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<h3>Transcript by Matthew Murray (mmurray@wsu.edu)</h3>

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ISN Network<br>
"36 Hours"<br>
September 16, 2259

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<hr>

<dl>
<dt>
Announcer
<dd>
We interrupt your 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.

<p>
<dt>
Torqueman (at anchor desk)
<dd>
<img align=left width=128 height=96 src="/lurk/gif/037/isndesk.gif">
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 fourteen 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 Iridani, 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-borne 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, get in a little over
our heads.  In the process of putting this report together, it didn't take us
long to learn the most important rule of survival aboard Babylon 5: expect the
unexpected.

<p>
<dt>
<em>Video Footage</em>
<dd>
        <em>(The bridge of a ship.  Babylon 5 is visible outside, with two much
        smaller ships in front of it)</em>

	<p>
	<dl>
	<dt>
        Torqueman (voiceover)
	<dd>
	This footage was shot from our position on the bridge
        of the Earth transport Heyerdahl, on the final approach to Babylon 5.
        The voices you are hearing are those of the ship's captain and B5
        Command and Control.

        <dt>
	Ivanova
	<dd>
	Confirmed Heyerdahl.  We...Narn transport N'ton, return to your
        holding position at once.  I repeat, return to your...

	<dt>
	<img align=right width=128 height=96 src="/lurk/gif/037/fire.gif">
        Narn ship
	<dd>
	Shadraka.

	<dt>
        Ivanova
	<dd>
	Centauri vessel Malios, break off.

	<dt>
        Narn
	<dd>
	N'tok!  N'tok!

	</dl>

	<p>
        <em>(The Narn ship fires on the Centauri ship several times, destroying
        it.)</em><br clear=all>

<p>
<dt>
Torqueman (at anchor desk)
<dd>
A terrible explosion, conspiracy involving several of these individuals
<em>[pictures of Sheridan, Londo, and G'kar appear over her shoulder],</em>
lies, deception, and the deaths of hundreds of people.  All this and more on "36
Hours Aboard Babylon 5," here on the Interstellar Network News.  We'll be back
with our story right after this break.

<p>
<dt>
Announcer
<dd>
"36 hours...," sponsored by Interplanetary Expeditions.  Exploring the past
to create a better future.

</dl>

<p>
<hr>
<em>Commercial break</em>
<hr>
<p>

<dl>

<dt>
Torqueman (from a chaotic docking bay)
<dd>
Thirty minutes ago, a Narn 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?  Doctor Franklin?

<p>
<dt>
Franklin (to medical assistants)
<dd>
...for immediate surgery and full CAT scan.  I need more regent packs over
here, people.

<p>
<dt>
Torqueman
<dd>
Dr. Franklin, Cynthia Torqueman, ISN news.  What happened here?

<p>
<dt>
Franklin
<dd>
I don't know.  Somebody said something about an ambush.  (to assistants)
All right, keep his head elevated thirty degrees minimum or he'll choke on his
own blood.

<p>
<dt>
Torqueman
<dd>
Can you say what the reason was...

<p>
<dt>
Franklin
<dd>
I'm sorry...

<p>
<dt>
Torqueman
<dd>
Captain Sheridan!  Cynthia Torqueman, ISN news.  Do you have any comment on
what just happened here?

<p>
<dt>
Sheridan
<dd>
No, no comment at this time.  (to Franklin) Doctor...

<p>
<dt>
Torqueman
<dd>
What about the Narn vessel that attacked the transport.

<p>
<dt>
Sheridan
<dd>
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.

<p>
<dt>
<hr>
<p>

<p>
<dt>
<b>Ambassador Londo Mollari, Centauri Republic</b>
<dd>
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...

<p>
<dt>
Torqueman
<dd>
Then the attack on your transport was completely unprovoked?

<p>
<dt>
Ambassador Mollari
<dd>
Of course.

<p>
<dt>
* * *

<p>
<dt>
<b>Ambassador G'kar, Narn Regime</b>
<dd>
He's lying.

<p>
<dt>
Torqueman
<dd>
Then can you tell us why your ship opened fire on the Centauri transport?

<p>
<dt>
G'kar
<dd>
I'll issue a statement after I have consulted with my government.

<p>
<dt>
Torqueman
<dd>
Are you saying your government sanctioned this attack?

<p>
<dt>
G'kar
<dd>
No.

<p>
<dt>
Torqueman
<dd>
Do you think attacks of this nature put everybody aboard Babylon 5 in
unnecessary jeopardy?

<p>
<dt>
G'kar
<dd>
We are already in far greater jeopardy than you can possibly imagine.

<p>
<dt>
<hr>

<p>
<dt>
Torqueman
<dd>
For all the apparent danger in this part of space, it seems to have had little
effect on travel.  Nearly a 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?

<p>
<dt>
* * *

<p>
<dt>
<b>Eduardo Delvientos. Dock Supervisor. Guild dockworkers on B5: 1500.</b>
<dd>
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 got fifty, sixty 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.  (to a worker)  Hey, watch those
crates over there.  Get 'em over to the side.  No, no, the other side.  (to
Torqueman)  We had a couple of problems here last year, try to hit us with
some budget cuts.  You know, same old song.  But that's the past.  You gotta
go along to get along, you know what I mean?

<p>
<dt>
<hr>

<p>
<dt>
<b>Second Lieutenant David Corwin.  Earthforce personnel on B5: 6500.</b>
<dd>
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.

<p>
<dt>
Torqueman
<dd>
And you've never felt that your safety has been compromised?

<p>
<dt>
Corwin
<dd>
No ma'am.

<p>
<dt>
Torqueman
<dd>
So this has been a positive experience for you?

<p>
<dt>
(Corwin smiles and nods)

<p>
<dt>
Torqueman
<dd>
<img align=right width=128 height=96 src="/lurk/gif/037/corwin.gif">
You enjoy working with everyone?

<p>
<dt>
Corwin
<dd>
(Glancing at Ivanova over left shoulder)  Yes.  It's a calm, pleasant
environment.  I don't think I've ever seen anyone get upset here.<br clear=all>

<p>
<dt>
<hr>

<p>
<dt>
<b>Captain John J. Sheridan.  Recipient, Earthforce Silver Star for Valor in
        Minbari War.</b>
<dd>
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...

<p>
<dt>
Torqueman
<dd>
New frontier is right.  When Babylon 5 went online in 2257, oddsmakers from
New Vegas to Lloyds of London were predicting it wouldn't last six months.

<p>
<dt>
Sheridan
<dd>
Hmm.  Well, I've never been very much on gambling.  Never quite found the time
for it.

<p>
<dt>
Torqueman
<dd>
You were originally a starship captain, correct?

<p>
<dt>
Sheridan
<dd>
Yeah.  The Agamemnon.  She was a real beauty.  One of the first Omega class
destroyers to come off the assembly line after the war.  Our job was part
military patrol, part diplomatic mission.  We went around to most of the Non-
Aligned Worlds, put in an appearance, kept the peace, that sort of thing.

<p>
<dt>
Torqueman
<dd>
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 to big for anybody to
ride?"

<p>
<dt>
Sheridan
<dd>
Changes are part of the military life.  Everybody goes into this knowing that
tomorrow you could be someplace 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.

<p>
<dt>
<hr>

<p>
<dt>
<b>Dr. Stephen Franklin.  Chief of Staff.  Medlab facility.  Speciality:
        Xenobiology</b>
<dd>
<img align=left width=128 height=96 src="/lurk/gif/037/franklin.gif">

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 seventeen.  A buddy of mine was
messing around, and zipping through the halls, and he hid in one of the
airlocks.  I don't know, I guess he was gonna 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.  You know, the one thing they never tell you is that you don't
die instantly in vacuum.  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 a 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.


<p clear=all>
<dt>
<hr>

<p>
<dt>
Torqueman
<dd>
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 fifty 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?

<p>
<dt>
<hr>

<p>
<dt>
G'kar
<dd>
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.

</dl>

<p>
<hr>
<em>commercial break</em>
<hr>

<dl>
<dt>
Announcer
<dd>
"36 Hours on Babylon 5" continues with Cynthia Torqueman.

<p>
<dt>
Torqueman (at anchor desk)
<dd>
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 non-human conflict.  So, we took that question to Senator Ronald Quantrell.

<p>
<dt>
* * *

<p>
<dt>
<b>Senator Ronald Quantrell.  Chairman: Babylon 5 Senate Oversight
Committee.</b> (in his office)
<dd>
Well, obviously, Babylon 5 is something President Santiago believed in very
strongly and I think we owe it to his memory to try to make it work.

<p>
<dt>
Torqueman
<dd>
That doesn't exactly sound like a ringing endorsement.

<p>
<dt>
<img align=right width=128 height=96 src="/lurk/gif/037/quantrell.gif">
Quantrell
<dd>
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.<br clear=all>

<p>
<dt>
Torqueman
<dd>
And now?

<p>
<dt>
Quantrell
<dd>
Now?  Well...still too early to tell.  Certainly we've rebuilt our military
forces to a point far in advance of where they were fourteen 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.

<p>
<dt>
* * *

<p>
<dt>
Sheridan
<dd>
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 with the Minbari, the Centauri, and, God forbid, the
Vorlons, is just plain kidding himself.

<p>
<dt>
Torqueman
<dd>
You sound angry about it.

<p>
<dt>
Sheridan
<dd>
No, I'm not.  It just...it just sounds to me like...like jingoism and
self-deception and armchair quarterbacking.  Any time you lose a war, you
just...you just wait a few years, and you'll hear from everyone who thought
that we could have won if they'd have done the fighting.

<p>
<dt>
Torqueman
<dd>
Except, of course, Captain, we didn't lose the war.  The Minbari did
surrender.

<p>
<dt>
Sheridan
<dd>
(Pause, then smile)  Of course.

<p>
<dt>
<hr>

<p>
<dt>
Torqueman
<dd>
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&amp;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.

<p>
<dt>
Commander Susan Ivanova (to a ship)
<dd>
All right, make one more sweep pulling in whatever you got, then head for the
barn.

<p>
<dt>
Torqueman
<dd>
Commander Ivanova, would you mind telling us what it is you're doing here?

<p>
<dt>
Ivanova (showing her a control panel displaying the HAZMAT team)
<dd>
We're investigating Ambassador G'kar's allegations that the Centauri transport
was carrying weapons, justifying his government's attack.  The HAZMAT team
outside is checking the debris for any unusual levels of radiation or trace
elements that could indicate the presence of unauthorized weapons.

<p>
<dt>
Torqueman
<dd>
While we wait for the analysis, would you mind telling us a little about
yourself, how you got here?

<p>
<dt>
Ivanova
<dd>
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 ten years ago.

<p>
<dt>
Torqueman
<dd>
How did you come to join Earthforce?

<p>
<dt>
Ivanova
<dd>
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.

<p>
<dt>
Torqueman
<dd>
Now, Commander, I'm sure there's more to your story than that.

<p>
<dt>
Ivanova
<dd>
Yes.

<p>
<dt>
<hr>

<p>
<dt>
<b>Security Chief Michael Garibaldi</b>
<dd>
What do I hope for?  I hope to get through this interview without getting
myself fired.  How's that for a start?  Hmm.  I don't know, it's one of those
questions I don't think about in words.  Maybe because so many times it seems
like, if I say what I want, it never comes.

<p>
<dt>
Torqueman
<dd>
There must be something.

<p>
<dt>
Garibaldi
<dd>
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 twenty-four hours.
And, uh, 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 for the past few
years will, uh, mean something.

<p>
<dt>
Ivanova (over communicator)
<dd>
Garibaldi, we just got back the HASMAT report.  We've got a problem.

<p>
<dt>
Garibaldi (getting up)
<dd>
See what I mean?  Always something.

<p>
<dt>
<hr>

<p>
<dt>
Torqueman
<dd>
So far, we've spent most of our time here talking to the humans, but aliens
make up nearly forty-two percent of Babylon 5's population.  Many of them live
here in the so-called "Alien Sector," which provides alternate atmospheres for
fourteen 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 Naranek, 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.

<p>
<dt>
<em>Video Footage</em>
<dd>
        <em>(Cynthia Torqueman, wearing an oxygen mask, is speaking with someone
        else also wearing a mask.)</em>

	<dl>
	<dt>
        Man's Voice
	<dd>
	It's Ambassador Kosh, over here!

        <dt>
	Torqueman
	<dd>
	Maxie, quick, the camera!

        <dt>
	<em>(The camera pans to reveal Ambassador Kosh.)</em>

	<dt>
        Torqueman
	<dd>
	Ambassador Kosh!  Ambassador!  Cynthia Torqueman, ISN news.
        Can we ask you a few questions?

	<dt>
	<em>(The doors in front of Kosh close.)</em>

	<dt>
        Torqueman
	<dd>
	Ambassador Kosh!  (to camera)  Did we get that?  Tell me we
        got that.  Did we get it?

	</dl>

<p>
<dt>
* * *

<p>
<dt>
Torqueman
<dd>
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.

<p>
<dt>
<hr>

<p>
<dt>
Torqueman
<dd>
Since very few humans have ever been allowed on Minbar, perhaps you could
start by telling us a little about your world.

<p>
<dt>
<b>Ambassador Delenn.  Minbari Federation.</b>
<dd>
We are the seventh planet from our sun
<em>[a graphic of Minbar appears over her
shoulder].</em>
Almost one quarter of Minbar is covered by our north polar icecap.
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.

<p>
<dt>
Torqueman
<dd>
Can you give us an example of Audronado?

<p>
<dt>
Delenn
<dd>
Neech sach schnek, slem-ba.  I am your friend, in peace.

<p>
<dt>
Torqueman
<dd>
Your appearance, though, isn't typical of your people, is it?

<p>
<dt>
Delenn
<dd>
No.

<p>
<dt>
Torqueman
<dd>
According to station records, you looked quite different a year ago.  <em>[An
image of Delenn's old appearance appears over Delenn's shoulder.]</em>

<p>
<dt>
Delenn
<dd>
I volunteered for this change, in the hope that it would lead to a better
understanding between our peoples.

<p>
<dt>
Torqueman
<dd>
Over a quarter million humans were killed in the war with your people.  How
do you think the families of those victims will feel about your...change?

<p>
<dt>
Delenn
<dd>
I, uh...I don't know.  I uh...I would hope...

<p>
<dt>
Torqueman
<dd>
I think they would feel hurt, betrayed.  That by assuming a human face, you're
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?

<p>
<dt>
<img align=right width=160 height=120 src="/lurk/gif/037/delenn.gif">
Delenn
<dd>
I'm uh...I'm sorry, I can't...can we...can we stop this?  Please?

<p>
<dt>
Ivanova (over communicator)
<dd>
Ambassador Delenn, you're needed in the council chambers.  Ambassador?
Ambassador Delenn?<br clear=all>

<p>
<dt>
<hr>

<p>
<dt>
Torqueman
<dd>
We've just been informed that there's been a new development in the Narn
attack.  The Babylon 5 Advisory Council and the League of Non-Aligned Worlds
have been convened to hear this update.  We've been given permission to record
these proceedings in the council chambers.

<p>
<dt>
G'kar
<dd>
And now, 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!

<p>
<dt>
Sheridan (banging gavel)
<dd>
Now 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.

<p>
<dt>
Londo
<dd>
If I may make an observation...

<p>
<dt>
Sheridan
<dd>
It is this kind of irresponsible activity, Ambassador, that endangers this
station and everyone here.  It will not be tolerated!

<p>
<dt>
Londo
<dd>
Classified shipments and weapons are transferred outside the station, from ship
to ship.  The risk to Babylon 5 is minimal.

<p>
<dt>
Sheridan
<dd>
Oh, we've already seen your minimal risk, Ambassador.

<p>
<dt>
Londo
<dd>
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.

<p>
<dt>
Delenn
<dd>
The sovereign rights of any race end with the threat of innocents.

<p>
<dt>
G'kar
<dd>
Enough!  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!

<p>
<dt>
Londo
<dd>
No, no, no!  We will not allow this!

<p>
<dt>
Sheridan (banging gavel)
<dd>
This is Babylon 5's space.  And here, we have sovereign rights.

<p>
<dt>
Londo
<dd>
Our ships will defend themselves against any who try to seize them.

<p>
<dt>
Delenn
<dd>
Perhaps, if the transports return to Centauri space...

<p>
<dt>
G'kar
<dd>
We cannot allow those ships to leave here with their weapons.  They'll just
turn right around and use them against us.

<p>
<dt>
Sheridan
<dd>
Then how do you intend to...[there is a loud sound, and the lights in the
room dim suddenly]  What the hell?

<p>
<dt>
Ivanova (over monitor)
<dd>
Captain, we need you in C&amp;C.  We've got a shooting war going on out here.

<p>
<dt>
<em>Video Footage</em>
<dd>
        <em>(Securecam 15 shows several shots being exchanged before one ship is
        destroyed.  The blast causes debris from the ship to strike the
        camera, and the image fades to static.)</em>

</dl>

<p>
<hr>
<em>commercial break</em>
<hr>

<p>
<dl>
<dt>
Torqueman
<dd>
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 one alert, and
people are being evacuated to shelters.  We're en route to C&amp;C to try and
cover the battle.  As we speak, our vidsystems are being plugged into the
station's external cameras and communications systems, and we should be
seeing...

<p>
<dt>
<em>Video Footage</em>
<dd>
        <em>(Securecam 02 shows an image of several ships firing at each other.)
	</em>

	<dl>
	<dt>
        Voice of starfury pilot
	<dd>
	Coming in.  Reading five, repeat five
        incoming hostiles.  No reply.  Got the beacon targeting systems
        online.

	<dt>
	<img align=right width=128 height=96 src="/lurk/gif/037/cockpit.gif">
	<em> (The image shifts to a camera inside a starfury cockpit.)</em>

	<dt>Voice of pilot
	<dd>
	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.

	<dt>
	<em>
        (Securecam 08 shows a Centauri vessel destroyed by a Narn ship.  The
        image shifts to Securecam 23, which captures more shooting before it
        is disabled by fire from a Narn ship.)</em>
	<br clear=all>

	</dl>

<p>
<dt>
<hr>

<p>
<dt>
Sheridan (in C&amp;C)
<dd>
Damage report?

<p>
<dt>
Ivanova
<dd>
Levels brown ninety through ninety-two report damage.  Hull breach in blue
seventy.  Dropping pressure doors.

<p>
<dt>
Sheridan
<dd>
Get a repair crew down there, stat.

<p>
<dt>
An Officer
<dd>
Aye, sir.

<p>
<dt>
Sheridan
<dd>
Any reply yet?

<p>
<dt>
Ivanova
<dd>
Negative.  Hostile forces continue to fire at each other.  They've started
targeting our ships.

<p>
<dt>
An Officer
<dd>
Delta squadron requesting permission to fire.

<p>
<dt>
Ivanova
<dd>
Ambassadors Londo and G'kar on the link.  They're saying that if we open fire
on their vessels, they'll consider it an act of war.

<p>
<dt>
Sheridan
<dd>
Screw 'em.  We have a quarter million people here to defend.  If they won't
stop this, we will.  (to ships)  All fighters, open fire.  Fire at will.

<p>
<dt>
Video Footage
<dd>
        <em>(In the cockpit of the delta leader.)</em>

	<dl>

	<dt>
        Pilot
	<dd>
	Roger, Babylon Control.  Delta squad, open fire.  Target
        engines and navigation if possible, but if you have to take them out,
        do it.  (to himself)  Come on.  Come on.  Heaters lit.  Come to papa.
        Got it.  Bombs away.

	<dt>
	<img align=right width=128 height=96 src="/lurk/gif/037/flyby.gif">
	<em>(He fires on a small Narn ship as he passes by the observation dome.)</em>

	<dt>
        Pilot
	<dd>
	This is seven.  Target splashed.

	</dl>

<p>
<dt>
Ivanova
<dd>
Two Narn vessels destroyed, two damaged and out of the fight.  Remaining
Centauri vessels are offering to surrender.

<p>
<dt>
Sheridan
<dd>
All right.  Pick 'em up, bring 'em in, and throw them in the brig.  And I want
every one of those ships scanned for weapons.  And tell Ambassadors G'kar and
Londo that I want to see them in chambers now.

<p>
<dt>
Ivanova
<dd>
And what if they refuse?

<p>
<dt>
Sheridan
<dd>
Then you can throw them in the...

<p>
<dt>
Ivanova (motioning toward camera)
<dd>
Ahem.

<p>
<dt>
Sheridan
<dd>
Then invite them again, as firmly and politely as you can.  This nonsense has
gone far enough.

<p>
<dt>
<hr>

<p>
<dt>
Torqueman
<dd>
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.

<p>
<dt>
<hr>

<p>
<dt>
G'kar
<dd>
Roughly one hundred and fifty 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 hundred 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.

<p>
<dt>
Torqueman
<dd>
How did you become involved with the resistance?

<p>
<dt>
G'kar
<dd>
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.

<p>
<dt>
Torqueman
<dd>
Why do you think they invaded back then?

<p>
<dt>
G'kar
<dd>
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.

<p>
<dt>
Torqueman
<dd>
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?

<p>
<dt>
G'kar
<dd>
Centauri propaganda.  We will never fall back.  We will never surrender.

<p>
<dt>
* * *

<p>
<dt>
Londo
<dd>
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.

<p>
<dt>
Torqueman
<dd>
So you're saying that the Centauri originally came to help the Narns?

<p>
<dt>
Londo
<dd>
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.

<p>
<dt>
Torqueman
<dd>
Then you weren't driven off the Narn homeworld?

<p>
<dt>
Londo
<dd>
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 Centauri territory.  Finally, we had to take a stand.  They were the
ones who declared war.  Not us.  We want only peace.

<p>
<dt>
<hr>

<p>
<dt>
Torqueman
<dd>
"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 a bit.

<p>
<dt>
Ivanova
<dd>
What is it?

<p>
<dt>
Officer
<dd>
Jump point forming in sector seven.

<p>
<dt>
Ivanova
<dd>
Are they crazy?  That's practically on top of us.

<p>
<dt>
Officer
<dd>
Reading one Centauri battle cruiser.

<p>
<dt>
Torqueman
<dd>
Maxie, do we still have a feed from the external monitors?  Are they on-li...

<p>
<dt>
<em>Video Footage</em>
<dd>
        <em>(Securecam 27 shows an enormous Centauri cruiser appear through a
        jump point.)</em>

<p>
<dt>
Officer
<dd>
We've got Ambassador Mollari on the link.

<p>
<dt>
Ivanova
<dd>
Put him through.  Ambassador Mollari, what the hell is going on here?

<p>
<dt>
Londo
<dd>
I'm sorry this has come as such of 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.

<p>
<dt>
Officer
<dd>
Centauri cruiser is arming weapons, opening her gun ports.

<p>
<dt>
<img align=right width=128 height=96 src="/lurk/gif/037/force.gif">
Londo
<dd>
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.<br clear=all>

<p>
<dt>
<hr>

<p>
<dt>
Announcer
<dd>
ISN.  The galaxy's most important network.

<p>
<dt>
<hr>

<p>
<dt>
<em>Commercial</em>
<dd>
	<dl>

	<dt>
	<em>
        (A young boy sits alone in a living room, dejected.  His mother comes
        in.)
	</em>

	<p>
	<dt>
        Mother
	<dd>
	John, why aren't you outside playing with the other kids?

        <p>
	<dt>
	John
	<dd>
	They hate me.

	<p>
	<dt>
        Mother
	<dd>
	Now, John...

	<p>
	<dt>
        John
	<dd>
	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.  And he just kept
        hitting me until I said I was the liar.  I just don't know what to do
        anymore.

	<p>
	<dt>
        <em>(A Psi Cop appears in the far corner of the room.)</em>

	<p>
	<dt>
        Psi Cop
	<dd>
	Don't worry, Johnny.  We'll take care of it from here.

	<p>
	<dt>
        John
	<dd>
	Mom!  Look! A Psi Cop!

	<p>
	<dt>
	<img align=right width=128 height=96 src="/lurk/gif/037/psi-help.gif">
        Psi Cop
	<dd>
	That's right, Johnny.  You know, there a lot of other kids
        who feel just the same 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, it's that they don't understand you.  But we do.  You're special.
        You're a latent telepath about to come into full bloom.

	<p>
	<dt>
        Mother
	<dd>
	My Johnny?  A telepath?

	<p>
	<dt>
        Psi Cop
	<dd>
	Probably.  But to be sure, take him down to the Psi Corps
        Testing Center first thing tomorrow.

	<p>
	<dt>
        Mother
	<dd>
	How do I find one?

	<p>
	<dt>
        Psi Cop
	<dd>
	We're everywhere...for your convenience.  We have offices
        in schools and 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.

	<p>
	<dt>
	<img align=right width=128 height=96 src="/lurk/gif/037/psi-before.gif">
        Mother
	<dd>
	Oh my!

	<p>
	<dt>
        <em>(A large Psi Corps symbol appears on the screen, with the words TWO
        WEEKS LATER below it.)</em>

	<p>
	<dt>
        Mother
	<dd>
	Oh, John.  I can't believe it.  You've come so far.  Just look
        at you.  We're all so proud.

	<p>
	<dt>
        John
	<dd>
	<img align=right width=128 height=96 src="/lurk/gif/037/psi-after.gif">
	And I'm proud to be part of the Psi Corps.

	<p>
	<dt>
        Psi Cop (to camera)
	<dd>
	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!<br clear=all>

	<p>
	<dt>
	<img align=right width=128 height=96 src="/lurk/gif/037/psi-msg.gif">
        Announcer
	<dd>
	Call government information for more on a Psi Corps center
        near you.  This message has been brought to you by the Ministry for
        Public Information and your local Psi Corps recruitment office.

	<p>
	<dt>
        <em>(While the announcer is speaking, the words "THE PSI CORPS IS YOUR
        FRIEND.  TRUST THE CORPS." flash across the screen for an instant.)</em>
	<br clear=all>

	</dl>

</dl>

<p>
<hr>
<em>Other commercials</em>
<hr>

<dl>
<dt>
Torqueman
<dd>
As we enter our thirtieth 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.  <em>[Sheridan appears from the council chambers.]</em>
Captain, any progress in the negotiations?

<p>
<dt>
Sheridan
<dd>
All sides are still talking.  That's all I can say for now.

<p>
<dt>
Torqueman
<dd>
Well, is it true that some of the senate have suggested that you accomodate
the Centauri by releasing their vessels without further searches?

<p>
<dt>
Sheridan
<dd>
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.
<em>[He enters an elevator, and G'kar appears from the council chambers.]</em>

<p>
<dt>
Torqueman
<dd>
Ambassador G'kar, do you have anything to say?

<p>
<dt>
G'kar
<dd>
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
will take whatever steps are necessary to make that perfectly clear to them.

<p>
<dt>
Torqueman
<dd>
Well, what does that mean?  Ambassador G'kar!

<p>
<dt>
<hr>

<p>
<dt>
Senator Quantrell (in his office)
<dd>
Certainly the events on Babylon 5 which took place during your recent visit
are emblematic of what many of us at Earthdome have been worried about for some
time.  By placing an Earth installation between warring factions, we risk being
drawn into a conflict which has nothing to do with us, or Earth interests.  If
we had not been in that place at that time, the terrible loss of life might
have been avoided.

<p>
<dt>
Torqueman
<dd>
On the other hand, senator, they are at war with one another.  People die in
war.

<p>
<dt>
Quantrell
<dd>
Yes, but it wouldn't have happened in our backyard.  What happened next came
with the reluctant support of Earthdome, but 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.

<p>
<dt>
<hr>

<p>
<dt>
Torqueman
<dd>
Ten minutes ago, Captain Sheridan received a coded transmission from Earthdome
on the current crisis.  After considerable negotiations, we've been allowed
back into C&amp;C...

<p>
<dt>
Sheridan
<dd>
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.

<p>
<dt>
An Officer
<dd>
Aye, captain.

<p>
<dt>
Sheridan
<dd>
We'll let 'em sweat for a while.

<p>
<dt>
Ivanova
<dd>
I hope this works.  I know that our defense grid can probably hold them off, but
the repurcussions...

<p>
<dt>
Sheridan
<dd>
Oh, they're bluffing.  I can't believe they'd take on the whole station.  That'd
bring Earth in on the side of the Narns, and the last thing the Centauri want
is a war on two fronts.

<p>
<dt>
An Officer
<dd>
Docking bay nine just linked in.  The transport's ready to go.

<p>
<dt>
Sheridan
<dd>
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.

<p>
<dt>
Ivanova
<dd>
Bring the maintenance bots around for a closer look.

<p>
<dt>
<em>Video Footage</em>
<dd>
	<em>
        (Securecam 23 shows the transport leaving Babylon 5.)
	</em>

	<dl>
	<dt>
        Voice
	<dd>
	Move Securecam 23 to high overhead and Maintbot 9 through 14 at
        twelve-click intervals...
	</dl>

<p>
<dt>
Ivanova
<dd>
You realize that if they do attack the transport, they'll turn right around
and fire on us next, figuring we'll have to retaliate.

<p>
<dt>
Sheridan
<dd>
I know.

<p>
<dt>
<em>Video Footage</em>
<dd>
        <em>(Maintbot 12 shows the transport making its way toward the Centauri
        cruiser.)</em>

<p>
<dt>
Sheridan
<dd>
All tracking stations.  If you see their weapons targeting us, open fire.

<p>
<dt>
<em>Video Footage</em>
<dd>
        <em>(Maintbot 17 shows the transport nearing the Centauri cruiser.)</em>

<p>
<dt>
Sheridan
<dd>
Any reply from the cruiser?

<p>
<dt>
An Officer
<dd>
Negative, sir.  No response.

<p>
<dt>
Ivanova
<dd>
Their weapon system is still armed.  I don't like this.

<p>
<dt>
<em>Video Footage</em>
<dd>
        <em>(Maintbot 9 shows the transport begin to pass under the cruiser.  The
        image shifts to inside the transport, where it continues under the
        cruiser with no problems.  The image shifts back to Maintbot 9, where
        the transport makes its way past the cruiser.)</em>

<p>
<dt>
Ivanova (as the officers at C&amp;C clap)
<dd>
Well, the transport's through.  We called their bluff.

<p>
<dt>
An Officer
<dd>
Getting a signal from the Centauri cruiser.  They want to talk.

<p>
<dt>
Sheridan
<dd>
Open a channel.  Let's be gracious about this.

<p>
<dt>
Torqueman
<dd>
Captain, any thoughts on the...

<p>
<dt>
An Officer
<dd>
Second jump point forming in sector ten.

<p>
<dt>
<em>Video Footage</em>
<dd>
        <em>(Maintbot 06 shows a Narn cruiser arrive through a jump point.)</em>

<p>
<dt>
Sheridan
<dd>
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...

<p>
<dt>
An Officer
<dd>
Narn cruiser powering up weapon systems.

<p>
<dt>
Sheridan
<dd>
No!  Listen to me, we do not need...

<p>
<dt>
<em>Video Footage</em>
<dd>
        <em>(Maintbot 12 shows the Narn cruiser firing on the Centauri cruiser
        several times, but hitting once.  The image shifts to Securecam 23
        where the Narn ship continues to fire, but is hit several times in
        return by the Centauri creature.  There are explosions on both ships.)</em>

<p>
<dt>
Sheridan
<dd>
All civilians to the shelters.  Get me that cruiser, and I don't care how you
do it.

<p>
<dt>
An Officer
<dd>
Aye, sir.

<p>
<dt>
<em>Video Footage</em>
<dd>
        <em>(Maintbot 02 shows the Narn ship attacking the Centauri ship, which
        causes a piece of debris to fly directly toward the observation dome.)</em>

<p>
<dt>
Ivanova
<dd>
Close blast doors, now!  <em>[The doors close, and the Dome is rocked as the
debris strikes it.]</em>

<p>
<dt>
<em>Video Footage</em>
<dd>
        <em>(Maintbot 12 shows the two ships exchanging more fire before the
        Centauri cruiser is blown apart.)</em>

<p>
<dt>
An Officer
<dd>
Narns have destroyed the Centauri cruiser.  They're trying to open a jump
point.

<p>
<dt>
Ivanova
<dd>
Can they make it?

<p>
<dt>
An Officer
<dd>
<img align=right width=160 height=119 src="/lurk/gif/037/badjump.gif">
I don't think so.  They're hit bad.  Jump engines are malfunctioning.

<p>
<dt>
<em>Video Footage</em>
<dd>
        <em>(Maintbot 02 shows the Narn cruiser trying to generate a jump point
	and enter hyperspace, but the jump point looks malformed.
        The ship begins to explode.  The view shifts to Securecam
        15, which shows the remainder of the explosion of the ship.)</em>

<p>
<dt>
* * *

<p>
<dt>
Torqueman (at anchor desk)
<dd>
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
can be no question that 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.

<p>
<dt>
<hr>
<em>Commercial break</em>
<hr>

<p>
<dt>
Torqueman
<dd>
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 end of the day, as Mr. Garibaldi said, is it worth it?

<p>
<dt>
<hr>

<p>
<dt>
Garibaldi
<dd>
Absolutely.  Sure, when things get tense out here, we have to be careful.  Our
search of the Centauri vessels we captured proved that they were bringing in
weapons of mass destruction, offloading them outside the station, and sending
'em on to the front lines.  Now that we know that, we can make sure it doesn't
happen anymore.  We learn.  That's what humans do.

<p>
<dt>
* * *

<p>
<dt>
Londo
<dd>
Misunderstandings aside...yes, I definitely think it's worth it.  We must simply
work harder to make sure we communicate with each other 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.

<p>
<dt>
* * *

<p>
<dt>
G'kar
<dd>
I don't know anymore.  I used to think so, but now...

<p>
<dt>
* * *

<p>
<dt>
Ivanova
<dd>
Yes.

<p>
<dt>
* * *

<p>
<dt>
Delenn
<dd>
Of course it is.  For the simple reason that no one else will 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.

<p>
<dt>
* * *

<p>
<dt>
Quantrell
<dd>
Well...I guess we'll just have to see, won't we?

<p>
<dt>
* * *

<p>
<dt>
Franklin (to medics)
<dd>
All right, med 2.  Go.  Go.  (to Torqueman)  Look, if we weren't here right
now, half the people in this room would be dead.  That should be a good
enough answer for anyone.

<p>
<dt>
* * *

<p>
<dt>
Delvientos
<dd>
Sure.  What, are you kidding?  I have a retirement pension to make, you know?

<p>
<dt>
* * *

<p>
<dt>
Sheridan
<dd>
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've 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."  We're
not just...holding jobs and having dinner.  We're 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.

<p>
<dt>
<hr>

<p>
<dt>
Torqueman
<dd>
I'm Cynthia Torqueman, ISN news.  Good night.

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