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<h2><a name="OV">Overview</a></h2>
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<blockquote><cite>
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While G'Kar and Garibaldi
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are trapped in the core of Babylon 5, Captain Sheridan races to save
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them and stop a Narn assassination at the same time.
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</cite></blockquote>
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<p>
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Issue 10 (November 1995)
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<p>
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Setting: Between
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<a href="/lurk/guide/025.html">"The Geometry of Shadows"</a>
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and
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<a href="/lurk/guide/026.html">"A Distant Star"</a>
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<pre> Writer: David Gerrold
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Penciller: Rebecca Guay
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Inker: Rick Bryant</pre>
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<hr>
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<p>
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<h2><a name="SY">Synopsis</a></h2>
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<p>
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Sheridan breathes a sigh of relief as he barely makes it onto the shuttle.
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He accuses Greegil of trying to kill him; Greegil denies it.
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<p>
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The cleaning robot chases Garibaldi and G'Kar through the station axis.
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As they somehow propel themselves forward, the robot grabs Garibaldi's
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boot and pulls it off, slowing down to process it. G'Kar suggests that
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Garibaldi feed it more; Garibaldi volunteers G'Kar's boots. G'Kar refuses
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and suggests they play another game of laser-mirror-starweb to decide
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whose boot will be next. G'Kar cheats. Garibaldi tosses a boot to the
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robot and grabs G'Kar, demanding to know what's going on. G'Kar reveals
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that he received a message telling him an assassin by the name of Greegil
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D'Farkin was coming to Babylon 5 to kill him.
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<p>
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Sheridan manages to stabilize the shuttle, but its diagnostics
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show "massive decalibration in the external transfibulator phase controllers"
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as well as damage to the oxygen recyclers. Sheridan dons a suit to go out
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and fix the transfibulator antennas, and advises Greegil not to waste their
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air complaining about the situation.
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<p>
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Garibaldi and G'Kar continue to flee the robot. G'Kar notes that he promised
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his clan he would die honorably; Garibaldi says he intends to die in bed, on
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his 92nd birthday, in the arms of a beautiful redhead, shot by her jealous
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husband. G'Kar is puzzled; Garibaldi would be doing the husband a great
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service. As the robot nears, they play another laser-mirror-starweb game.
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This time, Garibaldi cheats more outrageously than G'Kar does, and G'Kar
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tosses a boot to the robot.
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Sheridan fixes the problem and finds that Greegil has locked him outside in
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space. He reminds Greegil that he has the code key to operate the ship, and
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uses that to bargain for information: why G'Kar fled. Greegil says his job
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is to stop G'Kar from sabotaging Babylon 5. Abruptly, Sheridan is back
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inside the ship. He proposes using electrolysis to produce oxygen from the
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ship's water supply.
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<p>
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G'Kar and Garibaldi float away from the robot in their undershorts; it's
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still gaining. Garibaldi spots a maintenance hatch and pops it open; the
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two of them leave the inside of the axis tube and hang by handrails high
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above the Garden while the robot passes. Garibaldi doesn't let G'Kar back
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inside until he has the truth about Greegil: he's chasing G'Kar because
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of a woman, Greegil's wife, in fact. G'Kar refused to have sex with her to
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seal an alliance between two clans,
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even though it was his obligation as a high-ranking clansman; that was a
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grave insult to Greegil, who vowed revenge.
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<p>
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Sheridan's shuttle returns to Babylon 5; Sheridan places Greegil under
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arrest. Ivanova reports that G'Kar and Garibaldi are still missing.
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Garibaldi somehow displays a message on the outside of the axis tube,
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indicating their location to the security staff and Sheridan. When the two
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of them emerge from the tube, Sheridan, Greegil, and a security team are
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waiting. Garibaldi arrests G'Kar for kidnapping him.
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In a security station, G'Kar, Greegil, Garibaldi, and Sheridan argue about
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whether Greegil should be allowed to kill G'Kar. Greegil even presents a
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license, signed by the council of clans. Sheridan dismisses it as invalid
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on his station. Greegil pulls out a laser pistol. Garibaldi and G'Kar
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duck behind a nearby mirrored table, reflecting the laser beam. Sheridan
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calls out for a starweb, which one of the security staff gladly fires at
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Greegil.
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G'Kar and Garibaldi walk away together. G'Kar explains that sleeping with
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Greegil's wife would have shifted the balance of power among the five clans...
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"And besides, she wasn't attractive enough to justify a war."
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<p>
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Elsewhere, Sheridan admits to Ivanova that they can't really press charges
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against G'Kar... but keeping him busy with lawyers for a while will be
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punishment enough.
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<H2><A NAME="BP">Backplot</A></H2>
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Take with a grain of salt; inconsistencies with the series abound in this
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story, and none of it should probably be considered canon.
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<ul>
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<li> Narn aristocrats consider education beneath them, something for
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servants.
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<li> There are five main Narn clans; G'Kar belongs to one of them.
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<li> Narn alliances are sealed with sexual liaisons.
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</ul>
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<H2><A NAME="UQ">Unanswered Questions</A></H2>
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<H2><A NAME="AN">Analysis</A></H2>
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<H2><A NAME="NO">Notes</A></H2>
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<H2><A NAME="JMS">jms speaks</A></H2>
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<ul>
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<li> I wasn't terribly pleased with the artwork on 9 and 10, I thought it
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could've been much better. As for the story, David Gerrold had proposed
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(and written) that as an outline for an episode; I said I didn't think
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it worked for our show. Which opened the door for DC to pick it up,
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and since he felt so strongly that it *did* work, I figured I'd let him
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proceed.
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</ul>
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