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6.4 KiB
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6.4 KiB
With Friends Like These
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### GUIDE ### [4][Index] [5][Previous] [6][Next]
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Overview
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Security Chief Garibaldi and hotshot pilot Warren Keffer plunge
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into deep space, following a cryptic clue that may explain why an
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alien outpost was wiped out. Ambushed and forced to crash land on a
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remote planet, Garibaldi recalls his first meeting with Babylon 5's
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former commander, Jeffrey Sinclair.
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Issue 5 (June 1995, released April 4)
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Setting: Before [7]"The Coming of Shadows"
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Writer: Tim DeHaas
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Premise: J. Michael Straczynski
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Artist: John Ridgway
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Colorist: Robbie Busch
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Synopsis
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Garibaldi finds Londo and Vir in the Zocalo and tells Londo he knows
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that the Narn outpost in Quadrant 37 (destroyed in [8]"Chrysalis") has
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been the subject of many of Londo's transmissions. Londo, taken aback
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that Garibaldi has been listening in on him, says he's just staying
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informed. G'Kar, arriving on the scene, notes, "It seems every time
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you are informed of something, others pay with their lives," pointing
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to the destruction of the Narn cruiser in [9]"Revelations." Londo and
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G'Kar nearly come to blows before Vir drags Londo away for a scheduled
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meeting with Delenn.
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But it's not Delenn waiting for Londo; it's Morden, who tells Londo to
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be more careful in his off-station communications, and asks that Londo
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tell him if Garibaldi should decide to investigate further.
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Garibaldi is in a security office. He's sifting through ambassadorial
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communications, looking for something suspicious, something he's
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apparently authorized to do randomly. Shortly after Ivanova arrives,
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Garibaldi finds Londo using a comm channel, though without tipping
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Londo off to the tap, Garibaldi can't see who's on the other side. It
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turns out to be Refa; the two discuss the Emperor's health (poor.)
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Londo wants to meet with Refa in person to discuss misgivings about
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the "source" who helped him with Quadrant 37; they agree to meet in
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two hours at some predetermined place.
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Garibaldi decides that Londo's source is definitely something Earth
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needs to know more about. He rushes off to beat Londo to the meeting
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place, whose location he learned from previous transmissions. As he's
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trying to sneak out with a flyer, Keffer catches up to him and invites
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himself along. "Somebody has to bring you back alive," he says.
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Garibaldi reluctantly agrees.
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Londo is on his way to his ship when he runs into Morden. Morden tells
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Londo to cancel his meeting with Refa and instead pay a routine
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diplomatic visit to a Centauri colony. He demands that Londo tell him
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where the meeting was going to take place.
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Keffer and Garibaldi emerge from a jumpgate near a planet. Asked why
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he went along, Keffer says, "You needed help. You don't have many
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friends on the station." Garibaldi agrees that Sinclair was the only
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one he knew he could trust.
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While they wait for Londo and Refa to arrive, Garibaldi explains why
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he trusts Sinclair in a way that he can never trust Sheridan. It was
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years earlier, back on Mars Colony. Garibaldi had started a shuttle
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transport service, mostly transporting people who didn't like being
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asked questions. He was sitting in his office, nursing a bottle, when
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Lieutenant Commander Sinclair came in with two junior officers and
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enlists Garibaldi's services for a flight. He's a little apprehensive
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about Garibaldi's drunkenness, but Garibaldi accepts the job.
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The story is interrupted by the abrupt appearance of a Shadow fighter.
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Keffer heads at breakneck speed for the planet, dodging shots left and
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right, but their ship is hit and goes spinning half out of control.
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Keffer manages to stabilize the ship somewhat, but it's still headed
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for the ground. "Hope the foam-protect still works," says Garibaldi,
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as the ship disappears behind a small mountain range...
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Backplot
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Unanswered Questions
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Analysis
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Notes
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* Beginning this issue, BABYLON 5 is upgraded to DC's Fracote
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Format, featuring a coated paper stock. Painted cover by Scott
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Hampton.
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jms speaks
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* I have to say I'm very pleased with issue #5. It came out very
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well, and nicely captures both the look, feel and dialogue of the
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show. There were some bumps along the way in issues 2-4, so I
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didn't say much, but THIS one I can highly recommend.
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* About the new paper and price...I did the first issue, and while
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the pencils were quite good, and the inks okay, when they put the
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coloring in the paper just absorbed the hell out of it and it
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looked like crap, from my POV. (And I'm not speaking out of
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school; I said much the same to DC.) Parts were nice, but other
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parts...yikes. I felt, strongly, that we needed a better quality
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of paper, otherwise a lot of the good work that was being done was
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going to be lost. It would cost more, but finally DC -- which, to
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be fair, has only been VASTLY supportive of B5, and the comic and
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their only intention is to make it as good as possible -- decided
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to go with the better quality paper. The main question was whether
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or not there was enough of a reader base to warrant it; there was,
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and they did.
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Last update: February 5, 1996
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