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<a href="setting-1.html">Season 1: "Signs and Portents"</a><br>
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<a href="setting-2.html">Season 2: "The Coming of Shadows"</a><br>
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<strong>Season 3: "Point of No Return"</strong><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. It failed.
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But, in the Year of the Shadow War, it became something greater: our last,
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best hope... for victory. The year is 2260. The place: Babylon 5.
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</cite> - Commander Ivanova
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Babylon 5 has failed in its mission. War has erupted, and is quickly pulling
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all the major races in.
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The <strong>Earth Alliance</strong>
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is in charge of the station and the surrounding space. The corrupt
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administration of the EA, led by President Clark, has connections to the
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sinister activities of the
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<strong>Psi Corps,</strong> a government agency that tracks and trains
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human telepaths and increasingly seems to be running the government rather
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than serving it. An Orwellian agency called <strong>Night Watch</strong> is
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stifling any signs of dissent, carting people off to be reeducated if they
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don't cooperate. Earth has taken a questionable stance
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by allying itself with the expansionist Centauri Empire, hoping to save its
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own skin by allowing the Centauri to roll unhindered over the lesser races
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Earth once saved. Babylon 5's commander, Captain Sheridan (pictured here,)
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along with a small group, is working to covertly wrestle control away from the
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current administration, bolstered by evidence that President Clark was
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directly involved in the assassination of his predecessor.
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The <strong>Centauri Republic</strong>, only months ago a fading empire,
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is currently on an expansionist path.
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A deal with unknown forces enabled Ambassador Londo Mollari (pictured) to
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regain some of their past glory. It seems only a matter of time, though,
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before the deal runs its course and the Centauri find out its price.
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In terms of appearance, Centauri appear human at first glance, though that's
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deceptive. Women shave their heads; men wear their hair in fans, with length
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indicating social standing. The Centauri Emperor is a puppet, completely under
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the thumb of several royal houses who have risen to ascendancy with Londo's
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help.
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Once a major power, the <strong>Narn Regime</strong> has been recently
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conquered in a brutal assault by the Centauri, especially humiliating since
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they were unwilling
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subjects of the Centauri Republic of old. Former ambassador G'Kar, one of
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the few who knows that the Centauri aren't working alone, leads a
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resistance movement from Babylon 5, but his chances of reclaiming his
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homeworld seem slim. Narns have a reptilian appearance and are easily
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provoked. The strict new rules imposed by the Centauri (including
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the death of the killer's family if any Narn kills any Centauri) have forced
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them to move carefully.
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Once an adversary of Earth, the <strong>Minbari Federation</strong> has
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continued to show interest and friendship with humanity,
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though how long that will
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remain the case is uncertain. The balance of power in the Minbari ruling body,
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the Grey Council, has shifted in favor of the warrior caste, many of whom
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are none too happy about the surrender to Earth twelve years earlier. (Only
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the Council and a few outsiders know that the war was ended when the Council
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discovered that some humans carry Minbari souls.) The Minbari have been a
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major power for well over a millenium, and were instrumental in the defeat of
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the Shadows when they last rose up a thousand years ago.
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Very little is known about the <strong>Vorlon Empire</strong>. The Vorlons
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are an ancient race, the last remaining member of a group of elder races known
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as the First Ones who ruled the galaxy millions of years ago. The Vorlons
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have visited the lesser races for eons, possibly manipulating many of them
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for their own purposes.
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The fact that Vorlons appear as holy figures of legend to the few onlookers
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who see them outside their encounter suits -- different figures to different
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observers, no less -- seems to support that. The Vorlons are
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ancient adversaries of the Shadows, and it's to help wage war against them
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one last time that the Vorlons remained behind when the other First Ones
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went away. They are able to project images into people's minds, no doubt
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part of the reason for their subjective appearance.
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The <strong>Shadows</strong> are a dark power, ancient beyond even the Vorlons.
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They have fought fierce wars against the First Ones across millions of years.
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The last Great War against the Shadows was ten thousand years ago; after that,
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perhaps thinking the Shadows destroyed, most of the First Ones departed. A
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thousand years ago the Shadows rose again, and were defeated by an alliance
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of the few remaining First Ones and others, including the Minbari. Now, with
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no First Ones other than the Vorlons to oppose them, their victory seems
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certain; what their ultimate goals are, nobody knows, except perhaps their
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human representative, Morden (pictured.) The Shadows generally choose to
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make themselves invisible, though some can sense their presence anyway.
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The <strong>Rangers</strong> are an underground "army of light" formed to
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gather information and perform covert operations in the war against the
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Shadows. Organized with the help of Delenn, Sinclair
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(former Babylon 5 commander and current Earth ambassador to Minbar) and
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Sheridan, the Rangers have pledged their lives to fight the coming
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darkness. Rangers are identified by a pin which depicts elements of human
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and Minbari appearance.
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Babylon 5's original mission of peace may have failed, but it has become
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something greater: a chance for victory. The alliances formed against the
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Shadows are recent, though, and the players may not be ready to win the war.
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Meanwhile, the Earth goverment back home seems to have its own
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agenda, and will likely not be of any help in the fight against the darkness.
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<strong>Next:</strong> <a href="cast-3.html">The Main Cast</a>
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Last update:
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October 8, 1995
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