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We interrupt our regular evening schedule
to bring you the following special program.

September 16, 2259...

... and the Interstellar Network News
presents 36 Hours on Babylon 5...

... with your host, Cynthia Torqueman...

... reporting live from the ISN News Center
in Geneva.

Good evening, I'm Cynthia Torqueman.

In the hundred or so years since
humanity went to the stars...

...we've established outposts
and colonies...

...on over two dozens worlds
in 14 solar systems.

Out of all those far-flung outposts...

...only the Mars Colony, plagued by
scattered groups of separatists...

...who have used acts of terror
to intimidate the Earth-Ioyal majority...

...has proven more controversial than
the Earth Alliance Station Babylon 5.

Located in a sector of space
near Epsilon Eridani...

...designated neutral territory...

...Babylon 5 has defied the odds
and continued to operate as a free port...

...a center for diplomacy...

...and a showpiece for the Earth Alliance
Resources and Technologies Division.

From its highly publicized debut
three years ago...

...recent polls indicate
a growing dissatisfaction...

...with the time, money
and effort consumed...

...by this space-borne community.

So tonight, we take you to the center
of the controversy.

An ISN crew and I recently spent
36 hours aboard Babylon 5...

...asking hard questions, and on occasion,
getting in a little over our heads.

In the process of putting this report
together, it didn't take us long...

...to learn the most important rule
of survival aboard Babylon 5:

Expect the unexpected.

This footage was shot from our position
on the bridge...

... of the Earth Transport Hyerdol
on final approach to Babylon 5.

Roger, Babylon Control.

The voices you are hearing are the ship 's
captain and B5 Command and Control.

- Mark.
- Confirmed, Hyerdol, we...

Narn transport Na'Tan, return to
your holding position. I repeat, return...

Centauri vessel Molios, break off.

A terrible explosion...

...a conspiracy involving several
of these individuals...

...lies, deception and the deaths
of hundreds of people.

All this and more in
36 Hours aboard Babylon 5...

...here on the Interstellar Network News.

We'll be back with our story
right after this break.

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a better future.

The Babylon Project was our last,
best hope for peace.

A self-contained world, five miles long,
located in neutral territory.

A place of commerce and diplomacy...

... for a quarter of a million
humans and aliens.

A shining beacon in space,
all alone in the night.

It was the dawn
of the Third Age of mankind.

The year the Great War
came upon us all.

This is the story of the last
of the Babylon stations.

The year is 2259.
The name of the place is Babylon 5.

30 minutes ago...

...a Narn vessel opened fire on a Centauri
transport without warning.

The bodies of the dead and wounded
are being brought here...

...for transfer to various Medlab
facilities on Babylon 5...

...which are already working
beyond maximum capacity.

Behind me is Dr. Stephen Franklin,
chief of staff. Doctor?

Prep for immediate surgery
and full CAT scan.

I need more regen packs!

Dr. Franklin, Cynthia Torqueman,
ISN News. What happened?

Somebody said something
about an ambush.

Keep his head elevated 30 degrees,
or he'll choke on his own blood.

- Can you explain what the reason was?
- I'm sorry.

Captain Sheridan, Cynthia Torqueman,
ISN News.

Do you have a comment
on what happened?

No, no comment at this time.
Doctor...

What about the Narn vessel that
attacked the transport?

We sent a fighter wing to
apprehend them.

We won't know more
until they're in custody.

If you will excuse me, please.

This is exactly the kind of behavior that
endangers the very purpose of Babylon 5.

This place is dedicated to finding
peaceful solutions to our problems.

For the Narn to carry their vendetta
against our people...

...into neutral territory like this...

...is reckless and irresponsible.

And though we mourn our own losses...

...we have felt strongly
about our friends from Earth...

...ever since we first encountered
your world 100 years ago.

To endanger your people...

...for no reason.

Then the attack on your transport
was completely unprovoked.

- Of course.
- He's lying.

Can you tell us why your ship
opened fire?

I'll issue a statement
after I consult my government.

Your government sanctioned this attack?

No.

Do attacks of this nature put everybody
on Babylon 5 in unnecessary jeopardy?

We are already in far greater jeopardy
than you can possibly imagine.

For all the apparent danger
in this part of space...

...it seems to have had little effect
on travel.

Nearly a quarter of a million humans
and aliens are here at any given moment.

While most are in transit
to distant worlds...

...many others actually live
and work here.

What does it take to call
a place like this home?

Well, it's... It's a job.

I've been in a lot worse places,
let me tell you.

It gets crazy here sometimes. You get 50,
60 ships a day coming through...

...Ioading and unloading, and every last
one of them is a priority job.

At least, that's what they tell us.
Watch those crates!

Get them over to the side.
No, no, the other side!

We had a couple problems here last year,
tried to hit us with some budget cuts.

You know, same old song.

But that's the past.

You got to go along
to get along, right?

Overall, I've found this to be
a good working environment...

...and a valuable experience.
I've learned a lot here.

And you've never felt that your
safety has been compromised?

No, ma'am.

So this has been a positive experience
for you?

You enjoy working with everyone?

Yes.

It's a calm, pleasant environment.

I don't think I've ever seen
anyone get upset here.

I guess it's the old joke.

You don't have to be crazy
to work here, but it helps.

I suppose there is a certain attraction
to being out here on the edge like this.

A new frontier.

New frontier is right.

When Babylon 5 went online
in 2257...

...oddsmakers from New Vegas
to Lloyd's of London predicted...

...it wouldn't last six months.

Well, I've never been very much
on gambling.

Never quite found the time for it.

You were originally a starship
captain, correct?

Yeah. The Agamemnon.

Yeah, she was a real beauty.

One of the first Omega-class destroyers
off the construction line after the war.

Our job was part military patrol,
part diplomatic mission.

We went around to most of the nonaligned
worlds, put in an appearance...

...kept the peace, that sort of thing.

Babylon 5 has been through
some dramatic changes...

...in administration
since it became operational.

Would you attribute these changes
to bad management?

Or to quote former Senator Hidoshi...

...is this horse just too big
for anybody to ride?

Changes are part of the military life.

Everybody goes into this knowing
that tomorrow you could be someplace...

...that you hadn't even
heard of 24 hours ago.

I've been stationed so many places
over the years...

...I can't even remember most of them.

But you're right.

Some days this is one hell
of a big horse.

You know what the folks back home
don't understand...

...the ones who've never left Earth,
is just how dangerous space can be.

Aside from incidents like this...

...just the everyday reality of living
your days and nights...

...in a big tin can
surrounded by a vacuum.

I remember my first time on a transport
on the Moon-Mars run.

I was just a kid, maybe 17.

A buddy of mine was messing around
and zipping through the halls.

And he hid in one of the air locks.

I don't know, I guess he was gonna try
to scare us or something. I don't know.

But just as I got close...

...he must have hit the wrong button
because the air doors slammed shut.

The space doors opened,
and he just flew out into space.

And the one thing they never tell you
is that you don't die instantly in vacuum.

He just hung there, against the black...

...like a puppet with his strings
all tangled up...

...or those old cartoons where you
run off the cliff...

...and your legs keep going.

You could see that he was trying
to breathe, but there was nothing.

And one thing I remember
when they pulled in his body...

...his eyes were frozen.

A lot of people make jokes
about spacing somebody...

...about shoving somebody out an air lock.

I don't think it's funny.

Never will.

Although the air locks on Babylon 5
are considerably safer...

...the last three years have shown that
the station itself is anything but secure.

In its first year, there were
half a dozen murders...

...three acts of sabotage, including
a bomb that blew out two levels...

...and a barely averted attack
by the Vorlon Empire.

Since then there have been 50 deaths
by violence, so the question remains:

Given its cost in lives and money,
is Babylon 5 serving any useful purpose?

Or as we're about to see, is the whole
thing falling apart at the seams?

I've just been briefed by my government,
and I'm prepared to issue this statement:

The Centauri ship that was attacked
by one of our vessels...

...was not simply
a commercial transport.

It was secretly transferring
weapons of mass destruction...

...to ships bound for the front lines...

...where they were to be used in the war
against our people.

They have turned Babylon 5
into a weapons supply post...

...and we cannot allow this to continue.

Even if it means shutting down
Babylon 5 completely.

36 Hours on Babylon 5 continues
with Cynthia Torqueman.

According to figures released by the
newly formed Office of Public Morale...

...President William Clark has risen
to dramatic new levels of popularity...

...because of his
administration's emphasis...

...on addressing the needs of Earth.

As a result, recent hearings
in Earth Dome...

...have openly questioned how much
time and money should be invested...

...in a project that seems perpetually
bogged down in non-human conflict.

So we took that question
to Senator Ronald Quantrell.

Well, obviously...

...Babylon 5 is something President
Santiago believed in very strongly...

...and I think we owe it to his memory
to try and make it work.

That doesn't exactly sound
like a ringing endorsement.

Well, clearly, we've taken a lot of heat.

And the cost overruns have been
appropriately astronomical.

Let's remember the Babylon Project was
conceived after the Earth-Minbari War.

At that time, the idea of a diplomatic
station to keep anything like that...

...from happening again was
very appealing.

And now?

Now?

Well, it's still too early to tell.

We've rebuilt our military forces...

...to a point far in advance
of where they were 14 years ago.

If the Earth-Minbari War started today,
things might have gone a little differently.

So while I'm not sure how much...

...concrete benefit we really derive
from Babylon 5 any longer...

...I suppose it still does keep us in a
highly visible position with other races.

And of course, it's very important
to interstellar commerce and trade.

Well, with all due respect
to Senator Quantrell...

...speaking as someone who did his part
in the front lines...

...I'd have to say we still haven't
fully recovered from the Minbari War.

And we haven't anywhere near
the level of technology...

...we would need in the event
of another major conflict.

And anybody who thinks that we could
hold our own against...

...the Minbari, the Centauri and,
God forbid, the Vorlons...

...is just plain kidding himself.

You sound angry about it.

No.

I'm not.

It just... It just sounds to me...

...like jingoism and self-deception
and armchair quarterbacking.

Anytime you lose a war...

...you just wait a few years,
and you'll hear from everyone...

...who thought we could have won
if they'd have done the fighting.

Except of course, captain,
we didn't lose the war.

The Minbari did surrender.

Of course.

Who are the people who run Babylon 5?

And what do they do here?

What are their hopes and dreams?

I'm standing in what's called the
Observation Dome or C & C...

...short for Command and Control.

When the captain is otherwise engaged
with diplomatic or business affairs...

...this place is under the watchful eye
of its perky and energetic Commander...

...Susan Ivanova.

Make one more sweep,
pulling in whatever you got...

...then head for the barn.
- Commander Ivanova...

...would you tell us
what you're doing here?

Investigating Ambassador G'Kar's
allegations that the transport...

...was carrying weapons,
justifying his government's attack.

The HAZMAT team is checking the debris
for unusual levels of radiation...

...or trace elements that could indicate
unauthorized weapons.

While we wait for the analysis,
would you tell us a little about yourself?

- How you got here?
- Well, there's...

...really not much to tell. I was
born in the Russian Consortium...

...but spent most of my life
at school abroad.

- Graduated from OTC 10 years ago.
- How did you come to join Earthforce?

After my brother was killed in the war...

...I felt that I had to try
and finish what he started.

But of course as my luck runs, the war
was over before I saw any action.

Now, commander, I'm sure there's
more to your story than that.

Yes.

What do I hope for?

To get through this interview without
getting fired. How's that for a start?

It's one of those questions
I don't think about in words.

Maybe because so many times it seems
like if I say what I want it never comes.

There must be something.

Yeah. There are little hopes, I guess.

Every day I get up,
and I hope nothing'll happen.

I'd love to be just bored out of my skull
for 24 hours.

And I guess I keep hoping...

...that someday, somewhere
I'll make a difference.

That at the end of the day...

...everything that we've gone through
here for the past few years will...

...mean something.

Yeah?

Garibaldi, we just got back the
HAZMA T report. We've got a problem.

See what I mean? Always something.

So far we've spent most of our time
here talking to the humans.

But aliens make up roughly 42 percent
of Babylon 5's population.

Many of them live here in the
so-called "alien sector"...

...which provides alternate atmospheres
for 14 different species.

Ironically, the alien sector is
how the aliens here...

...refer to the human part
of the station...

...proving once again that beauty
and the beast...

...are in the eye of the beholder.

Probably the most elusive of all the aliens
is Ambassador Kosh Naranek...

...a representative of the Vorlon Empire
sent here roughly two years ago.

Nothing is known of the Vorlons.

In fact, three expeditions sent into Vorlon
space over the years have never returned.

The Vorlon government said
they had met with accidents...

...and suggested no further expeditions.

Even their appearance is a mystery...

...compounded by the fact that he can only
leave his quarters in an encounter suit...

...which contains his atmosphere
and other life-support equipment.

A moment ago while we
were setting up this shot...

...we got our first glimpse of the Vorlon
as he was leaving his quarters behind me.

This is an ISN exclusive presented here
for the first time.

It's Ambassador Kosh over here!

Mackie, quick, the camera.

Ambassador Kosh. Ambassador!

Cynthia Torqueman, ISN News.
Can we ask you a few questions?

Ambassador Kosh!

Did we get that? Tell me we got that.
Did we get it?

Second in elusiveness to the Vorlon...

...is Ambassador Delenn
of the Minbari Federation.

After initially refusing several requests
for an interview...

...she finally agreed to talk to us.

Since very few humans
have ever been allowed on Minbar...

...perhaps you could start by telling
us a little bit about your world.

We are the seventh planet from our sun.

Almost one quarter of Minbar is covered
by our north polar icecap.

Because our world is rich
with crystalline deposits...

...many of our cities are cut directly
out of crystal formations.

During the spring, the patterns
of color caused by the light are...

...breathtaking.

Let's see, what else?

We have three basic languages:

Lenn'a, Feek and Adronato, which is
the language of the religious caste.

Can you give us an example of Adronato?

I am your friend in peace.

Your appearance, though,
isn't typical of your people, is it?

- No.
- According to station records...

...you looked quite different a year ago.

I volunteered for this change...

...in the hope of a better understanding
between our peoples.

Over a quarter of a million humans
were killed in the war with your people.

How do you think the families of those
victims will feel about your change?

L... I don't know.

L... I would hope...

I think they would feel hurt.

Betrayed.

That by assuming a human face, you're
taking a part of us you're not entitled to.

What would you say to them?

To all the husbands and wives
and children and brothers and sisters...

...of the people who were killed
in the war with your people...

...and now see a Minbari
with a human face?

I'm...

I'm sorry, can we...?

Can we stop this?

Please?

Ambassador Delenn, you're needed
in the Council Chambers.

Ambassador?

Ambassador Delenn?

We've been informed of a development
in the Narn attack.

The Advisory Council and the League
of Non-Aligned Worlds...

...have convened to hear this.

We've been given permission
to record these proceedings.

Now, thanks to Commander Ivanova's
investigation...

...we have proof of what we've
been saying all along.

An inspection of the destroyed Centauri
has found conclusive proof...

...that she was carrying fusion bombs
and support equipment for ion cannons...

...mass drivers,
and heavy-energy weapons!

We have already filed a complaint
with the Centauri government...

...on the grounds that Babylon 5
is neutral territory...

...and is not to be used as a staging
ground or a munitions depot.

If I may make...

It is this kind of irresponsible
activity, ambassador...

...that endangers this station
and everyone here!

Classified shipments are transferred
outside the station, ship to ship.

The risk to Babylon 5
is minimal.

Oh, we've already seen
your minimal risk, ambassador.

Caused by their attack on one
of our vessels!

Our ships have the right to carry
any cargo they choose.

We will not surrender
our sovereign rights.

The sovereign rights of any race
end when they threaten innocence.

Enough! They're doing what they
always do!

Using details to distract us from doing
what must be done!

There are seven more Centauri vessels
berthed outside...

...and I have reason to believe
they also carry...

...weapons of mass destruction
to be used against our people.

My government demands that these ships
be impounded and their weapons seized.

No, no, no! We will not
allow this!

This is Babylon 5 space,
and here we have sovereign rights.

Our ships will defend themselves
against any who try to seize them!

Perhaps if the transports return
to Centauri space...

We cannot allow those ships
to leave with their weapons.

They'll just turn right around
and use them against us.

Then how do you intend to...?

What the hell?

Captain, we need you in C & C.

We've got a shooting war
going on out here.

The sounds you hear are weapons
on the Narn and Centauri vessels...

...doing battle just outside Babylon 5.

The station is on a priority one alert, and
people are being evacuated to shelters.

We're en route to C & C to try
and cover the battle.

Now our vid systems are being plugged
into the station's external cameras...

...and communication systems,
and we should be seeing...

Coming in. Reading five, repeat,
five incoming hostiles.

No reply. Got the beacon.
Targeting systems online.

Delta Leader to hostile vessels,
you are ordered to cease fire at once.

Do you copy?

You are ordered to surrender,
or we will open fire.

Damage report.

Levels Brown 90 through 92 report
damage. Hull breach in Blue 70.

- Dropping pressure doors.
- Get a repair crew down there!

- Aye, sir.
- Any reply yet?

Hostile forces continue to fire.
They're targeting our ships.

Delta Squadron requesting
permission to fire.

Ambassadors Londo and G'Kar are saying
if we open fire...

...they'll consider it an act of war.

We have a quarter million
people to defend.

If they won't stop this, we will.

All fighters, open fire.
Fire at will.

Roger, Babylon Control.

Delta Squad, open fire.

Target engines and navigation
if possible...

...but if you have
to take them out, do it.

- Roger, leader. Four, five and eight...
- Come on. Come on.

Heater's lit. No window? Come to papa.

Got it! Box away. This is seven.
Target splashed.

Two Narn vessels destroyed.
Two damaged and out of the fight.

Centauri vessels are offering
to surrender.

All right, pick them up
and throw them in the brig.

And I want every one of those ships
scanned for weapons.

Tell Ambassadors G'Kar and Londo
I want to see them now.

What if they refuse?

Then you can throw them in the...

Then invite them again,
as firmly and as politely as you can.

This nonsense has gone far enough.

The "nonsense" Captain Sheridan referred
to is the Narn-Centauri War...

...which over the past months
has grown into a conflict...

...which threatens to spill
into other systems...

...and lead to an escalation of hostilities.

Prior to the battle we witnessed...

...ISN spoke with representatives
from both sides...

...in order to better understand the history
of this conflict.

Roughly 150 of your years ago,
the Centauri came to our world.

Narn was a green and fertile place then.

We greeted them in peace,
and spent the next 100 years in chains.

But we never gave up hope.

We formed a resistance,
learned their secrets...

...turned their own machines against them
and finally drove them from our world.

How did you become involved with
the resistance?

My family lived in G'Kamazad,
one of the larger cities on Narn.

My father served in a Centauri household...

...during the last years of the rebellion.

I was barely a pouchling at the time.

My mother was ill, unable to escape
through the underground, so we all stayed.

It was a difficult time.

We were striking deep into Centauri
resources. Things were tense.

One day my father spilled a cup of hot jala
on the mistress of the house and...

And she had him killed.

They took him out,
tied his hands together...

...and hung him from a jalwah tree
for three days.

I came to him the last night,
against my mother's orders...

...and he looked down at me.

He said he was proud
and to go and fight...

...and be all the things he never was.

Then he died.

The next morning I ran away
and killed my first Centauri.

Why do you think they invaded
back then?

Why does any advanced civilization
seek to destroy a less advanced one?

Because the land is
strategically valuable...

...because there are resources
that can be exploited...

...but most of all, simply
because they can.

You have experienced much the same
on your own world.

There are humans for whom
the words "never again"...

...carry special meaning,
as they do for us.

How do you respond to reports
that your military...

...has lost six out of the last seven
engagements with the Centauri forces?

And now the war consists mainly
of holding actions and forced retreats.

Centauri propaganda.

We will never fall back.
We will never surrender.

When we first met the Narn,
they were what?

A primitive people.

We gave them technology
centuries ahead of their own...

...took them with us to the stars,
taught them laws, civilized them.

They repaid us with terror and death.

So you're saying that the Centauri
originally came to help the Narn?

Of course. And at considerable
expense, I might add.

Which is why we finally left. We wished
them well, but the cost, you see...

Then you weren't driven off
the Narn Homeworld?

Please. The Narn have rewritten
history enough, don't you think?

If they wanted us gone, we were
hardly going to force the issue.

But ever since, they have grown
more and more irrational...

...have gone out of their way to harm us,
to seize Centauri territory.

Finally, we had to take a stand.

They were the ones who declared war,
remember? Not us.

We want only peace.

"We want only peace."

Both sides say the same thing,
but as we've just seen...

...the reality is anything but peaceful.

With the skirmish outside concluded...

...and the captured Centauri vessels
about to undergo a search...

...things seem to have calmed down.

- What is it?
- Jump point forming in Sector 7.

Are they crazy?
That's practically on top of us!

Reading one Centauri battle cruiser.

Do we still have a feed from
the external monitors? Are they online...?

I've got Ambassador Mollari
on the link.

Put him through.

Ambassador Mollari,
what's going on here?

I'm sorry this has come
as such a surprise, commander...

... but I warned you not to interfere.

You have no right to search
or detain our ships.

If we don 't act in our own defense,
we invite the same from others.

Centauri cruiser is arming weapons,
opening gun ports.

The cruiser will blockade Babylon 5...

... until our ships are returned to Centauri
custody, intact and unopened.

Any ship attempting to enter or leave
Babylon 5 will be fired upon...

... boarded and sent back.

We will use the minimum
possible level of force...

... but if provoked, we are prepared
to use deadly force...

... even against Babylon 5 itself.

ISN, the galaxy's most important network.

John? Why aren't you outside
playing with the other kids?

They hate me.

Now, John...

It's true. I'm just...

I'm different, Mom.

I can feel what they think about me,
and they know I can.

I called one of them a liar because I knew
he wasn't telling the truth somehow.

And he just kept hitting me
until I said I was the liar.

I just don't know what to do anymore.

Don't worry, Johnny.

- We'll take care of it from here.
- Look! A Psi Cop!

That's right, Johnny.

There are a lot of other kids
who feel just the same way you do.

They're confused and afraid,
but they don't have to be.

The problem isn't that other kids
don't like you.

It's that they don't understand you.

But we do.

You're special. You're a latent telepath
about to come into full bloom.

My Johnny? A telepath?

Probably. But to be sure...

...take him down to the Psi Corps
Testing Center first thing tomorrow.

- How do I find one?
- We're everywhere.

For your convenience. We have offices
in schools and children's hospitals.

We even have mobile testing centers
that travel the country.

And if he qualifies, we'll give him
an education, a job, a purpose.

And, we'll pay all his bills for life!

John, I can't believe it.
You've come so far.

Just look at you.
We're all so proud.

And I'm proud to be part
of the Psi Corps.

So remember, if you know someone
who might be a telepath...

...or think you might be one yourself...

...help them get the help they need.
Call the Corps.

Call Government Information for more
on a Psi Corps Center near you.

This message is from the Ministry
for Public Information...

... and your local Psi Corps
Recruitment Office.

As we enter our 30th hour
aboard Babylon 5...

...the Centauri-Narn crisis
has not diminished.

The various parties to the dispute have
gathered in council chambers behind me...

...in closed session to discuss the crisis.

Meanwhile, all traffic in or out
of Babylon 5 has come to a halt...

...due to the Centauri blockade.

Captain, any progress in the
negotiations?

All sides are still talking.
That's all I can say for now.

Is it true some of the Senate suggested...

...that you accommodate the Centauri by
releasing their vessels without searches?

As the commander of record
on Babylon 5...

...I doubt the Senate would undermine
my position...

...in these negotiations
by armchair quarterbacking.

Ambassador G'Kar, do you have
anything to say?

This should prove once and for all...

...that the Centauri are a menace
to more than just our world.

This kind of thing cannot be allowed.

We will take whatever steps necessary
to make that perfectly clear to them.

Well, what does that mean?
Ambassador G'Kar?

The events on Babylon 5 which took place
during your recent visit...

...are emblematic of what many of us
in Earth Dome have worried about.

By placing an Earth installation
between warring factions...

...we risk being drawn into a conflict
that has nothing to do with us...

...or Earth interests.

If we had not been in that place,
at that time...

...the terrible loss of life
might have been avoided.

On the other hand, senator,
they are at war with one another.

People die in war.

Yes, but it wouldn't have happened
in our back yard.

What happened next came
with the reluctant support of Earth Dome...

...but the hundreds of deaths...

I don't see how we can support
that sort of thing.

I'm only glad you made it
out alive, Cynthia.

We need all the good reporters
we can get.

Ten minutes ago, Captain Sheridan
received a transmission...

...from Earth Dome on the current crisis.

After considerable negotiations,
we've been allowed back into C & C...

Captain John Sheridan, Babylon 5
to Centauri cruiser.

My government has rejected your demand
that we release your ships.

We will not consider any demand
made under terrorist threat.

We have activated our defense grid...

...and are prepared to defend all ships
coming through here.

Any hostile action taken by you against
ships entering or leaving this station...

...will be considered an attack
on Babylon 5 itself...

...and we will respond accordingly.

If they send back a reply,
don't acknowledge it.

- Aye, captain.
- We'll let them sweat for a while.

I know the new defense grid
can hold them off...

...but the repercussions...
- They're bluffing.

I can't believe they'd take on
the whole station.

No, that'd bring Earth
in the side of the Narns...

...and the last thing the Centauri want
is a war on two fronts.

Docking Bay 9 just linked in.
The transport's ready to go.

Bring her up. Activate autopilot.

We'll run the transport from here,
make sure no one gets hurt...

...just in case they're not bluffing.

Bring the maintenance bots around
for a closer look.

Move Secure Cab 23 to high overhead
and Main Bot 914.

At 12 click intervals and transport...

If they attack the transport...

...they'll turn around and fire on us next,
figuring we'll have to retaliate.

I know.

All tracking stations...

...if you see their weapons targeting us...

...open fire.

Any reply from the cruiser?

Negative, sir. No response.

Their weapons system is still on.
I don't like this.

The transport's through.

Getting a signal from the Centauri cruiser.
They want to talk.

Open a channel. Let's be gracious.

Captain, any thoughts on the...?

Second jump point forming in Sector 10.

Hell!

Babylon Control to Narn cruiser, we do
not, repeat, we do not require assistance.

Do not interfere! We have
the situation under control.

Narn cruiser powering up
weapons systems.

No! Listen to me. We do not need...

All civilians to the shelters.

Get me that cruiser,
and I don't care how you do it!

Close blast doors now!

Narns destroyed the cruiser.
They're opening a jump point.

Can they make it?

I don't think so. They're hit bad.

Jump engines are malfunctioning.

As journalists, we would be remiss
in our responsibilities...

...if we suggested these events
you've just witnessed...

...were typical of the situation
on Babylon 5.

Like anyone else, they have
good days and bad days.

There can be no question
that it's a flash point...

...that can only grow hotter
as time passes.

And yet growth only comes
through pain and struggle.

So perhaps we should allow Babylon 5
time to realize or one day...

...even exceed the dreams
we have invested in it.

We'll be back with some concluding
thoughts right after this message.

After the crisis was over, the debris
cleared and the bodies counted...

...we asked each of the people involved
in this story one question:

Given the danger, at the end of the day,
as Mr. Garibaldi said, is it worth it?

Absolutely.

Sure, when things get tense out here,
we have to be careful.

Our search of the Centauri
vessels proved...

...they were bringing in weapons...

...offloading them outside the station
and sending them to the front lines.

Now that we know that, we can make
sure it doesn't happen anymore. We learn.

It's what humans do.

Misunderstandings aside, yes.

I definitely think it's worth it.

We must simply work harder to make sure
we communicate with one another...

...to prevent this sort of tragic situation...

...from ever happening again.

A violent attack by Narn forces
is an unacceptable response...

...to a peaceful protest
by my government.

And with the intervention of Earth,
perhaps we can keep them...

...from making a similar mistake
in the future.

I don't know anymore.
I used to think so, but now...

Yes.

Of course it is.

For the simple reason that no one else
would ever build a place like this.

Humans share one unique quality:

They build communities.

If the Narns or the Centauri or any
other race built a station like this...

...it would be used only
by their own people.

But everywhere humans go...

...they create communities out of diverse
and sometimes hostile populations.

It is a great gift...

...and a terrible responsibility,
one that cannot be abandoned.

Well, I guess we'll just have
to see, won't we?

All right, Med 2, go. Go!

Look, if we weren't here right now...

...half the people in this room
would be dead.

Now that should be a good enough
answer for anyone.

Sure. What, are you kidding?

I have a retirement pension
to make, you know?

Yes.

But not for any of the reasons
that you've probably been told.

The job of Babylon 5 is not
to enforce the peace.

It's to create the peace.

And this place was built
on the assumption...

...that we could work out our problems
and build a better future.

And that, to me, is the key issue.

See, in the last few years...

...we've stumbled.

We stumbled at the death
of the president...

...the war and on and on.

And when you stumble a lot,
you start looking at your feet.

Now we have to make people...

...lift their eyes back to the horizon...

...and see the line of ancestors
behind us saying:

"Make my life have meaning."

And to our inheritors before us saying:

"Create the world we will live in."

We're not just holding jobs
and having dinner.

We are in the process
of building the future.

That's what Babylon 5 is all about.

Only by making people understand that...

...can we hope to create
a better world for ourselves...

...and our posterity.

I'm Cynthia Torqueman, ISN News.
Good night.

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