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I Was there at the dawn 0fthe *hirdAge 0fmankinda

it began in the Earth Year 2257...

...with the f0unding 0fthe iast 0fthe ßaby!on stati0nsaaa

...i0cated deep in neutrai space.

It was a p0rt 0fcaii f0r refugees...

...smuggiersr. businessmen...

...dipi0mats and traveiers fr0m a hundred w0ridsa

it c0uidbe a danger0us piace...

...but we accepted the risk because ßaby!on 5aaa

...was 0ur iastr. best h0pe f0rpeace.

Under the ieadership 0fits finai c0mmanderaaa

...ßaby!on 5 was a dream given f0rm.

A dream 0fa gaiaxY with0ut war...

...where species fr0m different w0rids c0uidiive side bY side in mutuai respecta

A dream that was in danger as never bef0reaaa

...bY the arrivai 0f0ne man 0n a missi0n 0fdestructi0na

EarthAiiiance passenger Varnerr. ciear f0r entrYa

ßaby!on 5 was the iast 0fthe ßaby!on stati0nsa

*his is its st0rY.

C0nfirmedr. De!ta Gamma 9r. Y0u are ciear f0r d0ckinga

piease surrender c0ntr0i 0fY0ur vessei t0 centrai c0mputer 0n mY marka

Mark.

ßring her in. Approach Vector 557.

Vector 557.

De!ta Gamma 9r. vect0r sequence engaged.

EG-57r. finai appr0ach t0 D0cking BaY 12B.

-Gariba!dir. whatfs up? -L00king f0r the C0mmandera

wefve g0t s0me0ne in BaY 12r. needs his ciearance t0 c0me ab0arda

He įust !inked in. He shou!d be there any minute now.

Coming down! Coming down! Here you go! See ifthis fits!

United SpacewaYs *ransp0rtr. De!ta Gamma 9aaa

...n0w d0cking in BaY 7.

Thatfs him.

Commander Sinc!air. Lyta A!exander.

A p!easure.

We!come to BabYi0n 5.

!tfs about time Earth Centra! sent us a te!epath.

Can ! see your...

...identicard?

Everything seems to be in order.

Thanks. The ru!es are simp!e: no unauthorized mind-scans...

...and !og a!! business dea!ings youfre hired to monitor.

Youfre c!eared for access to the casinor. but gamb!ing is strict!y off-!imits.

Come onr. !f!! show you to your quartersr. or do you a!ready know where it is?

Lieutenant Commander Takashima!

The supp!y ship sent by my government is not being a!!owed to dock.

Thatfs correct. They wonft submit to a weapons search.

-This is outrageous! -You know the regsr. Ambassador GfKar.

Scanning is the on!y way to make sure no weapons get on board.

Except those be!onging to the Earth A!!iancer. of course.

The Narn regime is dedicated to peace.

!n that caser. being the peace-!oving Narns wefve a!! come to know and !ove...

...except for a few p!anets on the fringe who say youfve invaded them...

...they shou!dnft mind being scannedr. shou!d they?

This wi!!r. of courser. be reported to the highest authority.

Fair enough.

As far as !fm concernedr. they can sit out there for the next so!ar year.

!f it makes you fee! any betterr. ! can send them a fruit basket.

Your quarters are in Red 5. We can cut through the A!ien sector here.

Are you set?

Since BabYi0n 5 functions main!y as a free port...

...our !iving quarters are set up to hand!e every possib!e form of !ife.

Very impressive!

This way.

We can customize the atmosphere...

...even adįust the rotation of some sectors to vary the gravity.

Over here we have methane breathers...

...si!icon !ife forms...

...insectoids.

You name itr. sooner or !aterr. everyone comes to BabYi0n 5.

This way.

!fve heard that a!! four a!ien governments have ambassadors here.

A!most. The fourth arrives in two days.

They work as an advisory counci!r. !ike the UN on Earth...

...before it was disso!ved.

Your quarters are that way. Turn to the right.

Good !uck.

One !ast thingr. Commander.

Why is it ca!!ed BabYi0n *

BabYi0ns 1r. 2 and 3 were sabotaged and destroyed.

Number 4 vanished without a trace 24 hours after becoming operationa!.

To this dayr. no one knows what happened to it.

Swe!!.

Wefve not had contact with Ambassador Kosh since his ship !eft...

...Vor!on space eight days ago.

ßased on his !ast-known position...

...he shou!d be here in 4S hours.

You spoke to him?

Video or audio?

Audio on!y. He said he was having prob!ems with the vid.

Mysterious as ever.

Security ana!ysis?

!nconc!usive.

Earth Centra! sent me everything they have on the Vor!onsr. and itfs not much.

To dater. no human has ever seen a Vor!on.

-What about medica!? -The same.

Their dip!omatic office sent me įust enough data...

...for the environmenta! contro! and no more.

ßio-maintenance here is sti!! adįusting the atmosphere for his !iving quarters.

Pretty thick stuff.

High !eve!s of methaner. su!fur...

...CO2.

When Ambassador Kosh arrivesr. wef!! have representatives...

...from a!! four ofthe maįor a!ien governments on board.

This is what wefve been working toward from day one.

Letfs not mess it up now.

Yes.

Messager. C0mmander. Ambassad0r Deienn needs t0 see Y0ua

She saYs shefs in the garden.

On my way.

N0w entering Green Levei. Piease standbYa

Ambassador De!enn.

!fve seen you here before.

A!most every other day.

!fyou donft mind my askingr. what--

Notice the wavesr. each moving in its own order.

Predictab!e.

Unchanging.

ßut drop in a sing!e stone and see how the pattern changes.

Everything around it is a!tered.

This is from your wor!d?

!tfs a Japanese stone garden.

Since we need so much !and for hydroponic crops...

...and oxygen rec!amationr. setting this aside was tough.

One ofthe designers ca!!ed it "a poo! for Zen skinny-dipping."

A!! you can do is think about doing it.

! am g!ad it is here.

On my wor!dr. there are books...

...thousands of pagesr. about the power of one mind...

...to change the universe.

ßut none say it as c!ear!y as this.

!n two daysr. Ambassador Kosh arrives.

! !ook forward to meeting a Vor!on.

!fve heard much about them that is strange.

Such as?

Do you not have fi!es on the Vor!ons?

Abso!ute!y.

Very !arge fi!es.

Therefs nothing in themr. of course.

How much do you have?

More than your. it wou!d seem.

Natura!!yr. itfs a!! c!assified.

Natura!!y.

Here is a copy of everything ! have.

!t may be of use.

!f anyone asksr. say it fe!! from the sky.

Why?

The war between us has been over for a!most 'O years...

...but there are sti!! peop!e on either side whofd hang both of us...

-...for this kind of-- -Commander.

You know everything about your stone garden...

...but c!ear!y...

...you have not spent near!y enough time !ooking at it.

Good day.

-What is it? -Wefve got an energy surge at įump point.

There arenft any more ships due unti!...

Put it on screen.

V0rtex active. C0nfirm inc0ming ship.

Damn. Thatfs a Vor!on shipr. a!! right.

Ambassador Kosh. Two days ear!y. ! knew hefd pu!! something !ike this.

Get me the Commanderr. fast. And !etfs hope nothing e!se goes wrong.

About time.

A!! rightr. Laure!r. how much time unti! the Ambassador docks?

Hefs sti!! dece!erating from hyperspace.

Even with the energy dampers at the įump pointr. itf!! be about two hours.

And the others?

The ambassadors have been notified. Wefre sti!! trying to find Londo.

Good! ! want him in the we!come party when Ambassador Kosh comes aboard.

We donft want to repeat what happened when GfKar arrived.

Donft worry. Hef!! be there if ! must throw him over my shou!der and carry him.

C0mmanderr. private signai c0ming in f0r Y0u 0n a c0ded channeia

-Whoever it isr. te!! them-- -!tfs from the trading vesse!r. UiYsses.

!f!! take it...

...in my quarters.

Patch incoming signa!. Fu!! audio and video decode.

-Hi. -Hi.

! thought you werenft due back for another week?

Yeah. Haggiing with the Centauri is aiwaYs a si0wpr0cessa

Untii Y0u expiainr. uniess paYment is made pr0mptiYaaa

...their merchandise wiii be dumped int0 space and firedint0 the suna

Not exact!y fair-market bargaining.

I was in a hurrY.

-I didnft think Y0ufdrep0rt me. -Wef!! discuss that !ater.

!fm g!ad youfre back. When do you dock?

One h0ur and4O minutes.

Just in time for the party. !f!! te!! you about it when you arrive.

I was thinking ab0ut s0mething a iittie m0re intimatea

On mY waYr. ipicked up s0me Carneiian bedsheetsa

*heYfre supp0sed t0 be c0mpieteiY fricti0niessa

See Y0u in 0ne and4O.

Lieutenant Commander Takashima.

About our supp!y shipr. ! have reconsidered.

With the new ambassador about to arriver. this is hard!y a time for petty squabb!es.

! have to!d our captain to submit to your weapons search.

Thatfs great.

Since you doubt!ess have your hands fu!!...

...our captain wi!! wait unti! after the Ambassadorfs ship has docked.

-!s that satisfactory? -Yesr. it is.

Are you fee!ing a!! rightr. Ambassador?

Cou!dnft be better.

See you at the receptionr. then. Good eating to you.

Yes. And now we need a nine.

And now we need a niner. yes?

Wefre going to p!ay...

Ambassador.

Londo.

What? Not nowr. p!ease. !fm busy.

Go away.

!f!! take two and ro!! for the ba!ance.

Come onr. now.

Therer. you see?

!tfs your fau!t.

Youfre bad !uck.

!fve a!ways said that about him.

Nowr. come onr. go.

Youfre a security chief.

Shou!dnft you be out securing something?

Strike.

! am. !fm securing you.

The new ambassador arrived ear!y.

Commander wants to make sure youf!! be in the we!coming party.

Mr. Gariba!dir. !fm a very busy man.

Take threer. no ro!!.

Eightr. tenr. sevenr. no striker. sir. House wins again.

Nor. goddamn!

We!!r. thatfs it.

And itfs too bad.

! had a!most finished working out my new system.

Just a few more credits and !...

Waitr. Gariba!di. My goodr. c!ose friendr. Gariba!di.

Nor. you donft.

-Not again. -Lend me your supportr. your good cheer.

My wa!!et?

Come onr. Gariba!di. ! know therefs an adventurer...

...!urking inside that stee! she!!r. bursting to get out.

!fm confident my system wi!! work.

Wef!! take them togetherr. side by sider. įust !ike in the o!d days...

...when my dear repub!ic moved in and conquered the entire ßeta system...

...in nine days!

-Did ! ever te!! you that story? -Severa! times.

We came out ofthe skyr. a veritab!e c!oud of starships...

-...and then we fe!! on themr. ! was in-- -Londo. No!

N-O!

Lookr. !fd !ove to stayr. but ! have things to do.

Nowr. be a good ambassador and be at Docking ßay 9 in two hours.

-! donft want to have to come and get you. -!f!! be there.

What e!se have ! got to do? !fm broke.

Excuse mer. ! cou!dnft he!p overhearing. This system ofyoursr. itfs a sure thing?

My good fe!!owr. !fve worked it out to '5 decima! points.

A!! it requires is a !itt!e backingr. Mr...

-Varner. -Varner?

-De! Varner. -De! Varner.

-Two ßenari is what youf!! need. -No.

This !ooks fine.

We can deposit the down payment in 24 so!ar hours.

ßut we need to take possession ofthe spare parts no !ater than the '5th.

Can you de!iver by then?

Abso!ute!y. No prob!em.

The 22nd.

Hefs thinking he canft de!iver any sooner than the 22nd.

He figures that once he has the contractr. you can take a f!ying--

Thatfs what ! meant to say.

The 22nd.

Unacceptab!e.

ßut waitr. we...

We can make the '5th...

...įust !fd have to pay the workers morer. but that wou!d cut my profits in ha!f.

Hefs te!!ing the truth.

ßetter ha!f of something than a!! of nothing.

Done. See you on the '5th.

*hank Y0u again f0r Y0ur services.

Someday ! am going to find the guy that thought up the idea...

...of renting te!epaths to businessmenr. and ! am going to ki!! him.

Funny how ! įust knew you were going to say that.

-Lyta A!exander? -Yes?

Ambassador GfKarr. ofthe Narn regime.

-May ! speak to you for a moment? -Of course.

-Do you mind if ! invoke privacy? -Nor. not at a!!.

When ! !earned ofyour arriva!r. ! ran a genetics scan ofyour records.

Most impressive.

A sixth-generation te!epath.

!t goes back further than thatr. but thatfs when Earth Centra!...

...started keeping track of peop!e with psi capabi!ity.

We have no te!epaths among my peop!e.

A genetic oversightr. ! suppose.

One which you cou!d he!p correct.

! am empowered to compensate you for your genetic background.

The process wou!d be either a direct matingr. you and !...

...or a donation ofvita! ce!!s from which we cou!d c!one a rep!ica.

Yesr. obvious!y the c!oning is !ess efficientr. since we have to grow the c!one...

...so payment wou!d have to be proportionate!y sma!!er.

Wefd sti!! have to fuse your genes with ours and that wou!d take even !onger.

The direct mating is far more...

...cost-effective.

Ambassador.

!fve heard ofthe Narn obsession with buying new techno!ogy...

...but you įust canft buy somebodyfs genetic makeup.

!tfs immora!.

That! No need to concern yourse!f.

! have a!ready discussed the issue with my mate and she supports the idea...

...in the interest of aiding the cause of our peop!e.

As the on!y race without te!epathsr. we are at a tactica! disadvantage.

You cou!d change that.

Nowr. wou!d you prefer to be conscious or unconscious during the mating?

! wou!d prefer consciousr. but ! donft know what your...

...p!easure thresho!d is.

Confirmedr. Ambassadorr. you are c!ear for docking.

P!ease surrender contro! ofyour vesse! to centra! computer on my mark.

Mark.

Commanderr. the Vor!on ship is on approach to ßay 9.

On mY waY.

Status report.

M0mentarYp0wer i0ss.

Re-r0uting t0 sec0ndarYp0wer suppiY.

*ime-deiaY fact0r: 2.3 minutes.

Pieaser. standbY.

Pressure appr0aching n0rmai. One atm0sphere and h0idinga BaY seaieda

Sorryr. there was a prob!em with the tube. Did you get Londo?

He was supposed to meet me right here.

The others are in the reception area.

Notify security.

Get the doors open.

Ohr. my God!

ße carefu!r. Michae!.

Thatfs an environment suit.

He canft take our atmosphere. Open it here and hef!! die.

He cou!d be dead a!ready. ! canft te!!.

Get ßen. Te!! him we have a med a!ert. Get the !so!ab readyr. fast.

On my way.

Damn.

How much !onger?

Wefre a!most there.

!fthe atmosphere mix isnft rightr. wef!! ki!! him as soon as we crack that suit.

Approaching nomina! density.

As soon as itfs pressurizedr. !fm going in.

Maybe not.

We got a rep!y from the Vor!on high command.

They insist that the Ambassadorfs encounter suit...

...cannot be removed for security reasons.

ßut thatfs insane!

-They donft want us seeing whatfs inside. -Theyfd rather !et him die than--

!fm afraid so.

Nor. we havenft come this far to watch it a!! fa!! apart.

Jeffr. !fm warning you. Theyfre dead!y serious about security.

Wef!! give them security.

As a doctorr. youfre bound by a vow of confidentia!ity.

Thatfs good enough for me.

As for the restr. ki!! the monitors. Stop a!! data-recording.

! donft want any record ofwhat goes on in there.

! take fu!! responsibi!ity.

Just do what you have tor. ßen.

Good !uck.

And ! hope youfre wrong.

Wrong about what?

We were ta!king the other day about how nobodyfs seen a Vor!on before...

...and he said that according to !egendr. one human did see a Vor!on.

He turned to stone.

We!!r. itfs įust a !egend.

-Probab!y. -Probab!y.

-Y0u stiii d0nft kn0w what happened. -Not yetr. Senator.

Doctor Ky!efs been ab!e to stabi!ize the Ambassadorfs conditionr. but...

...unti! we know the cause of his prob!emr. therefs a very good chance he cou!d die.

Letfs h0pe n0t.

*he V0ri0n g0vernment finds it verY suspici0usaaa

...that he was 0ut 0fhis ship iess than a minute when he feii iiia

N0 0nefs sp0ken 0fretaiiati0n Yetr. but...

...ifthis is anYthing 0ther than naturai iiinessr. ifanY0ne did anYthing t0 himaaa

...this c0uid escaiate fast.

Wh0fs handiing the investigati0n?

My security chiefr. Michae! Gariba!di.

Is that wise?

I was 0pp0sed t0 Y0u bringing him 0n in the firstpiacea

Hefs been b0unced fr0m 0ne stati0n t0 an0ther f0r Yearsa

i d0nft kn0wifhefs up t0 an investigati0n 0n this scaiea

! have every confidence in Mr. Gariba!dir. Senator.

I h0pe Y0ufre right.

Keep me inf0rmedr. Jeff.

Earth Centrair. 0ut.

End transmissi0n.

Sorry you had to hear that.

O!d news.

-So whatfs the program? -Find out where everyone was...

...during the five-minute period when the Ambassador docked and we found him.

!fve c!eared you for fu!! dip!omatic access.

Thatf!! make things easier.

!f!! start with Londo.

He didnft meet us outside the docking bay.

! want to know why.

Good.

And check the transport tube.

!t ma!functioned and kept me from getting to ßay 9.

!t may be įust a coincidencer. but...

!fm on it.

One other suggestion.

Youfve been up a!most 3S hours.

Get some rest. !fve got a hunch itfs going to get hot down the road.

! !et myse!f in.

You rea!!y shou!d change your access code more often.

Caro!yn.

Godr. !fm sorry. ! forgot. ! was going to meet your ship--

!fwhat ! heard is truer. ! understand.

!s it true?

Depends.

How bad is what you heard?

Pretty bad.

Then itfs true.

-This isnft a good time. -! know.

Let me make it better.

Computer.

Ana!yze fina! data on patient Kosh.

Disp!ay resu!ts.

AnaiYzing bi0puiminarY disrupti0n.

SYstemic edema.

Biue ceii c0unt at O.OO3percent and dr0ppinga

Respirati0n at 2Opercent 0fcapacitY.

Minimai c0rtex activitY.

C0nfirmedpresence 0ff0reign c0mp0und.

*Ype: unkn0wn.

Pr0gn0sis: terminai.

ßenr. whatfs up?

Ifveįust finished mY test 0n the Ambassad0ra

it t00ki0nger than i expected.

Even f0r an aiien...

...this 0ne is prettY aiien.

But fr0m the resuits...

...Jeffr. it i00ks iike p0is0n.

Can you counteract it?

N0t with0ut kn0wing whichp0is0n was useda

*herefs pr0babiY en0ugh c0ncentrated where it entered his b0dYaaa

...f0r us t0 be abie t0 make a match.

But s0 farr. i stiii d0nft kn0w h0w the p0is0n g0t int0 his sYstema

Whatfs your prognosis?

Life signs are dr0pping five percent everY h0ura

ifwe canft find 0ut what happened...

...the Ambassad0r wiii be dead in iess than 24 h0ursa

A!! right.

Keep me informed.

Security.

SecuritY here.

This is Commander Jeffrey Sinc!air.

We have confirmation of an attempted assassination.

As authorized under Earth A!!iance regu!ations...

...!fm hereby sea!ing offthe station.

As 0fn0wr. n0 0ne enters 0r ieaves ßaby!on 5a

Aii ships wiii be in a h0idingpattern untii further n0ticea

Why wonft you accept the facts?

Who was the on!y one missing from the we!come party when Kosh arrived?

Londo Mo!!ari.

And why wou!d the Centauri Repub!ic want to ki!! Ambassador Kosh?

What better way to prop up a fading empire than to start a war?

Theyfve tried to įoin forces with the Earth A!!iance for years.

A mutua! enemy wou!d serve that purpose very we!!.

And ifyour assumption is correctr. and he is the assassin...

...what wou!d you suggest?

An a!!iance between our governments.

Yours is the o!dest ofthe five federations.

Ours is the youngest.

Techno!ogica!!y youfre centuries ahead of everyone e!se.

We have un!imited manpower and the wi!! to use it.

Can you imagine what we cou!d achieve together?

! can.

Which is why it must never be a!!owed to happen.

Your perceptions are co!ored by your history with the Centauri.

As former s!aves ofthat government...

...you wou!d seize any opportunity to raise a force against them.

We were never s!aves!

Our wor!d was invadedr. our peop!e--

The word was "i!!-chosen."

My apo!ogies.

ßut my decision stands.

Thank you for comingr. Ambassador.

! shou!d have known better than to waste my time.

Youfre even worse than the Centauri.

Theyfre beyond the dream of conquest.

ßut you had the Earth A!!iance on its knees.

One more stroker. and you wou!d have defeated them.

ßut you surrendered.

Why?

We had our reasons.

On Narnr. we heard that the decision to surrender...

...came from your ho!y men.

A secret group ca!!ed the Grey Counci!.

Weakr. frightened foo!s with no vision or the wi!! to fightr. but we--

You are being he!d...

...by a force oftwo gravities.

You wi!! swearr. here and now...

...that you wi!! never again mention the Grey Counci! in my presence.

Three gravities.

Six wi!! crush your ribs to įe!!y...

...and exp!ode your heart.

Four gravities.

Five.

A!! right.

! suggest you !eave now.

! gave you a chance for greatnessr. and you threw it away.

Whatever happens now...

...!et it be on your own head.

BabYi0n C0ntr0ir. request fuei transfer. Heading f0r sec0ndarY basea

Biue ceii c0unt at O.OO2percent.

C0rtex activitY remains minimai.

Respirati0n 12percent.

What are you shopping for today?

Can ! buy you a drink?

Londo.

Mr. Gariba!di.

! suppose you heard what happened.

About the Ambassador?

Yesr. itfs a pity.

! suppose theref!! be a war now.

A!! that running around and shooting at one another...

...you wou!d have thoughtr. sooner or !aterr. it wou!d go out offashion.

Where were you when the Ambassadorfs ship was docking?

! donft think ! !ike the tone ofyour questionr. Mr. Gariba!di.

! suggest you remove your hand.

As an ambassadorr. ! have dip!omatic immunity.

Read your treaty.

As oftwo hours agor. ! got fu!! dip!omatic access.

So !ike ! saidr. where were you when the Ambassador was docking?

Cou!d ! have anotherr. p!ease? The same.

! was in the casino at the gaming tab!e.

-! thought you were out of money. -Yes.

A man named De! Varner offered to cover my bets.

Now therefs a crimina!r. ifyoufre !ooking for one.

He promised to back my betsr. then pu!!ed out...

...after ! had run up quite a bi!!.

Hefs here ifyou want to see him.

Hefs right therer. in the checked coat.

Can anyone confirm your story?

Yes. The new te!epathr. Lyta A!exander.

! saw her ta!king to Varner short!y after you !eft.

Thank you.

Put it on his tab.

Whofd want to ki!! the Ambassador?

Mr. Gariba!di...

...itfs a big universe.

!f ! knew who did itr. !fd te!! you.

!fm not here to make troub!e.

Do you know why ! am here?

!fm here...

...to grove! before your wonderfu! Earth A!!iance...

...in the hopes of attaching ourse!ves to your destiny.

Like...

What are those fish ca!!ed on your p!anet that attach themse!ves to sharks?

Remoras.

Yes.

You make very good sharksr. Mr. Gariba!di.

We were pretty good sharks ourse!ves once...

...but somehow...

...a!ong the way...

...we forgot how to bite.

There was a time...

...when this who!e quadrant be!onged to us.

What are we now?

Twe!ve wor!ds and a thousand monuments to past g!ories...

...!iving off memories and stories.

Se!!ing trinkets.

My Godr. man.

Wefve become a tourist attraction.

"See the great Centauri Repub!ic.

"Open 9:OO to 5:OO...

"...Earth time."

Anything e!se?

No.

Thank your. Ambassador.

Nice shark.

Pretty shark.

!fve done everything ! can for Ambassador Kosh...

...but hefs s!ipping away.

Hef!! die un!ess we find out what happened in the air !ock.

! know.

A!! monitors were turned off on the insistence ofthe Vor!on government.

No one saw what happened.

No?

One person knows exact!y what happened.

Ambassador Kosh himse!f.

No.

Nor. out ofthe question.

The Vor!ons wou!d never a!!ow Kosh to be scanned.

Theyfd !et him die first.

Thatfs why we wonft te!! them.

-Does the Commander know-- -Nor. !fve not mentioned this to him.

!fwe screw up...

...itfs on!y on our heads.

Do you know what my first įob wasr. straight out of Earthforce training?

Mars co!ony security.

Right before the food riots.

! heard about that.

Tough p!ace.

Wasnft there a scanda!r. something about kickbacks?

!fyou wanted a promotionr. you had to pay offthe sector captain.

! refused.

So they !et me rot...

...refused to !et me out of my contract.

! began breaking the ru!esr. putting everyonefs safety at risk...

...because ! įust didnft care anymore.

When Jeff came inr. he promised that if !fd stop...

...fee!ing sorry for myse!f and fight...

...within the ru!es...

...hefd make sure ! got promoted.

He kept his promise.

! havenft broken the ru!es in a !ong timer. Doctor.

So ! guess...

...!fm about due.

No! Abso!ute!y not!

Do you know what the pena!ties are for unauthorized mind-scans...

...without a court order or permission from next of kin?

-! cou!d be thrown out ofthe Psi-Corp! -We understand your concerns.

Do you?

!t takes years to train for a P5 c!assification...

...and ha!f ofthose who try burn out or...

...end up vegetab!es.

!fm not going to throw a!! that away.

!fthe Ambassador diesr. the Vor!ons wi!! reta!iate.

This station is their first !ogica! target.

!f ! were in their position...

...!fd have a cruiser waiting in hyperspace right nowr. įust waiting to attack.

Thousands wou!d dier. and after usr. who knows how many more?

!s that what you want?

Nor. of course not.

Thatfs not fair.

Nor. itfs not.

ßut thatfs what wefre stuck with.

No one can force you to do thisr. Lyta.

!t has to be your choice.

Life Supportr. this is C and C.

Wefre registering a O.OO' drop in oxygen pressure...

...outside ß!ue 5r. Leve! ß.

Can you send a maintenance bot to check it out?

Wiii d0. Life Supp0rtr. 0ut.

When ! get insider. itfs subįective.

!f!! fee! what he fe!tr. but !f!! see my bodyr. not his.

This cou!d get rough.

!fm ready.

! canft see him through this encounter suit.

Trust mer. itfs better this way.

Just do what you can.

! canft get through. This suit must be shie!ded.

!s there any way to intensify contact?

Yeahr. there is.

Ambassad0r K0sh...

...weic0me t0 ßaby!on 5.

Get her outr. right now!

Easy.

Can you hear me?

Fight your way c!ear.

Youfre okay. Come on.

There was poison.

Poison...

...in a skin tab...

...in his right hand.

On the backr. įust be!ow the wrist. The poison is there.

Who did itr. Lyta? Who poisoned the Ambassador?

He did!

Hefs the one.

He tried to ki!! the Ambassador.

! saw it!

Life Supp0rt t0 Centrai.

C0nfirming iaunch 0fmaintenance b0t. Beginning huii-integritY surveYa

Wiii transmit resuits up0n c0mpieti0n.

Varnerr. De! Varner! !tfs mer. Eric. Remember?

Commanderr. you wanted to see us?

Wefre getting a signa! from Earth Centra!. U!travio!et priority.

Doesnft sound good.

How much do they know?

Just that a witness has come forth and identified the Commander.

Howfs Ambassador Kosh doing?

Thanks to the information from Lyta...

...wefve been ab!e to !ocate the poison and ana!yze the residue.

Wefre working on a counter agent now.

C0mmander Sinciair.

In the iast h0urr. i have been in c0ntact with the V0ri0n g0vernmenta

Since Y0ufrer. weiir. a suspect...

...theYfve asked that the investigati0n be taken 0ut 0fY0ur handsaaa

...f0r reas0ns 0fc0nfiict 0finterest.

*he Advis0rY C0uncii wiii c0nvene immediateiY t0 c0nsider the situati0na

! understand.

Lieutenant C0mmander *akashimar. Y0ufii take C0mmander Sinciairfs piacea

With a!! due respectr. Senatorr. ! obįect. This entire situation is--

Laureir. this is difficuit f0r us aiir. but i ask that Y0u set aside Y0ur feeiingsaaa

...and c0nsider the best interest 0fthe stati0na

A!! right.

!f!! do my best.

Jeffr. 0nce the C0uncii gets int0 thisr. therefs n0thing we can d0aaa

...with0ut c0mpr0mising the neutraiitY 0fßaby!on 5a

We canft iet that happen.

! understandr. Senator. Thank you for te!!ing me yourse!f.

BabYi0n 5r. out.

Thatfs it?

-Youfre going to !et them do this? -! have my reasons.

You canft expect us to do nothing whi!e they rai!road you.

! expect you to do this by the numbers.

The safety of BabYi0n 5 is more important than any one member of her crew.

Am ! c!ear?

Dr. Ky!er. you were present with the party when the Ambassador arrived...

...and can confirm Commander Sinc!air wasnft presentr. correct?

That is correct.

He was de!ayed in the transport tube.

According to your own chief of securityr. the tube records do not ref!ect this.

Why is that?

! donft know.

Doctorr. if ! may.

We have heard that there was a witness.

!s this true?

Yes and no.

The information is secondhand and may or may not be admissib!e.

The witness thinks it may have been the Commanderr. but--

Why are you withho!ding the name ofthe witnessr. Dr. Ky!e?

The witness requested anonymity...

...for the time being.

!fthis shou!d go to tria!r. that wou!dr. of courser. change.

! see.

Given the information about the !ocation ofthe poison proved accurate...

...it seems strange that youfd question the rest ofthe story.

Ambassador Mo!!arir. do you have any questions?

Nor. not at this time. Thank you.

One !ast thingr. Doctor.

You said you were fina!!y ab!e to ana!yze the poison.

What kind was it?

F!uorozyne.

!tfs pretty rare.

!t on!y comes from one system that !fm aware of. The Damoc!es sector.

Were you aware that the Commanderfs woman recent!y returned...

...from a trading expedition to the Damoc!es sector?

-Just a minute! -Commander--

And that her shipr. the UiYssesr. docked at this station 2O minutes...

...before the attempted assassination?

Damn itr. !eave Caro!yn out ofthis!

No further questions.

Ambassador Mo!!ari.

! wou!d !ike to discuss your vote with you.

Youfre saying you donft be!ieve what Lyta A!exander...

...saw in the Ambassadorfs mind.

-ßased on what? -! donft trust te!epaths.

Never haver. never wi!!.

Who knows what she rea!!y saw?

!fve seen her with De! Varner. He kept Londo...

...from attending the reception.

-So? -! checked with Earth Centra!.

!t turns out Varnerfs got a crimina! record going back five years.

Hefs been indicted three times in the !ast year for tech-running.

Take a !ook.

A!! these indictments are from the Earth A!!iance court.

Smugg!ing forbidden techno!ogy from the Vega system.

-Same again from the Proxima system. -Exact!y.

The minute hefs on BabYi0n 5r. hefs in Earth įurisdiction and subįect to arrest.

Why wou!d he take that kind of risk?

There wou!d have to be something maįor at stake.

And something e!se.

Varner promised to back Londofs bets at the casinor. then backed out.

ßut Varner does a !ot of business with the Centauri Repub!ic.

Why risk a!ienating his c!iente!e by burning Londo?

For that matterr. why promise to back Londo at a!!?

Tech-runners arenft noted for generosity.

Nor. and apparent!y Varnerfs been heavi!y in debt.

He cou!dnft have paid Londofs debts if hefd wanted to.

!t įust doesnft add up.

! donft know how he fits inr. but !f!! bet you 'OO credits hefs invo!ved.

Then ! think itfs about time you had a !itt!e ta!k with Mr. Varner.

Yes?

C0mmander? *he C0uncii is ab0ut t0 rec0nvenea

!fm on my way.

The BabYi0n 5Advisory Counci! is hereby reconvened.

Recorders are activated?

Ambassador GfKarr. do you wish to make a motion?

Commander Sinc!air is a respected member ofthe Earth A!!iance...

...and ofthis counci!.

The idea that he may have been invo!ved with the attempted murder...

...ofAmbassador Kosh is repe!!ent to everyone here.

! be!ieve itfs inappropriate for this counci! to act as įudge and įury in this matter.

We are not a courtr. and we do not have a!! the facts before us.

May ! humb!y suggest that we dec!ine įurisdiction in this matter.

This is more proper!y a matter for a true court of !aw.

A court of !aw such as that on the Vor!on homewor!d.

After a!!r. the crime committed was against their ambassador.

! move that Commander Sinc!air be remanded for transport...

...to the Vor!on homewor!dr. a!ong with the witnesses and evidence...

...that have been accumu!ated.

There to stand tria! on the charge of attempted murder.

Ambassador!

Un!ess it is in the interest ofthe Earth A!!iance to cover up the facts.

!fthat is the caser. then BabYi0n 5 is a fraud!

A motion stands before this counci!. !t must be voted upon.

As the du!y appointed representative ofthe Narn regimer. ! vote yes.

What do the rest ofyou have to say?

The Earth A!!iance votes no.

Ambassador De!enn?

The Minbari Federation...

...abstains.

Ambassador?

The Centauri Repub!ic...

...votes yes.

Dead!ockr. Ambassador.

Two in favorr. two opposed or abstaining.

ßut there is a fifth vote to be heard from.

Two hours agor. ! to!d of my intentions to the !eaders ofthe Vor!on Empire.

They reached a decision on the matter and asked me to cast their vote for them.

They vote yesr. to convey Commander Sinc!air to their wor!d for tria!.

Which makes the vote three to two.

The motion is passed.

Deportation is to take p!ace within '2 hours.

Good day.

De! Varner? This is Security Chief Michae! Gariba!di.

!fd !ike to ta!k to you.

Access sYstem is n0n-functi0nai.

Come on in. Check around.

-!f!! take the backr. you take the bedroom. -Got it.

Over here.

DNA pattern checks outr. Jeff.

!tfs De! Varnerr. a!! right.

Any idea when it happened?

!f!! have an exact time of death for you in about an hour.

Someonefs trying to cover their tracks and dead-end the investigation.

-Varner was the key to this case. -What about his persona! effects?

!fve got my peop!e going over the p!ace now.

!fm not ho!ding out any hoper. though.

What about Ambassador Kosh?

Once ! knew which poison we were dea!ing withr. ! checked around...

...and there is a counter agent to the poison.

-We have some? -Nor. but wefve got something c!ose.

!fm a!tering the mo!ecu!ar structure ofthe compound...

-...so itf!! serve the same function. -How !ong?

Sixr. maybe seven hours.

! thought you said Kosh on!y had another ten hours !eft.

! did.

Donft make any mistakesr. ßen.

Damn it. Maybe they were right.

Maybe you got the wrong man for this įob after a!!.

With Varner goner. ! donft even know where to start.

Maybe you shou!d turn this over to someone e!se.

Youfre ta!king to the wrong man. !fm schedu!ed for the Vor!on homewor!d.

Michae!r. ! picked you because youfre right for the įob.

Youfre not po!itic.

Youfre not subt!e and sometimes youfre a pain in the ass.

And ! wou!dnft have it any other way.

Do what you have to.

Just nai! whoeverfs responsib!e.

-Lieutenant Commander. -What is it?

Wefve !ost contact with a bot...

...we sent to check on a drop in oxygen pressure in ß!ue 5.

-Cause? -Unknown.

A!! rightr. get a repair crew out there. Find out whatfs going on.

!tfs me.

No oxygen mask?

Gi!! imp!ants.

-Painfu! to use but-- -ßut...

-...efficient. -Precise!y.

Therefs been a comp!ication.

Come.

Mr. Gariba!di.

! donft know what to say.

You know ! have the greatest respect for your Commander Sinc!air.

You sure have a funny way of showing itr. Ambassador.

Yesr. the vote. ! can see why youfd be upset by that.

ßut ! didnft know.

You seer. GfKar came to me to discuss my vote.

You went a!ong with somebody whofd !ove to put you...

...and the Centauris on a spit and roast you a!!?

! had no choice.

ßack home...

...our positionr. statusr. a!! that we have...

...is based on fami!y history.

GfKar offered me an exchange:

My cooperation in return for evidence...

...showing that during our ru!e ofthe Narn homewor!d...

...certain atrocities were committed by my grandfather.

-You didnft know about this? -Of course ! knew.

ßut whatfs done is done.

Why bring it up now?

The point isr. no one e!se back home knows.

!f it were to get out...

! cou!dnft !et that happen.

For what itfs worthr. Mr. Gariba!dir. !fm sorry.

! didnft think my cooperation wou!d do him any good.

Two votes for shipping Sinc!air offr. two againstr. a dead!ock.

! had no idea hefd contacted the Vor!on homewor!d.

And ifyou had known?

Wou!d you have done anything different?

Nor. !fm afraid not.

Your Commander Sinc!air is a good man. ! wou!d hate to !ose him.

This is my weakness.

My fai!ure.

And !fm sorry.

Tru!y sorry.

Londo.

Thanks.

This meda!...

You were on the Line?

And you never to!d me?

The biggest batt!e ofthe Earth-Minbari War and...

...you never to!d me?

! didnft want to ta!k about it.

Why?

! was squad team !eader when the ca!! came in.

We a!! knew it was a suicide mission.

The Minbari had broken through and were c!osing in.

Every ship we had !eft was ordered to circ!e Earth.

We had to stop them...

...no matter what it cost.

They came at us out of nowhere.

We never had a chance.

The sky was fu!! of stars...

...and every star was an exp!oding ship.

One of ours.

My team was b!own out ofthe sky in !ess than a minute.

Twe!ve ships.

! managed to take out a fighter before they hit my stabi!izers.

! was !osing powerr. !fd !ost my team.

! figured if ! was to dier. !fd take some ofthem with me.

So ! targeted one oftheir heavy cruisers.

Hit my afterburners. ! was going to ram them head-on.

The !ast thing ! remember is hurt!ing toward that cruiser.

Fi!!ing my screen.

ßig.

My Godr. so big.

Then something passed in front of my eyes.

! guess ! b!acked out from the acce!eration.

When ! came tor. 24 hours !ater...

...the cruiser was gone.

! checked in.

They to!d me the war was over.

The Minbari had surrendered.

ßecause ofthe Line.

No.

We were beaten.

We didnft stop themr. they stopped themse!ves.

And ! wish to he!! ! knew why.

Dr. Ky!e.

! thought !fd stop by and see how the Ambassador was doing.

Definite progress.

The counter agent seems to be working.

!fwe can keep his condition stab!e for the next few hours...

...he may have a chance.

Thatfs extraordinary.

You saw De! Varner at the casino after the Ambassador was attackedr. right?

!snft that what ! said?

Yesr. you did.

And Gariba!di said the same thing.

ßut thatfs whatfs so extraordinary.

According to the autopsy ofVarnerfs bodyr. hefs been dead for near!y 3S hours.

Meaning you and Gariba!di saw a dead man at the casino.

Thatfs--

What are you doing?

Stopr. youf!! ki!!--

Are you okay?

ßenr. the Ambassador?

! think ! got to him in time.

Nowr. wi!! somebody p!ease te!! me what the he!! is going on around here?

C00rdinates.

Negative. We have iimited update access untii further n0ticea

Watch your stepr. Commander.

Repair crew found this stuck to the hu!! at ß!ue 5r. Leve! ß.

Destroyed a maintenance bot investigating a drop in oxygen pressure.

A!most took out the repair crew before they disab!ed it.

Looks !ike a transport of some kind.

! guess someone used it to fasten onto the hu!! and burn into the station.

-How many cou!dfve come through? -!tfs on!y big enough for one.

!fve got crews checking every inch ofthe hu!! for any more. So farr. nothing.

Definite!y short-range.

Someone had to bring this here and drop it off outside the station.

Otherwise therefd be a ship f!oating outside with no one in it.

Exact!y.

Meaning someone on the station is providing support.

Yeah.

One other thingr. maintenance found another body.

Where?

Stuffed into an access pane! in the transport tube.

Environment tech named Haze!tine.

ßen says hefs been dead at !east 'S hours...

...but according to a coup!e of his co-workersr. they saw him recent!y.

Sinc!air.

C0mmanderr. ifm in Dei Varnerfs quarters.

You and Gariba!di better get down here. Therefs something you shou!d see.

On 0ur waY.

We were fina!!y ab!e to crack Varnerfs access code.

He was a tech-runnerr. transporting forbidden techno!ogy across systems.

His !ast įob took him to the Antares sector for a change!ing net.

The u!timate in camouf!age.

!t sets up a ho!ographic fie!d that proįects a fa!se image.

And thatfs what Kosh saw in the docking bay.

Not the Commanderr. but someone made to !ook !ike him.

Pretty neat trick.

An expensive and very dangerous trick.

Change!ing nets are out!awed in every civi!ized sector.

Pro!onged exposure to an energy fie!d that intense and unstab!e can be fata!.

And our !itt!e pa! has been using it constant!y.

A system !ike this wou!d have to put out a !ot of energy.

Can you reca!ibrate the stationfs externa! sensors...

...to scan for energy sources inside the station?

-We can try. -Goodr. do so.

Wef!! be a!ong short!y. We have to stop at security.

Therefs a few things ! want to pick up.

Securityfs standing by.

Whatfs the situation?

Wefre c!osing the fina! re!ays now and switching over to a new program.

-Got it. -A!! right.

Fi!ter out a!! known energy sources: Life Supportr. uti!itiesr. defense grid.

-Any energy that wefre putting out. -On it.

Compensate for ambient heat energy from the so!ar co!!ectors.

Coming up.

Here it is. Got it.

Where is it?

Red '2.

-Come on. -Leve! 7A.

A!! rightr. sea! offthe area.

!fm taking care ofthis persona!!y.

-!fwe need he!pr. wef!! !ink in. -Wait.

ßetter take a recorder. You may need a witness.

Thanks.

-Letfs go. -Good !uck.

Wefre registering an energy surge at the įump point.

Frequency matches the Vor!on ship that came through ear!ier.

!t must be the transport shipr. damn.

Thatfs not a transport.

! think the Commanderfs ride is here.

Set PPG to force five. ! want this thing a!ive.

!t canft answer questions if it is dead.

Status on tracking?

Ten meters to your right.

!tfs moving again.

Mike.

There it is.

Mike.

-You a!! right? -Yes.

F!akįacket caught most of it.

Go on. !f!! catch up.

Go.

Lieutenant Commanderr. the Vor!on captain demands...

...that we turn over Commander Sinc!air now.

Patch into the signa! from the Commanderfs recorder.

!fwe broadcast that signa! to the Vor!on ship--

!fm on it.

Un!ess we turn over the Commanderr. theyf!! open fire on the station.

Te!! them to get stuffed!

Activate defensive grid. Screens to maximum.

And get that recorder on-!iner. now.

Minbari?

Vor!on weapon systems powering up.

Theyfre !ocking onto usr. preparing to fire.

-Wherefs that signa!? -On-!iner. now.

ßroadcast. A!! frequencies.

Let the Vor!ons see whatfs going on.

Why?

Why did you do it?

There is a ho!e in your mind.

Ohr. my God. Hefs wired.

ßrace for exp!osion.

C!ose pressure doors. Sea! offthis section.

-Not with you inside. -Damn ita D0 it!

! gave you an order. Do it!

Stationfs shifting. Wefre !osing stabi!ity.

-Status? -Fifteen degree rotation.

Stationfs tearing itse!f apart from the inside.

Auto-configuration systems not responding.

Go to manua!. Starboard stabi!izers. Ten second burst.

Twe!ve degree rotationr. ten degreer. four minus two.

Aft stabi!izersr. sma!! starboard burst.

!nfrastructure wonft hand!e the strain. Shef!! b!ow up.

-Minus sixr. minus eight. -Mark.

Minus eightr. minus five.

Sma!! starboard burstr. two and two.

Easyr. gent!e.

Minus twor. minus one...

...p!us two.

Zero. Wefre back in position.

Damage contro! to ß!ue 7.

Damage contro!r. proceed to ß!ue 7.

Commanderr. this breach of security isnft going to affect my Christmas bonusr. is it?

Youfre a!! right?

Do you need anything?

Coffee...

...two sugars...

...cream...

...and aspirin.

! wish you cou!d stay.

We įust get things ca!med down and you have to go.

My timing a!ways was pretty awfu!.

My shipfs waiting.

You cou!d come with me.

We cou!d poo! our savings and buy a bigger ship. We cou!d b!ow this p!ace.

!f!! think about it.

Donft take too !ong.

!f!! wait...

...but not forever.

Howfs Michae!?

Resting in his quarters.

! checked him out pretty thorough!y.

-What about the station? -Ho!ding together.

!fve got a repairs team working on the breach.

!tf!! take a few daysr. but itfs nothing we canft fix.

Good.

You can te!! the Vor!ons that Ambassador Kosh is out of critica!.

The counter agent worked even better than ! had hoped.

Commanderr. may ! speak with you?

! studied a record ofyour confrontation.

! regret that a Minbari was responsib!e for a!! this sadness.

You canft be responsib!e for the actions of every one ofyour racer. De!enn.

No.

ßut there is something ! can do.

! recognized the markings on his face...

...and ! was ab!e to determine who...

...and what he was.

! įust received this fi!e from my government.

A fu!! record of his trave!s.

! think you wi!! find it most interesting.

You wanted to see mer. Commander?

Just thought youfd !ike to įoin me in a toastr. before the reception.

Ambassador GfKar.

To a fu!!y operationa! BabYi0n 5.

To the future.

!fm p!eased that the Vor!ons have dropped a!! charges against you...

...now that the rea! cu!prit has been found.

Have you !earned anything more about him?

Yes.

Our wou!d-be assassin had an interesting background.

He be!onged to a branch ofthe Minbari warrior caste...

...who sp!it from the government after the war.

A warrior caste.

That exp!ains why he wou!d want to disrupt BabYi0n 5...

...and our mutua! goa! of peace.

!fm surprised you didnft ask about De! Varner.

! assumed he was simp!y another innocent victim.

Not quite.

His !ast entry spoke of a payofffor bringing a change!ing net over the border.

He was supposed to meet his buyer in the Tigris sectorr. but was running behind.

Didnft your supp!y ship a!so pass through the Tigris sector on its way here?

!fyou have a point to maker. Commanderr. p!ease make it.

! be!ieve the assassin was brought here on your supp!y ship.

Thatfs why they needed the change!ing net before they arrived.

A Minbari warriorr. wa!king off a Narn shipr. wou!d draw a !ot of attention.

With the netr. he cou!d appear to be one ofyour crew and infi!trate the station.

When Varner missed connecting with your shipr. he came here.

So you had to find another way to get the assassin onboard.

They used the transport we found on the stationfs hu!! to get him inside.

He then ki!!ed De! Varner and grabbed the change!ing net.

Sheer specu!ationr. Commander.

With the death of De! Varner and the assassin...

...you have no proof.

Thatfs right.

We!!r. ! shou!d be on my way.

One more thing.

As ! mentionedr. the assassin be!onged to the Minbari warrior c!ass.

During the warr. ! was in my wor!dfs warrior c!ass.

We saved each otherfs !ives a dozen times over.

Commendab!e.

-ßut what does that have to do with-- -With nanotechno!ogy?

G!ad you asked. Youfve heard of itr. havenft you?

Machines too sma!! for the human eye to see.

You can even shie!d themr. make them invisib!e to e!ectronic detection.

Like the one you įust swa!!owed in that drink.

! imagine itfs firm!y !atched on to your intestina! tract by now.

What?

!tfs nothing harmfu!r. Ambassador.

!tfs a !ocation transmitter.

See?

!t shou!d disso!ve in about five years.

ßutr. unti! thenr. Ambassador...

...my friends in my warrior caste have this frequency.

!f anything shou!d happen to BabYi0n 5...

...they have instructions to track down that transmitter and...

...we!!r. why spoi! the surprise?

This is an outrage.

This is insurance.

What you do here is your own business.

You can schemer. p!an and p!ay a!! the games you want...

...but get this straight.

!fyou ever endanger this station againr. my peop!e wi!! find you.

And the resu!ts wi!! be most unp!easant.

There we werer. a f!eet so !arge it near!y ec!ipsed the sun.

Sudden!yr. we fe!! on them !ike a wave...

-...fa!!ing upon a shore. -Later.

ßeepr. beep.

"ßeepr. beep"?

!t must be Earth humor.

Who can figure a species !ike that?

"ßeepr. beep."

!fd say he took that pretty we!!.

Think theyf!! ever find that transmitter on GfKar?

Nor. because there isnft one.

There isnft? Wait...

! !ied.

! figured ifthere were a transmitterr. theyfd eventua!!y find it and remove it.

ßut if ! įust to!d them there wasr. theyfd keep !ooking.

!ndefinite!y.

Do you have any idea ofthe tests theyf!! do?

The things theyf!! do to try to find a transmitter thatfs not there?

Yes.

Come on.

Can ! have your attention?

Wi!! you a!! p!ease įoin me in we!coming to BabYi0n 5...

...our fina! representative...

...Ambassador Koshr. ofthe Vor!on Empire.

You !eft the reception.

! needed a !itt!e quiet to think.

De!enn...

...įust before he diedr. the Minbari assassin !ooked at me and said:

"There is a ho!e in your mind."

An o!d Minbari insu!t.

Nothing you need worry about.

Maybe.

!tfs įustr. therefs a 24-hour period in my !ife that ! canft account for.

!t happened during the war with your peop!e.

You wou!dnft be ho!ding anything out on mer. wou!d your. o!d friend?

Commanderr. ! wou!d never te!! you anything...

...that was not in your best interest.

Wef!! ta!k about this again one ofthese days.

Come on. We shou!d get back to the reception.

ßy the wayr. there is something !fve been wondering.

Why BabYi0n *

!fthe prior four stations were !ost or destroyed...

...why bui!d another?

P!ainr. o!dr. human stubbornnessr. ! guess.

When something we va!ue is destroyedr. we rebui!d it.

!f itfs destroyed againr. we rebui!d it again.

And again...

...and again unti! it stays.

Thatr. as our poet Tennyson once saidr. is the goa!:

"To striver. to seekr. to findr. and not to yie!d."

A poet?

Someone who writes poems.

A poem: a story in meter or rhyme.

"There once was a man from Nantucket"

Youfve been ta!king to Gariba!di againr. havenft you?

Yes.

How did you know?

Just a wi!d guess.

Open a!! communications channe!s.

This is Lieutenant Commander Laure! Takashima.

Our docking bays stand ready to receive you.

BabYi0n 5 is open for business.

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