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Coda...
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[1][ISMAP]-[2][Home]
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### GUIDE ### [4][Index] [5][Previous] [6][Next]
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Overview
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While G'Kar and Garibaldi are trapped in the core of Babylon 5,
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Captain Sheridan races to save them and stop a Narn assassination
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at the same time.
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Issue 10 (November 1995)
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Setting: Between [7]"The Geometry of Shadows" and [8]"A Distant Star"
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Writer: David Gerrold
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Penciller: Rebecca Guay
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Inker: Rick Bryant
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Synopsis
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Sheridan breathes a sigh of relief as he barely makes it onto the
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shuttle. He accuses Greegil of trying to kill him; Greegil denies it.
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The cleaning robot chases Garibaldi and G'Kar through the station
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axis. As they somehow propel themselves forward, the robot grabs
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Garibaldi's boot and pulls it off, slowing down to process it. G'Kar
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suggests that Garibaldi feed it more; Garibaldi volunteers G'Kar's
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boots. G'Kar refuses and suggests they play another game of
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laser-mirror-starweb to decide whose boot will be next. G'Kar cheats.
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Garibaldi tosses a boot to the robot and grabs G'Kar, demanding to
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know what's going on. G'Kar reveals that he received a message telling
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him an assassin by the name of Greegil D'Farkin was coming to Babylon
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5 to kill him.
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Sheridan manages to stabilize the shuttle, but its diagnostics show
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"massive decalibration in the external transfibulator phase
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controllers" as well as damage to the oxygen recyclers. Sheridan dons
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a suit to go out and fix the transfibulator antennas, and advises
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Greegil not to waste their air complaining about the situation.
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Garibaldi and G'Kar continue to flee the robot. G'Kar notes that he
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promised his clan he would die honorably; Garibaldi says he intends to
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die in bed, on his 92nd birthday, in the arms of a beautiful redhead,
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shot by her jealous husband. G'Kar is puzzled; Garibaldi would be
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doing the husband a great service. As the robot nears, they play
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another laser-mirror-starweb game. This time, Garibaldi cheats more
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outrageously than G'Kar does, and G'Kar tosses a boot to the robot.
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Sheridan fixes the problem and finds that Greegil has locked him
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outside in space. He reminds Greegil that he has the code key to
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operate the ship, and uses that to bargain for information: why G'Kar
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fled. Greegil says his job is to stop G'Kar from sabotaging Babylon 5.
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Abruptly, Sheridan is back inside the ship. He proposes using
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electrolysis to produce oxygen from the ship's water supply.
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G'Kar and Garibaldi float away from the robot in their undershorts;
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it's still gaining. Garibaldi spots a maintenance hatch and pops it
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open; the two of them leave the inside of the axis tube and hang by
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handrails high above the Garden while the robot passes. Garibaldi
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doesn't let G'Kar back inside until he has the truth about Greegil:
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he's chasing G'Kar because of a woman, Greegil's wife, in fact. G'Kar
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refused to have sex with her to seal an alliance between two clans,
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even though it was his obligation as a high-ranking clansman; that was
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a grave insult to Greegil, who vowed revenge.
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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
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two of them emerge from the tube, Sheridan, Greegil, and a security
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team are waiting. Garibaldi arrests G'Kar for kidnapping him.
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In a security station, G'Kar, Greegil, Garibaldi, and Sheridan argue
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about whether Greegil should be allowed to kill G'Kar. Greegil even
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presents a license, signed by the council of clans. Sheridan dismisses
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it as invalid on his station. Greegil pulls out a laser pistol.
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Garibaldi and G'Kar duck behind a nearby mirrored table, reflecting
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the laser beam. Sheridan calls out for a starweb, which one of the
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security staff gladly fires at Greegil.
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G'Kar and Garibaldi walk away together. G'Kar explains that sleeping
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with Greegil's wife would have shifted the balance of power among the
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five clans... "And besides, she wasn't attractive enough to justify a
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war."
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Elsewhere, Sheridan admits to Ivanova that they can't really press
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charges against G'Kar... but keeping him busy with lawyers for a while
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will be punishment enough.
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Backplot
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Take with a grain of salt; inconsistencies with the series abound in
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this story, and none of it should probably be considered canon.
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* Narn aristocrats consider education beneath them, something for
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servants.
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* There are five main Narn clans; G'Kar belongs to one of them.
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* Narn alliances are sealed with sexual liaisons.
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Unanswered Questions
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Analysis
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Notes
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jms speaks
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* I wasn't terribly pleased with the artwork on 9 and 10, I thought
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it could've been much better. As for the story, David Gerrold had
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proposed (and written) that as an outline for an episode; I said I
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didn't think it worked for our show. Which opened the door for DC
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to pick it up, and since he felt so strongly that it *did* work, I
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figured I'd let him proceed.
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[14][Next]
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Last update: February 5, 1996
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References
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1. file://localhost/cgi-bin/imagemap/titlebar
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2. LYNXIMGMAP:file://localhost/lurk/maps/maps.html#titlebar
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3. file://localhost/lurk/gif/comic/010.jpg
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4. file://localhost/home/woodstock/hyperion/docs/lurk/comic/index.html
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5. file://localhost/home/woodstock/hyperion/docs/lurk/comic/009.html
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6. file://localhost/home/woodstock/hyperion/docs/lurk/comic/011.html
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7. file://localhost/lurk/guide/025.html
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8. file://localhost/lurk/guide/026.html
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9. file://localhost/lurk/lurker.html
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10. file://localhost/home/woodstock/hyperion/docs/lurk/comic/010.html#TOP
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11. file://localhost/cgi-bin/uncgi/lgmail
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14. file://localhost/home/woodstock/hyperion/docs/lurk/comic/011.html
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