[1][ISMAP]-[2][Home] ### GUIDE ### [3][Background] [4][Synopsis] [5][Credits] [6][Episode List] [7][Previous] [8][Next] _Contents:_ [9]Overview - [10]Backplot - [11]Questions - [12]Analysis - [13]Notes - [14]JMS _________________________________________________________________ Overview As the Senate continues to investigate President Clark, an archaeologist brings news of a development back home that forces Sheridan to act against the Earth government. The Nightwatch tightens its grip on the civilian population. [15]Nancy Stafford as Dr. Kirkish. [16]P5 Rating: [17]9.06 Production number: 308 Original air week: February 19, 1996 Written by J. Michael Straczynski Directed by Mike Vejar _________________________________________________________________ Backplot * Seven years ago, an archaeological team working for Interplanetary Expeditions (see [18]"Infection") discovered a disabled Shadow ship buried 300 feet under the Martian surface, underground for at least a thousand years. Another Shadow ship, apparently with the cooperation of Earth, finished excavating the first, and both flew away. Garibaldi was witness, and recovered a Psi Corps badge from the site. See comic issue 8, [19]"Silent Enemies." Most of the archaeologists have died or disappeared since. * More recently, a second Shadow ship was discovered under the ice on Jupiter's moon Ganymede. * A Shadow ship requires a living being at its core; the two merge, becoming one entity. If the pilot isn't properly prepared, the result is a confused, insane ship. * Translating the Book of G'Quan is considered sacrilege by the Narn. "It must be read in the mother tongue, or not at all," says G'Kar. * Shadow forces have continued to build up on the edge of Centauri space. Unanswered Questions * What were Shadow ships doing on Mars and Ganymede a millenium ago? Was Earth involved in the last war? * How does Delenn know that Shadow ships have sentient beings at their core? What else does she know about them that she hasn't told Sheridan? * What kind of preparation is needed to properly merge with a Shadow ship? Analysis * Sheridan's unwillingness to fire on the Agamemnon may be a sign of trouble to come; he's not ready to think of Earth's military as an enemy. How long that loyalty will last is unclear, but at some point, if conditions on Earth continue to escalate and Sheridan continues to act covertly against the government, he'll be forced to choose between firing on his own people and death or capture. * The White Star is a Minbari vessel, yet Sheridan believed the Agamemnon would be able to track it. (See [20]"Points of Departure.") Perhaps that was simply because the White Star was in Jupiter's atmosphere; it was thus unable to outrun the Agamemnon, and could be tracked via atmospheric disturbances. * The White Star is a formidable vessel, in any case; it has as much firepower as several Narn heavy cruisers, judging by its attack on the Shadow vessel (see [21]"The Long, Twilight Struggle,") although this Shadow ship might have been smaller than those faced by the Narn. The Agamemnon was able to damage the White Star, but only after it had been grazed by a Shadow weapon and subjected to atmospheric conditions far outside its safety limits. * G'Kar's book should make for interesting reading now that he knows what's going on from Londo's point of view as well as his own ([22]"Dust to Dust.") Given his visitation by what he believes to be G'Lan in that episode, will he consider his writings to be on the same level as the Book of G'Quan? More importantly, will other Narn feel the same way, and become followers of the Book of G'Kar? * Dr. Kirkish says of Earth, regarding the Shadows, "They want us to become more like them." What does she mean by that? How can humans become more like Shadows, and what would that entail? * Someone on Earth wanted to go behind the Shadows' backs; if the Shadows discover that (assuming they don't already know,) the consequences for Earth could be disastrous. Assuming, of course, that the Shadows didn't tell Earth about the second ship for their own reasons. * The events on Mars make it clear that the Shadows were awake to some degree before the Icarus visited Z'ha'dum ([23]"In the Shadow of Z'ha'dum.") The Icarus visited Z'ha'dum in 2256, but Kirkish saw a functioning Shadow vessel seven years ago, in 2253. The Psi-Corps connection also implies that the Shadows were aware of humanity at the time. * Given Marcus' apparent disregard for secrecy ([24]"Exogenesis") Ivanova would be well-advised to make sure his chart is destroyed or hidden lest a Nightwatch sympathizer stumble across it. * Perhaps the Shadows bury their ships underground intentionally. Since the ships are at least partially alive, it's even concievable that the Shadows bury an egg or something similar, then dig up the fully grown ship later on. In that case, where else are such ships buried? Do the Shadows know, or did they lose track of their ships in the last war? * The Shadows attacked the mining colony where Marcus and his brother lived ([25]"Matters of Honor.") Could they have been trying to prevent the miners from discovering another buried ship? * Now that the Agamemnon has observed the White Star at close proximity, Earth Force will presumably treat it as hostile on sight in the future. That will probably severely limit Sheridan's ability to finesse his way out of another fight. * The Shadows are far from alone in requiring living beings to merge with their machinery. In fact, it seems to be a staple of advanced technologies in the B5 universe: + The Ikarran weapon in [26]"Infection." + The anti-agathic drug in [27]"Deathwalker," which required an extract from another living being. + The Great Machine in Epsilon 3, which goes berserk without a core ([28]"A Voice in the Wilderness.") + Shadow ships, as shown here. Are Vorlon ships similarly powered? They show up as living beings in scans, though that isn't conclusive one way or the other. * Delenn's promise to Sheridan, "I will watch and catch you if you should fall," is strikingly similar to the Soul Hunter's comment to her when she was being held captive: "You will feel as if you are falling; do not be afraid, I will be there to catch you." ([29]"Soul Hunter.") Notes * Narn is written from right to left. * "Eternal vigilance is the price of freedom" is a variation on a quote from Thomas Jefferson, the third President of the United States (1801-1809.) The original meaning was that people should closely watch their governments to avoid excessive encroachment on personal liberty; its use by a Nightwatch member is especially ironic. * The events on Mars were first revealed in the comic series, issues [30]"Survival the Hard Way" and [31]"Silent Enemies," six months before this episode's first airing. Garibaldi also made a reference to the story contained therein in the first-season episode [32]"Infection." * In the middle of the White Star's jump to hyperspace, there's a single frame of note. The frame takes place as the White Star emerges into hyperspace, as it heads toward the camera. The hyperspace background changes to what looks like an alien cityscape. Apparently it's a shot from [33]Hypernauts, a children's sci-fi show whose special effects are being done by B5's effects company. (See [34]jms speaks.) jms speaks * EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK! For a couple months now, I've been looking down the road at episode #7, because I couldn't quite see the shape of it...I knew what I had to do in it, but I couldn't break the spine of the story...until ten minutes ago, and it hit me with all the force of a meat axe right smack between the eyeballs. Hot damn...if I can pull this script off, it may well be the best one of the series to date. Granted it'll probably give Ron a cardiac infarction, but what the heck, he's had it too easy lately. Oh, man, is this gonna be cool, assuming I can pull it off. Working title: "Messages from Earth." * _A bit of a bland title?_ Whether it's "bland" or not depends on what the messsages might be, yes? The only thing I'll say for the episode is that it may be one of the biggest whams of the first half of year three, and one of our most ambitious episodes of the series. Generally, my feeling is that titles should augment the episode, or add something, or collapse something into a thematic whole. When you see what convictions are at hand, the episode "Convictions" as a title works better; ditto for "Messages." Besides, a nice, quiet, inoffensive little title gives me a better chance to sneak up behind you and whack the heck out of you.... * "Messages," for my money, is so far the best we've ever done, though I'll be more able to lock that down once I've seen the final CGI. It and "Dreams" are real CGI blowouts; in the latter, there are literally 100 shots -- CGI, live action, and compositing -- in *four pages* of action. This is an all time record for us (and that doesn't count the stuff earlier in the episode). I don't usually go this far, but folks, let me give you my personal guarantee: you're in for one hell of a ride come mid-season, with these three episodes. * Not only did "Messages From Earth" come out as well as I'd hoped or thought it would, it came out *better*. It is, potentially, either one of the best or the best thing we've ever done in the whole series to date. There are some episodes that come close this season, like "Point of No Return," "A Late Delivery From Avalon," "Sic Transit Vir" (for absolutely different reasons), and parts of "Dust to Dust," but so far -- at least until the CGI for "Severed Dreams" is finished, which has at least a shot at knocking "Messages" out of the box -- "Messages" is as close to perfect as we've ever come. Like "The Coming of Shadows" there's a real sense of a *story* being told, and major events happening at breakneck speed. It's just a joy to watch. * I'd suggest, btw, that if there are any folks you've been waiting to bring into the fold on B5, you may want to consider 8 and 9 in the new cycle, the last of that bunch in February. Eight is potentially one of the best, possibly the best episode we've produced to date. * Here's something that occured to me today. Any time you have someone you're trying to convince about the quality of a show, and you say, "Here, just watch it next week," that's always the one that comes a-cropper. "Messages From Earth" airing this coming week is possibly the best thing we've done to that point. It's guaranteed to grab anybody who watches it. So this would be a good one to use. Pick ten friends who you know haven't yet tried B5, or are diffident about it, and give them a call. Tell them to give THIS one a look. Then all you have to do is sit back, and wait for the jaws to drop. * "Messages From Earth" - This begins the three-episode mini-arc within the larger arc that, by its conclusion, totally changes the structure of the B5 universe. A mega-wham episode. Because so much comes to a head so quickly, little can be said about it without spoiling stuff. Our characters begin making the final and irrevocable steps that will put them on a collision course with everything they have believed in until now. There are four or five episodes this season that push the limits of our effects and CGI to the absolute wall; this is one of the biggest. * Re: an "edge" to the show....I suspect you're going to get all the edge you could possibly want with episodes 8, 9 and especially 10. Be *very* careful what you wish for. * "...I didn't think things would start moving this fast so soon!" Well, this is what I kinda kept trying to tell people was coming, when they said things were moving too slowly.... * Randy, I honestly don't think, after episodes 8-10 have aired, that you're going to have any problems with how fast the main story is progressing. And do bear in mind that the "main story" isn't just the war; if you wanted to do that, you'd just do Space A&B. It's operating on a whole lot of other levels. Nonetheless...this entire season is much faster overall in developing than the two before. The first two seasons we were mainly putting the guns into position. Now we're pulling all the triggers. * Thanks. Bruce did an excellet job in this episode, I agree. As did everyone else. This is, in my opinion, about as flawless an episode as we have ever made. It's one of those cases where the sum is even greater than the sum of its parts...and the sum of its parts ain't bad. From here on through the next batch, the intensity level continues to crank up. We definitely pushed the envelope in terms of EFX this time out; mixing and matching, and in sheer amounts of shots, and their complexity. But the result, I think, is eminently worth the effort. * I entirely agree; I think she did a dynamite job as Kirkish. Totally convincing. When she walked into the audition, and did the part, there was no question...it was her. * [35]About the alien city The executive producer thinks, "He's mistaken, has to be; it must be a series of patterns in the image that look like a city." Being a thorough person, however, the executive producer fires up his copy of the tape, and fast forwards to the shot in question. Pauses, then advances, frame by frame. Then stops. The executive producer stares at the screen for a very, very long time. Eventually, words form. The executive producer knows that if he posts those words here, not only will they throw him off the system, they will come to his house, burn it down, and sow the ground with salt. The executive producer knows what that single frame is, knows that it has nothing to do with his show, knows that it's a frame from Hypernauts that somehow crossed into the EFX shot in double-exposure via a computer glitch while rendering. No one saw it. No one noticed it. Until now. Tomorrow morning, the executive producer is going to make phone calls, and say all the words he can't say here. When he is finished, twenty seven miles of telephone coaxial cable are going to hang melted from the telephone poles. Shortly thereafter, the executive producer is going to put a gun to his head and blow his brains out, in the sure knowledge that if he does not do so, he will most assuredly do it to someone else. The executive producer thanks you for bringing this to his attention, and would write further, but is currently modeming from a laptop computer on top of his roof, from which he is considering jumping, and the wind up here is causing line noise. * _The White Star looked different._ Different camera work, mainly. * The Eternal Vigilance line is from history, not Wing Commander. Ten Green Drazi points to the person who can name its origin. * _Where's the press during all this Nightwatch buildup?_ You'll find more on this in the next three episodes. * You need a clear and present danger, and with a population that nearly got wiped out by the Minbari, who are skittish to begin with, you drag out the possibility of someone else doing the same thing and it makes it a lot easier to do what you want to do. * _Why aren't eggs and bacon available?_ Mainly it's the expense involved per volume. It still costs big bucks, and you generally need refrigeration. * Basically, it's the cost involved in transporting something as basically trivial as eggs. Yes, it can be done, but the cost per egg would be quite substantial, given limited space in ships. Space flight is still very expensive. And yes, a shadow vessel has one "core" sentient, and once in, it's very difficult for that person to ever get out again. * _Wouldn't Ivanova's religion keep her from eating bacon?_ Ivanova's not what you'd call orthodox under any circumstances. * _What was the blue goop?_ Actually, I think it was blueberry yogurt. * _Any relation to the moment of perfect beauty in [36]"There All the Honor Lies?"_ Yes, the way Sheridan removes his EA pin here is an echo, or a shadow, so to speak, of his moment in "Honor." The latter is meant to sort of indicate what might be ahead for him, what he may have to do at some point along the line. He has to give up things that mean something to him. (We'll get more of this philosophy in a few more eps, I don't want to get too specific here.) Visual foreshadowing. From here on in, things get very interesting.... * Yes, what he's writing will, in time, become the Book of G'Kar. And correct, I went for a different feel in this episode, on the theory that a little change is a good thing, if used to a purpose. It's built like a series of waves, with quite moments in between. This is the second so far to strongly tie into the comic, yes. * _Does G'Kar consider his book on par with G'Quon's?_ No, he hasn't thought of it that far yet...but it will find that role. * IXP has been in business, in one form or another, for between 50-80 years. * _Who was the human in the Shadow ship?_ It doesn't really matter in the long run; some poor shlub who got conned into it. * _Would a human be sane after piloting a Shadow ship?_ Almost certainly not. * _Could someone on Sheridan's side "pilot" a Shadow ship, or are the ships intrinsically evil?_ It's certainly a *very* good question. * No, I wouldn't say there's a corrolation to life force and the shadow ships; they need a living organism as the central processing unit because an organic unit can think faster than most computer systems, and react faster in terms of formulating strategy and the like. * _What condition was the ship on Mars in?_ It was dormant. The core element was dead, certainly. * Yes, the first batch of eps from season 3, up through 9 or so, give a lot more background on the shadow ships, what they are and how they work. And as you say, virtually everything in this show is here for a reason; there's an offhand remark from Garibaldi in "Infection" about his long struggle out of the Martian desert that pays off in both the comic, and in a third-season episode. So some of the year three stuff was being set up as early as episode 2 of year 1, in what was designed to look like just plain old throwaway dialogue. * _Is a Shadow ship itself a kind of Shadow?_ It's not a kind of shadow, no. * _Is there an official name for the Shadow ships?_ I just call them shadow vessels. For now. * _Why didn't Sheridan use the jumpgate trick again?_ Because there wasn't a jumpgate he had access to, only a jump point created by the White Star. In the prior situation, he blew up a standing jump gate. The only one in the vicinity would be at the transfer point near Io, which if destroyed would seriously harm Earth interests. * Three days is the time to the jumpgate off Io. Once you're within our solar system, it takes another several days or more to reach Earth itself. It's fairly common to keep your jump gate a bit removed from your "core" planet so you have warning if any aggressors come out of it. * _How could the Agamemnon detect the White Star?_ It can be for a number of reasons. The White Star was moving through a highly charged atmosphere, which would leave detectable trails; it was being fired at by the shadow vessel, which would've attracted considerable attention from the flares; diving at that speed and coming back up there would be considerble heat on the surface of the ship (not normally a problem in space); and it was pretty much shaken up/partially damaged during the fight. Also, at that range, once you're near enough, you can pick it up visually as it gets close; it's not a cloaking system, only a stealth system. * Neither situation relied on introducing new technology, only on taking advantage of what's known currently. It's a simple equation: ship A is more powerful than ship B. In a head-to-head situation, ship A (shadow) will destroy ship B (white star). If you can't directly confront a stronger enemy, you have to find some way to work around it, outsmart it. (And fortunately, this one was flawed, "insane," as Delenn put it.) And the minbari know more than they're saying. But then that's generally true of them. And yes, the shadow ship arrived with a new "core" for the buried ship. * _How does Delenn know so much about Shadow ships?_ The info came from the Vorlons, and from the last war the Minbari fought against them. * The ship was hidden there to avoid it being destroyed during the war. May or may not see General Franklin again anytime soon. * The shadows had allies, who watched over their cities, maintained their machines, waited for their awakening...one of their tasks was to send out one of the few dormant shadow vessels whenever one was discovered or unearthed. This way, slowly, over centuries, the fleet would be built back up in strength. * There are no shadow vessels buried on Narn, no. The shadow influence on the Psi Corps has been growing for about 7 years now. * _Who sent the second ship to Mars?_ They had some of their servants and allies taking care of things; whenever a signal was sent, and a ship found, they'd dispatch one of the standby ships to go and pick it up, slowly regathering their forces. * _How is Sheridan going to defeat a Shadow ship head-to-head?_ Exactly. The goal would seem to be impossible. So how do we do it? Is there a vulnerability that's been laid out but not picked up yet? Is there an advantage we don't necessarily see yet? We have to be smarter. Humans are at our best when against the wall. And we have to do it ourselves, in the final analysis, nobody else can do it for us. * _Was the spine that the White Star shot off the Shadow vessel recovered?_ Nope. * The shadow vessel was still a little wobbly from its long hibernation and the improper melding. * Given that we're looking at a high-energy weapon capable of burning through a four-mile wide Narn orbital base as though it were made of butter, it's putting out enough energy, I figured, to lead to a reaction with the hydrogen, whether it's a fusion reaction of some other. We're talking a concentrated level of energy equal to a thermonuclear reaction on a controlled level, or a fusion weapons system with an energy output well beyond contemporary science to calculate (particularly since this system is capable of delivering the energy, undiluted, to targets tens or dozens of miles distant). * Yeah, perhaps a better word than ignite could've been used. But hey, the guy was being shot at...I'd be sitting in a corner going bibble-bibble... * _About the massing Shadow forces_ The forces will continue to build over the course of this season. The White Star would be detected because it was inside the atmosphere, where it could be picked up by its emissions, the disruption caused in the air by the engines, and frankly by plain sight. * _What's the symbol at the front of the White Star bridge?_ The symbol on the WS isn't on the floor, it's the top of a console that can be used for holographic tactical displays. * _The shot of G'Kar writing was flipped!_ Not a gaffe; we flopped the shot because the writing was done left to right, instead of right to left, which is Narnish script. * Thanks. We've featured Minbari script going straight up and down like Japanese, right to left with Narns, and other variations. Because they would naturally occur. * Also, bear in mind that Sheridan went into Earth-space knowing the risks. For him to fire on the Aggy would be selfish, and wrong; he knew full well that this could be a one-way ride. If you're going to have a situation where Sheridan fires on EA ships, it has to be the ONLY way of dealing with the situation, and it has to be SUPREMELY motivated, so that it's not just him or one of our guys who's at stake. It has to be a big situation to merit taking the lives of fellow officers, in the same service. * _Nobody seemed to be translating Sheridan's orders to the White Star's crew._ Lennier was muttering his translations off-screen. That's my story and I'm sticking to it. * I think they know the White Star (aka the unidentified ship) got away, but they put the best face on it back home. Which is one more reason why Clark's declared martial law. Things are spinning out of control, he's in increasingly hot water back home, and he has to seize control. Whoever was in that alien ship knows too much about his operations...if that were to come out, he's finished. * _Are rights suspended during Clark's martial law?_ Yes, right to assemble, free speech rights, they're all open to abridgement. Travel can also be restricted. * _What happened to Ivanova's discovery in [37]"Voices of Authority?"_ That information was sent to Earth, where it's led directly to the series of current investigations that were launched...and which forced Clark's hand into declaring martial law to distract from all that. * _Are we near the end of the Nightwatch plot thread?_ The thread will diminish for a while, then return down the road in later seasons, after the story takes its third major turn. * _Why does anyone on Earth believe Clark?_ It all depends on how you frame the issue...i.e., the attacks are groundless, baseless, and part of a campaign to destroy the government, he's the attacked innocent.... * _Sheridan's conspiracy should be falling apart about now._ Of course it can't hold. And they're going to go through plenty of fire. Remember, this is the first of three that accomplish that. Each escalates upon what went before. Don't worry...you'll get your wish. * Yes, the current mini-arc (8-10) is the second major turn in the storyline. The third starts with the last episode of this season, going into the fourth year. Then you've got one more big turn about the last quarter or one-third of year four, and then a bit of a flip at the end. * _We already knew everything this episode revealed._ If I can, let me address one aspect of this, for your consideration. Back when I was working on MURDER, SHE WROTE, we'd sometimes get letters saying, "This wasn't a good episode because I figured out the ending. It wasn't a surprise." (Which is, to some extent, your point here.) The problem we had with that particular letter was this: of COURSE you figured it out. Because you were paying attention to all the clues we had put out there in the episode. There seems to be this notion that nobody should be able to jump ahead, or else something's wrong or bad about the episode. Absolutely not true. If you're going to play fair with the audience, whether it's B5 or M,SW, you've got to put enough bits of information out on the table so that the person who's really following it can figure it out...so that at the end, those who *didn't* figure it out can back up the tape, watch for the clues or leads, and see where it all came from. That's playing fair. If NObody gets it, you haven't done your job right. If EVERYbody gets it, you haven't done your job right. The best case scenario is a bell-shaped curve. Some don't have a clue what's coming, some manage to figure it out, and the majority have a kind of vague sense where it's going, but there are still surprises along the way. If the bell-curve shifts one direction or the other, then you're in trouble. So far, B5 seems to be hewing right to the bell-curve. For every person who says "okay, this was expected," there's been another saying, "I had no *idea* this was going to happen here, or so fast." (Many of these have been right on this forum, in fact.) Finally, do bear in mind that you have an advantage here that 99% of all the viewers don't: the discussion here on CIS, and direct comments from me. For instance, I just noted elsewhere that we've got major turns at the end of this season, and one 2/3rds into year 4. Now, if at those points, somebody says, "Well, I knew this was coming, that's bad," I intend to whap them, because the reason they likely knew it was coming was because I *said so* right here. But that same 99% doesn't have this advantage. This is the main difference I've noted in the mail that's come in: the net-folks are constantly trying to figure out what's coming up next, treating it like a mystery story (which, really, it's not, any more than ANY novel is a mystery in that you don't necessarily know its turns and twists as you're reading it), whereas the non-netted folks tend to just take it as it comes. See, that's the other part of this. People on the nets tend to treat it as though it's a mystery novel, and when it doesn't hit that aspect, say it's flawed as a result...when it was never INTENDED to function as a mystery novel. It's a novel period. A mystery novel depends absolutely on the riddle at the center of it. This is a saga, which uses a different structure. It isn't a mystery any more than Lord of the Rings is a mystery, even though when I first read it I was wondering what was going to happen next. Also, a mystery novel is done when the mystery is finally unraveled. Not so the B5 story. By the end of this season, most of the mysteries will be unraveled, and the pieces laid on the table for all to see. It then becomes a matter of what the characters *do* about it thereafter. If I'm doing my job right, and setting up things to come properly, and giving all the clues to it, then by definition a certain number of people HAVE to figure out what's coming. As long as it's the smaller portion, that's as it *should* be. So you'll understand why I tend to get in here for a moment when that's held up as something bad or poorly done. (And, again, even you note that the only reason you knew about the shadows on Mars was via reading it here, or others read it via the comics. Again, that's a very small portion of the audience; most I've heard from had NO idea about that aspect of it. If you hadn't read it here, you likely would have been surprised by it.) Anyway, just something to consider in all of this.... * "Was the "package" mentioned in Exo the blonde woman giving us the Mars Shadow info? Or was it the eggs and bacon? Or have we not seen it yet?" Yes, the package referred to Kirkish. "It seems Sheridan is destroying his Shadow ships by using tricks - not a straight up battle. At some point won't he be one on one with a Shadow and have to deal with it?" Sooner or later. Right now he's outgunned hideously. He'll have to find a way. "At some point won't Sheridan have to fight Earth? (I really don't expect an answer to this one)" Stick around. * _Why didn't Kirkish notice the huge Psi-Corps installation as shown in the comic?_ The building was a lot bigger in the book than it should've been, more like a quonset hut arrangment hastily erected. * I don't know if the shadow pilot was aware of the Psi Corps research installation...they're not really aware of much of *anything*, except their orders...I'd just suggest that there may be something beneath that particular installation, and a reason they built it there. * _Why didn't Garibaldi mention he was with Sinclair?_ There was an outsider, Kirkish, in the room. Yes, she's helped him, but he's still going to hold back some info because he doesn't know what impact it might have on Sinclair. He's protective of him. * _Didn't Sheridan already know about the badge, from the comic issue [38]"Silent Enemies?"_ I believe Sheridan wasn't shown the badge in the comic; and Garibaldi is always cautious about what he says in front of others, like Kirkish. * Yes, Kosh should've been there. Kosh wasn't. Kosh hasn't been carrying his weight, if you ask me. I hope this doesn't cause a problem somewhere.... * Don't have the shadow dimensions offhand; and yes, you'd think Sheridan might begin to wonder about Kosh's level of involvement. * _Weren't the cameras at Ganymede recording?_ Of course. But who controls those cameras? Answer: the very folks who wouldn't want it to get out what they had there. [44][Next] [45]Last update: January 12, 1998 References 1. file://localhost/cgi-bin/imagemap/titlebar 2. 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