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								<h3>Synopsis by Matthew Murray (mmurray@cc.wwu.edu)</h3>


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								Garibaldi is in his "office" in helping a man reunite with his lost

								wife/daughter--an act observed by Wade.  He leaves and goes out into

								the hallway, where he meets with another man.  Wade tells the man that

								it's about time Garibaldi got his first assignment, which will be a

								chance to see how sincere he really is in helping them.  Wade wants to

								know how he handles himself in a crunch, and if he gets himself killed,

								they will know they have the wrong guy.  "At this point," Wade tells

								the other gentleman, "Mr.  Garibaldi is eminently expendable."


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								Zack enters Sheridan's office to find the Captain staring, silently, at

								a painting hanging on his wall.  Sheridan explains that he has been

								doing some thinking, and that there are some unpleasant things he needs

								to take care of, which he can do now that Delenn is gone.  He tells

								Zack that, when Garibaldi resigned as Chief of Security, he didn't turn

								in his link, identicard, or PPG.  Zack tells Sheridan that he doesn't

								think Garibaldi would take it very well, and that it doesn't make sense

								that Garibaldi is acting the way he is.  Sheridan says that he wants

								this taken care of that same day.  Zack agrees, but wants to know why

								Sheridan is in such a hurry.  "I don't like the company he's been

								keeping," the Captain replies.  Zack leaves.


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								Dr. Franklin enters the war room, which is being reconfigured as a

								broadcast newsroom.  He sees Ivanova, who is helping to set things up

								for the first broadcast.  Franklin tells her that his business on Mars

								is concluded, and the rest of the resistance is on the station.  He

								asks how she is doing, and she says that everything is ready to go,

								except that they don't have enough power to send the broadcast

								everywhere it needs to go.  She says that she has been trying to find a

								solution for days, but hasn't had any success.  Franklin suggests she

								try Epsilon III--there must be a source of power down there, since they

								were able to evacuate refugees there during the Shadow War with no

								trouble.  Ivanova tells Franklin it's the logical choice, and that

								"anybody could see that in about two seconds."  Franklin tells her

								that, of course, he never would have thought of it, and that it is a

								great idea.  Without discussing the matter further, Ivanova leaves to

								catch a shuttle to Epsilon III.


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								Zack arrives at Garibaldi's office, and asks him how he is.  Garibaldi

								says that he's doing fine, and that he likes working in this kind of an

								environment--you get to see and know the people you help.  Garibaldi

								asks Zack how he is, but his response is less than enthusiastic.  Zack

								reluctantly tells Garibaldi that he needs his link, indenticard, and

								his weapon.  Garibaldi doesn't mind getting rid of the indenticard and

								the link, but doesn't want to get rid of the gun.  Zack presses him and

								Garibaldi does give us weapon and starts to walk away, but Zack asks

								him for the backup he knows he carries as well, which Garibaldi

								unwillingly surrenders.  Zack asks Garibaldi what he should have done,

								and Garibaldi says he should have said no--that way, it wouldn't have

								had to come from Zack.  Without saying another word, Garibaldi turns

								and walks away.


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								As Ivanova's shuttle leaves Babylon 5, Garibaldi is in his quarters,

								dressing, and watching an old Daffy Duck cartoon, in which Daffy is

								continually tormented by an unseen assailant, who is controlling his

								every move and the world around him.  As the assailant is revealed to

								be Bugs Bunny, Garibaldi's door chimes and Wade enters.  Wade tells

								Garibaldi that he has a job for him.  He says he wants to hire

								Garibaldi as a bodyguard and expedite something secret.  Wade explains

								that his contact has to perform important business on Babylon 5, which

								might involve security--all Garibaldi has to do is to keep the contact

								out of security's way while they are on board.  Wade asks him if going

								against his own security force will be a problem, and Garibaldi tells

								him that--if he had asked that question the day before--he would have,

								but now he doesn't.  Garibaldi agrees to the job.


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								Ivanova's shuttle lands on Epsilon III, and she begins searching the

								corridors.  She notices a being walking through the corridor and tells

								him she needs to see Draal.  When she finally sees who it is, it's a

								familiar face--that of Zathras.  She asks why he's there, and Zathras

								explains that he works there.  She says that Zathras was left 1000

								years in the past, but Zathras insists they had never met before.

								Zathras laughs and explains that Ivanova didn't meet Zathras, but

								rather Zathras.  This confuses Ivanova greatly, but Zathras explains

								that there are ten members in their family, each one named Zathras, but

								each one pronounced differently.  Ivanova tells Zathras that she needs

								power to help the broadcast, and, though he laments the fact people

								always come to him for help, which he always provides, he does agree to

								help her.


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								Garibaldi and Wade are walking through the corridors, finding the back

								way through the station to get to the docking area where they will meet

								the contact without security interfering.  Wade explains that their

								contact decided to send his wife in his place so that she can prepare

								to take things over later.  They find who they are looking for, and

								Garibaldi recognizes her instantly--it's Lise.


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								Later, Garibaldi and Lise are alone in her quarters.  He wants to know

								what happened in the meantime, and why she lost her first husband, and

								found another one.  Lise explains that Franz was having an affair, and

								that he used the court system, which favors Earth-born people above

								those born on Mars, to file for divorce first.  He got their daughter

								and remarried, and plans never to tell the child who her real mother

								is.  Garibaldi is angry that she forgot all about him in her distress,

								but Lise insists she didn't forget--she knew he was happy here and

								didn't want to change that.  Garibaldi tells her that she was his life

								at one point, but she says they're different people now.  She explains

								that, six months earlier, she met Bill, and they got married.

								Garibaldi realizes she must mean William Edgars, one of the richest men

								on Earth.  She insists that she didn't marry him because of his money,

								but Garibaldi no longer wants to talk about it.  He says that he will,

								from that point on, only treat her as he would any client, and after

								she goes back to Mars, he is going to forget any of this happened, and

								now, he doesn't need to drink to do just that.  Lise tells him that

								she's glad, but they are interrupted by Wade, telling them their

								shuttle is ready.  The three of them leave.


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								Londo is in Sheridan's office talking to him when G'Kar arrives.

								Neither ambassador is happy to see the other, but Sheridan says he

								needs them both there.  Sheridan explains that commercial transports

								are being raided along the worlds in the League of Non-Aligned Worlds.

								Because of this, smaller worlds and empires are trying to rise to

								prominence, which is causing quite a few problems.  In addition, there

								is the added problem of the Drakh, who are now on the loose with Shadow

								technology.  Sheridan says that the Rangers no longer need to look out

								for the Shadows' return, but that he wants to use them to monitor the

								borders of the League borders, maintain the peace, and protect

								civilians.  G'Kar feels that this could be seen as an act of

								aggression, but Sheridan says they will only go where they are invited,

								in exchange for technical support and the authority to carry out

								whatever they start.  Londo agrees with G'Kar--this is not a good

								idea.  Sheridan tells them that, if Londo and G'Kar both agree on this,

								that might help show the League worlds that this is something

								important.  Londo is afraid it might be interpreted as a sign of

								weakness, but Sheridan says it should be interpreted as their trying to

								build something--to work together for a common goal.  Londo says it

								isn't fair, and Sheridan agrees, and asks Londo if he wants to blood of

								the dead on his hands.  He asks G'Kar as well, but neither responds.


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								Zack enters his office and asks the computer for a status report.  The

								computer reads off a list of fairly mundane things, except for one

								unauthorized entry, where 72 passengers disembarked a ship, but only 71

								went through security.  Only one access was recorded to the customs

								bay--Security Chief Michael Garibaldi.  Zack asks if more than one

								security identicard is registered to him, and the computer answers this

								affirmative.  Zack orders the computer to cancel all identicards and

								security clearances belong to Garibaldi.


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								Garibaldi, Wade, and Lise are waiting for their contact in Down Below.

								He eventually arrives, and hands over a secure cube--extremely

								difficult to open--containing a small vial.  Garibaldi asks what it is,

								and though Wade initially resists, Lise explains that her husband has

								discovered there might be a genetic danger to some telepaths, and that

								this might be the cure to stop it.  Wade explains that, in order to

								keep a panic from ensuing, they want to keep it quiet, since no one

								would believe that the disease can only be spread to telepaths.  There

								are plenty of people who would want to have it for themselves, and they

								have invested far too much time and money to let it fall into the wrong

								hands.  Garibaldi, looking around, finds that a group of people have

								noticed them.  He tells the contact, Wade, and Lise that they all need

								to get out, but it's too late--they have been noticed.  A firefight

								ensues, and the four of them run off, but are closely pursued.  They

								are shot at from the front, and the contact is killed.


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								Garibaldi ushers them into another room, and then bars the door.  They

								try to exit out the back way, but Garibaldi's identicard no longer

								works.  Their assailants try to bash in the door, but Garibaldi

								discovers another way out--he piles several crates on top of each other

								and then takes everyone through a panel in the ceiling, just as the

								assailants manage to break down the door.  In the vents, Garibaldi

								tells Lise and Wade to go ahead without him, while he lies in wait for

								the others.  They discover the hole in the ceiling, but when one of

								them comes through, he simply looks at Garibaldi for a few moments, but

								doesn't fire.  He then vanishes down the grate.  Garibaldi realizes the

								implications and chases after Wade and Lise.  He catches up with them,

								and manages to pull them away just as PPG fire erupts through the floor

								of the vent.  The fire eventually stops, and Garibaldi tells them that

								they need to go to Docking Bay 3--and to not stop thinking about it the

								entire time.  They get where they are going, but it's not Docking Bay

								3, just a corridor.  Garibaldi explains that they must be using

								telepaths to track their movements.  A security officer passes, and

								Garibaldi tells him that the shooters from Brown sector will be in Bay

								3, and to meet him there.  Garibaldi tells Wade and Lise to pick up a

								fake identicard and to get on the next transport out of there, while he

								goes to Bay 3.  Lise doesn't want to leave him, but Garibaldi says she

								has to, and has Wade take her off.  Garibaldi then runs off.


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								It is dark in the abandoned Docking Bay 3, and the men who chased after

								Garibaldi, Lise, and Wade are there.  Before long, Zack and his

								security team arrive.  Zack demands to know who they are what they are

								doing, but only one of them has a reponse: "To the future."  They both

								bite down on something, and fall to the floor.  Zack calls MedLab, and

								tells them to get there quickly, but as he is doing so, Garibaldi

								arrives in the bay as well.


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								Ivanova returns from Epsilon III to find Franklin waiting for her.  He

								asks how it went, and she explains that she thinks she has the

								interface figured out.  She wants to tell the Captain, but Franklin

								says he doesn't think it would be a good time at the moment--Sheridan

								is in a bad mood right now.  As they leave, they pass Lise, who did

								arrive safely.


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								Sheridan has both Zack and Garibaldi in his office, and demands to know

								what the deaths that occurred were about.  Garibaldi says he doesn't

								know who they were, but that they just came at them, and killed the man

								who was supposed to meet with a client of his.  Garibaldi tells

								Sheridan he can believe him or not, but either way, he won't say

								anything else.  Sheridan tells Garibaldi that he jeopardized the

								station, but Garibaldi says that Sheridan nearly got him killed, and

								that it all could have been handled quietly had his identicard and gun

								not been taken.  He didn't break any laws, though--Sheridan points out

								that he trespassed, violated security, and used an unauthorized

								identicard, but Garibaldi invites Sheridan to fine him, but that

								otherwise, he has nothing.  Garibaldi starts to leave, but Sheridan

								tells him that Garibaldi is operating there because Sheridan is

								allowing him to, but should anything like that happen again, Sheridan

								will shut him down right away.  Garibaldi doesn't say anything as he

								walks out.  Garibaldi arrives back in his quarters, to find that he has

								a message waiting.  He asks who it's from, and the computer replies

								that it's from Lise Hampton.  Garibaldi tells the computer to delete

								the message, and then he goes to bed.


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								Later, Garibaldi receives a transmission from William Edgars himself.

								Edgars tells him that Lise has arrived home safe, and that he heard

								about what Garibaldi did and how, and that he is appreciative for what

								he did.  Edgars says that his organization could use Garibaldi, and

								that he would like to hire Garibaldi on retainer, though he would have

								to come to Mars, but it would definitely be worth his while.  Edgars

								thinks there wouldn't be much problem getting him past the quarantine,

								and Edgars is sure he can work things out if Garibaldi is interested.

								"Yeah," Garibaldi says.  "I'm interested."


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								There is a brief flash of static, and then a test pattern appears on

								the screen, followed by Ivanova's face, in the war room.


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								"This is Commander Susan Ivanova of Babylon 5, and this is the first

								official broadcast of the new Voice of the Resistance.  We're sending

								this signal out to every ship that wants to hear the truth, to our

								fallen comrades and freedom fighters on Mars and Proxima III, and to

								Earth, which, despite what you may have heard, is still our home, and

								still the one dream that we're as loyal to now as we ever have been.

								Over the last three years, ever since President Clark took over, after

								arranging the assassination of President Santiago, you have been

								hearing nothing but misinformation, propaganda, and outright lies.

								Now, we're going to tell you the truth.  And we're going to keep

								telling it until they shut us down, or until President Clark steps down

								and returns Earth to the hands of its people.  You can kill us.  You

								can bomb our colonies, destroy our ships, murder innocent civilians.

								But you cannot kill the truth.  And the truth is back in business."


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