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<p>
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This section contains a summary of Babylon 5's story arc (the 5-year
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plotline) up to, but not including,
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EPNAME
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Note that this is chock full of <strong>spoilers!</strong>
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<episode num=000>
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<episode num=001>
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<p>
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<font size="+2"><b>Season One</b></font> began with
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<a href="../guide/001.html">"Midnight on the Firing Line,"</a>
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about 6 months later.
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Lt. Cmdr Susan Ivanova replaced Lt. Cmdr. Takashima as second-in-command;
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her dislike of the Psi Corps became evident when Talia Winters arrived.
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A Centauri agricultural outpost was attacked without provocation by the Narns.
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(In broad strokes, this episode portrayed the Narns as the "bad guys"
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and the Centauri as comic relief.) Luis Santiago was reelected
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President of the Earth Alliance.
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<episode num=002>
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<p>
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A <a href="../guide/002.html">"Soul Hunter,"</a>
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a member of an order which collects and preserves important
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souls, found himself on the station, and attempted to collect Delenn's soul
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prematurely. The Minbari, it was revealed, greatly value souls; they
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prevented a soul hunter from taking the soul of their great leader Dukhat,
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so that his soul would be reborn into the next generation. Delenn was
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called <em>Satai</em> by the soul hunter, which prompted Sinclair to wonder if
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something was going on, as Satai is the title used my members of the Grey
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Council, the Minbari ruling body and highest religious authority.
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<episode num=003>
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<episode num=004>
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<episode num=005>
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<episode num=006>
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<p>
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In
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<a href="../guide/006.html">"Mind War,"</a>
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two Psi Cops -- P12 level telepaths, including Bester
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(played by Walter Koenig) -- came to the station in search of telepath
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Jason Ironheart, who had achieved telekinetic abilities and was transforming
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into something more than human. Ironheart warned Sinclair that the Psi Corps
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is starting to pull the strings in the government back on Earth. When Bester's
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partner was killed, Sinclair made a new enemy. Before departing, Ironheart
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gave Talia a gift: telekinesis, and maybe other abilities as well.
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<episode num=007>
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<p>
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<a href="../guide/007.html">"The War Prayer"</a>
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introduced members of the Homeguard, an anti-alien
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organization back on Earth.
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<episode num=008>
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<p>
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<a href="../guide/008.html">"And The Sky Full of Stars"</a>
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explored what happened to Sinclair on the
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Battle of the Line, 10 years before in the Earth-Minbari War. Interrogated
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and forced to relive the battle, we saw Sinclair ram a
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Minbari Cruiser, only to wake up on board, interrogated by the Grey
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Council. He recognizes Delenn as one of the Grey Council. After escaping
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from his interrogators, he chose not to reveal to Delenn that he remembered
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part of his missing 24 hours.
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<episode num=009>
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<p>
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<a href="../guide/009.html">"Deathwalker"</a>
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was a notorious war criminal from the Dilgar War, fought by
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Earth and others several decades earlier. She had a substance she claimed
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granted immortality -- but only at the cost of another's life. The Vorlons
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destroyed her ship to prevent Earth from gaining the secret of immortality.
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<episode num=010>
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<episode num=011>
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<p>
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<a href="../guide/011.html">"Survivors"</a>
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pulled Garibaldi back into his alcoholism amid accusations of
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sabotage. The real culprit was the Homeguard.
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<episode num=012>
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<episode num=013>
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<p>
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<a href="../guide/013.html">"Signs and Portents"</a>
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deals with an attack by raiders on the station. The B-story, in which
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Londo acquired the long-lost symbol of his empire, the Eye, was more
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important. A mysterious, polite man named Morden inquired, "What do you
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want?" of the alien ambassadors, and seemed to like Londo's response --
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for the Centauri to reclaim their lost empire -- the
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best. The Eye was captured by the raiders, who were destroyed by a
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mysterious ship that appeared out of the shadows. Morden returned the Eye to
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Londo, "from friends you don't know you have."
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<episode num=014>
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<episode num=015>
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<episode num=016>
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<episode num=017>
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<episode num=018>
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<p>
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In the two-parter,
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<a href="../guide/018.html">"A Voice in the Wilderness,"</a>
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it was discovered that the
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planet below B5 is not as dead as was thought. The
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Mars colony broke out in rebellion. A dying alien was found controlling
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vast, tremendously powerful machinery on the planet below.
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<episode num=019>
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Draal, an old friend of Delenn's, took charge of the machinery in the planet,
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warning away all who would try to take it for themselves. The Mars rebellion
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was put down by Earth Alliance security forces.
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<episode num=020>
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<p>
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In <a href="../guide/020.html">"Babylon Squared,"</a>
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Babylon 4 -- the biggest of the Babylon stations, which
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dissapeared 24 hours after coming online, suddenly reappeared.
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Delenn was chosen by the Grey Council to be their new leader, but
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declined because a Minbari prophecy told her that her destiny was on
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Babylon 5. She left with a powerful device called a triluminary. On
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Babylon 4, as time disturbances flashed back and forward to other times
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(including a scene where
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something was coming through the walls of the station, being fought off by
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Garibaldi, as Sinclair was pushed into the crowds), the crew attempted to
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evacuate the crew of B4. A mysterious alien, Zathras, appeared and told
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of a great, terrible war, and the attempt to pull B4 through time to use it
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as a base of operations. Zathras was looking for "The One" -- the great leader
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of an effort to bring peace to the galaxy. Babylon 4 was evacuated, but
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Zathras, trapped, was rescued by "The One" -- who turned out to be a much older
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Sinclair, aided apparently by Delenn.
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<episode num=021>
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<p>
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<a href="../guide/021.html">"The Quality of Mercy"</a>
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revealed a clinic run by Dr. Franklin in the
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downbelow sections, as well as an alien healing machine that transfers
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"life force" from one person to another.
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<episode num=022>
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<p>
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<a href="../guide/022.html">"Chrysalis,"</a>
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the season one finale, referred to the cocoon that Delenn began
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to build using a mysterious crystalline machine and the triluminary.
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Garibaldi uncovered a plot to assassinate the Earth President, but was shot
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in the back by his right-hand man, left for dead. Morden reappeared and
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offered to take care of a problem for Londo, dealing with a region contested
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with the Narns. Delenn spoke to Ambassador Kosh, who revealed something to
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her that verified her interpretation of a prophecy. She confronted
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Sinclair about his knowledge of his interrogation, but entered into her
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cocoon before they could talk. Londo was horrified to find that a Narn
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outpost was utterly destroyed by mysterious forces.
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The president was assassinated, and the vice
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president was sworn in immediately. G'Kar left to investigate the
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destruction of the Narn base.
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<episode num=023>
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<p>
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<font size="+2"><b>Season two</b></font>
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opened in
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<a href="../guide/023.html">"Points of Departure"</a>
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with the reassignment of Sinclair
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to ambassadorial duties on the Minbari homeworld and the assignment of
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Captain John Sheridan to command Babylon 5. Sheridan's
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connection to the Minbari War was revealed; he had one of the few victories
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over a Minbari warship. Lennier revealed why the Minbari surrendered;
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when Sinclair was captured, it was discovered that Minbari souls were being
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reborn in humans. Because Minbari do not kill other Minbari, the religious
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caste called off the war to stop harming their own souls.
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<episode num=024>
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<episode num=025>
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<p>
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In
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<a href="../guide/025.html">"The Geometry of Shadows,"</a>
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Refa, a high-ranking Centauri noble, asked
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Londo to pledge his help in seizing the throne at some point.
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<episode num=026>
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<p>
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In
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<a href="../guide/026.html">"A Distant Star,"</a>
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Lt. Keffer saw a Shadow ship in hyperspace and vowed to
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find out what it was.
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<episode num=027>
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<episode num=028>
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<p>
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<a href="../guide/028.html">"A Spider in the Web"</a>
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revealed a mysterious "Bureau 13" operating out of the
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San Diego wastelands. An assassin, controlled by the Bureau, attempted to
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thwart a peaceful settlement of the situation on Mars. Scanning his mind,
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Talia saw a Psi Cop present at the operation that programmed the assassin,
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but she didn't tell anybody else. Sheridan's interest in conspiracy theories
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was revealed as he attempted to solve the puzzle, and the existence of a
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plant among the B5 crew, code-named Control, was hinted at.
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<episode num=029>
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<p>
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In
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<a href="../guide/029.html">"Soul Mates,"</a>
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Londo's three wives came to the
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station; one, who knows G'Kar, tried to murder him. He divorced her and
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one of the others. Talia's ex-husband, from an arranged marriage courtesy
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of the Corps, tried to woo her back.
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<episode num=030>
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<p>
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In
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<a href="../guide/030.html">"A Race Through Dark Places,"</a>
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Bester returned to Babylon 5. He believed
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an underground railroad was smuggling unregistered telepaths
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outside of Psi-Corps' control. Talia was captured by the rogue
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telepaths and told gruesome stories of the Corps' true nature: forced
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breeding, murder, and coercion. She and the others tricked Bester into
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thinking the railroad was stopped. Dr. Franklin was revealed as one of
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the railroad's participants. Talia discovered another part of Ironheart's
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"gift" -- she is apparently now immune to telepathic scans.
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<episode num=031>
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<p>
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At Refa's behest, as the Centauri emperor lay dying, Londo asked Morden to
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destroy a major Narn colony in
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<a href="../guide/031.html">"The Coming of Shadows."</a>
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The Narns, believing
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the Centauri military responsible, declared war. Sinclair sent a message to
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Garibaldi via a network of "rangers," spies, a group he apparently heads.
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<episode num=032>
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<episode num=033>
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<p>
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In
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<a href="../guide/033.html">"All Alone in the Night,"</a>
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Delenn was removed from the Grey Council, and
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a member of the warrior caste replaced her. We learned that Sheridan had been
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secretly evaluating the loyalty of the station's command staff, and is in
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league with a group (headed by General Hague, a member of the Joint Chiefs
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of Staff) out to expose what they believe is an attempt by the Psi-Corps and
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others to control the government. Of special note is a densely-packed
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<a href="../guide/033.html#AN:dream">dream sequence</a>
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in which Sheridan is visited by Ambassador Kosh.
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<episode num=034>
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<episode num=035>
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<p>
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President Clark's personal physician fled to the station in
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<a href="../guide/035.html">"Hunter, Prey"</a>
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with files proving that Clark wasn't sick as he claimed when he left
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Earth Force One just before it blew up and killed President Santiago. Sheridan
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gave the files to a representative of General Hague. Kosh agreed to teach
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Sheridan until he is ready "to fight legends" -- at which point it was implied
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Kosh would reveal himself to Sheridan.
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<episode num=036>
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<episode num=037>
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<p>
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The Narn-Centauri war hit close to home during a reporter's visit to Babylon 5
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in
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<a href="../guide/037.html">"And Now For a Word"</a>
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-- the Centauri were using B5 as a transfer point
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for military equipment, prompting a Narn attack. Back on Earth, the Clark
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government formed the Ministry of Public Morale and the Office of Public
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Information.
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<episode num=038>
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<p>
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<a href="../guide/038.html">"In the Shadow of Z'ha'dum"</a>
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revealed Morden's secret to Sheridan: he was on
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the vessel carrying Sheridan's wife, whose crew accidentally reawakened the
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Shadows four years earlier. The Shadows, Sheridan learned, are an ancient
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race, "old when even the ancients were young," defeated in the last Great
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War 10,000 years ago by a coalition of other ancient races known as the First
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Ones, of whom the Vorlons are the last remaining member. The Shadows,
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Sheridan learned, won't
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risk an all-out frontal assault as long as their existence is a secret.
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Earth's
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new Ministry of Peace sent a recruiter to Babylon 5 to enlist people in its
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citizen-vigilance program, the Nightwatch.
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<episode num=039>
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<episode num=040>
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<p>
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The entire population of the Markab, a non-aligned race, was wiped out by a
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virulent disease in
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<a href="../guide/040.html">"Confessions and Lamentations."</a>
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<episode num=041>
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<p>
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Talia's
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<a href="../guide/041.html">"Divided Loyalties"</a>
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were revealed when former station telepath Lyta
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Alexander, now a member of an anti-Corps underground movement, visited the
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station and discovered that Talia was a spy, probably Control. Talia's
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personality was destroyed and she was shipped off the station. Ivanova
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admitted the reason she's so reluctant to be scanned: she's a latent telepath.
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<episode num=042>
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<p>
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The Narn-Centauri War came to an abrupt end in
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<a href="../guide/042.html">"The Long, Twilight Struggle"</a>
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with the help of the Shadows, who eliminated the entire Narn fleet while
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Centauri ships decimated the Narn homeworld from orbit. Sheridan granted
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G'Kar asylum on Babylon 5. Draal, on the planet below the station, put the
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great machine at Sheridan's disposal. Delenn introduced Sheridan to the
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Rangers.
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<episode num=043>
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<episode num=044>
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<p>
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Earth signed a non-aggression pact with the Centauri in
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<a href="../guide/044.html">"The Fall of Night."</a>
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Unfortunately, Sheridan's sheltering of a Narn warship brought the station
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under Centauri attack, and Sheridan was forced to destroy a Centauri cruiser.
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When two Centauri attempted to assassinate Sheridan, Kosh intervened, revealing
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himself in the process: he appeared as an angelic being of light, a religious
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figure from legend -- but a <em>different</em> figure to every race who saw
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him. Keffer located a Shadow ship. It shot him out of space,
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but his recording was broadcast on the news, making the Shadows known to all.
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<episode num=045>
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<p>
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<a href="../guide/045.html">"Matters of Honor"</a>
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brought Marcus Cole, a Ranger, to the station; he led Sheridan and Delenn to
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a new ship, the White Star, a combination of Minbari and Vorlon technology.
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Pushing the White Star to its limits, Sheridan destroyed a Shadow cruiser.
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Londo attempted to sever his ties with the Shadows. Morden met with a Psi
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Cop, apparently far from the first such meeting.
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<episode num=046>
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<episode num=047>
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<p>
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The Centauri sent a replacement for G'Kar to the station in
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<a href="../guide/047.html">"A Day in the Strife"</a>
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and threatened to persecute the families of G'Kar's supporters unless he
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gave up his exile and faced trial. Meanwhile, Ta'Lon, a Narn whose life
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Sheridan saved some months earlier
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(<a href="../guide/033.html">"All Alone in the Night"</a>)
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pledged to act as Sheridan's bodyguard. Londo arranged to have Vir
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sent off to Minbar as the new Centauri diplomatic liaison.
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<episode num=048>
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<p>
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In
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<a href="../guide/048.html">"Passing Through Gethsemane,"</a>
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Lyta Alexander, the station's first telepath and the person who unmasked
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Talia's Bureau-13-implanted personality, returned from a stay on the Vorlon
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homeworld to become Ambassador Kosh's attache. The Vorlons appear to have
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modified her, possibly even enabling her to carry one of them inside her.
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<episode num=049>
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<p>
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The conspiracy of light made its move against President Clark in
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<a href="../guide/049.html">"Voices of Authority"</a>
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by releasing a recording of Morden and Clark planning
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Santiago's assassination. Ivanova located another race of First Ones and
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secured a promise of help in the fight against the Shadows.
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<episode num=050>
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<p>
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G'Kar learned of Londo's involvement with the Shadows in
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<a href="../guide/050.html">"Dust to Dust."</a>
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He was sentenced to prison for assaulting Londo, and was visited in a
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dream by Kosh, who posed as the Narn deity G'Lan.
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<episode num=051>
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<episode num=052>
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<episode num=053>
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<p>
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In
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<a href="../guide/053.html">"Point of No Return,"</a>
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President Clark declared martial law on Babylon 5 after dissolving the Senate
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back home. An attempt by the Nightwatch to take over the station was foiled,
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barely, but Sheridan was forced to accept G'Kar's help and begin using Narn
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as station security personnel.
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<episode num=054>
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<p>
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Despite his temporary victory, Sheridan was soon forced to cut the station's
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ties with Earth in
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<a href="../guide/054.html">"Severed Dreams,"</a>
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following in the footsteps of several secessionist colony worlds after the
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bombing of civilians on Mars.
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Delenn, meanwhile, confronted the Grey Council about its unwillingness to
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intervene in the spreading Shadow-initiated conflicts among the nonaligned
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worlds; the confrontation led to the shattering of
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the Council. A losing battle for control of the station was resolved only by
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the arrival of Minbari cruisers under the command of Delenn and other former
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Council members, who declared Babylon 5 under Minbari protection.
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<episode num=055>
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<p>
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In
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<a href="../guide/055.html">"Ceremonies of Light and Dark,"</a>
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Sheridan admitted his growing affection for Delenn. Londo threatened Refa
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with death unless the Centauri broke off their relationship with Morden and
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the Shadows.
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<episode num=056>
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<p>
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Vir returned to the station after being demoted for running an underground
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railroad for Narn refugees in
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<a href="../guide/056.html">"Sic Transit Vir."</a>
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<episode num=057>
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<p>
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Realizing that the station would be better off with more protectors than just
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the Minbari, Sheridan and Ivanova negotiated with several minor races to
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supplement the station's defenses in
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<a href="../guide/057.html">"A Late Delivery From Avalon."</a>
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<episode num=058>
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<p>
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Bester delivered a
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<a href="../guide/058.html">"Ship of Tears"</a>
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to the station: a Shadow-bound cargo ship with hundreds of cybernetically
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enhanced human telepaths. Telepaths, the crew soon discovered, can disrupt
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the link between Shadow ships and their pilots.
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<episode num=059>
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<p>
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Franklin resigned his post as chief medical officer in
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<a href="../guide/059.html">"Interludes and Examinations."</a>
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Morden tricked Londo into vowing to crush Refa, and asking for Morden's help
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to do it. Sheridan convinced Kosh to mount a Vorlon attack on a small
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Shadow fleet. The Vorlons won the battle, but in retaliation, the Shadows
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killed Kosh.
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<episode num=060>
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<p>
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In
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<a href="../guide/060.html">"War Without End,"</a>
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Ambassador Sinclair received a personally addressed letter from 900 years in
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the past. The note brought him to Babylon 5, where he led Delenn, Sheridan,
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and others in an expedition to pull Babylon 4 a thousand years into the
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past, when history recorded its role in the defeat of the Shadows. Draal,
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in the Great Machine, opened a time rift, and sent his aide Zathras with
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time-travel equipment and the chrysalis machine Delenn would eventually
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use to become
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half-human. During the time shift, Sheridan was pulled forward seventeen
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years to find himself in Londo's throne room on a ruined Centauri Prime.
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<episode num=061>
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He and Delenn were thrown into a cell, where he learned that he had been
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victorious over the Shadows, but only to a point, and that he and Delenn
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had had a son, David. Londo, afflicted with a parasite called a "keeper"
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that monitored his every move, let the two of them go, then urged G'Kar
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to kill him before the keeper alerted anyone. The keeper awoke, and Londo
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and G'Kar died at each other's hands, leaving Vir to assume the throne.
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Meanwhile, on Babylon 4, the crew pulled Sheridan back to the present,
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and Sinclair stayed behind to supervise the station's transfer to the Minbari
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a thousand years before, as described in the letter from Valen -- who was
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actually a transformed Sinclair.
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<episode num=062>
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<p>
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The forces of light, with the help of Lyta and some Minbari telepaths,
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emerged victorious from a direct confrontation with Shadow war cruisers in
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<a href="../guide/062.html">"Walkabout."</a>
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A new Vorlon ambassador, also named Kosh, arrived on the station.
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<episode num=063>
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<p>
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Shortly thereafter, in
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<a href="../guide/063.html">"Grey 17 Is Missing,"</a>
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Sheridan and his allies began openly recruiting telepaths of all races for
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use as soldiers against the Shadows.
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<episode num=064>
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<p>
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Fearing a power struggle in the royal court, Londo had Refa eliminated in
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<a href="../guide/064.html">"And the Rock Cried Out, No Hiding Place."</a>
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Meanwhile, Sheridan discovered the next likely target of the Shadows.
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<episode num=065>
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<p>
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With the telepaths deployed among the races of the Army of Light, Sheridan
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assembled a strike force in
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<a href="../guide/065.html">"Shadow Dancing."</a>
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His first direct confrontation with the Shadows
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was a success, if a costly one; the Shadows were beaten back. Franklin,
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meanwhile, returned to his duties after a brush with death.
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<episode num=066>
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<p>
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Their defeat prompted the Shadows to send an emissary to Sheridan, inviting
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him to meet with them on their homeworld,
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<a href="../guide/066.html">Z'ha'dum</a>:
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his wife Anna, presumed dead. There, they tried to convince him to stop
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leading the Army of Light, and revealed their purpose: to encourage
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accelerated evolution among the lesser races by provoking conflict and
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weeding out the weak. Unconvinced, Sheridan fled his hosts and, leaping
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into a gaping abyss, summoned the White Star to self-destruct over a
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huge Shadow city in a huge thermonuclear blast.
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<episode num=067>
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<p>
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G'Kar set out in search of Garibaldi, who was taken by a Shadow ship during
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|
Sheridan's confrontation with the Shadows, in
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<a href="../guide/067.html">"The Hour of the Wolf."</a>
|
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Londo took up a position in the royal court, but soon discovered that the
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Emperor was insane and had made a deal with the Shadows in the belief that
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they would elevate him to godhood. A rescue mission was mounted to Z'ha'dum,
|
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but Sheridan was nowhere to be found. Somehow, though, he survived, and found
|
|
himself at the bottom of the chasm accompanied by an enigmatic alien.
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|
|
|
<episode num=068>
|
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<p>
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The alien, Lorien, claimed to be the first of the First Ones, the reason the
|
|
Shadows always return to Z'ha'dum. G'Kar never found out
|
|
<a href="../guide/068.html">"Whatever Happened to Mr. Garibaldi,"</a>
|
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and was captured by the Centauri. Londo promised G'Kar the freedom of the
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Narn homeworld if G'Kar would help him unseat Emperor Cartagia. Meanwhile,
|
|
back on Babylon 5, the League of Non-aligned Worlds splintered thanks to
|
|
Sheridan's disappearance, and Delenn summoned the Rangers to organize a
|
|
final strike on Z'ha'dum.
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|
|
|
<episode num=069>
|
|
<p>
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Garibaldi was recovered from a mysterious ship in
|
|
<a href="../guide/069.html">"The Summoning,"</a>
|
|
while Ivanova and Marcus set out in search of more First Ones. What they
|
|
found instead was a vast Vorlon fleet on a mission to destroy any world
|
|
touched by the Shadows. Lyta turned against Kosh. Sheridan returned with
|
|
Lorien, just in time to thwart an attempt by the frightened Non-Aligned
|
|
Worlds to break up the Army of Light.
|
|
|
|
<episode num=070>
|
|
<p>
|
|
In
|
|
<a href="../guide/070.html">"Falling Toward Apotheosis,"</a>
|
|
Londo learned of Cartagia's plan to allow the Vorlons to destroy Centauri
|
|
Prime, thus propelling him to godhood in a glorious explosion of fire.
|
|
Londo convinced Cartagia to first go to Narn and try G'Kar for crimes
|
|
against the Centauri; even so, Cartagia had a guard pluck out G'Kar's left
|
|
eye in a moment of pique. As the Vorlon fleet proceeded with its plan,
|
|
destroying world after world and sending refugees streaming to Babylon 5,
|
|
Sheridan and Lorien battled and killed Kosh. Delenn learned that Sheridan's
|
|
resurrection is only temporary; he has no more than twenty years left.
|
|
|
|
<episode num=071>
|
|
<p>
|
|
During
|
|
<a href="../guide/071.html">"The Long Night"</a>
|
|
before the Army of Light's planned confrontation with the Vorlons, the
|
|
Shadows unleashed their own planet-killer, prompting Sheridan to lure them
|
|
into direct battle with the Vorlons to settle the conflict once and for all.
|
|
With G'Kar's help, Londo and Vir assassinated Cartagia; the royal court,
|
|
most unaware of the plot, elected Londo prime minister to quickly rid Centauri
|
|
Prime of Shadow influence and stave off the impending Vorlon attack. Londo
|
|
ordered the withdrawal of Centauri forces from Narn.
|
|
|
|
<episode num=072>
|
|
<p>
|
|
The Shadow War came to an abrupt end in
|
|
<a href="../guide/072.html">"Into the Fire."</a>
|
|
Confronted by a united fleet of the younger races they were supposed to be
|
|
shepherding, the Vorlons and Shadows attempted
|
|
to force Sheridan to choose one of the two approaches to growth
|
|
and evolution. Sheridan rejected both choices; the younger races didn't need
|
|
shepherding any more, and would never again act as pawns. The Shadows and
|
|
Vorlons, convinced that their battle for philosophical dominance could no
|
|
longer continue, departed for the Rim, accompanied by Lorien and the last of
|
|
the remaining First Ones. Londo, meanwhile, destroyed the Shadow base on
|
|
Centauri Prime, earning a promise of retribution by the Shadows' allies.
|
|
|
|
<episode num=073>
|
|
<p>
|
|
Postwar euphoria was brief; with the departure of the Shadows, President
|
|
Clark turned his attention back to Babylon 5, launching a propaganda war
|
|
in lieu of a futile direct attack. In
|
|
<a href="../guide/073.html">"Epiphanies,"</a>
|
|
Sheridan was alerted to the first phase of the war by psi-cop Bester, who
|
|
demanded to be taken to Z'ha'dum in exchange for the information. The crew
|
|
arrived in time to see the Shadows' dark servants escaping with unknown
|
|
quantities of Shadow technology, just before the sudden self-destruction of the
|
|
entire planet. Their first target: Centauri Prime, where they planted a Keeper
|
|
(<a href="../guide/061.html">"War Without End, part 2"</a>)
|
|
on the body of the newly-appointed Regent. After receiving a mysterious
|
|
coded message, Garibaldi resigned his post.
|
|
|
|
<episode num=074>
|
|
<episode num=075>
|
|
<p>
|
|
Delenn returned to Minbar to begin
|
|
<a href="../guide/075.html">"Atonement"</a>
|
|
for her cross-species relationship with Sheridan, strictly forbidden by
|
|
traditional Minbari beliefs about racial purity. Under the influence of a
|
|
mind probe, the first days of her membership on the Grey Council came to
|
|
light, including the fact that she ordered the start of the Earth-Minbari
|
|
War. More importantly, she discovered that she was a direct descendant of
|
|
Valen, and thus wasn't a racially pure Minbari to begin with -- and neither
|
|
were untold millions of other Minbari descended from Sinclair's children of a
|
|
thousand years ago.
|
|
|
|
<episode num=076>
|
|
<p>
|
|
Garibaldi, now operating as a private investigator, grew tired of the cult
|
|
of personality surrounding Sheridan. In
|
|
<a href="../guide/076.html">"Racing Mars,"</a>
|
|
he agreed to help a group that claimed to be concerned about Sheridan's
|
|
personality becoming a danger to the cause.
|
|
|
|
<episode num=077>
|
|
<p>
|
|
Tensions on Minbar continued to rise. In
|
|
<a href="../guide/077.html">"Lines of Communication,"</a>
|
|
the warrior caste began purging major cities of religious and worker caste
|
|
members. In response, Delenn was asked to enlist the aid of the Drakh, one
|
|
of the Shadow's servant races, now at large with looted Shadow technology.
|
|
No bargain was struck.
|
|
|
|
<episode num=078>
|
|
<p>
|
|
Garibaldi was offered a job on Mars, and Sheridan devised a plan to deploy the
|
|
White Star fleet as a police force to protect border areas from raiders and
|
|
the Drakh, in
|
|
<a href="../guide/078.html">"Conflicts of Interest."</a>
|
|
Garibaldi's new employer, a medical-research magnate, came into possession of
|
|
a substance that allegedly cures a deadly genetic flaw in telepaths.
|
|
|
|
<episode num=079>
|
|
<episode num=080>
|
|
<p>
|
|
Delenn and a high-ranking warrior caste member, Neroon, tricked the warrior
|
|
caste's leader into bringing the civil war to an end in
|
|
<a href="../guide/080.html">"Moments of Transition,"</a>
|
|
forming a new Grey Council under the majority control of the worker caste.
|
|
Meanwhile, Bester struck a deal with Lyta, giving her the appearance of
|
|
rejoining the Psi Corps. Earth forces attacked a convoy of unarmed refugee
|
|
ships, causing Sheridan to declare war.
|
|
|
|
<episode num=081>
|
|
<p>
|
|
Sheridan's forces liberated the colony at Proxima 3 in
|
|
<a href="../guide/081.html">"No Surrender, No Retreat."</a>
|
|
Disgusted with Sheridan's guns-blazing approach to unseating Clark,
|
|
Garibaldi left the station to meet with his new employer on Mars.
|
|
|
|
<episode num=082>
|
|
<p>
|
|
Dr. Franklin benefited from
|
|
<a href="../guide/082.html">"The Exercise of Vital Powers,"</a>
|
|
in this case Lyta's ability to reawaken the frozen Shadow-implanted telepaths.
|
|
Garibaldi arrived on Mars, where Mr. Edgars, his new employer, convinced him
|
|
to try to lure Sheridan into a trap.
|
|
|
|
<episode num=083>
|
|
<p>
|
|
Garibaldi's trap was sprung, and Sheridan was captured by Clark's forces in
|
|
<a href="../guide/083.html">"The Face of the Enemy."</a>
|
|
Edgars revealed his plan: to enslave telepaths by infecting them with a
|
|
lethal virus. Unfortunately, Bester scanned Garibaldi -- who had all along
|
|
been acting as Bester's agent, personality altered so he'd be more
|
|
susceptible to betraying Sheridan -- and discovered the plot. Edgars was
|
|
promptly murdered and the virus stolen.
|
|
|
|
<episode num=084>
|
|
<episode num=085>
|
|
<p>
|
|
Continuing the fight in Sheridan's absence, Ivanova was mortally wounded in
|
|
<a href="../guide/085.html">"Between the Darkness and the Light."</a>
|
|
Shortly thereafter, Sheridan was rescued by Franklin, Lyta, and Garibaldi,
|
|
who submitted to a scan by Lyta to prove he was manipulated by Bester.
|
|
The League of Non-Aligned Worlds, at the urging of G'Kar and Londo, committed
|
|
forces to aid Sheridan's fleet.
|
|
|
|
<episode num=086>
|
|
<p>
|
|
Using the implanted telepaths' ability to merge with computer systems,
|
|
Sheridan's forces defeated the defenses of Mars and Earth with few casualties in
|
|
<a href="../guide/086.html">"Endgame."</a>
|
|
Clark committed suicide rather than face capture. Marcus used the alien
|
|
healing device
|
|
(<a href="../guide/021.html">"The Quality of Mercy"</a>)
|
|
to sacrifice himself to save Ivanova's life.
|
|
|