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Shuttle 1 to C & C.
The package is on its way in.
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Confirmed, Shuttle 1.
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Hang on. Hang on.
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- Welcome home.
- This was your idea, wasn't it?
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Well, we figured you'd wanna come back
with as little fanfare as possible.
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Your usual low-key approach.
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But there's a time and a place
for everything...
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...and this is the time and this is definitely
the place for one hell of a party.
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Mr. President, we have a lot to celebrate.
Including, and especially, your marriage.
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And you two just can't avoid it.
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If I can find some way to pay
you back for this, I will.
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Thank you.
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So, doctor, who died?
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What are you talking about?
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Well, among my people,
this is how we celebrate state funerals.
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Our marriage ceremonies are
solemn, sober. Moments of reflection.
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Also regret, disagreement, argument
and mutual recrimination.
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Once you know that it
cannot get any worse...
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...you can relax and enjoy the marriage.
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But to start with something like this...
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No, it is a very bad sign for the future.
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Perhaps it was something I said.
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Perhaps it is everything you say.
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I knew we should have gone
to Minbar first.
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Well, I suppose we can't blame them.
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I mean, Clark's gone, Earth and Mars
are free. They wanna celebrate.
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I guess they see us
as a symbol of that.
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They should be applauding themselves,
not us. We did it together.
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There is something immodest
about all this.
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Oh, I wouldn't worry about it.
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What matters
is what we did here together.
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In 100 years,
it won't matter who we were.
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- They probably won't even remember.
- That's true.
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Here's our first shot of the First Couple
of the Interstellar Alliance...
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...President John Sheridan and Delenn,
live on ISN.
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Their triumphant return to Babylon 5
after the liberation of Earth...
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...has generated good...
- messages from the Senate...
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- in the former
League of Non-Aligned Worlds.
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Continuity error caused by high energy.
Correcting for error.
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Sheridan and Delenn.
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through 1000 years from events shown.
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Please stand by to receive.
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It was the year of fire.
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The year of destruction.
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The year we took back
what was ours.
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It was the year of rebirth.
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The year of great sadness.
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The year of pain.
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- And a year of joy.
- It was a new age.
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It was the end of history.
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It was the year everything changed.
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The year is 2261.
The place, Babylon 5.
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Accessing records from initial
scanning date. Stand by.
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ISN Nightside...
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...a no-holds-barred look
at the events of today...
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...that will shape the world
of tomorrow.
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And now your host, Derek Mitchell.
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Good evening. The events of the last
few weeks have been remarkable.
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The end of a civil war that split Earthforce
squarely down the middle...
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...the death
of President William Morgan Clark...
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...the birth of an independent Mars...
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...and the creation of a new
interstellar alliance.
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It can be more than
a little overwhelming.
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However, there's a word
in the Old Testament...
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...used to call for silence
between passages.
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Selah.
It means "pause and consider."
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So tonight, starting with a report from
special correspondent Jim Bitterbane...
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...and a word or 10 from our
usual panel of experts...
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...we've set aside a few moments
to reflect, discuss, pause and consider.
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Selah.
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Greatness is a quality that is often sought
by those who want it most...
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...but are the least worthy.
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Correspondingly, greatness is sometimes
thrust upon those who want it least...
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...but are the most deserving.
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These words seem to best describe
Captain John J. Sheridan...
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...in the way he came into the world and as
the position that he currently occupies...
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...as that of the president
of the new Interstellar Alliance.
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The only son of a career diplomat...
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...Sheridan was an average
but enthusiastic student.
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He drifted in and out of various hobbies,
including a brief but obsessive interest...
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...in works of the Dalai Lama...
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...before entering Earthforce
shortly after the Dilgar War.
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He served with distinction during
the Minbari War and the food riots on Mars.
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Quite a change from those early,
unremarkable years...
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...and the man who came to Earth leading
a fleet and carrying an ultimatum.
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But now, an even greater challenge
stands before him.
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Can he hold together this newborn alliance
of competing, even mutually hostile, races?
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- Derek.
- Thank you, Jim.
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We'll now turn to our panel of experts
for their thoughts.
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From Earth Dome,
Senator Elizabeth Metarie.
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From Mars, author and journalist
Leif Tanner.
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And from Paris, Henry Ellis, former
speechwriter and political commentator.
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- Gentlemen, senator, welcome.
- Thank you, Derek.
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I don't know which of you
wants to be first...
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- I'd like to jump in here, Derek.
- All right.
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What amazes me...
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...is the way that everyone has tried
to turn Sheridan into some kind of hero.
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This is the man who resigned
his commission in Earthforce...
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...under dubious circumstances.
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The president cleared him
and his crew, Henry...
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...and she called him
the hero of the hour.
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Yes, she did, and she's gonna have to
answer for that in the next election...
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...but that's besides the point.
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Now, there was obviously
some sort of deal made there...
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...which is how he got out of there
with his hide in one piece.
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Call me old-fashioned...
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...but that doesn't sound like the best
qualification to run a major alliance.
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Sounds like most of the generals
and politicians...
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...who've made history
in the last hundred years.
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Oh, come on.
Let's look at the facts.
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The man isn't qualified to run an operation
as large as this Interstellar Alliance.
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He could barely operate Babylon 5
without shooting at everything in sight.
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- Oh, that's an exaggeration.
- He can barely get along with his own race.
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And now he's gonna stitch together
an alliance of radically different aliens...
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...and make it work? No, this whole
shebang is doomed from the get-go.
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- You're overreacting.
- At least let him prove if he can do it...
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- Absolutely.
- With what's at stake?!
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I agree with the senator.
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Give Sheridan a break. To write him off
before he's even started...
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...well, that's irrational,
even for you, Henry.
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He fires on his own ships and you're
calling me irrational? Come on, Leif.
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- That's not fair.
- I beg your pardon.
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Do you actually believe
the Alliance will work?
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I don't know if it will work...
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...l'm just saying that he deserves a chance
to try and make it work.
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What I think is missing and being lost
in this whole discussion...
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...is that this is an election year...
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...and that Mr. Ellis was working as
a speechwriter in the Clark administration.
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And I think that he and others of his party
consider Sheridan a real threat...
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...to their hopes for a majority
in the Senate...
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...so they're doing all they can
to discredit him in advance.
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- That is completely unfair.
- It is not unfair. It's true, Henry.
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I hate to interrupt you at this point,
but we're coming up on a break.
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So why don't each of you give me
your calls for the next couple of years...
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...on the following.
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Can Sheridan and his people make
a go of this new alliance?
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- Absolutely.
- Yes.
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Do you think they'll make
any difference?
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And what do you consider to be
the number one problem waiting for them?
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Mr. Tanner.
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From where I sit, they've
already made a difference.
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The Senate has been debating what to do
about Mars for years and did nothing.
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It took Sheridan to push them
into recognizing...
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...our sovereign rights of independence.
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- At gunpoint.
- Senator?
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Obviously, there's a degree of uncertainty
in any new political situation.
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This next year will prove critical
for Sheridan and the rest of his people.
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Look at what they're up against.
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He has to ride herd on a dozen or so alien
races that have signed on to this alliance...
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...and probably don't fully understand
what's being required of them.
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There's still sporadic fighting
between many of those members.
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On top of that he has supply problems,
telepath problems, raiding parties...
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...not to mention distrust among elements
of his own government here at home.
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This man has his work cut out for him,
but I know that he can handle it.
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Mr. Ellis, last words.
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Whatever Sheridan and Delenn say
about this economic alliance...
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...he's going to have to apply
military force to make it work.
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Now, let me finish. I didn't interrupt
you people when you were talking.
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Now, when this happens,
it's all gonna fall apart.
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He's power hungry and he's unprepared
and that is a dangerous combination.
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- Dangerous combination, that's what...
- Thank you. Thank you very much.
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We'll be back in just a moment
to consider the political implications...
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...of this new Interstellar Alliance
and the recent calls for the formation...
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...of independent political parties
on Mars.
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Date: 100 years from first time period.
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With another in our series
of educational stellarcasts...
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...on the 100th anniversary
of the Interstellar Alliance.
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Taking part in today's discussion
from Earth Dome...
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...historian Dr. Jim Latimere
from the University of York...
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...political scientist Dr. Barbara Tashaki,
University of Japan at Tokyo...
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...and psychologist Dr. William Exeter
from NYU.
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Good morning. We have roughly half
a million students and faculty...
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...online today waiting with questions,
which is more than we expected...
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...so if the system runs a little slow,
bear with us.
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Our first question, from Ray Winston,
University of Kiev:
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What role do you feel Babylon played
in the creation of the 100 Year Peace?
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Well, the station, none at all. It's a place...
Was a place that served as a nexus.
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- I agree.
- A nexus how?
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The first thing you have to do
is separate fantasy from reality.
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The Alliance publicity machine
would have you believe...
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...that all this came about because
of what a few people did.
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But large political movements
are rarely the work of any one person.
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The individual at the center gives
permission for others to act and inspires...
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...but the individual really cannot
effect change as an act of will.
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They did not do.
They allowed others to do.
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By "they,"
you mean Sheridan and Delenn?
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We all have a profound psychological
need to believe in heroes.
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The shining knight on the white horse.
If they don't exist, we create them.
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Sheridan and Delenn
are two classic examples.
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If you look at the social dynamic around
them, they actually didn't do anything.
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They were the open vessels in which people
poured their hopes and their dreams...
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...that sets up sort of a gestalt where
events take on a life of their own.
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So the record of their
accomplishments is overrated?
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Absolutely. Good PR, as Tashaki said.
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In a lot of ways, they blew it.
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Only the force of history saved the situation
from collapsing of its own weight...
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...after so many people died in its first year.
And the incident concerning their son...
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I don't want to get off the track
and into associated biography...
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...so let's move on
to the next question.
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If your assumption is correct...
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...where did Sheridan and Delenn
and those involved go wrong?
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Where do you start?
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So many people died in the year after
Sheridan and Delenn returned to Babylon 5.
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- You can't blame them for all that.
- Of course you can.
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As one example, they had no business
creating a colony of telepaths on Babylon 5.
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He said later it was the worst
mistake of his career.
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He thought they could control the telepaths,
when any fool knows that's impossible.
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They were bound to turn on Sheridan
and everybody else...
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...and that's exactly what happened.
- I have to agree.
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That one event may have done much
to precipitate the Telepath War and...
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You can't say one incident
was the cause...
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Not the sole cause, no.
But it was a contributing factor.
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I'd like to turn our attention
to this historical record.
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It's from later in 2262, just after
the creation of the Interstellar Alliance.
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I'd like to get your comments on it.
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You gotta listen to me.
This isn't gonna work.
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If you give yourselves up, we could
go back, we could talk to the others.
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All right, you say you're
doing this for a cause.
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What kind of sympathy are you gonna get
by killing innocent people in cold blood?
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You wanna send out a message,
this ain't it.
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Look, I can work with you.
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I can get you out of this,
but you've gotta work with me.
228
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What do you say?
229
00:14:34,360 --> 00:14:36,280
Yeah.
230
00:14:36,440 --> 00:14:38,760
That's what I thought
you were gonna say.
231
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This is President Sheridan.
232
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I have consulted
with Captain Lochley...
233
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...and we've reached a decision
regarding the current situation.
234
00:14:46,920 --> 00:14:51,120
It is not the policy of the Interstellar
Alliance or this station...
235
00:14:51,320 --> 00:14:54,720
...to bargain with terrorists
for the lives of hostages.
236
00:14:54,880 --> 00:14:58,960
If we open that door even once
we will never be able to close it again.
237
00:14:59,120 --> 00:15:01,120
Now, you have two choices.
238
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Surrender...
239
00:15:02,840 --> 00:15:06,320
...or we will use lethal force
to bring you down.
240
00:15:06,480 --> 00:15:08,480
You have 10 minutes.
241
00:15:11,200 --> 00:15:12,760
Swell.
242
00:15:15,520 --> 00:15:16,480
Wait, look, we...
243
00:15:17,720 --> 00:15:19,320
Comments?
244
00:15:19,640 --> 00:15:22,920
I don't know what more needs to be said.
The pictures speak for themselves.
245
00:15:23,120 --> 00:15:24,720
Sheridan was clearly pathological.
246
00:15:24,920 --> 00:15:26,680
Most governments take that position.
247
00:15:26,840 --> 00:15:27,880
I'm not debating that.
248
00:15:28,040 --> 00:15:31,040
But you can see it in his attitude,
how he addresses the terrorists.
249
00:15:31,200 --> 00:15:33,440
That coldness is emblematic
of his personality.
250
00:15:33,600 --> 00:15:37,400
He was power-hungry, as simple as that.
And he never let anything get in his way.
251
00:15:37,840 --> 00:15:39,160
Dr. Tashaki?
252
00:15:39,440 --> 00:15:40,960
A truly pathological individual...
253
00:15:41,120 --> 00:15:44,640
...could never have constructed a mythos
around himself the way Sheridan did.
254
00:15:44,800 --> 00:15:48,280
It's a very sophisticated PR campaign.
Brilliantly done.
255
00:15:48,440 --> 00:15:50,960
And there's that bit about the way
his death was handled.
256
00:15:51,120 --> 00:15:53,240
Exactly. Everyone knows
Sheridan died on Minbar.
257
00:15:53,400 --> 00:15:54,800
The cover story they put out...
258
00:15:54,960 --> 00:15:57,760
...was clearly designed to perpetuate
the myth of his character.
259
00:15:57,920 --> 00:16:01,800
And I guess it worked, because a lot
of people still believe it 80 years later.
260
00:16:01,960 --> 00:16:05,240
So where do the two of you
fall on the Delenn question?
261
00:16:05,640 --> 00:16:08,640
Well, everyone knows Minbari live
a long time, but not that long.
262
00:16:08,800 --> 00:16:12,560
I think the record is 120 years.
140? Forget it.
263
00:16:12,720 --> 00:16:16,920
This is what Dr. Tashaki mentioned earlier,
this constant perpetuation of fantasy.
264
00:16:17,280 --> 00:16:20,880
The idea that Delenn is still around
after this long and living in seclusion...
265
00:16:21,040 --> 00:16:24,000
...so, of course, no one can see her,
it's very convenient.
266
00:16:24,160 --> 00:16:27,880
The Alliance is continuing the illusion
that Delenn is alive for their own purposes.
267
00:16:28,040 --> 00:16:29,760
I don't think she would have approved.
268
00:16:29,920 --> 00:16:33,680
Apparently they feel they have to maintain
this fiction to keep their people in line.
269
00:16:33,880 --> 00:16:36,520
If the Alliance and the Rangers
are as strong as they say...
270
00:16:36,680 --> 00:16:39,400
...they don't need this security blanket
of lies and myth.
271
00:16:39,560 --> 00:16:43,000
Looking back, has the Alliance
been a force for good?
272
00:16:43,600 --> 00:16:45,480
Well, for the most part, yes.
273
00:16:45,640 --> 00:16:47,960
Although good things can grow
in questionable ground.
274
00:16:48,120 --> 00:16:50,920
It's clear the motives of those
at the birth of the Alliance...
275
00:16:51,080 --> 00:16:54,120
...were not as pure as their biographers
and allies would suggest.
276
00:16:55,000 --> 00:16:58,960
The force of history is what moves us
forward, our common shared destiny.
277
00:16:59,160 --> 00:17:01,280
The individual does not move
society forward.
278
00:17:01,440 --> 00:17:04,600
To give them undue credit
is immodest and impertinent.
279
00:17:04,760 --> 00:17:06,360
Sheridan was a megalomaniac.
280
00:17:06,520 --> 00:17:09,640
And to allow history to feed that
megalomania, even posthumously...
281
00:17:09,800 --> 00:17:11,520
...simply compounds the error.
282
00:17:11,680 --> 00:17:15,640
We have an obligation as academics
to uphold certain standards...
283
00:17:17,320 --> 00:17:22,000
I've just heard we've had a security breach
in the building. We're going to...
284
00:17:35,160 --> 00:17:36,760
Delenn?
285
00:17:38,480 --> 00:17:40,720
John Sheridan...
286
00:17:42,160 --> 00:17:43,920
...was a good...
287
00:17:44,560 --> 00:17:46,440
...and kind...
288
00:17:47,040 --> 00:17:49,480
...and decent man.
289
00:17:53,680 --> 00:17:54,840
Delenn, wait.
290
00:17:56,160 --> 00:17:59,760
You came all this way
just to say that?
291
00:18:01,400 --> 00:18:06,600
You came just as far to say less.
292
00:18:06,760 --> 00:18:10,920
But this is extraordinary. There's so
much more we'd like to ask you.
293
00:18:11,080 --> 00:18:12,880
So much more we'd like to know.
294
00:18:13,240 --> 00:18:18,000
You do not wish to know anything.
295
00:18:19,880 --> 00:18:22,400
You wish...
296
00:18:22,840 --> 00:18:25,320
...only to speak.
297
00:18:27,320 --> 00:18:30,600
That which you know...
298
00:18:31,600 --> 00:18:33,680
...you ignore...
299
00:18:33,880 --> 00:18:37,800
...because it is inconvenient.
300
00:18:39,480 --> 00:18:43,240
That which you do not know...
301
00:18:43,760 --> 00:18:45,840
...you invent.
302
00:18:48,400 --> 00:18:51,640
But none of that matters.
303
00:18:53,120 --> 00:18:59,280
Except that he was a good man.
304
00:19:00,800 --> 00:19:03,160
A kind man...
305
00:19:04,120 --> 00:19:07,720
...who cared about the world...
306
00:19:08,960 --> 00:19:11,400
...even when the world...
307
00:19:11,600 --> 00:19:14,240
...cared nothing for him.
308
00:19:22,800 --> 00:19:26,000
Of course we would expect you
to say that. We...
309
00:19:37,280 --> 00:19:39,160
Goodbye.
310
00:20:00,480 --> 00:20:03,520
Record ends. Auto play feature engaged.
311
00:20:03,680 --> 00:20:08,120
Loading next sequence.
Date: 500 years from first time period.
312
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Stand by.
313
00:20:11,600 --> 00:20:15,720
Accessing records for date 500 years
from initial scanning date. Stand by.
314
00:20:23,880 --> 00:20:26,280
Continue holographic recording
from last index point.
315
00:20:26,480 --> 00:20:28,440
Test sequence number five.
316
00:20:29,400 --> 00:20:33,680
2 January, 2762.
All monitors set to record mode.
317
00:20:34,160 --> 00:20:38,320
Initiating environmental hologram,
location 2C. Sequence, start.
318
00:20:40,920 --> 00:20:46,800
Virtual environment functioning, identical
to Babylon 5 system records from 2262.
319
00:20:46,960 --> 00:20:49,040
Data transfer of records
is complete...
320
00:20:49,200 --> 00:20:52,400
...successful in spite of extreme age
of original files...
321
00:20:52,560 --> 00:20:58,360
...and destruction of original
Babylon 5 station 480 years ago.
322
00:20:59,000 --> 00:21:01,840
To recap for Politdivision Central...
323
00:21:02,960 --> 00:21:06,320
...the purpose of this simulation is
to provide reverse-correct infospeak...
324
00:21:06,520 --> 00:21:09,920
...as support for current changes
in Earth policy.
325
00:21:10,400 --> 00:21:13,800
It is the new policy that
the Interstellar Alliance is restrictive...
326
00:21:14,000 --> 00:21:17,040
...and against the best
interests of Earth.
327
00:21:17,360 --> 00:21:21,840
Intent is to deconstruct historical figures
revered by prole sector...
328
00:21:22,000 --> 00:21:26,160
...thereby legitimizing current
government policies.
329
00:21:27,480 --> 00:21:31,720
Initiating phase two of re-creation.
330
00:21:33,000 --> 00:21:36,040
To determine if the psychohistorical
research has been thorough...
331
00:21:36,200 --> 00:21:38,480
...phase two will begin
with the control holograms...
332
00:21:38,680 --> 00:21:42,880
...working with the actual psychological
makeups of the subjects in question.
333
00:21:44,600 --> 00:21:48,840
The holograms will thus perform
in a fashion consistent with realfact.
334
00:21:49,000 --> 00:21:50,800
Program start...
335
00:21:50,960 --> 00:21:52,640
...now.
336
00:21:52,800 --> 00:21:54,640
Do you know where you are?
337
00:21:55,240 --> 00:21:59,040
Babylon 5, the conference room,
level Blue 3.
338
00:21:59,200 --> 00:22:01,000
And what year is it?
339
00:22:01,160 --> 00:22:02,800
2262.
340
00:22:03,000 --> 00:22:04,400
Very good.
341
00:22:05,240 --> 00:22:08,880
The next step is to determine how well
the system can be modified.
342
00:22:09,040 --> 00:22:11,880
Computer, update system files
for holographic figures...
343
00:22:12,080 --> 00:22:15,880
...filling in period
from 2262 through 2762.
344
00:22:16,040 --> 00:22:17,600
Stand by.
345
00:22:17,760 --> 00:22:20,280
The system is updating
the holographic representations...
346
00:22:20,440 --> 00:22:24,160
...with our current political situation
and the developments leading up to them.
347
00:22:24,840 --> 00:22:27,440
This will demonstrate
system flexibility...
348
00:22:27,600 --> 00:22:30,920
...and capacity to spontaneously emote
to changes in programming.
349
00:22:31,800 --> 00:22:33,680
Download complete.
350
00:22:34,440 --> 00:22:35,840
Well.
351
00:22:36,800 --> 00:22:39,160
Five hundred years.
352
00:22:39,320 --> 00:22:40,880
- Are we...?
- Yes.
353
00:22:41,040 --> 00:22:44,480
You, the real you, are deceased.
354
00:22:44,640 --> 00:22:46,640
We have reconstructed
your thought patterns...
355
00:22:46,800 --> 00:22:49,520
...and your forms for a series of vids
designed to help...
356
00:22:49,680 --> 00:22:53,920
Designed as propaganda to justify your
break from the Interstellar Alliance.
357
00:22:57,120 --> 00:22:59,520
Not propaganda. Goodfacts.
358
00:22:59,680 --> 00:23:01,720
As opposed to realfacts.
359
00:23:01,880 --> 00:23:04,080
Facts the government has endorsed.
360
00:23:05,160 --> 00:23:09,000
I don't get it. Why are you doing this?
Why the break with the Alliance?
361
00:23:09,680 --> 00:23:12,600
Five hundred years of working
with the Alliance...
362
00:23:12,760 --> 00:23:16,360
...has weakened the position of humans
in the greater scheme of things.
363
00:23:16,520 --> 00:23:18,640
We have lost our uniqueness.
364
00:23:18,800 --> 00:23:22,400
We have been polluted by
too many outside ideas.
365
00:23:23,800 --> 00:23:25,200
That's a great story.
366
00:23:25,360 --> 00:23:27,960
I'm sure that's the one
you're putting out.
367
00:23:28,120 --> 00:23:30,080
What's the real one?
368
00:23:30,240 --> 00:23:32,040
The realfact, not the goodfact.
369
00:23:32,200 --> 00:23:34,160
Earth needs room to expand.
370
00:23:34,960 --> 00:23:39,360
The Rangers and the Alliance prove
a hindrance to our plans to expand.
371
00:23:39,880 --> 00:23:41,120
Can't you see?
372
00:23:44,600 --> 00:23:47,440
They've re-created us so that
they can provide false records...
373
00:23:47,600 --> 00:23:50,400
...and portray us to be, what,
the bad guys?
374
00:23:50,560 --> 00:23:52,880
Only out for interests but our own?
375
00:23:53,280 --> 00:23:57,160
They want to undermine the Alliance
by attacking the people who created it.
376
00:23:57,480 --> 00:24:00,280
- Looks like...
- Just a second.
377
00:24:02,360 --> 00:24:04,640
I'm remembering things I never saw.
378
00:24:04,800 --> 00:24:06,720
Those are the records
they downloaded to us.
379
00:24:06,880 --> 00:24:09,120
There's another force out there.
380
00:24:09,280 --> 00:24:11,120
Earthgov is split.
381
00:24:11,280 --> 00:24:15,080
The two sides are fighting
each other over...
382
00:24:15,240 --> 00:24:18,480
...land and resources, power.
383
00:24:20,040 --> 00:24:22,640
We're on the cusp of another civil war.
384
00:24:23,360 --> 00:24:24,960
No, he's right.
385
00:24:25,680 --> 00:24:27,440
I'm getting it too.
386
00:24:30,680 --> 00:24:33,520
That's the reason for the planned
invasion, isn't it?
387
00:24:35,000 --> 00:24:38,440
They wanna take over several colonies
that have gone over to the opposition...
388
00:24:38,640 --> 00:24:40,400
...which is still loyal to the Alliance.
389
00:24:40,600 --> 00:24:44,160
Your legacy has proven a hindrance
to that intention.
390
00:24:44,320 --> 00:24:47,920
Therefore, you must be deconstructed.
391
00:24:48,280 --> 00:24:50,280
Initiating phase three.
392
00:24:53,400 --> 00:24:55,080
Goodfact scenario ready for testing.
393
00:24:55,240 --> 00:24:58,760
- Look, if you think this is going to work...
- Engaging reprogram.
394
00:24:58,920 --> 00:25:00,600
You may proceed.
395
00:25:05,040 --> 00:25:07,280
Welcome to Babylon 5.
396
00:25:08,400 --> 00:25:14,480
I understand that you surrendered to our
forces in the hopes of finding mercy.
397
00:25:15,640 --> 00:25:20,440
The Interstellar Alliance is not here
to be merciful to the weak.
398
00:25:22,320 --> 00:25:24,680
In all the universe,
there are only two kinds...
399
00:25:24,840 --> 00:25:26,800
...the conquerors...
400
00:25:26,960 --> 00:25:28,840
...and the conquered.
401
00:25:29,400 --> 00:25:32,320
Through your blood and the blood
of your children...
402
00:25:32,480 --> 00:25:34,960
...we will blaze a path
across the galaxy!
403
00:25:35,160 --> 00:25:40,640
What we cannot take by force,
we will win by subversion.
404
00:25:41,640 --> 00:25:44,840
And in the end, we will bury you.
405
00:25:47,080 --> 00:25:49,920
Your lives are not the first
and they will not be the last.
406
00:25:50,080 --> 00:25:54,560
If a billion must die to ensure
the continuance of our empire...
407
00:25:54,720 --> 00:25:56,880
...then so be it!
408
00:26:05,520 --> 00:26:07,640
You are only...
409
00:26:08,720 --> 00:26:10,560
...a down payment.
410
00:26:12,600 --> 00:26:14,480
Stand ready!
411
00:26:17,560 --> 00:26:19,200
Aim!
412
00:26:19,920 --> 00:26:21,000
Fire!
413
00:26:21,320 --> 00:26:24,200
- There must be something we can do.
- How?
414
00:26:24,360 --> 00:26:27,600
We're dead. We're not even here.
Just our memories, our thought patterns.
415
00:26:27,760 --> 00:26:30,160
But that must be worth something.
416
00:26:30,320 --> 00:26:34,960
What we are is not a matter of flesh,
it's a matter of will.
417
00:26:35,120 --> 00:26:38,640
We know their backgrounds, we know
what they're doing. Why don't we just...?
418
00:26:38,800 --> 00:26:40,160
Phase two.
419
00:26:40,320 --> 00:26:45,160
Instituting Franklin reprogram,
placing Delenn module in standby mode.
420
00:26:45,840 --> 00:26:47,960
Proceeding with next simulation.
421
00:26:49,120 --> 00:26:51,760
Doctor's personal log: May 3, 2262.
422
00:26:52,400 --> 00:26:56,360
We have secured several test subjects
for the next series of experiments.
423
00:26:56,520 --> 00:27:00,120
We will now continue with the use
of alien organs in human bodies...
424
00:27:00,280 --> 00:27:02,480
...in an attempt to create
a genetic crossbreed...
425
00:27:02,640 --> 00:27:04,640
...compliant to the needs
of the Alliance.
426
00:27:04,800 --> 00:27:07,920
Later today we will begin again
with our experiments on children.
427
00:27:08,080 --> 00:27:10,640
The problem with the vivisection
is the younger children...
428
00:27:10,800 --> 00:27:13,840
...can only survive the initial removal
of organs for a short time.
429
00:27:14,040 --> 00:27:16,880
Now, we hope that
by increased use of drugs...
430
00:27:17,080 --> 00:27:20,840
...we may find a way to prolong
their lives while we work.
431
00:27:24,040 --> 00:27:25,600
Very good, very good.
432
00:27:25,760 --> 00:27:29,640
Program hold while I make notes
on this for Infospeak Division.
433
00:27:31,680 --> 00:27:35,280
So, Daniel, right? Dan, Danny.
Can I call you Danny?
434
00:27:35,440 --> 00:27:36,920
Oh, right. Sorry, I forgot.
435
00:27:37,080 --> 00:27:39,360
I'm just a hologram
and you're reprogramming me.
436
00:27:39,520 --> 00:27:40,920
Didn't mean to interrupt.
437
00:27:41,080 --> 00:27:43,680
No point conversing with someone
that doesn't really exist.
438
00:27:43,840 --> 00:27:47,760
When you've got your pieces in place,
you're gonna launch a preemptive strike...
439
00:27:47,960 --> 00:27:51,520
...against the enemy, right?
I mean, it's what I would do.
440
00:27:51,680 --> 00:27:54,760
- Computer, initiate shutdown of Garibaldi.
- Now, wait.
441
00:27:54,920 --> 00:27:57,320
Just one second.
Before you do that...
442
00:27:57,480 --> 00:27:59,640
...I might have some useful
information for you.
443
00:27:59,800 --> 00:28:02,040
See, the thing is,
me and Sheridan were close...
444
00:28:02,200 --> 00:28:05,520
...but I was the one who did most
of the strategic planning during the war.
445
00:28:05,680 --> 00:28:09,360
Now, a resource like that, you might
not want to wipe it out just yet.
446
00:28:09,520 --> 00:28:12,600
I could help you. Give you some tips
to pass along to the big boys...
447
00:28:12,760 --> 00:28:16,080
...and maybe get you a promotion.
448
00:28:20,720 --> 00:28:21,640
Go on.
449
00:28:21,840 --> 00:28:24,720
Well, before I can help,
I have to ask just a few small questions.
450
00:28:24,880 --> 00:28:27,080
Now, you're a realfact kind of guy.
451
00:28:27,240 --> 00:28:29,360
You know what they're up to
out there, don't you?
452
00:28:29,520 --> 00:28:32,600
Come on, you can tell me.
Am I right?
453
00:28:33,840 --> 00:28:37,320
Your boys are planning a first strike
against the enemy, aren't they?
454
00:28:37,480 --> 00:28:40,720
That's why you're rushing ahead like this,
because you're under the gun.
455
00:28:42,160 --> 00:28:44,520
We will strike at the outer-world colonies...
456
00:28:44,680 --> 00:28:47,320
...and the enemy nations here on Earth
at the same time.
457
00:28:47,480 --> 00:28:49,840
Our attack fleet will be leaving
within the hour.
458
00:28:50,000 --> 00:28:52,560
Good. Good, that's very smart.
459
00:28:52,720 --> 00:28:56,320
Now, will you be targeting military bases
or civilian population centers?
460
00:28:56,480 --> 00:28:58,720
Civilian population centers.
461
00:28:58,880 --> 00:29:00,080
We...
462
00:29:00,240 --> 00:29:04,960
My superiors feel it will demoralize
the enemy. Force a surrender.
463
00:29:05,120 --> 00:29:06,720
Estimated dead?
464
00:29:06,880 --> 00:29:09,560
Fifteen to 20 million enemy casualties.
465
00:29:09,720 --> 00:29:12,680
Can't make an omelet without
breaking a few eggs.
466
00:29:12,840 --> 00:29:14,240
Absolutely.
467
00:29:14,400 --> 00:29:19,000
Now, what suggestions do you have?
468
00:29:20,080 --> 00:29:22,120
Well, I suggest...
469
00:29:22,280 --> 00:29:25,960
...that you put your head between your legs
and you kiss your ass goodbye.
470
00:29:28,000 --> 00:29:29,520
Thank you.
471
00:29:30,400 --> 00:29:31,920
Computer!
472
00:29:32,080 --> 00:29:35,440
The thing about being a holographic
record is that you don't really exist...
473
00:29:35,600 --> 00:29:39,400
...except in patterns of light,
shadow, information.
474
00:29:39,560 --> 00:29:41,960
And I happen to have a knack
for breaking system codes.
475
00:29:42,160 --> 00:29:46,120
While you downloaded the new world order
into me I watched the system work.
476
00:29:46,280 --> 00:29:49,200
I know where it comes in
and I know where it goes out.
477
00:29:49,360 --> 00:29:51,760
And I just sent out
our entire conversation.
478
00:29:51,920 --> 00:29:53,320
Broadcast the whole damn thing.
479
00:29:53,480 --> 00:29:57,320
So as of right now, the enemy knows
what you have in mind, Danny.
480
00:29:57,520 --> 00:30:00,080
From your records, they're more
humanitarian than you are.
481
00:30:00,240 --> 00:30:03,240
They'll probably target your military bases
and research facilities.
482
00:30:03,400 --> 00:30:07,000
Hell, their missiles are probably
halfway here by now.
483
00:30:07,520 --> 00:30:09,240
You're lying.
484
00:30:13,360 --> 00:30:16,000
Holograms don't lie, Danny boy.
485
00:30:16,160 --> 00:30:18,480
Computer, end simulation.
486
00:30:18,640 --> 00:30:19,920
End simulation!
487
00:30:20,080 --> 00:30:23,000
Guess the system's busy.
This little lab of yours...
488
00:30:23,160 --> 00:30:27,360
...this isn't, by any chance,
located on a military base, is it?
489
00:30:27,520 --> 00:30:28,760
No!
490
00:30:38,360 --> 00:30:40,440
Rest easy, friends.
491
00:30:42,160 --> 00:30:43,840
Rest easy.
492
00:30:46,200 --> 00:30:48,880
Record ends.
Auto play feature engaged.
493
00:30:49,040 --> 00:30:52,760
Loading next sequence.
Date: 1000 years from first time period.
494
00:30:52,920 --> 00:30:54,720
Stand by.
495
00:30:55,760 --> 00:30:59,360
Accessing records for date 1000 years
from initial scanning date. Stand by.
496
00:31:03,360 --> 00:31:06,000
Surprised it all still works
after this long.
497
00:31:06,160 --> 00:31:08,440
Well, better get to my report.
498
00:31:08,600 --> 00:31:12,240
Start auto-track systems.
499
00:31:16,400 --> 00:31:18,000
Yes!
500
00:31:18,480 --> 00:31:21,880
Yes? Yes, just a moment.
501
00:31:23,680 --> 00:31:27,720
- Well, Brother Michael, it's rather late.
- Yes, I know, I know.
502
00:31:27,880 --> 00:31:30,040
But I really had to talk to you,
Brother Alwyn.
503
00:31:30,200 --> 00:31:31,760
So it would seem.
504
00:31:31,920 --> 00:31:33,680
I am having a...
505
00:31:33,840 --> 00:31:36,000
- A crisis of faith.
- That again?
506
00:31:36,160 --> 00:31:37,960
- What?
- Nothing, nothing.
507
00:31:38,120 --> 00:31:41,080
And what is afflicting your conscience
tonight, Brother Michael?
508
00:31:41,240 --> 00:31:44,000
Well, I don't know what my role is
or what I'm doing here.
509
00:31:44,160 --> 00:31:46,280
- You're doing God's work.
- Yes, but to what end?
510
00:31:46,440 --> 00:31:50,480
The ways of the Lord are mysterious
and do not bend to your or to my desire...
511
00:31:50,640 --> 00:31:53,640
...for answers on a certain schedule.
512
00:31:53,800 --> 00:31:56,400
"Where was thou when I called
forth leviathan?"
513
00:31:56,600 --> 00:32:00,280
Yes, I've read Job, Brother Alwyn,
and it is really not helping.
514
00:32:00,480 --> 00:32:03,280
All right, Brother Michael.
515
00:32:04,600 --> 00:32:08,360
What has precipitated
this particular crisis of faith?
516
00:32:08,520 --> 00:32:12,480
There is a rumor going around
that our request for recognition...
517
00:32:12,640 --> 00:32:14,520
...has been turned down yet again
by Rome.
518
00:32:14,680 --> 00:32:16,880
Yes, I see.
519
00:32:17,040 --> 00:32:21,120
A better rationale for the vow
of silence I've never heard.
520
00:32:21,560 --> 00:32:23,280
Is it true?
521
00:32:23,800 --> 00:32:27,720
The ways of Rome are like unto God.
522
00:32:27,880 --> 00:32:29,520
They are mysterious...
523
00:32:29,680 --> 00:32:32,560
...and sometimes they transcend
understanding.
524
00:32:33,000 --> 00:32:36,240
They confess to an inability to see
the wisdom of our mission.
525
00:32:36,400 --> 00:32:39,120
To keep alive the knowledge
of the past.
526
00:32:39,280 --> 00:32:43,400
The knowledge that would have been lost
forever after the Great Burn 500 years ago.
527
00:32:44,400 --> 00:32:46,240
Science and technology?
528
00:32:47,280 --> 00:32:48,880
It's not really their calling.
529
00:32:49,680 --> 00:32:52,040
- But it is ours.
- But, I mean...
530
00:32:52,240 --> 00:32:55,000
Well, how?
How do we know it's our calling?
531
00:32:55,160 --> 00:32:58,080
- How exactly can we be sure?
- Brother Michael!
532
00:32:58,600 --> 00:33:03,040
I'm not actually saying anything that Rome
hasn't already asked. And you know it.
533
00:33:03,200 --> 00:33:05,640
Most of the records were
destroyed in the Great Burn, sir...
534
00:33:05,800 --> 00:33:07,600
...and we only have word of mouth
to go on.
535
00:33:07,760 --> 00:33:12,040
In the holy books written
after the Great Burn!
536
00:33:12,680 --> 00:33:16,280
And so it came to pass that
in the 500th year of the Alliance...
537
00:33:16,440 --> 00:33:20,040
...the children of Earth did war,
one upon another...
538
00:33:20,200 --> 00:33:23,800
...with missiles and terrible weapons.
And they burned the Earth...
539
00:33:23,960 --> 00:33:27,320
...and the air and the cities and the sea!
540
00:33:27,560 --> 00:33:31,760
You need only look outside
to have that part verified.
541
00:33:32,000 --> 00:33:35,320
- Why is the rest suspect?
- It's all too clean.
542
00:33:35,480 --> 00:33:38,520
It's all too well-thought-out to be real.
543
00:33:38,680 --> 00:33:41,640
Look in here. Here, the...
544
00:33:42,360 --> 00:33:44,320
...blessed Lorien.
545
00:33:45,000 --> 00:33:47,240
- The last of the firstborn.
- Exactly.
546
00:33:47,400 --> 00:33:50,280
The last shall come first,
the first shall come last.
547
00:33:50,720 --> 00:33:54,800
A fable, specifically created to match
scripture, that's what the others say.
548
00:33:54,960 --> 00:33:58,000
And there is not one shred of evidence
that he even existed.
549
00:33:58,160 --> 00:34:00,840
There is proof. Out there, in space.
550
00:34:01,000 --> 00:34:04,120
Yes, but space is closed to us now.
551
00:34:06,120 --> 00:34:08,440
Just look at us, Brother Alwyn.
552
00:34:08,880 --> 00:34:11,080
And look at what Earth has become.
553
00:34:11,240 --> 00:34:14,240
Our cities are little more than villages.
554
00:34:14,400 --> 00:34:17,200
All those great secrets of our ancestors
are almost gone.
555
00:34:17,360 --> 00:34:19,760
Almost. That's why we're here.
556
00:34:19,920 --> 00:34:22,200
To find the ancient wisdoms
and preserve them.
557
00:34:22,360 --> 00:34:25,560
Why, we've already found and restored
so many books.
558
00:34:25,720 --> 00:34:28,480
Yes, but we are not one inch closer to...
559
00:34:28,640 --> 00:34:32,760
To those flying machines that the
books talk about, or to the stars.
560
00:34:32,920 --> 00:34:35,360
And if the truth really does lie
in the stars...
561
00:34:35,520 --> 00:34:38,080
...then how will we ever know
the truth?
562
00:34:38,480 --> 00:34:41,920
Look, the others.
The blessed Sheridan...
563
00:34:42,080 --> 00:34:44,240
...who lived and died...
564
00:34:44,400 --> 00:34:47,720
...and returned from the dead
and was taken bodily into heaven.
565
00:34:47,920 --> 00:34:50,920
And lvanova the strong
and Delenn the wise.
566
00:34:51,080 --> 00:34:53,800
They could all be fables for all we know.
567
00:34:54,640 --> 00:34:56,720
- You know the worst of it?
- What?
568
00:34:58,640 --> 00:35:03,360
I was halfway through illuminating it
when my heart just left me.
569
00:35:04,760 --> 00:35:08,640
You know the prophecies.
The prophecies of Delenn III...
570
00:35:09,200 --> 00:35:12,600
...said that the Anla'shok,
the Rangers...
571
00:35:12,760 --> 00:35:17,840
...would come again to the Earth
in her greatest hour of need...
572
00:35:18,000 --> 00:35:23,640
...and rebuild what was once the cradle
of Sheridan and the Alliance.
573
00:35:24,240 --> 00:35:27,440
And we have waited so, so long,
Brother Alwyn...
574
00:35:27,600 --> 00:35:29,600
...and they have never come.
575
00:35:30,040 --> 00:35:34,640
If that's a myth,
then everything else could be a myth.
576
00:35:35,120 --> 00:35:39,160
And the whole of my life
could just be a lie.
577
00:35:39,840 --> 00:35:43,440
And if they do not come today,
but they come tomorrow...
578
00:35:43,600 --> 00:35:46,400
...is your life a lie then?
579
00:35:47,320 --> 00:35:52,360
I cannot help you, Brother Michael.
That is what faith is for.
580
00:35:52,520 --> 00:35:54,640
Faith sustains us...
581
00:35:54,800 --> 00:35:59,160
...in the hour when reason tells us
that we cannot continue...
582
00:35:59,320 --> 00:36:02,800
...that the whole of our lives
is without meaning.
583
00:36:03,600 --> 00:36:06,320
Then why were we born able
to reason if reason's useless?
584
00:36:06,560 --> 00:36:09,760
Not useless. But it's also not enough.
585
00:36:09,920 --> 00:36:12,680
Faith and reason
are the shoes on your feet.
586
00:36:12,840 --> 00:36:16,200
You can travel further with both
than you can with just one.
587
00:36:16,360 --> 00:36:19,720
If you must have reason for an answer,
then consider this.
588
00:36:19,880 --> 00:36:23,880
If today the Rangers came back to Earth
from their place in the heavens...
589
00:36:24,040 --> 00:36:25,680
...you would not know about it.
590
00:36:25,840 --> 00:36:28,760
They would come in secret
and move around us and help us...
591
00:36:28,920 --> 00:36:30,920
...and we wouldn't even
know they were here...
592
00:36:31,120 --> 00:36:35,480
...because the secret that they bring
is feared by people...
593
00:36:35,640 --> 00:36:39,440
...who still blame science
for the Great Burn.
594
00:36:40,240 --> 00:36:43,120
Then you think the Rangers
are here today?
595
00:36:44,400 --> 00:36:47,320
I believe they could be.
596
00:36:47,480 --> 00:36:49,520
That's all that faith requires.
597
00:36:49,840 --> 00:36:53,960
That we surrender ourselves
to the possibility of hope.
598
00:36:54,120 --> 00:36:56,920
With that, I am content.
599
00:36:57,080 --> 00:36:59,400
And I believe you will be as well.
600
00:37:04,040 --> 00:37:05,960
It's beautiful work.
601
00:37:06,520 --> 00:37:10,800
Too lovely and significant
for you to half-finish.
602
00:37:10,960 --> 00:37:13,080
Finish your illumination, Brother Michael.
603
00:37:13,240 --> 00:37:15,920
You've gone this far.
It's too late to lose your faith now...
604
00:37:16,080 --> 00:37:18,520
...or my faith in you.
605
00:37:18,680 --> 00:37:21,600
If the truth really is in the stars,
Brother Alwyn...
606
00:37:21,760 --> 00:37:24,400
...then just once,
once before I die...
607
00:37:24,560 --> 00:37:27,600
...I really wish that I could walk
amongst those stars.
608
00:37:27,760 --> 00:37:30,560
If there is a way, Brother Michael...
609
00:37:30,720 --> 00:37:34,080
...I pray that your wish comes true.
610
00:37:40,560 --> 00:37:41,520
Oh, dear.
611
00:37:43,640 --> 00:37:46,320
Your energy level's almost
down to nothing.
612
00:37:46,480 --> 00:37:50,160
I'm going to have to sit you in the sun
tomorrow to recharge.
613
00:37:52,200 --> 00:37:54,120
Alwyn Macomber reporting in.
614
00:37:54,280 --> 00:37:57,400
Nothing of substance to report
since my last.
615
00:37:57,560 --> 00:38:01,920
We think we may have gathered enough
information from the time pre-Burn...
616
00:38:02,080 --> 00:38:05,240
...to assemble a working
gasoline engine.
617
00:38:05,400 --> 00:38:08,040
Obviously, there's no gasoline
in this part of the country.
618
00:38:08,200 --> 00:38:11,120
Therefore, we ask the supply department
if they could...
619
00:38:11,280 --> 00:38:14,160
...arrange to have a suitable supply
of gasoline...
620
00:38:14,320 --> 00:38:17,640
...found in the vicinity near the abbey
in a few days.
621
00:38:17,840 --> 00:38:23,240
Only this time, for Valen's sake,
please make it look like an old container.
622
00:38:23,400 --> 00:38:27,040
The last one could've been
produced 100 years ago.
623
00:38:37,160 --> 00:38:39,880
We will rebuild the Earth.
624
00:38:40,560 --> 00:38:43,800
Though it take us another 2000 years.
625
00:38:43,960 --> 00:38:47,880
But this time we will build it better.
626
00:38:49,520 --> 00:38:53,320
I'm attaching a conversation
I just had with Brother Michael...
627
00:38:53,520 --> 00:38:57,280
...who I still think would be a worthy
recruit after he's grown a little.
628
00:38:57,440 --> 00:39:00,800
Give him another 20 years
and he'll be fine.
629
00:39:02,600 --> 00:39:06,920
Alwyn, Anla'shok, Earth Sector, end report.
630
00:39:07,080 --> 00:39:09,960
We live for the one,
we die for the one.
631
00:39:10,120 --> 00:39:12,320
Record ends.
Auto play feature complete.
632
00:39:12,800 --> 00:39:14,520
Stand by.
633
00:39:16,480 --> 00:39:18,920
System has finished processing
and archiving records...
634
00:39:19,120 --> 00:39:21,840
...for period of one million years
from initial scanning date.
635
00:39:22,160 --> 00:39:23,960
Instructions.
636
00:39:24,840 --> 00:39:25,920
Our job is finished.
637
00:39:26,080 --> 00:39:29,000
- Convey records to New Earth.
- Confirmed.
638
00:39:29,160 --> 00:39:32,880
Use enhanced tachyon sequence to ensure
arrival in time for the celebrations.
639
00:39:33,040 --> 00:39:37,000
Confirmed. Note: Atypical solar
emissions increasing in intensity.
640
00:39:37,160 --> 00:39:40,400
Estimate Sol will hit nova
in less than five standard hours.
641
00:39:40,560 --> 00:39:42,280
Recommend immediate evacuation.
642
00:39:42,440 --> 00:39:44,560
Tell the others not to worry.
643
00:39:44,720 --> 00:39:47,480
I wouldn't miss this for anything.
644
00:39:47,640 --> 00:39:49,000
Now go on.
645
00:39:54,920 --> 00:39:57,280
This is how the world ends.
646
00:39:57,440 --> 00:40:00,520
Swallowed in fire, but not in darkness.
647
00:40:00,680 --> 00:40:02,160
You will live on.
648
00:40:02,320 --> 00:40:04,200
The voice of all our ancestors...
649
00:40:04,360 --> 00:40:08,080
...the voice of our fathers and our mothers
to the last generation.
650
00:40:08,240 --> 00:40:11,200
We created the world we think
you would've wished for us.
651
00:40:11,360 --> 00:40:15,000
And now we leave the cradle
for the last time.
652
00:40:47,560 --> 00:40:49,360
You should sleep.
653
00:40:49,880 --> 00:40:52,080
We both have early meetings.
654
00:40:52,880 --> 00:40:54,600
Yeah, I know.
655
00:40:56,160 --> 00:40:58,200
I was just thinking about it all.
656
00:40:58,360 --> 00:41:00,440
Everything we've done...
657
00:41:01,360 --> 00:41:03,240
...and what I said earlier.
658
00:41:03,440 --> 00:41:05,160
And I was wondering...
659
00:41:05,320 --> 00:41:10,240
...if they will remember us
100 years from now, or 1000.
660
00:41:12,160 --> 00:41:14,600
Then I figured, probably not.
661
00:41:15,240 --> 00:41:17,040
But it doesn't matter.
662
00:41:17,200 --> 00:41:21,520
We did what we did because it was right,
not to be remembered.
663
00:41:21,680 --> 00:41:24,680
History will attend to itself.
664
00:41:24,880 --> 00:41:26,800
It always does.57818
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