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<title>Babylon 5 Universe: Setting (season two)</title>
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<a href="setting-1.html">Season 1: "Signs and Portents"</a><br>
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<strong>Season 2: "The Coming of Shadows"</strong><br>
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<a href="setting-3.html">Season 3: "Point of No Return"</a><br>
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<a href="setting-4.html">Season 4: "No Surrender, No Retreat"</a>
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The Babylon Project was our last, best hope for peace. A self-contained
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world five miles long, located in neutral territory. A place of commerce
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and diplomacy for a quarter of a million humans and aliens. A shining
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beacon in space, all alone in the night.
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It was the dawn of the Third Age of Mankind...the year the Great War
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came upon us all. This is the story of the last of the Babylon stations.
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The year is 2259. The name of the place is Babylon 5.
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</cite> - Captain Sheridan
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Babylon 5's mission appears increasingly hopeless. After nearly two years of
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operation, everything is changing for the worse. Though Babylon 5's mission
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of peace continues, war appears to be imminent, and
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there is a dangerous new power in the galaxy that few even suspect exists.
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Amid the heightening tensions, the complex relationships among the
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major powers are shifting in unpredictable ways.
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The <strong>Earth Alliance</strong> is in charge of the station and the
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surrounding space. Its president was recently killed in an "accidental"
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explosion. His successor seems to be taking the goverment in a sinister
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direction. President Clark is connected with the <strong>Psi-Corps,</strong>
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an organization responsible
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for the tracking and training of human telepaths; increasingly, though, the
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Corps appears to be meddling in Earth politics, pursuing its own agenda.
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Evidence that the last president's death was not an
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accident isn't being taken seriously. Babylon 5's first commander, Sinclair,
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was abruptly removed from his post and sent to the Minbari homeworld.
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The new commander, Captain Sheridan, has his work cut out for him; keeping the
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peace has never been more difficult.
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Once an adversary of Earth, the <strong>Minbari Federation</strong> has
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continued to show interest in and friendship with humanity. Over the past year,
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a few have discovered why: the Minbari religious caste believes that
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some humans are carrying reincarnated Minbari souls, a discovery they made on
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the brink of victory over Earth eleven years earlier. The abrupt cessation of
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the Earth-Minbari War was a direct result; Minbari have a strict moral code
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against killing others of their kind. Minbari are humanoid, bald, with pale
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skin and bone crests on their heads.
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The <strong>Centauri Republic</strong>, long considered a fading empire,
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seems to be on the upswing, thanks to a deal that Ambassador Londo Mollari
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struck with a mysterious race he knows next to nothing about.
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Centauri women are
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bald; men wear their hair in peacock-style fans whose length indicates the
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wearer's social standing. The Republic is rife with political intrigue and
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backstabbing.
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Among those formerly under Centauri domination are the <strong>Narn,</strong>
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a reptilian-looking race who fought off their oppressors in a century-long
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war of attrition. The Narn Regime has been building up its military, and it
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looks like that preparation may pay off, as the Centauri have gotten
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aggressive again and there may be more conflict ahead. Only Narn Ambassador
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G'Kar believes that somebody else is responsible for the Centauri's military
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flexing and that more races than the Narn are in danger.
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Even though the <strong>Vorlon Empire</strong> has had a representative on
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Babylon 5 for a year and a half, almost nothing is known about his race.
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Ambassador Kosh seems to be taking an interest in Captain Sheridan, but
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Kosh's interest in humans is still shrouded in mystery. The Vorlons are
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an extremely powerful race; no expedition into their space has been
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heard from again. There seems to be some history between the Vorlons and
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the Minbari, but neither one is willing to say what it is.
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The <strong>Shadows</strong> are a strong and dark power who are clearly not
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interested in being discovered. Only those who pay attention to prophecies
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suspect they may have returned after a centuries-long absence.
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Through their human agent Morden (pictured here) they have offered to help
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Londo restore the Centauri Empire's glory... but clearly that's only one step
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in their larger plans.
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Much has been resolved since Babylon 5 went online, but many more mysteries
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and problems remain. Who are the Shadows, and what do they want?
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What is going on back on Earth, where a new administration seems to be playing
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some dangerous games? How will Londo deal with his newfound power as he
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moves aggressively to recapture the Centauri Republic's former glory?
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Babylon 4 reappeared briefly, in the process of being pulled forward in time by
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a future version of Commander Sinclair to act as a base of operations in a
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great war; when will that happen, and how will it end?
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<strong>Next:</strong> <a href="cast-2.html">The Main Cast</a>
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Last update:
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October 15, 1995
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