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								  Synopsis by Katrina Glerum (kat@midwinter.com)


								   Garibaldi is griping about having to eat the same breakfast every day

								   for three years when an attractive covered plate arrives for Ivanova

								   with a little note attached. To everyone's astonishment it turns out

								   to be fresh eggs and bacon which Marcus has miraculously managed to

								   smuggle aboard as a surprise thank you gift. As he and Sheridan drool,

								   Susan swears to get even for this when she can find Marcus.


								   At the moment however, Marcus is trying very hard not to be found, or

								   to be beaten up. He is busily fending off five or six men attacking

								   him and a woman in DownBelow. He succeeds, but just barely and the

								   woman is knocked out.


								   The daily routine continues but in the background ISN reports new

								   evidence regarding President Clark and the assassination of his

								   predecessor ([9]"Hunter, Prey,") and that a newly discovered alien

								   race is a threat to planetary security ([10]"Matters of Honor.")

								   Marcus' charge appears to be safe in Medlab, but Marcus warns Dr.

								   Franklin that she is the target of assassins.


								   Garibaldi checks up on G'Kar in his cell ([11]"Dust to Dust,") and

								   finds him in fine spirits. The former ambassador is using his

								   incarceration to reflect and write about the recent experiences of the

								   Narn so that past mistakes might be corrected. He is pleased to hear

								   that Garibaldi has begun to read The Book of G'Quan and says he will

								   let Garibaldi read his book when it is done. The meeting is cut short

								   when Garibaldi is called away to a War Council where his "package" has

								   arrived.


								   The package turns out to be the woman Marcus has been protecting, Dr.

								   Mary Kirkish of Interplanetary Expeditions (whose slogan is "Exploring

								   the past to create a better future.") She tells the Council that she

								   had been working at a Syria Planum site on Mars seven years ago where

								   her team had discovered an alien ship like the one shown recently on

								   ISN. They dug most of it up and then were ordered to leave. From the

								   secondary base camp they watched unmarked shuttles fly to the site.


								   Then one night another alien ship flew to the site and finished

								   digging up the buried ship, then descended into the dig site, from

								   which a nerve-wrenching screech was soon heard. Both the ships rose

								   into the air and flew away. Since then, one by one, the other workers

								   at the site have died or disappeared. It turns out that Garibaldi also

								   saw this alien ship when he was a shuttle pilot on Mars. He also found

								   a Psi Corps badge at the site. Kirkish continues, saying that another

								   such ship has been discovered in the crust of Ganymede. This time

								   EarthGov wants to try to keep the ship, possibly to use it to control

								   Earth. They must not have a chance to keep it, Kirkish warns. Her

								   story told, Lennier ushers her to a Minbari ship that will bear her to

								   safety.


								   Franklin asks, "If Earth and the Psi Corps really are working with the

								   Shadows, this is too big. How can we fight something like that?"

								   Obviously shaken, Sheridan dismisses the Council, but asks Delenn to

								   stay.


								   Zack is sitting in Garibaldi's office when the B5 Nightwatch liaison

								   comes in to remind him of the meeting tomorrow. Zack is uneasy with

								   the man's gung-ho attitude and isn't encouraged when he mentions that

								   watching unsuspecting people on security cameras makes him feel like

								   God.


								   Standing deep in contemplation on an empty observation deck, Sheridan

								   removes the Earth Alliance insignia from his lapel. He goes with

								   Delenn to inform the others of his decision. They are aghast when he

								   tells them that he plans to take the White Star to Ganymede to knock

								   out the Shadow vessel before President Clark can gain control of it.

								   What if he is attacked by Earth ships? Will he fire on them? What if

								   he is captured?


								   He tells them he will not be captured and charges them to cover for

								   him while he is gone for a minimum of 4 days. He also arranges for a

								   simulation of his own death if he should not be able to return.


								   The Nightwatch liaison is happy to tell the meeting that their efforts

								   to expose disloyalty on B5 and on Earth have been a terrific success,

								   but that Earth has been sold out by traitors throughout EarthGov,

								   Earth Force, and the media, as part of an alien-instigated conspiracy

								   to weaken and overthrow the government. Thus, Nightwatch has been

								   given greater powers to investigate anyone who might be suspicious.

								   One officer speaks up, "In that case, does anyone know where the

								   Captain is?"


								   He is falling asleep in his command chair halfway to Jupiter. Lennier

								   convinces him to retire to the sleeping quarters where he finds

								   Delenn. Utterly exhausted, he begins to talk about missing home and

								   his father. More than anything else right now, he says, he misses the

								   sound of rain because it can always put him to sleep. So to his great

								   relief, with a phrase Delenn summons the patter of rain on the roof.


								   Marcus is briefing Ivanova in Sheridan's office about a force building

								   up on the border of Centauri space when she erupts at him. She claims

								   she doesn't understand how to relate to him, and she tells Marcus she

								   holds him personally responsible for the Captain's "suicide mission"

								   because, "Damn it! I don't have anyone else to blame!"


								   Jumping out of hyperspace, the White Star picks up transmissions from

								   the Ganymede site.


								   "Subject is approaching target. Repeat. Subject is approaching

								   target."


								   Delenn explains that the Shadow ships need a sentient being to merge

								   with them before they can become fully functional, and this must be

								   happening right now. If a subject isn't prepared for the event the

								   resulting ship will be murderously insane. The crew listen and watch

								   in horror as the Shadow ship comes alive and begins attacking the

								   facilities around it.


								   Knowing that any Earth cruiser wouldn't stand a chance against it

								   Sheridan quickly rides in to attack the Shadow vessel. Disoriented

								   though it is, nevertheless the alien ship is still capable of

								   destroying them. They damage it insignificantly but anger it enough to

								   chase them into the atmosphere of Jupiter. The Shadow ship fires but

								   only manages to ignite the hydrogen atmosphere. Both ships fly deeper

								   and deeper into the gas giant until the White Star's hull begins to

								   buckle under the pressure. At the last moment, Sheridan orders the

								   White Star to pull out. The Shadow is unable to stop falling and

								   implodes as the White Star soars towards space.


								   Just as they begin to congratulate themselves the White Star is struck

								   again. This time the enemy is the Agamemnon, the Captain's old ship,

								   attacking and ordering them to surrender or be destroyed. Sheridan

								   won't fire on the Agamemnon and can't surrender. As he sits in his

								   chair indecisive, Delenn suggests opening a jump point while still

								   inside Jupiter's atmosphere. By opening it just at the edge of space

								   the explosive effects of the hydrogen are minimized and they are able

								   to scuttle to safety.


								   ISN reports that an unidentified alien vessel has attacked and

								   destroyed an outpost on Ganymede before being destroyed in Jupiter by

								   the Agamemnon. In response to heightened concerns about planetary

								   security the president is said to be considering a new plan to

								   increase security.


								   As Garibaldi says, they got away with it, but only for now. The

								   Nightwatch liaison has noticed that the Captain was missing for four

								   days. He deduces that Garibaldi must be covering for Sheridan and

								   suggests that Zack use his relation with the Chief to find out what's

								   going on. Zack vehemently refuses saying he won't betray a friendship.

								   "If he could trust me he would have brought me in this thing weeks

								   ago," he mutters, giving away the fact that he knows something fishy

								   is going on. The Nightwatch man angrily tells Zack he has to decide

								   between friendship and his job.


								   Marcus dares to breach Ivanova's spare time in order to show her a

								   chart he has drawn up to explain his position on B5 and the hierarchy

								   within the station. As they share a laugh at his whimsy, Sheridan

								   pages Ivanova to turn on ISN immediately. Citing threats to planetary

								   security, President Clark has decreed Earth to be under martial law.


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