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<!-- TITLE The Memory of War -->
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<h2><a name="OV">Overview</a></h2>
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<blockquote><cite>
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While exploring the ruins of a long-dead planet, the crew discovers the
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remains of a terrible weapon.
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</cite>
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</blockquote>
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<pre>
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Production number: 102
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Original air date: August 11, 1999
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00061QJSK/thelurkersguidet">DVD release date</a>: December 7, 2004
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Written by J. Michael Straczynski
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Directed by Tony Dow
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</pre>
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<p>
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<hr size=3>
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<h2><a name="BP">Plot Points</a></h2>
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<ul>
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<p>
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<li>@@@936001244 About a hundred years ago, one of two warring parties on a
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planet hired a technomage to build a weapon. He designed a virus using
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<a href="http://nano.xerox.com/nano/">nanotechnology</a>
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that infected the minds of its victims, causing them to murder each
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other.
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<p>
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The apocalypse box guided Gideon to the planet, claiming there was
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something of value there.
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<p>
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Galen and Dr. Chambers have adapted a quantity of the nanovirus
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to form a shield to line the insides of the lungs; the shield allows
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someone to enter an area infected with the Drakh plague for up to
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about 48 hours without becoming infected themselves.
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</ul>
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<h2><a name="UQ">Unanswered Questions</a></h2>
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<ul>
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<li>@@@936001244 What other guiding principles have the technomages ignored?
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<li>@@@936001244 What were the devices implanted in Galen's back?
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<li>@@@936001244 What does Galen's staff do, exactly? How is it linked to
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him?
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</ul>
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<h2><a name="AN">Analysis</a></h2>
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<ul>
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<li>@@@936001244 Why did the apocalypse box recommend that Gideon not trust
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Galen? Is it lying to him? This may be a continuity glitch, a
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reference to
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<a href="503.html">"The Well of Forever."</a>
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That episode was produced after this one and was probably originally
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supposed to take place later in the series' timeline.
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</ul>
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<h2><a name="NO">Notes</a></h2>
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<ul>
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<li>@@@936001244 The Pope's name in 2267 is Bernadette II. The first
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reference to a female Pope was made by Garibaldi in
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<a href="076.html">"Racing Mars."</a>
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<li>@@@936001244 Galen's staff is linked to him; he says it's like a part
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of him, and refers to it as a control mechanism.
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<li>@@@936001244 Continuity glitch: the nanovirus shield invented in this
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episode was used in an earlier story,
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<a href="505.html">"Patterns of the Soul."</a>
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That episode was produced after this one, so the shield was probably
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considered a piece of established background information at that point.
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<li>@@@936001244 A similar continuity glitch occurred in
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<a href="503.html">"The Well of Forever."</a>
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In that episode, Gideon referred to Galen's comment that the Excalibur
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crew is like his family now.
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</ul>
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<h2><a name="JS">jms speaks</a></h2>
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<ul>
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<li>@@@936120549 <em>Was Gideon's PPG double-barrelled?</em><br>
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It's a targeting sight.
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<p>
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<li>@@@936120662 <em>The nanovirus shield seems like a silly plot
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device.</em><br>
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Funny...the microbiology experts at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory who
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vetted the script thought it would be a) a useful thing indeed, and b)
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extremely useful as a template in attempting to understand how the
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Drakh virus works.
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<p>
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<li>@@@936121215 "'The Memory of War' by JMS brings a level of intensity
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to Crusade that is surprising for what would have originally been the
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second episode."
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<p>
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That's because we knew what the show was from the git-go.
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<p>
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Second one we shot, and we were already fully up to speed.
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</ul>
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