, BREAK OFF.

A TERRIBLE EXPLOSION,

CONSPIRACY INVOLVING SEVERAL
OF THESE INDIVIDUALS,

LIES, DECEPTION,

AND THE DEATHS OF HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE--

ALL THIS AND MORE

IN 36 HOURS ABOARD BABYLON 5

HERE ON THE INTERSTELLAR NETWORK NEWS.

WE'LL BE BACK WITH OUR STORY

RIGHT AFTER THIS BREAK.

36 HOURS SPONSORED BY
INTERPLANETARY EXPEDITIONS.

EXPLORING THE PAST TO
CREATE A BETTER FUTURE.

THE BABYLON PROJECT WAS OUR
LAST BEST HOPE FOR PEACE--

A SELF-CONTAINED WORLD 5 MILES LONG

LOCATED IN NEUTRAL TERRITORY...

A PLACE OF COMMERCE AND DIPLOMACY

FOR A QUARTER OF A MILLION
HUMANS AND ALIENS...

A SHINING BEACON IN SPACE,
ALL ALONE IN THE NIGHT.

IT WAS THE DAWN OF THE THIRD AGE OF MANKIND,

THE YEAR THE GREAT WAR CAME UPON US ALL.

THIS IS THE STORY

OF THE LAST OF THE BABYLON STATIONS.

THE YEAR IS 2259.

THE NAME OF THE PLACE IS BABYLON 5.

30 MINUTES AGO AN ARMED VESSEL OPENED FIRE

ON A CENTAURI TRANSPORT

WITHOUT WARNING OR EXPLANATION.

THE BODIES OF THE DEAD AND WOUNDED

ARE BEING BROUGHT TO
THIS CENTRAL DOCKING AREA

FOR TRANSFER TO VARIOUS MEDLAB
FACILITIES ON BABYLON 5,

WHICH ARE ALREADY WORKING
BEYOND MAXIMUM CAPACITY.

BEHIND ME IS DR. STEPHEN FRANKLIN,
CHIEF OF STAFF.

DOCTOR. DR. FRANKLIN.

MED LAB 3 PREP FOR IMMEDIATE
SURGERY AND FULL CAT SCAN.

DR. FRANKLIN, CYNTHIA TORQUEMAN, ISN NEWS.

WHAT HAPPENED HERE?

SOMEBODY SAID SOMETHING ABOUT AN AMBUSH.

KEEP HIS HEAD ELEVATED 30 DEGREES MINIMUM

OR HE'LL CHOKE ON HIS OWN BLOOD.

LOOK, I'M SORRY.

CAPTAIN SHERIDAN,
CYNTHIA TORQUEMAN, ISN NEWS.

DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENT ON
WHAT JUST HAPPENED HERE?

NO, NO COMMENT AT THIS TIME. DOCTOR.

WHAT ABOUT THE NARN VESSEL
THAT ATTACKED THE TRANSPORT?

WE DISPATCHED A FIGHTER
WING TO APPREHEND THEM.

WE WON'T KNOW ANYTHING MORE UNTIL
THEY'RE IN PROTECTIVE CUSTODY.

IF YOU WILL EXCUSE ME, PLEASE. DOCTOR.

THIS IS EXACTLY THE KIND OF BEHAVIOR

THAT ENDANGERS THE VERY PURPOSE

OF BABYLON 5.

THIS PLACE IS DEDICATED

TO FINDING PEACEFUL
SOLUTIONS TO OUR PROBLEMS.

FOR THE NARN TO CARRY THEIR
VENDETTA AGAINST OUR PEOPLE

INTO NEUTRAL TERRITORY LIKE THIS

IS RECKLESS AND IRRESPONSIBLE.

AND THOUGH WE MOURN OUR OWN LOSSES,

WE HAVE FELT STRONGLY ABOUT
OUR FRIENDS FROM EARTH

EVER SINCE WE FIRST ENCOUNTERED YOUR WORLD

A HUNDRED YEARS AGO.

TO ENDANGER YOUR PEOPLE

FOR NO REASON...

THEN THE ATTACK ON YOUR TRANSPORT

WAS COMPLETELY UNPROVOKED.

OF COURSE.

HE'S LYING.

THEN TELL US WHY YOUR SHIP OPENED FIRE

ON THE CENTAURI TRANSPORT?

I'LL ISSUE A STATEMENT

AFTER I'VE CONSULTED WITH MY GOVERNMENT.

ARE YOU SAYING YOUR GOVERNMENT
SANCTIONED THIS ATTACK?

NO.

DO YOU THINK ATTACKS OF THIS NATURE

PUT EVERYBODY ABOARD BABYLON
5 IN UNNECESSARY JEOPARDY?

WE ARE ALREADY IN FAR GREATER JEOPARDY

THAN YOU CAN POSSIBLY IMAGINE.

FOR ALL THE APPARENT DANGER

IN THIS PART OF SPACE,

IT SEEMS TO HAVE HAD
LITTLE EFFECT ON TRAVEL.

NEARLY QUARTER OF A MILLION
HUMANS AND ALIENS ARE HERE

AT ANY GIVEN MOMENT.

WHILE MOST ARE IN TRANSIT TO DISTANT WORLDS,

MANY OTHERS ACTUALLY LIVE AND WORK HERE.

WHAT DOES IT TAKE

TO CALL A PLACE LIKE THIS HOME?

WELL, IT'S A, IT'S A JOB.

I'VE BEEN IN A LOT WORSE PLACES,
LET ME TELL YOU.

IT GETS CRAZY AROUND HERE SOMETIMES.

YOU GET 50, 60 SHIPS A
DAY COMING THROUGH HERE

LOADING AND UNLOADING,
AND EVERY LAST ONE OF THEM IS A PRIORITY JOB,

AT LEAST THAT'S WHAT THEY TELL US.

GET THOSE CRATES OVER TO THE SIDE.

NO, NO. THE OTHER SIDE.

WE HAD A COUPLE OF PROBLEMS HERE LAST YEAR--

TRIED TO HIT US WITH SOME BUDGET CUTS.

YOU KNOW, SAME OLD SONG,
BUT THAT'S THE PAST.

YOU GOT TO GO ALONG TO GET ALONG.

OVERALL I'VE FOUND THIS TO
BE A GOOD WORKING ENVIRONMENT

AND A VALUABLE EXPERIENCE.

I'VE LEARNED A LOT WHILE I'VE BEEN HERE.

YOU'VE NEVER FELT THAT YOUR
SAFETY HAS BEEN COMPROMISED?

NO, MA'AM.

SO THIS HAS BEEN A POSITIVE
EXPERIENCE FOR YOU.

YOU ENJOY WORKING WITH EVERYONE?

YES.

IT'S A CALM, PLEASANT ENVIRONMENT.

I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER
SEEN ANYONE GET UPSET HERE.

I GUESS IT'S THE OLD JOKE.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE CRAZY TO WORK HERE,
BUT IT HELPS.

I SUPPOSE THERE IS A CERTAIN ATTRACTION

TO BEING OUT HERE ON THE EDGE LIKE THIS,

A NEW FRONTIER.

NEW FRONTIER IS RIGHT.

WHEN BABYLON 5 WENT ON-LINE IN 2257,

ODDS MAKERS FROM NEW VEGAS

TO LLOYD'S OF LONDON WERE PREDICTING

IT WOULDN'T LAST SIX MONTHS.

WELL, I'VE NEVER BEEN VERY MUCH ON GAMBLING.

I'VE NEVER QUITE FOUND THE TIME FOR IT.

YOU WERE ORIGINALLY A STARSHIP CAPTAIN,
CORRECT?

YEAH.

THE AGAMEMNON.

SHE WAS A REAL BEAUTY.

ONE OF THE FIRST OMEGA CLASS DESTROYERS

TO COME OFF THE CONSTRUCTION
LINE AFTER THE WAR.

OUR JOB WAS PART MILITARY PATROL,

PART DIPLOMATIC MISSION.

WE WENT AROUND TO MOST
OF THE NONALIGNED WORLDS,

PUT IN AN APPEARANCE, KEPT THE PEACE,

THAT SORT OF THING.

BABYLON 5 HAS BEEN THROUGH

SOME DRAMATIC CHANGES IN ADMINISTRATION

SINCE IT BECAME OPERATIONAL.

WOULD YOU ATTRIBUTE THESE CHANGES

TO...BAD MANAGEMENT?

OR TO QUOTE FORMER SENATOR HIDOSHI,

"IS THIS HORSE JUST TOO BIG

FOR ANYBODY TO RIDE?"

CHANGES ARE PART OF THE MILITARY LIFE.

EVERYBODY GOES INTO THIS

KNOWING THAT TOMORROW YOU COULD BE SOMEPLACE

THAT YOU HADN'T EVEN HEARD OF 24 HOURS AGO.

I'VE BEEN STATIONED SO
MANY PLACES OVER THE YEARS

I CAN'T EVEN REMEMBER MOST OF THEM,

BUT YOU'RE RIGHT.

SOME DAYS THIS IS ONE HELL OF A BIG HORSE.

YOU KNOW WHAT THE FOLKS
BACK HOME DON'T UNDERSTAND,

THE ONES WHO'VE NEVER LEFT EARTH,

IS JUST HOW DANGEROUS SPACE CAN BE.

ASIDE FROM INCIDENTS LIKE THIS,

JUST THE EVERYDAY REALITY

OF LIVING YOUR DAYS AND NIGHTS

IN A BIG TIN CAN SURROUNDED BY A VACUUM.

I REMEMBER MY FIRST TIME ON A TRANSPORT

ON THE MOON-MARS RUN.

I WAS JUST A KID, MAYBE 17.

A BUDDY OF MINE WAS MESSING AROUND,

ZIPPING THROUGH THE HALLS,

AND HE HID IN ONE OF THE AIRLOCKS.

I GUESS HE WAS GOING TO TRY TO
SCARE US OR SOMETHING. I DON'T KNOW.

BUT JUST AS I GOT CLOSE...

HE MUST HAVE HIT THE WRONG BUTTON

BECAUSE THE AIR DOORS SLAMMED SHUT,

THE SPACE DOORS OPENED,

AND HE JUST FLEW OUT INTO SPACE.

AND THE ONE THING THEY NEVER TELL YOU

IS THAT YOU DON'T DIE INSTANTLY IN A VACUUM.

HE JUST HUNG THERE AGAINST THE BLACK

LIKE A PUPPET WITH HIS
STRINGS ALL TANGLED UP...

OR ONE OF THOSE OLD CARTOONS

WHERE YOU RUN OFF THE EDGE OF THE
CLIFF AND YOUR LEGS KEEP GOING.

YOU COULD SEE THAT HE WAS TRYING TO BREATHE,

BUT THERE WAS NOTHING.

THE ONE THING I REMEMBER WHEN
THEY PULLED IN HIS BODY...

HIS EYES WERE FROZEN.

A LOT OF PEOPLE MAKE JOKES
ABOUT SPACING SOMEBODY,

ABOUT SHOVING SOMEBODY OUT AN AIRLOCK.

I DON'T THINK IT'S FUNNY.

NEVER WILL.

ALTHOUGH THE AIRLOCKS ON BABYLON 5

ARE CONSIDERABLY SAFER,

THE LAST THREE YEARS HAVE SHOWN

THAT THE STATION ITSELF
IS ANYTHING BUT SECURE.

IN ITS FIRST YEAR OF OPERATION,

THERE WERE HALF A DOZEN MURDERS,
THREE ACTS OF SABOTAGE,

INCLUDING A BOMB THAT BLEW OUT TWO LEVELS,

AND A BARELY AVERTED ATTACK
BY THE VORLON EMPIRE.

SINCE THEN,
THERE HAVE BEEN 50 DEATHS BY VIOLENCE.

SO THE QUESTION REMAINS...

GIVEN ITS COST IN LIVES AND MONEY,

IS BABYLON 5 SERVING ANY USEFUL PURPOSE

OR, AS WE'RE ABOUT TO SEE,

IS THE WHOLE THING FALLING
APART AT THE SEAMS?

I'VE JUST BEEN BRIEFED BY MY GOVERNMENT,

AND I'M PREPARED TO ISSUE
THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT--

THE CENTAURI SHIP THAT WAS ATTACKED

BY ONE OF OUR VESSELS

WAS NOT SIMPLY A COMMERCIAL TRANSPORT.

IT WAS SECRETLY TRANSFERRING
WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION

TO SHIPS BOUND FOR THE FRONT LINES

WHERE THEY WERE TO BE USED IN
THE WAR AGAINST OUR PEOPLE.

THEY HAVE TURNED BABYLON 5

INTO A WEAPONS SUPPLY POST,

AND WE CANNOT ALLOW THIS TO CONTINUE,

EVEN IF IT MEANS SHUTTING
DOWN BABYLON 5 COMPLETELY.

36 HOURS ON BABYLON 5 CONTINUES

WITH CYNTHIA TORQUEMAN.

ACCORDING TO FIGURES RELEASED

BY THE NEWLY FORMED OFFICE OF PUBLIC MORALE,

PRESIDENT WILLIAM CLARK HAS RISEN

TO DRAMATIC NEW LEVELS OF POPULARITY

BECAUSE OF HIS ADMINISTRATION'S EMPHASIS

ON ADDRESSING THE NEEDS OF EARTH.

AS A RESULT, RECENT HEARINGS IN EARTHDOME

HAVE OPENLY QUESTIONED
HOW MUCH TIME AND MONEY

SHOULD BE INVESTED IN A PROJECT

THAT SEEMS PERPETUALLY BOGGED DOWN

IN NONHUMAN CONFLICT.

SO WE TOOK THAT QUESTION

TO SENATOR RONALD QUANTRELL.

WELL, OBVIOUSLY, BABYLON 5 IS SOMETHING

PRESIDENT SANTIAGO
BELIEVED IN VERY STRONGLY.

I THINK WE OWE IT TO HIS
MEMORY TO TRY AND MAKE IT WORK.

THAT DOESN'T EXACTLY SOUND
LIKE A RINGING ENDORSEMENT.

WELL, CLEARLY WE'VE TAKEN A LOT OF HEAT,

AND THE COST OVERRUNS HAVE BEEN
APPROPRIATELY ASTRONOMICAL,

BUT LET'S REMEMBER THAT THE BABYLON PROJECT

WAS CONCEIVED RIGHT AFTER
THE EARTH-MINBARI WAR.

AT THAT TIME,
THE IDEA OF A DIPLOMATIC STATION

DESIGNED TO KEEP ANYTHING
LIKE THAT FROM HAPPENING AGAIN

WAS VERY APPEALING.

AND NOW?

NOW?

WELL...IT'S STILL TOO EARLY TO TELL.

CERTAINLY WE'VE REBUILT OUR MILITARY FORCES

TO A POINT FAR IN ADVANCE OF
WHERE THEY WERE 14 YEARS AGO.

IF THE EARTH-MINBARI WAR STARTED TODAY,

I THINK THINGS MIGHT HAVE
GONE A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY.

SO WHILE I'M NOT SURE

HOW MUCH CONCRETE BENEFIT

WE REALLY DERIVE FROM BABYLON 5 ANY LONGER,

I SUPPOSE IT STILL DOES KEEP US

IN A HIGHLY VISIBLE POSITION

WITH OTHER RACES,

AND, OF COURSE, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT

TO INTERSTELLAR COMMERCE AND TRADE.

WELL, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT

TO SENATOR QUANTRELL,

SPEAKING AS SOMEONE WHO DID
HIS PART IN THE FRONT LINES,

I'D HAVE TO SAY WE STILL
HAVEN'T FULLY RECOVERED

FROM THE MINBARI WAR,

AND WE HAVEN'T ANYWHERE
NEAR THE LEVEL OF TECHNOLOGY

WE WOULD NEED IN THE EVENT
OF ANOTHER MAJOR CONFLICT.

AND ANYBODY WHO THINKS
THAT WE COULD HOLD OUR OWN

AGAINST THE MINBARI, THE CENTAURI,

AND, GOD FORBID, THE VORLONS,

IS JUST PLAIN KIDDING HIMSELF.

YOU SOUND ANGRY ABOUT IT.

NO...

I'M NOT.

IT JUST, IT JUST SOUNDS TO ME

LIKE JINGOISM AND SELF-DECEPTION

AND ARMCHAIR QUARTERBACKING.

ANYTIME YOU LOSE A WAR,

YOU JUST WAIT A FEW YEARS,

AND YOU'LL HEAR FROM EVERYONE

WHO THOUGHT THAT WE COULD'VE WON

IF THEY HAD DONE THE FIGHTING.

EXCEPT, OF COURSE, CAPTAIN,

WE DIDN'T LOSE THE WAR.

THE MINBARI DID SURRENDER.

OF COURSE.

WHO ARE THE PEOPLE WHO RUN BABYLON 5,

AND WHAT DO THEY DO HERE?

WHAT ARE THEIR HOPES AND DREAMS?

I'M STANDING IN WHAT'S
CALLED THE OBSERVATION DOME,

OR C AND C,

SHORT FOR COMMAND AND CONTROL.

WHEN THE CAPTAIN IS OTHERWISE ENGAGED

WITH DIPLOMATIC OR BUSINESS AFFAIRS,

THIS PLACE IS UNDER THE WATCHFUL EYE

OF ITS PERKY AND ENERGETIC
COMMANDER SUSAN IVANOVA.

WE'RE ALL GREEN DOWN HERE.

MAKE ONE MORE SWEEP, PULLING IN WHATEVER
YOU GOT, THEN HEAD FOR THE BARN.

COMMANDER IVANOVA, WOULD YOU MIND TELLING US

WHAT IT IS YOU'RE DOING HERE?

WE'RE INVESTIGATING
AMBASSADOR G'KAR'S ALLEGATIONS

THAT THE CENTAURI TRANSPORT
WAS CARRYING WEAPONS,

JUSTIFYING HIS GOVERNMENT'S ATTACK.

THE HASMAT TEAM OUTSIDE
IS CHECKING THE DEBRIS

FOR ANY UNUSUAL LEVELS OF RADIATION

OR TRACE ELEMENTS THAT
COULD INDICATE THE PRESENCE

OF UNAUTHORIZED WEAPONS.

WHILE WE WAIT FOR THE ANALYSIS,

WOULD YOU MIND TELLING US A LITTLE
ABOUT YOURSELF? HOW YOU GOT HERE?

WELL, THERE'S REALLY NOT MUCH TO TELL.

I WAS BORN IN THE RUSSIAN CONSORTIUM

BUT SPENT MOST OF MY LIFE AT SCHOOL ABROAD.

GRADUATED FROM OTC 10 YEARS AGO.

HOW DID YOU COME TO JOIN EARTHFORCE?

AFTER MY BROTHER GANYA
WAS KILLED IN THE WAR,

I FELT THAT I HAD TO TRY
AND FINISH WHAT HE STARTED.

OF COURSE, AS MY LUCK RUNS,

THE WAR WAS OVER BEFORE I SAW ANY ACTION.

NOW, COMMANDER, I'M SURE THERE'S MORE

TO YOUR STORY THAN THAT.

YES.

WHAT DO I HOPE FOR?

I HOPE TO GET THROUGH THIS INTERVIEW

WITHOUT GETTING MYSELF FIRED.
HOW'S THAT FOR A START?

I DON'T KNOW. IT'S ONE OF THOSE
QUESTIONS I DON'T THINK ABOUT IN WORDS

BECAUSE SO MANY TIMES IT SEEMS LIKE

IF I SAY WHAT I WANT, IT NEVER COMES.

THERE MUST BE SOMETHING.

YEAH.

THERE ARE LITTLE HOPES, I GUESS.

EVERY DAY I GET UP,

AND I HOPE NOTHING WILL HAPPEN.

I'D LOVE TO BE JUST BORED
OUT OF MY SKULL FOR 24 HOURS,

AND I GUESS I KEEP HOPING

THAT SOMEDAY,
SOMEWHERE I'LL MAKE A DIFFERENCE,

THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY

EVERYTHING WE'VE GONE THROUGH HERE

FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS WILL MEAN SOMETHING.

YEAH.

GARIBALDI,
WE JUST GOT BACK THE HASMAT REPORT.

WE'VE GOT A PROBLEM.

SEE WHAT I MEAN? ALWAYS SOMETHING.

SO FAR WE'VE SPENT MOST
OF OUR TIME HERE TALKING

TO THE HUMANS,

BUT ALIENS MAKE UP ROUGHLY 42%

OF BABYLON 5's POPULATION.

MANY OF THEM LIVE HERE

IN THE SO-CALLED ALIEN SECTOR,

WHICH PROVIDES ALTERNATE ATMOSPHERES

FOR 14 DIFFERENT SPECIES.

IRONICALLY, THE ALIEN SECTOR

IS HOW THE ALIENS HERE REFER

TO THE HUMAN PART OF THE STATION,

PROVING ONCE AGAIN THAT BEAUTY AND THE BEAST

ARE IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER.

PROBABLY THE MOST ELUSIVE OF ALL THE ALIENS

IS AMBASSADOR KOSH NERANNICK,

A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE VORLON EMPIRE

SENT HERE ROUGHLY TWO YEARS AGO.

NOTHING IS KNOWN OF THE VORLONS.

IN FACT, THREE EXPEDITIONS SENT

INTO VORLON SPACE OVER THE YEARS

HAVE NEVER RETURNED.

THE VORLON GOVERNMENT SAID
THEY HAD MET WITH ACCIDENTS

AND SUGGESTED NO FURTHER EXPEDITIONS.

EVEN THEIR APPEARANCE IS A MYSTERY,

COMPOUNDED BY THE FACT

THAT AMBASSADOR KOSH CAN
ONLY LEAVE HIS QUARTERS

IN AN ENCOUNTER SUIT,

WHICH CONTAINS HIS ATMOSPHERE

AND OTHER LIFE-SUPPORT EQUIPMENT.

A FEW MOMENTS AGO,
WHILE WE WERE SETTING UP THIS SHOT,

WE GOT OUR FIRST GLIMPSE OF THE VORLON

AS HE WAS LEAVING HIS
QUARTERS JUST BEHIND ME.

THIS IS AN ISN EXCLUSIVE,

PRESENTED HERE FOR THE FIRST TIME.

IT'S AMBASSADOR KOSH OVER HERE!

MACKEY, QUICK! THE CAMERA!

AMBASSADOR KOSH! AMBASSADOR!

CYNTHIA TORQUEMAN, ISN NEWS.

CAN WE ASK YOU A FEW QUESTIONS?
AMBASSADOR KOSH!

DID WE GET THAT? TELL ME WE GOT THAT.

SECOND IN ELUSIVENESS TO THE VORLON

IS AMBASSADOR DELENN OF
THE MINBARI FEDERATION.

AFTER INITIALLY REFUSING SEVERAL REQUESTS

FOR AN INTERVIEW,

SHE FINALLY AGREED TO TALK TO US.

SINCE VERY FEW HUMANS

HAVE EVER BEEN ALLOWED ON MINBARI,

PERHAPS YOU COULD START BY TELLING
US A LITTLE ABOUT YOUR WORLD.

WE ARE THE SEVENTH PLANET FROM OUR SUN.

ALMOST ONE-QUARTER OF MINBARI IS COVERED

BY OUR NORTH POLAR ICE CAP.

BECAUSE OUR WORLD IS RICH
WITH CRYSTALLINE DEPOSITS,

MANY OF OUR CITIES ARE CUT DIRECTLY OUT

OF CRYSTAL FORMATIONS.

DURING THE SPRING,

THE PATTERNS OF COLOR CAUSED BY THE LIGHT

ARE BREATHTAKING.

LET'S SEE. WHAT ELSE?

WE HAVE THREE BASIC LANGUAGES--

LEN'AU, FEEK, AND AUDRONADO,

WHICH IS THE LANGUAGE
OF THE RELIGIOUS CASTE.

CAN YOU GIVE US AN EXAMPLE OF AUDRONADO?

I AM YOUR FRIEND IN PEACE.

YOUR APPEARANCE, THOUGH, ISN'T TYPICAL

OF YOUR PEOPLE, IS IT?

NO.

ACCORDING TO STATION RECORDS,

YOU LOOKED QUITE DIFFERENT A YEAR AGO.

I VOLUNTEERED FOR THIS CHANGE
IN THE HOPE THAT IT WOULD LEAD

TO A BETTER UNDERSTANDING
BETWEEN OUR PEOPLES.

OVER 1/4 OF A MILLION HUMANS WERE KILLED

IN THE WAR WITH YOUR PEOPLE.

HOW DO YOU THINK THE FAMILIES
OF THOSE VICTIMS WILL FEEL

ABOUT YOUR CHANGE?

I, UH...

I DON'T KNOW. I, UH...

I WOULD HOPE...

I THINK THEY WOULD FEEL HURT...

BETRAYED...

THAT BY ASSUMING A HUMAN FACE,

YOU ARE TAKING A PART OF
US YOU'RE NOT ENTITLED TO.

WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO THEM,

TO ALL THE HUSBANDS AND WIVES

AND CHILDREN AND BROTHERS AND SISTERS

OF THE PEOPLE WHO WERE KILLED

IN THE WAR WITH YOUR PEOPLE

AND NOW SEE A MINBARI

WITH A HUMAN FACE?

I'M, UH...

I'M SORRY.

CAN WE, CAN WE STOP THIS?

PLEASE?

AMBASSADOR DELENN, YOU'RE NEEDED

IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS.

AMBASSADOR.

AMBASSADOR DELENN.

WE'VE BEEN INFORMED THERE'S BEEN A
NEW DEVELOPMENT IN THE NARN ATTACK.

THE BABYLON 5 ADVISORY COUNCIL

AND THE LEAGUE OF NONALIGNED WORLDS

HAVE BEEN CONVENED TO HEAR THIS.

WE'VE BEEN GIVEN PERMISSION
TO RECORD THESE PROCEEDINGS.

THANKS TO COMMANDER IVANOVA'S INVESTIGATION,

WE HAVE PROOF OF WHAT WE'VE
BEEN SAYING ALL ALONG.

AN INSPECTION OF THE DESTROYED CENTAURI

HAS FOUND CONCLUSIVE PROOF

THAT SHE WAS CARRYING FUSION BOMBS

AND SUPPORT EQUIPMENT FOR ION CANNONS,

MASS DRIVERS, AND HEAVY-ENERGY WEAPONS.

WE HAVE ALREADY FILED A COMPLAINT

WITH THE CENTAURI GOVERNMENT

ON THE GROUNDS THAT BABYLON
5 IS NEUTRAL TERRITORY

AND IS NOT TO BE USED

AS A STAGING GROUND

OR A MUNITIONS DEPOT.

IF I MAY MAKE AN OBSERVATION--

IT IS THIS KIND OR IRRESPONSIBLE ACTIVITY

THAT ENDANGERS THIS
STATION AND EVERYONE HERE!

IT WILL NOT BE TOLERATED!

WEAPONS ARE TRANSFERRED OUTSIDE THE STATION,

SHIP TO SHIP.

THE RISK TO BABYLON 5 IS MINIMAL.

WE'VE ALREADY SEEN YOUR MINIMAL RISK,
AMBASSADOR.

CAUSED BY THEIR ATTACK
ON ONE OF OUR VESSELS.

OUR SHIPS HAVE THE RIGHT

TO CARRY ANY CARGO THEY CHOOSE.

WE WILL NOT SURRENDER OUR SOVEREIGN RIGHTS.

SOVEREIGN RIGHTS OF ANY RACE END

WHEN THEY THREATEN INNOCENTS.

THEY'RE DOING WHAT THEY ALWAYS DO,

USING DETAILS TO DISTRACT US

FROM DOING WHAT MUST BE DONE!

THERE ARE SEVEN MORE CENTAURI
VESSELS BERTHED OUTSIDE,

AND I HAVE REASON TO BELIEVE

THAT THEY ALSO CARRY
WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION

TO BE USED AGAINST OUR PEOPLE.

MY GOVERNMENT DEMANDS

THAT THESE SHIPS BE IMPOUNDED

AND THEIR WEAPONS SEIZED!

NO, NO, NO! WE WILL NOT ALLOW THIS!

THIS IS BABYLON 5 SPACE,

AND HERE WE HAVE SOVEREIGN RIGHTS.

OUR SHIPS WILL DEFEND THEMSELVES

AGAINST ANY WHO TRY TO SEIZE THEM.

PERHAPS IF THE TRANSPORTS
RETURN TO CENTAURI SPACE...

NO! WE CANNOT ALLOW THOSE SHIPS

TO LEAVE HERE WITH THEIR WEAPONS.

THEY'LL JUST TURN RIGHT AROUND
AND USE THEM AGAINST US.

THEN HOW DO YOU INTEND TO--

WHAT THE HELL?

CAPTAIN, WE NEED YOU IN C AND C.

WE'VE GOT A SHOOTING WAR GOING ON HERE.

THE SOUNDS YOU HEAR ARE HEAVY WEAPONS

ON THE NARN AND CENTAURI VESSELS

DOING BATTLE JUST OUTSIDE BABYLON 5.

THE STATION IS ON A PRIORITY 1 ALERT.

PEOPLE ARE BEING EVACUATED TO SHELTERS.

WE'RE EN ROUTE TO C AND
C TO COVER THE BATTLE.

AS WE SPEAK OUR VID
SYSTEMS ARE BEING PLUGGED

INTO THE STATION'S EXTERNAL
CAMERAS AND COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS.

WE SHOULD SEE--

COMING IN, READING FIVE.

REPEAT FIVE INCOMING HOSTILES.

NO REPLY.

GOT THE BEACON TARGETING SYSTEMS ON-LINE.

DELTA LEADER TO HOSTILE VESSELS.

YOU ARE ORDERED TO CEASE FIRE AT ONCE.

DO YOU COPY?

YOU ARE ORDERED TO SURRENDER,

OR WE WILL OPEN FIRE.

...ON THE DECK.

DAMAGE REPORT.

LEVELS BROWN 90 THROUGH 92 REPORT DAMAGE.

HULL BREECH IN BLUE 70.
DROPPING PRESSURE DOORS!

GET A REPAIR CREW DOWN THERE.

AYE, SIR.

ANY REPLY YET?

HOSTILE FORCES CONTINUE
TO FIRE AT EACH OTHER.

THEY'VE STARTED TARGETING OUR SHIPS.

DELTA SQUADRON REQUESTING
PERMISSION TO FIRE.

AMBASSADORS LONDO AND G'KAR SAY
IF WE OPEN FIRE ON THEIR VESSELS,

THEY'LL CONSIDER IT AN ACT OF WAR.

SCREW THEM. WE HAVE A QUARTER
MILLION PEOPLE HERE TO DEFEND.

IF THEY WON'T STOP THIS, WE WILL.

ALL FIGHTERS, OPEN FIRE. FIRE AT WILL.

ROGER, BABYLON CONTROL.

DELTA SQUAD, OPEN FIRE.

TARGET ENGINES AND NAVIGATION IF POSSIBLE,

BUT IF YOU HAVE TO TAKE THEM OUT, DO IT.

ROGER, LEADER.

COME ON.

HEATERS LIT.

COME TO PAPA. GOT IT.

??BOMBS AWAY.

THIS IS 7. TARGET'S SPLASHED.

...CHECK ON RED 14.

REACT, TEAM 12, GO TO...

TWO NARN VESSELS DESTROYED.

TWO DAMAGED AND OUT OF THE FIGHT.

REMAINING CENTAURI VESSELS
ARE OFFERING TO SURRENDER.

PICK THEM UP, BRING THEM IN,

AND THROW THEM IN THE BRIG.

I WANT EVERY ONE OF THOSE
SHIPS SCANNED FOR WEAPONS.

TELL AMBASSADORS G'KAR AND LONDO
I WANT TO SEE THEM IN CHAMBERS.

IF THEY REFUSE?

THEN THROW THEM IN THE--

AHEM.

SECURITY, THERE IS A MAJOR RIOT

GOING ON AT THE ENTRANCE...

THEN INVITE THEM AGAIN

AS FIRMLY AND AS POLITELY AS YOU CAN.

THIS NONSENSE HAS GONE FAR ENOUGH.

MY MAIN GENERATOR IS DOWN.

WE'RE BACKED UP.

THE NONSENSE CAPTAIN SHERIDAN REFERRED TO

IS THE NARN-CENTAURI WAR,

WHICH, OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS,

HAS GROWN INTO A CONFLICT

WHICH THREATENS TO SPILL INTO OTHER SYSTEMS

AND LEAD TO AN ESCALATION OF HOSTILITIES.

PRIOR TO THE BATTLE WE JUST WITNESSED,

ISN SPOKE WITH REPRESENTATIVES
FROM BOTH SIDES

IN ORDER TO BETTER UNDERSTAND
THE HISTORY OF THIS CONFLICT.

ROUGHLY 150 OF YOUR YEARS AGO,

THE CENTAURI CAME TO OUR WORLD.

NARN WAS A GREEN AND FERTILE PLACE THEN.

WE GREETED THEM IN PEACE

AND SPENT THE NEXT 100 YEARS IN CHAINS,

BUT WE NEVER GAVE UP HOPE.

WE FORMED A RESISTANCE,
LEARNED THEIR SECRETS,

TURNED THEIR OWN MACHINES AGAINST THEM,

AND FINALLY DROVE THEM FROM OUR WORLD.

HOW DID YOU BECOME INVOLVED
WITH THE RESISTANCE?

MY FAMILY LIVED IN G'KAMIZAD,

ONE OF THE LARGER CITIES ON NARN.

MY FATHER SERVED IN A CENTAURI HOUSEHOLD

DURING THE LAST YEARS OF THE REBELLION.

I WAS BARELY A POUCHLING AT THE TIME.

MY MOTHER WAS ILL,

UNABLE TO ESCAPE THROUGH THE UNDERGROUND,

SO WE ALL STAYED.

IT WAS A DIFFICULT TIME.

WE WERE STRIKING DEEP
INTO CENTAURI RESOURCES.

THINGS WERE TENSE.

ONE DAY, MY FATHER SPILLED A CUP OF HOT JALA

ON THE MISTRESS OF THE HOUSE, AND...

AND SHE HAD HIM KILLED.

THEY TOOK HIM OUT, TIED HIS HANDS TOGETHER,

AND HUNG HIM FROM A JALWA
TREE FOR THREE DAYS.

I CAME TO HIM THE LAST NIGHT,

AGAINST MY MOTHER'S ORDERS,

AND HE LOOKED DOWN AT ME.

HE SAID HE WAS PROUD AND TO GO AND FIGHT

AND BE ALL THE THINGS HE NEVER WAS,

THEN HE DIED.

THE NEXT MORNING, I RAN AWAY

AND KILLED MY FIRST CENTAURI.

WHY DO YOU THINK THEY INVADED BACK THEN?

AH!

WHY DOES ANY ADVANCED CIVILIZATION

SEEK TO DESTROY A LESS ADVANCED ONE?

BECAUSE THE LAND IS STRATEGICALLY VALUABLE,

BECAUSE THERE ARE RESOURCES

THAT CAN BE CULTIVATED AND EXPLOITED,

BUT MOST OF ALL, SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY CAN.

YOU HAVE EXPERIENCED MUCH THE SAME

ON YOUR OWN WORLD.

THERE ARE HUMANS FOR WHOM THE WORDS
"NEVER AGAIN"

CARRY SPECIAL MEANING AS THEY DO FOR US.

HOW DO YOU RESPOND TO REPORTS

THAT YOUR MILITARY HAS LOST SIX

OUT OF THE LAST SEVEN ENGAGEMENTS

WITH THE CENTAURI FORCES,

AND NOW THE WAR CONSISTS MAINLY

OF HOLDING ACTIONS AND FORCED RETREATS?

CENTAURI PROPAGANDA.

WE WILL NEVER FALL BACK.
WE WILL NEVER SURRENDER!

WHEN WE FIRST MET THE NARN,

THEY WERE, WHAT, A PRIMITIVE PEOPLE.

WE GAVE THEM TECHNOLOGY
CENTURIES AHEAD OF THEIR OWN,

TOOK THEM WITH US TO THE STARS,

TAUGHT THEM LAWS, CIVILIZED THEM.

THEY REPAID US WITH TERROR AND DEATH.

SO, YOU'RE SAYING THE CENTAURI

ORIGINALLY CAME TO HELP THE NARN?

OF COURSE, AND AT CONSIDERABLE EXPENSE,
I MIGHT ADD,

WHICH IS WHY WE FINALLY LEFT.

WE WISHED THEM WELL,
BUT THE COST, YOU'VE SEEN.

THEN YOU WEREN'T DRIVEN
OFF THE NARN HOMEWORLD?

PLEASE.
THE NARN HAVE REWRITTEN HISTORY ENOUGH,

DON'T YOU THINK?

IF THEY WANTED US GONE,

WE WERE HARDLY GOING TO FORCE THE ISSUE,

BUT EVER SINCE,

THEY HAVE GROWN MORE AND MORE IRRATIONAL,

HAVE GONE OUT OF THEIR WAY TO HARM US,

TO SEIZE ENTIRE TERRITORY.

FINALLY, WE HAD TO TAKE A STAND.

THEY WERE THE ONES WHO DECLARED WAR,
REMEMBER...

NOT US.

WE WANT ONLY PEACE.

WE WANT ONLY PEACE--

BOTH SIDES SAY THE SAME THING,

BUT AS WE'VE JUST SEEN,

THE REALITY IS ANYTHING BUT PEACEFUL.

WITH THE SKIRMISH OUTSIDE CONCLUDED

AND THE CAPTURED CENTAURI VESSELS

ABOUT TO UNDERGO A COMPLETE SEARCH,

THINGS SEEM TO HAVE CALMED DOWN.

WHAT IS IT?

JUMP POINT FORMING IN SECTOR 7.

ARE THEY CRAZY?
THAT'S PRACTICALLY ON TOP OF US!

READING ONE CENTAURI BATTLE CRUISER.

DO WE STILL HAVE A FEED
FROM THE EXTERNAL MONITORS?

I'VE GOT AMBASSADOR MOLLARI ON THE LINK.

PUT HIM THROUGH.

AMBASSADOR MOLLARI,
WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON HERE?

I'M SORRY THIS HAS COME AS SUCH A SURPRISE,
COMMANDER,

BUT I WARNED YOU NOT TO INTERFERE.

YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO
SEARCH OR DETAIN OUR SHIPS.

IF WE DON'T ACT IN OUR OWN DEFENSE,

WE INVITE THE SAME FROM OTHERS.

CENTAURI CRUISER IS ARMING WEAPONS,
OPENING HER GUN PORTS.

THE CRUISER WILL BLOCKADE BABYLON 5

UNTIL OUR SHIPS ARE RETURNED
TO CENTAURI CUSTODY,

INTACT AND UNOPENED.

ANY SHIP ATTEMPTING TO
ENTER OR LEAVE BABYLON 5

WILL BE FIRED UPON, BOARDED, AND SENT BACK.

WE WILL USE THE MINIMUM
POSSIBLE LEVEL OF FORCE,

BUT IF PROVOKED,

WE ARE PREPARED TO USE DEADLY FORCE,

EVEN AGAINST BABYLON 5 ITSELF.

ISN--THE GALAXY'S MOST IMPORTANT NETWORK.

JOHN, WHY AREN'T YOU OUTSIDE

PLAYING WITH THE OTHER KIDS?

THEY HATE ME.

NOW, JOHN--

IT'S TRUE.

I'M JUST...

I'M DIFFERENT, MOM.

I CAN FEEL WHAT THEY THINK ABOUT ME,

AND THEY KNOW I CAN.

I CALLED ONE OF THEM A LIAR

BECAUSE I KNEW HE WASN'T
TELLING THE TRUTH SOMEHOW.

HE KEPT HITTING ME UNTIL
I SAID I WAS THE LIAR.

I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO ANYMORE.

DON'T WORRY, JOHNNY.

WE'LL TAKE CARE OF IT FROM HERE.

LOOK, A PSI COP.

THAT'S RIGHT, JOHNNY.
THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER KIDS

WHO FEEL THE WAY YOU DO.

THEY'RE CONFUSED AND AFRAID,

BUT THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE.

THE PROBLEM ISN'T THAT
OTHER KIDS DON'T LIKE YOU.

JUST THAT THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND YOU,
BUT WE DO.

YOU'RE SPECIAL.

YOU'RE A LATENT TELEPATH
ABOUT TO COME INTO FULL BLOOM.

MY JOHNNY, A TELEPATH?

PROBABLY, BUT TO BE SURE, TAKE HIM DOWN

TO THE PSI-CORPS TESTING
CENTER FIRST THING TOMORROW.

HOW DO I FIND ONE?

WE'RE EVERYWHERE, FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE.

WE HAVE OFFICES IN SCHOOLS,
IN CHILDREN'S HOSPITALS.

WE EVEN HAVE MOBILE TESTING CENTERS

THAT TRAVEL THE COUNTRY,

AND IF HE QUALIFIES,

WE'LL GIVE HIM AN EDUCATION,
A JOB, A PURPOSE,

AND WE'LL PAY ALL HIS BILLS FOR LIFE.

OH, MY.

HEH HEH.

OH, JOHN, I CAN'T BELIEVE IT.

YOU'VE COME SO FAR. JUST LOOK AT YOU.

WE'RE ALL SO PROUD.

AND I'M PROUD TO BE PART OF THE PSI-CORPS.

SO, REMEMBER,
IF YOU KNOW SOMEONE WHO MIGHT BE A TELEPATH,

OR THINK YOU MIGHT BE ONE YOURSELF,

HELP THEM GET THE HELP THEY NEED.
CALL THE CORPS.

CALL GOVERNMENT INFORMATION FOR
MORE ON A PSI-CORPS CENTER NEAR YOU.

THIS MESSAGE IS BROUGHT TO YOU

BY THE MINISTRY FOR PUBLIC INFORMATION

AND YOUR LOCAL PSI-CORPS RECRUITMENT OFFICE.

AS WE ENTER OUR 30th HOUR ABOARD BABYLON 5,

THE CENTAURI-NARN CRISIS HAS NOT DIMINISHED.

THE VARIOUS PARTIES TO THE DISPUTE

HAVE GATHERED IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS BEHIND ME

IN CLOSED SESSION TO DISCUSS THE CRISIS.

MEANWHILE,
ALL TRAFFIC IN OR OUT OF BABYLON 5

HAS COME TO A HALT,
DUE TO THE CENTAURI BLOCKADE.

CAPTAIN, ANY PROGRESS IN THE NEGOTIATIONS?

ALL SIDES ARE STILL TALKING.
THAT'S ALL I CAN SAY FOR NOW.

IS IT TRUE SOME OF THE SENATE

HAVE SUGGESTED YOU ACCOMMODATE THE CENTAURI

BY RELEASING THEIR VESSELS
WITHOUT FURTHER SEARCHES?

AS THE COMMANDER OF RECORD ON BABYLON 5,

I DOUBT THAT THE SENATE

WOULD ATTEMPT TO UNDERMINE MY
POSITION IN THESE NEGOTIATIONS

BY ARMCHAIR QUARTERBACKING.

AMBASSADOR G'KAR,
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY?

ONLY THAT THIS SHOULD PROVE ONCE AND FOR ALL

THAT THE CENTAURI ARE A MENACE

TO MORE THAN JUST OUR WORLD.

THIS KIND OF THING CANNOT BE ALLOWED.

AND WE'LL TAKE WHATEVER STEPS NECESSARY

TO MAKE THAT PERFECTLY CLEAR TO THEM.

WELL, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
A-AMBASSADOR G'KAR?

CERTAINLY THE EVENTS ON BABYLON 5 WHICH
TOOK PLACE DURING YOUR RECENT VISIT

ARE EMBLEMATIC OF WHAT
MANY OF US ON EARTHDOME

HAVE BEEN WORRIED ABOUT FOR SOMETIME.

BY PLACING AN EARTH INSTALLATION

BETWEEN WARRING FACTIONS,

WE RISK BEING DRAWN INTO A CONFLICT

THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO
WITH US OR EARTH INTERESTS.

IF WE'D NOT BEEN IN THAT PLACE AT THAT TIME

A TERRIBLE LOSS OF LIFE
MIGHT HAVE BEEN AVOIDED.

ON THE OTHER HAND, SENATOR,
THEY ARE AT WAR WITH ONE ANOTHER.

PEOPLE DIE IN WAR.

YES, BUT IT WOULDN'T HAVE
HAPPENED IN OUR BACKYARD.

WHAT HAPPENED NEXT CAME

WITH THE RELUCTANT SUPPORT OF EARTHDOME

BUT, UH... HUNDREDS OF DEATHS.

I DON'T SEE HOW WE CAN
SUPPORT THAT SORT OF THING.

I'M ONLY GLAD YOU MADE IT OUT ALIVE,
CYNTHIA.

WE NEED ALL THE GOOD REPORTERS WE CAN GET.

10 MINUTES AGO, CAPTAIN SHERIDAN

RECEIVED A CODED TRANSMISSION

FROM EARTHDOME ON THE CURRENT CRISIS.

AFTER CONSIDERABLE NEGOTIATIONS,

WE'VE BEEN ALLOWED BACK IN TO C AND C...

CAPTAIN JOHN SHERIDAN, BABYLON 5,

TO CENTAURI CRUISER.

MY GOVERNMENT HAS REJECTED YOUR DEMAND

THAT WE RELEASE YOUR SHIPS.

WE WILL NOT CONSIDER ANY DEMAND

MADE UNDER TERRORIST THREAT.

WE HAVE ACTIVATED OUR DEFENSE GRID

AND ARE PREPARED TO DEFEND
ALL SHIPS COMING THROUGH HERE.

ANY HOSTILE ACTION TAKEN BY YOU

AGAINST SHIPS ENTERING
OR LEAVING THIS STATION

WILL BE CONSIDERED AN
ATTACK ON BABYLON 5 ITSELF,

AND WE WILL RESPOND ACCORDINGLY.

IF THEY SEND BACK A REPLY,
DON'T ACKNOWLEDGE IT.

AYE, CAPTAIN.

WE'LL LET THEM SWEAT FOR A WHILE.

HOPE THIS WORKS. A DEFENSE GRID CAN
PROBABLY HOLD THEM, BUT THE REPERCUSSIONS--

AH, THEY'RE BLUFFING.

I CAN'T BELIEVE THEY'D
TAKE ON THE WHOLE STATION.

THAT WOULD BRING EARTH ON
THE SIDE OF THE NARN'S.

AND THE LAST THING THE CENTAURI WANT

IS A WAR ON TWO FRONTS.

DOCKING BAY 9 JUST LINKED IN.

THE TRANSPORT'S READY TO GO.

BRING HER UP. ACTIVATE AUTOPILOT.

WE'LL RUN THE TRANSPORT FROM HERE,

MAKE SURE NO ONE GETS HURT.

JUST IN CASE THEY'RE NOT BLUFFING.

BRING THE MAINTENANCE BOTS
AROUND FOR A CLOSER LOOK.

MOVE SECURE CAM 23 TO HIGH OVERHEAD

AND MAIN BOT 9-14 ??
AT 12 CLICK INTERVALS...

YOU REALIZE IF THEY DO ATTACK THE TRANSPORT,

THEY'LL TURN AROUND AND FIRE ON US NEXT,

FIGURING WE'LL HAVE TO RETALIATE?

I KNOW.

TRANSPORT, ??MAINTAIN APPROACH...

ALL TRACKING STATIONS...

IF YOU SEE THEIR WEAPONS TARGETING US...

OPEN FIRE.

ANY REPLY FROM THE CRUISER?

NEGATIVE, SIR. NO RESPONSE.

THEIR WEAPONS SYSTEM IS STILL ARMED.

I DON'T LIKE THIS.

WELL, THE TRANSPORT'S THROUGH.
WE CALLED THEIR BLUFF.

GETTING A SIGNAL FROM THE CENTAURI CRUISER.

THEY WANT TO TALK.

OPEN A CHANNEL.
LET'S BE GRACIOUS ABOUT THIS.

CAPTAIN, ANY THOUGHTS ON THE---

SECOND JUMP POINT FORMING IN SECTOR 10.

LOOKS LIKE A NARN. OH, HELL.

BABYLON CONTROL TO NARN CRUISER.

WE DO NOT--REPEAT--

WE DO NOT REQUIRE ASSISTANCE.

DO NOT INTERFERE.

WE HAVE THE SITUATION UNDER CONTROL.

NARN CRUISER POWERING-UP WEAPONS SYSTEMS.

NO. LISTEN TO ME.

WE DO NOT NEED--

FIRING.

BACK AGAIN. A CENTAURI HIT.

ALL CIVILIANS TO THE SHELTERS.

GET ME THAT CRUISER.
I DON'T CARE HOW YOU DO IT.

AYE, SIR.

SECURITY, HEAVY DAMAGE.

CLOSE BLAST DOORS NOW.

AH!

NARNS HAVE DESTROYED THE CENTAURI CRUISER.
THEY'RE TRYING TO OPEN A JUMP POINT.

CAN THEY?

NO. THEY'RE HIT BAD.

JUMP ENGINES ARE MALFUNCTIONING.

AS JOURNALISTS,
WE WOULD BE REMISS IN OUR RESPONSIBILITIES

IF WE SUGGESTED THAT EVENTS SUCH
AS THOSE YOU'VE JUST WITNESSED

WERE TYPICAL OF THE SITUATION ON BABYLON 5.

LIKE ANYONE ELSE,
THEY HAVE GOOD DAYS AND BAD DAYS,

BUT THERE IS NO QUESTION IT IS A FLASH POINT

THAT CAN ONLY GROW HOTTER AS TIME PASSES.

AND YET GROWTH ONLY COMES
THROUGH PAIN AND STRUGGLE.

SO, PERHAPS WE SHOULD ALLOW
BABYLON 5 TIME TO REALIZE

OR, ONE DAY, EVEN EXCEED THE DREAMS

WE HAVE INVESTED IN IT.

WE'LL BE BACK WITH SOME CONCLUDING THOUGHTS

RIGHT AFTER THIS MESSAGE.

AFTER THE CRISIS WAS OVER,

THE DEBRIS CLEARED AND THE BODIES COUNTED,

WE ASKED EACH OF THE PEOPLE INVOLVED
IN THIS STORY ONE QUESTION--

GIVEN THE DANGER,

AT THE DAY'S END,
AS MR. GARIBALDI SAID, IS IT WORTH IT?

ABSOLUTELY.
SURE, WHEN THINGS GET TENSE OUT HERE,

WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL.

OUR SEARCH OF THE CENTAURI
VESSELS WE CAPTURED

PROVED THEY WERE BRINGING IN
WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION,

OFFLOADING THEM OUTSIDE THE STATION,

SENDING THEM ON TO THE FRONT LINES.

NOW THAT WE KNOW THAT, WE CAN MAKE SURE
IT DOESN'T HAPPEN ANYMORE. WE LEARNED.

THAT'S WHAT HUMANS DO.

MISUNDERSTANDINGS ASIDE...

YES, I DEFINITELY THINK IT'S WORTH IT.

WE MUST SIMPLY WORK HARDER

TO MAKE SURE WE COMMUNICATE WITH ONE ANOTHER

TO PREVENT THIS SORT OF TRAGIC SITUATION

FROM EVER HAPPENING AGAIN.

A VIOLENT ATTACK BY NARN FORCES

IS AN UNACCEPTABLE RESPONSE

TO A PEACEFUL PROTEST BY MY GOVERNMENT,

AND WITH THE INTERVENTION OF EARTH,

PERHAPS WE CAN KEEP THEM

FROM MAKING A SIMILAR MISTAKE IN THE FUTURE.

I DON'T KNOW ANYMORE.

I USED TO THINK SO, BUT NOW...

YES.

OF COURSE IT IS, FOR THE SIMPLE REASON

THAT NO ONE ELSE WOULD EVER
BUILD A PLACE LIKE THIS.

HUMANS SHARE ONE UNIQUE QUALITY.

THEY BUILD COMMUNITIES.

IF THE NARNS OR THE CENTAURI

OR ANY OTHER RACE BUILT A STATION LIKE THIS,

IT WOULD BE USED ONLY BY THEIR OWN PEOPLE,

BUT EVERYWHERE HUMANS GO,
THEY CREATE COMMUNITIES

OUT OF DIVERSE AND SOMETIMES
HOSTILE POPULATIONS.

IT IS A GREAT GIFT

AND A TERRIBLE RESPONSIBILITY...

ONE THAT CANNOT BE ABANDONED.

WELL...

I GUESS WE'LL JUST HAVE TO SEE...

WON'T WE?

ALRIGHT. MED 2. GO. GO!

IF WE WEREN'T HERE RIGHT NOW,

HALF THE PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM WOULD BE DEAD.

NOW, THAT SHOULD BE A GOOD
ENOUGH ANSWER FOR ANYONE.

SURE. WHAT ARE YOU, KIDDING?

I HAVE A RETIREMENT PENSION TO MAKE,
YOU KNOW?

YES...

BUT NOT FOR ANY OF THE REASONS

THAT YOU'VE PROBABLY BEEN TOLD.

THE JOB OF BABYLON 5 IS
NOT TO ENFORCE THE PEACE.

IT'S TO CREATE THE PEACE,

AND THIS PLACE WAS BUILT
ON THE ASSUMPTION THAT

WE COULD WORK OUT OUR PROBLEMS

AND BUILD A BETTER FUTURE,

AND THAT, TO ME, IS THE KEY ISSUE.

SEE, IN THE LAST FEW YEARS...

WE'VE STUMBLED.

WE STUMBLED AT THE DEATH OF THE PRESIDENT,
THE WAR,

AND ON AND ON...

AND WHEN YOU STUMBLE A LOT,

YOU--YOU START LOOKING AT YOUR FEET.

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO MAKE PEOPLE...

LIFT THEIR EYES BACK TO THE HORIZON

AND SEE THE LINE OF
ANCESTORS BEHIND US SAYING,

"MAKE MY LIFE HAVE MEANING."

AND TO OUR INHERITORS BEFORE US SAYING,

"CREATE THE WORLD WE WILL LIVE IN."

I MEAN, WE'RE NOT JUST HOLDING JOBS

AND HAVING DINNER.

WE ARE IN THE PROCESS
OF BUILDING THE FUTURE.

THAT'S WHAT BABYLON 5 IS ALL ABOUT.

ONLY BY MAKING PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT

CAN WE HOPE TO...

CREATE A BETTER WORLD FOR OURSELVES...

AND OUR POSTERITY.

I'M CYNTHIA TORQUEMAN, ISN NEWS.

GOODNIGHT.