All language subtitles for Babylon 5 - In The Beginning [1998] 480p 10bit DVD DD5.1 HEVC-Vyndros_track4_eng

CAPTIONING MADE POSSIBLE BY
WARNER BROS.

IT IS SAID
THAT IN EVERY AGE

THERE IS
ONE SINGULAR EVENT

THAT FOREVER CHANGES
THE WORLD AROUND US...

A NEXUS, IF YOU WILL.

IT IS SAID THAT THE FUTURE
IS ALWAYS BORN IN PAIN...

THE HISTORY OF WAR
IS THE HISTORY OF PAIN.

IF WE ARE WISE,

WHAT IS BORN OF THAT PAIN

MATURES INTO THE PROMISE
OF A BETTER WORLD,

BECAUSE WE LEARN THAT
WE CAN NO LONGER AFFORD

THE MISTAKES OF THE PAST.

Man: OH, MY GOD.

BUT IN THE PAIN
OF THAT WAR,

A FUTURE WAS BORN...

A FUTURE THAT WOULD ONE DAY

HAVE A NAME WHISPERED
ON A HUNDRED WORLDS...

THE FINAL REFUGE
FOR DREAMS...

AND OUR LAST, BEST HOPE
FOR PEACE...

BABYLON 5.

[CHILDREN LAUGHING
AND SQUEALING]

Boy:
YOU CAN'T CATCH ME.

BOO!

AAH!

Woman: LUC, LYSSA,
WHERE ARE YOU?

NO, NO, NO, NO, NO.

YOU SHOULDN'T BE HERE.

YOU CAN'T PLAY HERE.

LUC, LYSSA...

WHAT HAPPENED
TO THE BUILDINGS?

THEY FELL DOWN.

SOME BAD PEOPLE
MADE THEM FALL DOWN.

THAT'S WHY
ALL THE WINDOWS

IN THE PALACE
ARE COVERED--

SO YOU CAN'T SEE.

IF THEY FIND OUT
YOU'VE BEEN LOOKING--

THEN WHY IS
THE WINDOW HERE

IF YOU'RE NOT
SUPPOSED TO LOOK?

THIS IS THE EMPEROR'S
WINDOW, LUC.

HE'S THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN
LOOK OUT OF THE PALACE.

THAT'S WHY
WE CAN'T STAY.

WE HAVE TO GO BEFORE--

NO!

IT'S ALL RIGHT.

IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME
SINCE I HEARD

THE SOUND OF LAUGHTER
IN THIS ROOM.

A VERY LONG TIME.

LET ME SEE THEM.

AND WHAT ARE YOUR NAMES,
HMM?

LUC DERADI.

AND THIS IS
MY SISTER LYSSA.

SHE DOESN'T TALK MUCH,
DOES SHE?

NO. SHE'S ALWAYS QUIET.

WE THINK MAYBE THERE'S
SOMETHING WRONG WITH HER.

YES...

OR SOMETHING VERY RIGHT.

THE QUIET ONES ARE THE ONES
THAT CHANGE THE UNIVERSE,

LUC DERADI.

THE LOUD ONES
ONLY TAKE THE CRE--THE CREDIT.

[COUGHING]

ARE YOU REALLY
THE EMPEROR?

I SOMETIMES ASK MYSELF
THE SAME THING.

YES...

I AM THE EMPEROR.

HERE...

YOU SEE?

THIS IS THE SEAL
OF THE CENTAURI REPUBLIC.

ONLY THE EMPEROR
CAN WEAR IT,

SO EITHER
I AM THE EMPEROR,

OR I AM IN A GREAT DEAL
OF TROUBLE.

OR BOTH.

[CHUCKLES]

COME HERE, LUC.
HERE.

FOR THE NEXT 5 MINUTES...

YOU ARE THE EMPEROR

OF WHAT WAS ONCE
THE VAST CENTAURI REPUBLIC.

[CHUCKLES]

YOU MAY GIVE ONE ORDER--

ANY ORDER YOU DESIRE.

MAKE IT A GOOD ONE.

WHAT DO YOU WANT?

TELL ME A STORY.

LUC.

NO, NO.
IT'S ALL RIGHT.

HE DID FAR BETTER
WITH THAT QUESTION THAN I DID.

AND WHAT KIND OF STORY
WOULD YOU LIKE TO HEAR?

I WANT A STORY
ABOUT GREAT BATTLES

AND WARS AND BRAVERY

AND HEROES
AND VILLAINS.

I SEE.

AND WHAT DOES
YOUR SISTER WANT?

NOTHING.

SHE SAYS SHE WANTS
TO HEAR A TRUE STORY.

VERY WELL.

THEN I WILL GIVE YOU BOTH
WHAT YOU WANT:

A STORY ABOUT GREAT DEEDS...

ABOUT ARMIES OF LIGHT
AND SOLDIERS OF DARKNESS...

ABOUT THE PLACES
WHERE THEY LIVED

AND FOUGHT...

AND LOVED AND DIED.

ABOUT GREAT EMPIRES...

TERRIBLE MISTAKES.

A TRUE STORY.

YOU SEE...

I WAS THERE
AT THE DAWN OF THE THIRD AGE.

IT BEGAN WITH THE HUMANS,
YOU KNOW.

THEY'RE THE--

THE QUIET ONES
I MENTIONED BEFORE.

THEY CHANGED THE UNIVERSE,

BUT IN DOING SO
PAID A TERRIBLE PRICE.

IT BEGAN
35 OF THEIR YEARS AGO.

THEIR HOMEWORLD
IS A PLACE CALLED EARTH...

LOCATED IN A FAIRLY
UNINTERESTING PART

OF THE GALAXY.

WE HAD NEVER BOTHERED MUCH
WITH THAT AREA BEFORE.

IT HAD LITTLE MILITARY
OR STRATEGIC VALUE.

BUT AS A CULTURE
GROWS DECADENT,

IT BECOMES INTRIGUED
BY ART,

BY TRINKETS,

BY ECCENTRICITY.

AND THE HUMANS
HAD ART AND TRINKETS

AND ECCENTRICITY TO SPARE.

BUT IT WAS
NONE OF THOSE TRAITS

THAT WOULD CAUSE
SO MUCH DEATH AND PAIN.

THEY HAVE AN EXPRESSION:

"PRIDE GOETH BEFORE A FALL."

AND THEIR PRIDE
WAS THEIR UNDOING.

I KNOW.

I WAS THERE.

AHH, MOLLARI.
GOOD.

I'D LIKE YOU TO MEET
GENERAL LEFCOURT.

GENERAL,
LONDO MOLLARI,

LIAISON TO
THE CENTAURI DELEGATION.

PLEASURE
TO MEET YOU, SIR.

LIKEWISE.

PLEASE, SIT.

HOW IS YOUR PRESIDENT?
WELL, I HOPE.

MUCH BETTER. I JUST
SAW HER IN THE RED ROOM,

AND SHE'S
STARTIN' TO GET

SOME OF THE COLOR
BACK IN HER CHEEKS.

THIS DAMN FLU'S GOT HALF
OF MY STAFF DOWN SICK.

I SUGGEST YOU GIVE HER
A LITTLE OF THIS

BEFORE SHE EATS.
I BROUGHT IT

FROM CENTAURI PRIME
WHEN I HEARD SHE WAS ILL.

IT WILL COMPLETELY
ELIMINATE HER SYMPTOMS

IN...2, 3 HOURS AT MOST.

THANK YOU. I'M SURE
SHE'LL APPRECIATE IT.

MY PLEASURE.

AND NOW, GENTLEMEN,
PERHAPS YOU WILL TELL ME

WHY YOU HAVE ARRANGED
FOR THIS MEETING.

OF COURSE.

GENERAL?

FOLLOWING OUR VICTORY
AGAINST THE DILGAR,

WE'VE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF
THE GOODWILL OF OTHER WORLDS

TO EXPAND
OUR SPHERE OF INFLUENCE.

WE'VE MADE TRADE DEALS
AND MUTUAL DEFENSE TREATIES

WITH THE LEAGUE
OF NONALIGNED WORLDS.

MOST OF THE RACES

HAVE BEEN VERY RECEPTIVE
TO OUR ADVANCES,

OTHERS DOWNRIGHT HOSTILE...

AND A FEW...

ARE STILL A MYSTERY TO US.

WHAT DO YOU KNOW
ABOUT A RACE CALLED MINBARI?

WE HAVE HAD SOME DEALINGS
WITH THEM IN THE PAST,

BUT NOTHING
IN RECENT YEARS. WHY?

WE'RE GONNA SEND
AN EXPEDITION TO THEIR BORDER

TO SEE IF THEY POSE A THREAT

TO OUR PROGRAM TO EXPAND
OUR SPHERE OF INFLUENCE.

WE UNDERSTAND THAT FULLY
A THIRD OF THEIR POPULATION

IS DEDICATED TO WARFARE.

OH, WELL, THEY HAVE
A WARRIOR CASTE--

NOT EXACTLY
THE SAME THING, HMM?

SEMANTICS.

WE NEED TO KNOW
ALL WE CAN ABOUT THEM.

THEN SEND ONE SHIP,

ONE SHIP ONLY.

ANYTHING MORE COULD BE PERCEIVED
AS A THREAT.

AND IF THAT WERE TO HAPPEN,

WELL, I ASSURE YOU, THEY
WOULD NEVER RETURN HOME.

MY PEOPLE CAN HANDLE
THEMSELVES.

WE TOOK CARE
OF THE DILGAR.

WE CAN TAKE CARE
OF THE MINBARI.

AHH, ARROGANCE AND STUPIDITY
ALL IN THE SAME PACKAGE.

HOW EFFICIENT OF YOU.

JUST A MINUTE--
LISTEN TO ME.

THE MINBARI ARE ONE OF THE
OLDEST SPACE-FARING RACES.

EVEN AT THE HEIGHT
OF THE CENTAURI REPUBLIC,

WHEN WE WERE EXPANDING
IN ALL DIRECTIONS,

WE NEVER OPPOSED MINBARI.

IF YOU DO NOT BOTHER THEM,

THEY WILL NOT BOTHER YOU.

PERHAPS, BUT THAT DECISION'S
ALREADY BEEN MADE.

LOOK, ALL WE'RE ASKING
FROM THE CENTAURI

IS THAT YOU GIVE US
WHATEVER YOU'VE GOT

ON THE LOCATION
OF THEIR MILITARY FORCES

SO WE CAN AVOID
ANY POSSIBLE CONTACT.

NO. THIS IS FOOLISH.

EXCUSE ME
FOR SAYING SO,

BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE
YOU'RE MAINLY CONCERNED

WITH KEEPING YOUR MONOPOLY
ON OUR BUSINESS.

MINBARI HAVE NO INTEREST
IN ALIEN AFFAIRS

OR ALIEN BUSINESS.

AND I RESENT
YOUR IMPLICATION.

I HAVE TRIED TO HELP YOU.

YOU REFUSE TO LISTEN.

THERE YOU ARE.

I WILL GET YOU
THE INFORMATION YOU ASK FOR,

AND THAT IS THE END.

GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR MISSION,
GENTLEMEN.

I ONLY HOPE THAT
IN YOUR STUMBLING AROUND,

YOU DO NOT WAKE THE DRAGON.

GOOD DAY.

Emperor Mollari:
THEY DIDN'T LISTEN, OF COURSE.

ARROGANT MEN NEVER DO.

SADLY, ARROGANCE
HAS NEVER BEEN

EXCLUSIVELY A HUMAN TRAIT.

IT TRAVELS BETWEEN THE STARS
LIKE SOLAR WINDS.

I NEVER TIRE
OF THIS VIEW, LENONN.

IT AMAZES ME TO THINK
THAT VALEN HIMSELF

STOOD WHERE I AM STANDING
SO MANY YEARS AGO.

YES.

I OFTEN FEEL
HIS PRESENCE HERE.

THANK YOU
FOR COMING, CALLIER.

I AM HONORED THAT YOU
SHOULD TRAVEL SO FAR.

IT IS
THE LEAST I CAN DO

FOR THE HONORED LEADER
OF THE ANLA-SHOK.

[CHUCKLES]

I'M NOT CERTAIN ABOUT
THE "HONORED" PART.

I KNOW WHAT THEY SAY
ABOUT ME.

[CHUCKLES]

YOU'VE BEEN LISTENING
TO RUMORS AGAIN.

RANGERS
SPECIALIZE IN REPORTS

FROM DISTANT PLACES.

RUMORS ARE AT THE CORE
OF WHAT WE DO.

I HAVE LEARNED THAT
THE MORE VEHEMENTLY

A RUMOR IS DENIED,

THE MORE OFTEN
IT TENDS TO BE TRUE.

SO...

DID YOU PASS ON MY REQUEST
FOR MORE SUPPORT?

I DID. IT WAS CONSIDERED
AND REJECTED.

THEY PROMISED.

LENONN,
BE SENSIBLE.

WE HAVE CARRIED
THE RANGERS

AS PART OF OUR
CULTURAL IDENTITY--

OUR DEBT TO VALEN--
FOR A THOUSAND YEARS.

HOW MUCH MORE
CAN YOU ASK OF US?

BUT NOW IS WHEN
THE PROPHECY SAID

THAT WE WOULD
BE NEEDED MOST.

WE MUST BEGIN TO MOVE.

I'M SORRY, LENONN.

THE CASTE ELDERS
HAVE MADE THEIR DECISION.

THEN I DEMAND TO SPEAK
WITH THE GREY COUNCIL.

LENONN--

IT IS MY RIGHT AS LEADER
OF THE ANLA-SHOK.

I DEMAND TO SEE THEM
AND MAKE MY CASE PERSONALLY.

IF YOU GO OVER THE HEADS
OF THE ELDERS,

YOU RISK OFFENDING THEM.

THEN LET THEM BE...
OFFENDED.

YOU OPERATE HERE
AT OUR SUFFERANCE, LENONN.

IF YOU FORCE THE ISSUE,

THE RANGERS
MAY PAY THE PRICE.

IGNORE MY REQUEST,
AND WE SHALL ALL

PAY THE PRICE
FOR THEIR STUPIDITY.

[BELLS TINKLING]

[TINKLING STOPS]

[BELLS TINKLING]

HAVE YOU COME
FROM THE GREY COUNCIL?

WAIT!

I WANT TO SPEAK
WITH YOU.

WHERE ARE YOU GOING?

WHY WON'T YOU ANSWER ME?

WELL, LENONN...

YOU SAID YOU WISHED
TO SPEAK WITH US.

STEP INTO THE CIRCLE
AND SPEAK.

Luc: YOU SAID THERE WAS
GONNA BE A BATTLE.

EXCUSE ME?

YOU SAID THERE
WAS GOING TO BE

A GREAT BATTLE
IN YOUR STORY.

LUC, BE QUIET!

NO, NO,
IT'S ALL RIGHT.

THE YOUNG
DO NOT UNDERSTAND

THAT IN WAR
THERE IS DEATH.

YOU WANT A BATTLE, HMM?

WILL IT HELP TO TELL YOU THAT
THESE 2 ISOLATED INCIDENTS

WOULD LEAD TO THE GREATEST WAR
IN HUMAN HISTORY?

YES. MANY MINBARI
WOULD DIE IN THE WAR.

BUT BEFORE ITS END,
EARTH HERSELF WOULD STAND

ON THE VERY EDGE
OF COMPLETE DESTRUCTION.

AND THE IRONY IS--

THE TERRIBLE...

THE TERRIBLE TRUTH
THAT NO ONE KNOWS,

BUT THAT I WILL TELL YOU...

IS THAT THE BLOOD OF MANY
WHO DIED IN THAT WAR

IS ON MY HANDS.

MY FAULT.

MY FAULT.

MAJESTY,
I KNOW IT IS NOT

MY PLACE TO SPEAK,

BUT YOU HAVE ENDURED
SO MUCH

THESE LAST FEW YEARS.
YOU CANNOT BEAR

ALL THE BLAME
FOR THE WAR

BETWEEN THE HUMANS
AND THE MINBARI.

WE HAD NOTHING
TO DO WITH IT.

THANK YOU, BUT I KNOW
MY SINS, DEAR WOMAN.

AND THE PRICE I WILL
EVENTUALLY PAY FOR THEM.

NOW, YOUNG EMPEROR,

I WAS TELLING YOU
ABOUT HOW LENONN,

HEAD OF THE ANLA-SHOK,

WHAT THE HUMANS

WOULD ONE DAY
CALL THE RANGERS,

WAS BROUGHT BEFORE
THE GREY COUNCIL.

LONG AGO, VALEN LED
OUR PEOPLE TO VICTORY

IN THE GREAT WAR
AGAINST THE SHADOWS.

BEFORE HE WENT AWAY,
HE GAVE US THE PROPHECY

THAT THEY WOULD RETURN
AGAIN IN 1,000 YEARS.

THAT TIME
IS ALMOST UPON US.

AND THE RANGERS
WHO WERE CREATED

TO BE OUR EYES AND EARS
ON THE FRONTIER,

TO WATCH FOR THE RETURN
OF THE GREAT DARKNESS,

ARE NOT READY.

THERE ARE ONLY
A FEW OF US.

AND MOST OF THOSE
ARE OLD AND TIRED

FROM YEARS OF
WATCHING, WAITING,

WEARY OF BEING MOCKED

BY CERTAIN MEMBERS
OF THIS COUNCIL.

AND BY THE WARRIOR CASTE

WHO THINK OF US
AS AN EMBARRASSMENT

AND WHO DO NOT BELIEVE
IN THE PROPHECY OF VALEN.

THIS PROPHECY ALSO SAID

THAT THE ANLA-SHOK
WILL ARISE.

THEY WILL BE READY,

AND THEY WILL BE
INSTRUMENTAL

IN THE NEXT
GREAT WAR,

SO WHY NOT WAIT
UNTIL THERE'S PROOF?

VALEN CREATED
THE GREY COUNCIL

FOR MEMBERS
OF EVERY CASTE--

WARRIOR, WORKER,
AND RELIGIOUS--

SO THAT NO ONE CASTE

WOULD HAVE UNDUE INFLUENCE
OVER THE OTHERS.

PROPHECY FALLS

UNDER THE CATEGORY
OF RELIGION, LENONN.

THE WORKERS NEED TO KNOW

WHY THEY SHOULD STOP
BUILDING BRIDGES

AND START BUILDING
SHIPS, GUNS, AND WEAPONS.

AND THE WARRIORS
NEED TO KNOW

WHY THEY MAY BE CALLED
UPON TO SERVE AND TO DIE.

WHAT DO YOU SAY
TO THEM?

ALL I CAN SAY
IS THAT I BELIEVE.

WHAT MORE
IS THERE TO SAY?

WE NEED MONEY,
RESOURCES, PEOPLE.

AND WE MUST ATTEMPT

A RAPPROCHEMENT
WITH THE VORLONS.

HA HA HA.

COPLANN, WHAT DOES
THE WARRIOR CASTE

FIND SO AMUSING?

OVER THE LAST 100 YEARS,

WE'VE SENT A DOZEN SHIPS
INTO VORLON SPACE.

NONE HAS RETURNED.

TO SEND MORE
WOULD BE A WASTE

OF TIME
AND EFFORT AND LIVES.

THE VORLONS KNOW THE
PROPHECY AS WELL AS YOU.

YET THEY HAVE NOT COME
FORTH TO CONTACT US.

BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT
WE HAVE FALLEN FROM GRACE

AND THAT WE
NO LONGER BELIEVE.

THEN LET THEM APPEAR...

TO GIVE US SOMETHING
TO BELIEVE IN.

IF THE VORLONS
DO NOT SEE THE DANGER,

THEN PERHAPS THE DANGER
DOES NOT EXIST.

Woman: MASTER?

IF I MAY.

THERE MAY BE A WAY

TO GIVE THE OTHERS
THE PROOF THEY REQUIRE.

DELENN IS NOT FORMALLY
A PART OF THIS COUNCIL.

THOUGH SHE STANDS IN
FOR SATAI KADRONI,

SHE HAS NOT YET
UNDERGONE THE RITUAL.

IT IS INAPPROPRIATE
FOR HER TO SPEAK.

I HAVE NEVER YET
KNOWN THE TRUTH

OR DELENN TO SPEAK ONLY
WHEN IT IS APPROPRIATE.

GO ON, DELENN.

VALEN SAID THE SHADOWS
WOULD FIRST RETURN

TO THEIR HOMEWORLD
OF Z'HA'DUM

BEFORE MOVING AGAINST US.

SO WHY NOT SEND AN
EXPEDITION TO Z'HA'DUM

TO DETERMINE IF THEY
HAVE INDEED RETURNED?

THE WARRIOR CASTE
WILL BE NO PART OF THIS.

OUR FORCES ARE NEEDED HERE
TO PROTECT HOMEWORLD.

BESIDES, THE JOURNEY
IS LONG AND DIFFICULT.

OTHER EXPEDITIONS
HAVE FOUND

THAT THE AREA
AROUND Z'HA'DUM

IS MINED WITH TRAPS

AND ANCIENT
DEFENSE SYSTEMS.

OTHER RACES
HAVE MOVED IN...

CLAIMED IT
AS THEIR OWN.

SO YOU BELIEVE IT
TOO DANGEROUS

FOR THE WARRIOR CASTE
TO GO?

THE WARRIOR CASTE
FEARS NOTHING.

BUT IT IS A WASTE
OF OUR TIME.

FURTHER, IF THE
COUNCIL ENDORSES

SUCH AN EXPEDITION,

IT WILL CAUSE
UNNECESSARY PANIC

AMONG OUR PEOPLE.

I AGREE. SO THEY
WILL NOT HAVE TO GO.

THANK YOU.

WE WILL GO.

WHAT? BUT, MASTER--

WE ARE THE ONES
WHO MUST DECIDE

HOW MUCH SUPPORT
TO GIVE THE RANGERS.

WE CAN RELY
ON THE REPORTS OF OTHERS

OR SEE FOR OURSELVES.

MY WHOLE LIFE,
I'VE HEARD OF Z'HA'DUM

IN WHISPERS AND LEGENDS.

I THINK I'D LIKE TO SEE
IT ONCE BEFORE I DIE.

WOULDN'T YOU, DELENN?

YES...MASTER.

THEN WE WILL GO.

WE'LL TAKE ONLY A FEW SUPPORT
VESSELS SWORN TO SECRECY

TO AVOID THE PANIC
COPLANN FEARS.

AND WE'LL TRAVEL
INDIRECTLY,

STOPPING
AT VARIOUS OUTPOSTS

UNTIL WE ARE READY
FOR THE FINAL JUMP.

IT IS AN ELEGANT AND
SIMPLE SOLUTION, COPLANN.

THANK YOU FOR
GIVING IT TO ME.

YOU HAVE SOMETHING
ON YOUR MIND, DELENN.

I RECOGNIZE
THAT EXPRESSION.

I'VE BEEN THINKING.

I BELIEVE THAT
LENONN IS CORRECT...

THAT WE MUST BEGIN TO PREPARE.
BUT COPLANN IS ALSO CORRECT.

THE VORLONS SHOULD
HAVE CONTACTED US BY NOW.

YES, THEY SHOULD,
BUT IF THE LEGENDS

SURROUNDING THE
VORLONS ARE CORRECT,

REMEMBER
THAT THEY DO NOT

REVEAL
THEMSELVES QUICKLY

AND NEVER
ALL AT ONCE.

WHAT ARE YOU SAYING?

I'M NOT SAYING ANYTHING.

I DIDN'T SAY
ANYTHING THEN,

AND I'M NOT
SAYING ANYTHING NOW.

BUT--

IT'S BEEN A LONG DAY,

AND I MUST
GO TO MY SANCTUM

AND MEDITATE ON THIS
IN PRIVATE.

GOOD DAY, DELENN.

NOW IT STARTS.

YES.

YOU WANTED
TO SEE ME, SIR?

YES. COME IN, COMMANDER.
HAVE A SEAT.

HOW'S YOUR FATHER?

HE'S FINE, SIR. HE
SENDS HIS REGARDS.

HE ASKED ME
TO REMIND YOU,

RESPECTFULLY, THAT
YOU STILL OWE HIM

40 CREDITS
FROM LAST WEEK.

YES, YES, I'LL GET IT
TO HIM EVENTUALLY.

YOU KNOW, IT'S
A SAD STATE OF AFFAIRS

WHEN A FINE DIPLOMAT
HAS TO RESORT

TO CHEATING AT POKER.

I CAN'T THINK OF
ANY OTHER WAY

THE MAN
COULD HAVE BEAT ME.

I HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY
FOR YOU, COMMANDER,

AND I SUGGEST
YOU TAKE IT.

WE'RE SENDING OUT
A MISSION

TO THE BORDER
OF MINBARI SPACE.

THE SHIPS INVOLVED
WILL SURVEY

THE DISPOSITION
OF THEIR FORCES

AND DETERMINE
IF THE MINBARI

HAVE ANY HOSTILE
INTENTIONS TOWARDS US.

I WANT YOU ON THAT SHIP
AS FIRST OFFICER.

I'M ALREADY ASSIGNED
TO THE LEXINGTON.

THE LEXINGTON IS
AN OLD PATROL SHIP

THAT WILL NEVER
SEE ACTION AGAIN

IF CAPTAIN STERNS
HAS ANYTHING

TO SAY ABOUT IT.

HE WANTS TO FINISH
HIS TOUR AND RETIRE

WITH ALL OF HIS
PARTS AND PIECES

STILL
IN WORKING ORDER.

HE'S A GOOD MAN
AND A FINE OFFICER.

HE'S LOYAL TO HIS CREW.

I FEEL I HAVE AN OBLIGATION
TO RETURN THAT LOYALTY.

I APPRECIATE THAT.
BUT CAREER ADVANCEMENT

DEPENDS UPON HIGH
VISIBILITY ASSIGNMENTS.

THIS IS
AN IMPORTANT MISSION.

WHEN IT'S OVER,
YOU'LL BE

THAT MUCH CLOSER
TO YOUR OWN COMMAND.

CAN I ASK WHICH SHIP
IS LEADING THE EXPEDITION?

THE PROMETHEUS.

CAPTAIN JANKOWSKI
LOST HIS X.O.

TO THE CHURCHILL A
COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO

AND HAS BEEN LOOKING
FOR A REPLACEMENT.

YOU WOULD FIT IN
PERFECTLY.

I KNOW SOME OF THE OFFICERS
WHO HAVE SERVED UNDER HIM.

HE DOESN'T HANDLE
FIRST CONTACT SITUATIONS

AS WELL AS OTHERS.

EVER SINCE
THE OMEGA INCIDENT--

THE MILITARY TRIBUNAL
CLEARED HIM

OF ALL RESPONSIBILITY
FOR WHAT HAPPENED.

YES, I UNDERSTAND THAT,

BUT IF I CAN
SPEAK FRANKLY...

THE MEN UNDER HIS COMMAND
CONSIDER HIM A LOOSE CANNON.

I'D RATHER NOT WALK
INTO A SITUATION

WHERE I MIGHT HAVE TO
GO UP AGAINST MY OWN C.O.

IF THINGS GOT HOT.

DON'T MISUNDERSTAND ME.

I APPRECIATE
THE EFFORT, GENERAL.

AND YOU'RE RIGHT.
THIS IS A PLUM ASSIGNMENT

AND A FAST TRACK
TO PROMOTION.

BUT I CAN'T LEAVE
CAPTAIN STERNS IN THE LURCH,

AND I DON'T REALLY
FEEL COMFORTABLE

WITH THE SITUATION
ON THE PROMETHEUS.

SHERIDAN, YOU ARE
THE MOST STUBBORN MAN

I HAVE EVER SEEN

AND MAINLY
AT YOUR OWN EXPENSE.

ALL RIGHT. YOU WANT
TO SHOOT YOUR CAREER

IN THE FOOT,

WHO AM I TO STAND
IN THE WAY? DISMISSED!

YES, SIR!

EXCUSE ME.

DID YOU JUST PILOT IN
THAT TRANSPORT?

YES.

IT IS DANGEROUS FOR
THE DELIVERY OF CARGO

WHILE IN HYPERSPACE.

WHY DID YOUR CREW TAKE
SUCH AN UNUSUAL RISK?

I DO NOT ASK QUESTIONS.
I ONLY FOLLOW ORDERS.

WHOSE ORDERS?

I'M TOLD THEY CAME
FROM DUKHAT HIMSELF.

THE DELIVERIES
MUST NOT ATTRACT

UNDUE ATTENTION
FROM OUTSIDERS.

BUT WHY THE SECRECY?

I DON'T KNOW.

ONCE EACH WEEK, WE ARE GIVEN
A DIFFERENT RENDEZVOUS POINT.

WE WAIT,
AND A SHIP ARRIVES.

THEY TRANSFER CARGO
TO OUR SHIP,

AND WE BRING IT HERE.
THAT'S ALL I KNOW.

YOU MUST HAVE
SOME INFORMATION

ABOUT YOUR CARGO.

SOMETHING TO DO WITH
LIFE-SUPPORT SYSTEMS,

ALTERNATE ATMOSPHERES.

THAT'S ALL I KNOW.

WHAT KIND OF
ALTERNATE ATMOSPHERE?

DELENN!

IT IS ALMOST TIME
FOR THE CEREMONY.

YOU'RE NOT PREPARED.
ARE YOU RECONSIDERING

THE INVITATION TO JOIN
THE GREY COUNCIL?

NO, OF COURSE NOT.

HOW COULD YOU
EVEN ASK SUCH--

BECAUSE A MEMBER
OF THE GREY COUNCIL

WOULDN'T BOTHER HERSELF
WITH SUCH TRIVIAL DETAILS

AS CARGO SHIPMENTS
AND TRANSPORTS, WOULD SHE?

NO, MASTER,
OF COURSE NOT.

EXCEPT WHEN IT MAY
INVOLVE LARGER ISSUES.

YOU SEE...
ONLY AN ALIEN LIFE FORM

WOULD REQUIRE
AN ALTERNATE ATMOSPHERE.

WHAT OF IT?

I WAS ONLY THINKING
OF WHAT YOU SAID EARLIER...

AND REMEMBERING THAT,
FROM TIME TO TIME,

ALIENS HAVE COME TO US
PRETENDING TO BE VORLONS.

SINCE NO ONE ALIVE
HAS EVER SEEN THEM,

IT'S EASY TO BE DECEIVED.

ARE YOU SAYING
I'M BEING DECEIVED?

I'M NOT SAYING ANYTHING.

I DID NOT SAY
ANYTHING THEN,

AND I'M NOT SAYING
ANYTHING NOW.

UNLESS YOU ARE SAYING
YOU'VE SEEN A VORLON.

I'M SAYING EVEN LESS
THAN YOU, EXCEPT FOR THIS.

WHEN THE DARKNESS COMES,

IF YOU EVER HAVE DOUBT
ABOUT YOUR ACTIONS,

ALL YOU NEED DO IS LOOK
INTO THE FACE OF A VORLON.

ONCE YOU SEE THAT, ALL
DOUBT IS ERASED FOREVER.

NOW, WE MUST HURRY...

OR YOU'LL BE LATE
FOR YOUR OWN CEREMONY.

[BEEPING]

APPROACHING NEXT
RENDEZVOUS POINT.

THAT'S VERY GOOD.

PREPARE TO JUMP
TO NORMAL SPACE.

NAVIGATION,
PREPARE TO JUMP.

Woman:
ROGER THAT, BRIDGE.

JUMP ENGINES STANDING BY
AT YOUR COMMAND.

JUMP!

WHY DO YOU COME HERE,
DELENN?

I COME TO SERVE.

WHO DO YOU SERVE?

I SERVE THE TRUTH.

WHAT IS THE TRUTH?

THAT WE ARE
ONE PEOPLE, ONE VOICE.

WILL YOU FOLLOW ME
INTO FIRE?

WILL YOU FOLLOW ME
INTO DARKNESS?

WILL YOU FOLLOW ME
INTO DEATH?

I WILL.

THEN FOLLOW.

SIR, WE'RE PICKIN' UP
A SILHOUETTE

AT THE EDGE
OF SCANNER RANGE.

I THOUGHT THIS AREA
WAS SUPPOSED TO BE

WELL OUTSIDE THE MINBARI
TRANSFER POINTS.

AYE, SIR, IT IS.

THERE'S NO REASON
THEY SHOULD BE HERE.

UNLESS THEY'RE
LOOKIN' FOR US.

SHOULD WE JUMP BACK
INTO HYPERSPACE?

NEGATIVE. WE JUST JUMPED IN.
I DON'T WANT TO PUT

ANY MORE STRAIN ON THE
ENGINES THAN WE HAVE TO.

BESIDES, IF IT IS THEM,

I WANT TO SEE IF WE CAN GET
A GOOD LOOK AT 'EM.

CAPTAIN, OUR ORDERS
WERE TO AVOID

ANY FIRST CONTACT SITUATION
UNLESS AUTHORIZED TO DO SO.

I'M WELL AWARE OF
OUR ORDERS, COMMANDER.

NOW, TAKE US IN
AT AN OBLIQUE ANGLE,

KEEP THE SCANNERS ON
TO THE MAXIMUM.

IF WE DO THIS RIGHT,

THEY'RE NOT EVEN GONNA
KNOW WE'RE HERE.

AYE, SIR.

I AM BECOME GREY.

I STAND
BETWEEN THE DARKNESS...

AND THE LIGHT...

BETWEEN THE CANDLE...

AND THE STAR.

SCANNERS CONFIRM TARGET
IS UNKNOWN VESSEL.

WE READ
2 PRIMARY VESSELS

WITH SEVERAL
SUPPORT SHIPS.

LET ME SEE IT.

THAT'S ALL WE'VE GOT
SO FAR, JUST A SILHOUETTE?

SCANNERS ARE HAVIN'
A HARD TIME LOCKIN' ON.

THEY MAY BE USING SOME SORT
OF STEALTH TECHNOLOGY.

IS THERE ANY
HOSTILE ACTION YET?

NEGATIVE, SIR.

THEY STILL MAY NOT
HAVE NOTICED US YET.

BRING US IN CLOSER.

I WANT AS MUCH INFORMATION
AS WE CAN GET.

SIR, OUR ORDERS
ARE TO AVOID--

OUR ORDERS ARE TO BRING BACK
INFORMATION ON THE MINBARI,

AND THAT'S JUST WHAT
WE'RE GONNA DO.

NOW, IF WE CAN BRING
BACK A PROFILE

ON ONE
OF THEIR WAR SHIPS,

THEY'RE GONNA BE HANDIN'
OUT MEDALS BY THE BUCKET.

AH, WE HANDLED THE DILGAR.

WE CAN HANDLE
A FEW STRAY SHIPS.

NOW...BRING US...
IN...CLOSER.

AYE, SIR.

THE SENSORS
HAVE DETECTED AN ECHO

WHICH SEEMS TO BE
FOLLOWING OUR COURSE.

THEY MAY BE ALIEN SHIPS
ON APPROACH.

I'VE TOLD THEM TO GO
TO MAXIMUM POWER

ON THE SCANNERS
SO WE CAN VERIFY.

THERE'S NO REASON
TO CONCERN DUKHAT WITH IT

UNTIL WE KNOW MORE.

SIR, ALIEN SHIPS
ARE CHANGING COURSE.

MOVIN' IN OUR DIRECTION.

I'M PICKIN' UP SCANNERS,
EXTREMELY POWERFUL.

I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING
LIKE 'EM, CAPTAIN.

THEY'VE SEEN US.

ALL RIGHT,
LET'S GET OUT OF HERE.

PREPARE TO JUMP.

JUMP ENGINES
NOT RESPONDING.

WHAT?

ALIEN SCANNER RAYS

INTERFERING WITH
OUR ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS.

TREMENDOUS E.M.P. OUTPUT.

TRYIN' TO REROUTE.

THEY DREW US IN
DELIBERATELY,

WANTED TO GET US IN RANGE
WITH THEIR SCANNERS

SO THEY COULD SHUT US DOWN.

SIR, YOU SAID
YOU WANTED TO GET

AS MUCH INFORMATION
ON THE ENEMY SHIPS AS POSSIBLE.

WHAT IF THEY
WANT TO CAPTURE OUR SHIPS

FOR THE EXACT SAME REASON?

THEN WE'RE
GONNA MAKE SURE

THAT DOES NOT HAPPEN,
COMMANDER. GO TO RED ALERT.

[ALARM SOUNDS]

TRY TO OPEN UP A CHANNEL.
TELL 'EM WE MEAN NO HARM.

WHAT IS IT?

WE DETECTED
THESE ALIEN SHIPS

APPROACHING OUR SPACE.

I'VE NEVER SEEN
THOSE MARKINGS BEFORE.

WHO ARE THEY?

I BELIEVE
THEY'RE THE HUMANS.

THEY HAVE TRIED
TO CONTACT US,

BUT WE DO NOT UNDERSTAND
THEIR LANGUAGE.

AS IS OUR CUSTOM,

WE ARE APPROACHING
WITH GUN PORTS OPEN.

BY WHOSE ORDER?

SIR, ALIEN SHIPS
HAVE OPENED GUN PORTS.

ARE THEY PREPARED
TO FIRE?

I DON'T KNOW. I CAN'T TELL.

COME ON, TALK TO ME.
ARE THEY LOCKED ON US?

SCANNERS ARE TOO POWERFUL.

I COULDN'T TELL
EVEN IF THEY WERE.

THEY HAVE OPENED
ALL GUN PORTS.

MASTER, THAT
IS THE TRADITION

OF THE WARRIOR CASTE,

A GESTURE OF STRENGTH
AND RESPECT.

THEY CAN
SEE OUR WEAPONS.

THEY CAN SEE WE APPROACH
THEM OPENHANDED.

ENEMY PRESUMED
TO BE HOSTILE.

WEAPONS HOT.

WEAPONS HOT!
REPEAT!

ALL BATTERIES,
ALL FORWARD GUNS!

FIRE AT WILL!
I REPEAT. FIRE!

FIRE!

AAH!

AAH!

SOMEBODY, HELP ME!

[SOBBING]
HELP ME!

OHH!

OH!

WE'VE HIT
THEIR SCANNER RAYS.

WE CAN JUMP NOW.

ALL RIGHT! GET US
THE HELL OUTTA HERE!

DELENN, WE NEED
TO STRIKE BACK,

BUT THE COUNCIL
IS DIVIDED.

DO WE FOLLOW THEM
BACK TO THEIR BASE

AND TAKE REVENGE,
OR DO WE WAIT

AND TRY TO FIND OUT
WHAT HAPPENED?

YOURS IS THE
DECIDING VOTE, DELENN.

TEARFULLY]
HE WAS THE BEST OF US.

THEY STRUCK
WITHOUT PROVOCATION.

THERE WAS NO REASON!

ANIMALS!

BRUTAL!

THEY DESERVE NO MERCY!

STRIKE THEM DOWN!

FOLLOW THEM
TO THEIR BASES!

AND KILL THEM, ALL OF THEM!

ALL OF THEM!

NO MERCY!

WITH THE DEATH
OF THEIR LEADER DUKHAT,

THE MINBARI WENT MAD.

THEY SWORE REVENGE
AND BEGAN A HOLY WAR

THAT COULD ONLY END

IN THE COMPLETE
EXTERMINATION OF MANKIND.

THE INCIDENT
YOU HAVE JUST SEEN

HAS BEEN REPEATED
AT HALF A DOZEN BASES

IN JUST THE LAST FEW DAYS.

WHERE THE MINBARI STRIKE,
NOTHING'S LEFT ALIVE.

EVEN SHIPS NO LONGER
CAPABLE OF FIGHTING

ARE TARGETED
AND DESTROYED,

SO SURRENDER ON ANY SCALE
IS NOT AN OPTION.

EVERY ATTEMPT WE'VE MADE
TO COMMUNICATE WITH THEM

HAS BEEN REBUFFED.

THEY ARE MOVING
METHODICALLY

THROUGH
THE OUTER COLONIES,

WIPING OUT
OUR DEFENSE STRUCTURES

AND LEAVIN'
THE COLONIES VULNERABLE.

CIVILIAN STRUCTURES ARE
BEING LEFT ALONE FOR NOW.

NOW, WE KNOW THE MINBARI
USE A CASTE SYSTEM,

INCLUDING
A WARRIOR CASTE,

AND WE THINK THEY'RE
FIGHTING IN A WAY

CONSISTENT
WITH THAT STRUCTURE:

TAKING OUT
OUR WARRIORS FIRST

AND COMING BACK
FOR THE REST LATER.

THEY INTEND TO ELIMINATE

OUR DEFENSIVE CAPABILITY
ALL THE WAY TO EARTH.

THEN WITH NO ONE TO STOP THEM,
THEY'LL HEAD BACK OUT AGAIN

AND FINISH THE JOB

OF WIPING OUT EVERY LAST
MAN, WOMAN, AND CHILD

OF THE HUMAN RACE.

SINCE
THE FIRST ENGAGEMENT,

WE HAVE NOT WON A SINGLE
BATTLE FROM THE ENEMY.

THEIR SHIPS ARE IMMENSELY
SUPERIOR TO OUR OWN,

AND THEY USE SOME KIND
OF STEALTH TECHNOLOGY

WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE
TO BEAT YET.

WE'VE CALLED YOU HERE
BECAUSE WE WANTED YOU

TO SEE THE SITUATION
FOR YOURSELVES.

WE WANT YOU TO GO BACK
TO YOUR UNITS

AND MAKE THEM
UNDERSTAND 2 THINGS:

1--WE NEED A VICTORY
AGAINST THESE FORCES,

ANY VICTORY,
TO INCREASE MORALE.

AND 2--

THAT UNLESS WE FIND A WAY
TO DEFEAT THE MINBARI,

THE HUMAN RACE ENDS
WITH THE CURRENT GENERATION.

DISMISSED.

THERE'S GOTTA BE A WAY
TO BEAT 'EM, JOHN.

BUT YOU SAW THOSE RECORDS:

ANY SHIP THAT COMES UP
AGAINST THEM LOSES.

I'VE NEVER BELIEVED
IN THE IDEA

OF AN UNDEFEATABLE
ENEMY, SIR.

ANY SHIP
CAN BE DESTROYED.

I HOPE THE HELL
YOU'RE RIGHT.

LOOK, IT'LL BE A FEW MORE DAYS
BEFORE THE LEXINGTON

IS FULLY OUTFITTED,
ENGINES RECHARGED.

YOU CAN SEE YOUR FOLKS.

YES, BUT YOU'RE GONNA
NEED ME HERE, SIR.

THEY'LL UNDERSTAND.

ARE YOU SURE?

WELL, IF YOU WERE IN MY
POSITION, WOULD YOU GO?

UNDER NORMAL
CIRCUMSTANCES, NO.

BUT AFTER WHAT I SAW...

YEAH.

I'D GO.

P.A.: TRANSPORTS
RED 6 AND RED 7,

YOU HAVE THE GO FOR LAUNCH.

RED 6 AND RED 7,
YOU HAVE A GO.

Man: TEN-HUT!
GET READY TO ROLL!

P.A.: ATTENTION!
ATTENTION ON DECK.

GANYA--GANYA IVANOVA,

YOU'VE GOT A VISITOR
IN ROOM 7.

YOU'VE GOT 5 MINUTES.

GET TO IT.
WE'VE GOT THE LAUNCH.

SUSAN...

WHAT ARE YOU
DOING HERE?

YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE
AT THE UNIVERSITY.

WELL, YOU KNOW ME--

NEVER WHERE I'M
SUPPOSED TO BE.

I JUST WANTED TO SEE YOU
BEFORE YOU LEFT.

I THOUGHT BIG BROTHERS

WERE SUPPOSED TO TAKE CARE
OF THEIR LITTLE SISTERS,

NOT THE OTHER WAY
AROUND.

SO SUE ME.

I WILL...LATER,
WHEN I GET BACK.

I WAS JUST WORRIED.
THAT'S ALL.

I'VE HEARD
SO MANY TERRIBLE STORIES

ABOUT WHAT'S
GOING ON OUT THERE.

IT'S NOT AS BAD
AS EVERYONE SAYS.

I'LL BE FINE.

THE MILITARY
TAKES CARE OF ITS OWN.

WELL, GOOD.
THEN YOU'LL BACK ME UP

WHEN I DECIDE TO
SIGN UP IN A FEW MONTHS.

SUSAN IVANOVA,
YOU CAN'T--

I'LL BE OLD ENOUGH
BY THEN.

FATHER WON'T STAND
FOR IT.

IT'S MY CHOICE, NOT HIS.

P.A.: GANYA IVANOVA,
REPORT TO BAY 9

FOR IMMEDIATE DEPARTURE.

I HAVE TO GO.

I LOVE YOU,
LITTLE SISTER.

I LOVE YOU, TOO.

GANYA, WAIT!

REMEMBER WHEN WE WERE
CAMPING AND WE GOT LOST,

AND THEN I LOST MY EARRING
AND THEN WE WERE FOUND,

BUT I NEVER
FOUND THE EARRING,

AND YOU MADE ME FEEL BETTER
BY TELLING ME THAT IT WAS LUCKY?

I REMEMBER, BUT--

HERE. TAKE THIS...

FOR GOOD LUCK.

I WON'T WEAR IT AGAIN
UNTIL YOU COME BACK...

UNTIL YOU GIVE IT
BACK TO ME.

THAT WAY, WE KNOW
YOU'LL COME BACK.

SEE YOU SOON.

Mollari: I AM SORRY,

BUT THERE IS NOTHING
I CAN DO.

Man: WE'RE NOT ASKING
THE CENTAURI GOVERNMENT

TO INTERVENE MILITARILY.
WE KNOW THAT WON'T HAPPEN.

WE'RE TALKING TACTICAL
AND STRATEGIC SUPPORT.

YES, AND WEAPONS.

YOU AND THE MINBARI
ARE 2 OF THE OLDER RACES.

YOUR TECHNOLOGY
IS FAR ABOVE OUR OWN.

WITH ACCESS TO SOME
OF YOUR WEAPONS,

WE'D AT LEAST STAND
A FIGHTING CHANCE.

IT IS NOT OUR POLICY

TO SUPPLY ADVANCED WEAPONS
TO DEVELOPING WORLDS.

WE'LL PAY ANY PRICE.

YES, AND THEN WE
WILL PAY THE PRICE

WHEN THE MINBARI
COME AFTER US

FOR HELPING YOU.
NO, I'M SORRY.

THERE'S NOT ENOUGH MONEY
IN YOUR ENTIRE PLANET

TO JUSTIFY THAT RISK.

LONDO, IF YOU'D
JUST LISTEN.

TO WHAT?
THE VOICE OF A RACE

THAT IS ABOUT
TO BECOME EXTINCT?

NO. I'M SORRY.

I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN
VERY FOND OF HUMANS,

BUT WE CANNOT RISK
ANGERING THE MINBARI.

THERE IS NOTHING
I CAN DO.

I'M SORRY.

WELL?

HE REFUSED TO HELP,
JUST AS YOU SAID HE WOULD.

THE CENTAURI CARE
FOR NO ONE BUT THEMSELVES.

THEY WOULD SOONER SEE
YOUR WORLD IN FLAMES

THAN LIFT A FINGER
TO HELP.

SO IT WOULD SEEM.

ALL RIGHT, G'KAR.

WHAT HELP CAN WE EXPECT
FROM THE NARNS?

WHEN WE DROVE THE CENTAURI
FROM OUR WORLD

AFTER 100 YEARS
OF OCCUPATION,

WE SEIZED
MANY OF THEIR WEAPONS.

WE TOOK THEM APART,
STUDIED THEM,

LEARNED TO TURN THEIR OWN
WEAPONS AGAINST THEM,

AND WE'RE WILLING
TO SELL THEM TO YOU.

AREN'T YOU WORRIED
ABOUT THE MINBARI?

IF THEY CAPTURE
ANY OF THE EQUIPMENT,

THEY WILL ASSUME
IT CAME FROM THE CENTAURI,

ATTACK THEM,
AND WE WIN BY DEFAULT,

AND IF THEY SHOULD LEARN
THAT THE WEAPONS CAME FROM US,

WE ENDURED SLAVERY
FOR 100 YEARS.

A SLAVE IS IMMUNE
TO THE FEAR OF DYING,

BECAUSE TO DIE IS SIMPLY
TO END THE CYCLE OF PAIN.

HOW MUCH CAN YOU
SELL US?

OH, AS MUCH
AS YOU CAN AFFORD,

BUT THE PRICE WILL BE HIGH.

HUMAN CURRENCY
HAS BEEN DEVALUED

ON THE INTERSTELLAR MARKET,
SO IT WILL TAKE A GREAT DEAL

TO CONVINCE THE KHA'RI

TO SELL YOU ARMS
AND PROVIDE SUPPORT,

BUT I BELIEVE
IT CAN BE DONE...

ASSUMING WE HAVE A DEAL.

WE HAVE A DEAL, G'KAR.

[CHUCKLING]

GOOD EVENING, DELENN.

THE LATEST REPORTS
FROM THE FRONT:

3 MORE OF THE HUMANS'
DEEP RANGE COLONIES

HAVE FALLEN.

LEAVE IT ON THE TABLE.

I SHOULD THINK YOU
WOULD BE MORE PLEASED

BY THE PROGRESS
OF THE WAR.

WHAT PLEASURE CAN BE FOUND
IN BEATING AN ENEMY

THAT NEVER HAD THE SLIGHTEST
CHANCE OF DEFEATING US?

IS THAT SYMPATHY I HEAR
IN YOUR VOICE, DELENN?

I'M SURPRISED.

YOU WERE THE CHOSEN
OF DUKHAT, AFTER ALL.

DUKHAT WOULD HAVE NEVER
APPROVED OF THIS SLAUGHTER.

THIS IS SIMPLE RETRIBUTION.

THIS HAS GONE BEYOND
RETRIBUTION, MORANN.

THIS IS MADNESS.

IT IS GENOCIDE.

THIS--

YES, IT IS.

AND YOU'RE
QUITE RIGHT, DELENN.

THE HUMANS
CANNOT OPPOSE US,

SO ONE CAN ONLY WONDER
WHY THE WARRIOR CASTE

HAS EMBRACED THIS WAR
SO ENTHUSIASTICALLY.

DO YOU WANT TO HEAR
WHAT I SUSPECT?

I'M BREATHLESS
WITH ANTICIPATION.

THE WARRIOR CASTE
LOVES TO WIN

AND HATES TO LOSE.

IT IS EASIER TO FIGHT
A WEAKER OPPONENT

AND BE
GUARANTEED VICTORY

THAN TO OPPOSE A FAR
MORE DANGEROUS ENEMY.

ARE WE BACK
ON THE SHADOWS AGAIN?

THEY WILL COME...

AND SOON.

LEGENDS.

NOTHING MORE.

THE HUMANS
ARE A REAL ENEMY,

AN ENEMY I CAN TOUCH,
SEE, AND KILL.

SOMETIMES I WONDER WHERE
YOUR LOYALTY REALLY IS.

YOU DARE?

OR IS IT SIMPLER
JUST TO BE A COWARD?

MORANN, GET OUT!

I WAS SIMPLY--

I SAID GET OUT!

I'M SORRY, DELENN.

I WAS YOUR GUEST,
AND I ACTED POORLY.

NO APOLOGIES ARE REQUIRED.

WHEN YOU ARRIVED,

YOU SAID YOU HAD
SOME INFORMATION FOR ME.

I MADE ARRANGEMENTS

TO TRANSFER ALL
OF DUKHAT'S BELONGINGS

TO THIS SHIP.

I BROUGHT EVERYTHING
THAT WAS HIS, DELENN.

I EVEN RECREATED
HIS SANCTUM.

ONLY YOU AND I
HAVE ACCESS FOR NOW.

I THINK YOU SHOULD
GO THERE, DELENN.

I THINK YOU
SHOULD GO VERY SOON.

[GASPS]

ARE--ARE YOU--
ARE YOU A VORLON?

YES.

YES.

WHAT...

WHAT IS YOUR NAME?

KOSH.

WHAT DO YOU WANT?

WHAT ARE YOU
DOING HERE?

CREATING THE FUTURE.

IF YOU'RE SEEING
THIS MESSAGE,

IT IS BECAUSE I AM DEAD.

I LEAVE THIS IN TRUST
OF THE VORLONS

TO GIVE IT TO THE RIGHT PERSON
AT THE RIGHT TIME.

I ASK YOU TO TRUST THEM,
AS I HAVE.

THEY HAVE COME TO US
IN SECRET

TO PREPARE
FOR THE COMING WAR.

THEY SAY
WE'LL NEED ALLIES...

IN PARTICULAR, A RACE THAT
IS SO FAR UNKNOWN TO US

CALLED HUMANS.

IF WE HAVE NOT ALREADY
DONE SO BY NOW,

IT IS MY HOPE
THAT YOU WILL WORK

WITH THE VORLONS
TO FIND THESE HUMANS

AND BRING THEM INTO THE BATTLE
ON OUR SIDE.

THE ALLIES OF THE SHADOWS

ARE GATHERING
AT Z'HA'DUM.

THEIR MASTERS
CANNOT BE FAR BEHIND.

THEY MUST BE STOPPED.

FINISH THE WORK I BEGAN.

FINISH IT.

HUMANS?

YES.

THEY ARE THE KEY.

HE DIDN'T KNOW.

HE COULDN'T KNOW THAT
WE ARE AT WAR WITH THEM.

AND THAT IS WHY
IT MUST BE STOPPED.

WE HAVE LOST TOO MUCH
VALUABLE TIME ALREADY

DUE TO THIS DISTRACTION.

IF WE DO NOT
END IT SOON,

MORE TIME
WILL BE LOST.

THIS GREAT WAR MUST BE
STOPPED BEFORE IT STARTS,

OR MILLIONS OF LIVES
WILL BE LOST.

THE WORST CASES
OF RADIATION POISONING

WILL BE BROUGHT HERE
FOR TREATMENT.

WHEN THIS GOES ON-LINE,

IT WILL BE THE BEST FACILITY
OF ITS KIND ANYWHERE.

NOW, WE STILL DON'T KNOW

WHAT KIND OF ENHANCED
ENERGY WEAPON

THE MINBARI ARE USING,
BUT WHEN WE DO--

WHAT THE HELL
IS WRONG WITH YOU?!

GET OUT.
THIS IS PRIVATE.

I JUST GOT THIS REPORT
ABOUT YOUR ACTIVITIES

BEFORE YOU REJOINED
EARTHFORCE.

IT SAYS HERE YOU SPENT 3 YEARS
HITCHHIKING ON STARSHIPS,

TRADING YOUR SERVICES
AS SHIP'S DOCTOR

FOR FREE PASSAGE.

THAT'S RIGHT.

AND DURING THAT TIME
YOU ENCOUNTERED

A GROUP OF MINBARI
OFF BETA DURANI.

YEAH. ONE OF
THEIR SHIPS WENT DOWN.

THERE WAS NO ONE
ELSE AROUND.

I DID WHAT I COULD DO
TO SAVE THEM.

WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT
WE WERE UP AGAINST,

SO THEY ALL DIED.

IT'S ALL THERE
IN THE REPORT.

THE HELL IT IS!
I SEE STATEMENTS

ABOUT THEIR LANGUAGE,
THEIR PHYSIOLOGY,

A LITTLE
ABOUT THEIR CULTURE.

NOW, I KNOW YOU, FRANKLIN.

YOU WEREN'T OUT THERE
SIGHTSEEING.

YOU WERE GATHERING MEDICAL
DATA. WAS THERE AN AUTOPSY?

YES.

AND DID YOU
OR DID YOU NOT

COLLECT DETAILED INFORMATION
ABOUT THEIR DNA, THEIR BIOLOGY,

AND OTHER AREAS THAT MAY
BE OF VITAL IMPORTANCE

TO THE BIOGENETIC
WARFARE DIVISION?

YES, I DID.

AND WHERE ARE
THOSE NOTES?

SIR, I AM A DOCTOR.
MY JOB IS TO SAVE LIVES.

IN MY OPINION--

I DON'T GIVE A RAT'S ASS
ABOUT YOUR OPINION, MISTER!

I WANT THOSE NOTES!

I CAN'T DO THAT.

EXCUSE ME? I DON'T
THINK I HEARD THAT.

I CANNOT ALLOW
MY NOTES TO BE USED

IN CREATING
A BIOGENETIC PLAGUE

THAT COULD CONCEIVABLY
WIPE OUT AN ENTIRE RACE.

THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE
TRYING TO DO TO US, SON,

OR HAVE YOU NOT BEEN
FOLLOWING THE NEWS LATELY?

I KNOW, AND
IF WE DO THE SAME,

HOW ARE
WE ANY DIFFERENT?

DAMN IT, MISTER!

I AM SORRY, GENERAL!

I AM A DOCTOR!

I CANNOT ALLOW
MY NOTES TO BE USED

IN THE PRODUCTION
OF WEAPONS OF WAR.

NOW, UNDER THE MILITARY
CODE OF JUSTICE,

YOU CANNOT--

DON'T YOU TALK TO ME

ABOUT THE MILITARY CODE!

YOU CANNOT FORCE ME

TO GO AGAINST
MY CONSCIENCE!

SECURITY!

DR. FRANKLIN'S
UNDER ARREST.

HE WILL BE HELD
UNTIL HE PRODUCES

THE INFORMATION
I HAVE REQUESTED.

I WANT HIS OFFICE SEARCHED,
I WANT HIS HOUSE SEARCHED.

EVERY DATA CRYSTAL.
I WANT ALL REPORTS,

EVERY RECORD CONFISCATED
BY 1600 HOURS.

AND GOD HELP YOU, SON.

FROM NOW ON OUT,

THE BLOOD OF EVERY SOLDIER
THAT DIES IN THIS WAR

IS ON YOUR HANDS.

GET HIM OUT OF HERE!

Sheridan:
COMMANDER'S PERSONAL LOG.

UPDATE.

WE LOST 2 MORE SHIPS
TO HIT-AND-RUN ATTACKS TODAY.

MY GUESS IS
THEY'RE SOFTENING US UP

FOR A MAJOR OFFENSIVE.

CAPTAIN STERNS
HASN'T SLEPT IN 2 DAYS.

WORD IS THERE'S SOME KIND
OF ACE CRUISER OUT THERE

THAT'S KILLED 2 DOZEN OF OUR
SHIPS IN THE LAST 3 WEEKS,

BUT NO ONE'S SURVIVED
AN ATTACK YET TO CONFIRM THAT.

CAPTAIN?
PICKING UP

MINBARI-STYLE
TRANSMISSIONS.

TARGET BEARING MARK

9-9-7-2-ONE.

SHOULD BE
IN VISUAL RANGE.

LET ME SEE.

SILHOUETTE
CONFIRMED.

LOOKS LIKE
A SHORT-RANGED TRANSPORT.

Man: ALL BATTERIES,
GO TO RADIO STATUS.

Second man: ROGER THAT.
BATTERIES ARE READY.

COULD BE A SCOUT

OR A STRAGGLER
THAT GOT SEPARATED

FROM A LARGER FLEET.

COULD BE A DECOY DRAWING US
INTO AN AMBUSH.

SHOULD WE PURSUE?

NEGATIVE. I DON'T
WANT TO RISK THE FLEET

UNTIL I KNOW WHAT
WE'RE GETTING INTO.

SHE'LL BE LEAVING
VISUAL RANGE ANY MOMENT,

AND THE SCANNERS
CAN'T LOCK ON.

LAUNCH BAY,
THIS IS THE CAPTAIN.

Man: LAUNCH BAY, AYE.

LAUNCH SOLO FIGHTER.

I WANT THAT TRANSPORT
FOLLOWED.

SHE'S GOT A BIG
HEAD START ON YOU, EAGLE 7.

ROGER THAT.
MAXIMUM THRUST.

EAGLE 7 TO LEXINGTON.

HE'S FLAMED OUT.

STAND BY, EAGLE 7.

MOVE US IN.

ANY FURTHER RADIO CHATTER?

NEGATIVE.
SHE'S RUNNING SILENT.

KEEP MOVIN' US IN.

SIR, I DON'T LIKE IT.

JUST BEFORE THE
TRANSPORT FLAMED OUT,

HE FIRED
HIS FORWARD THRUSTERS,

CUTTING ACCELERATION
DOWN TO ALMOST NOTHING.

NOW, IF I WERE
RUNNING FROM THE ENEMY,

ENGINES FAILING,

I'D TRY TO KEEP
MY INERTIA GOING

ON THE OFF CHANCE
I COULD GET AWAY,

NOT JUST LYING THERE
WAITING TO GET CAUGHT.

WELL, MAYBE HE WANTS
TO BE CAPTURED ALIVE

RATHER THAN TAKE HIS CHANCE

ON GETTING KILLED
IN THAT ASTEROID FIELD.

OR MAYBE THEY WANT US

IN A PRECISE,
PREDETERMINED LOCATION.

CAPTAIN,
THEIR JUMP ENGINES

ARE A LOT MORE PRECISE
THAN OURS.

THEY CAN TARGET AN AREA
OF LESS THAN 100 YARDS.

IF THEY JUMP
INTO THE MIDDLE OF US--

HOLY--THIS IS "V" COMMAND.
ALL SHIPS BREAK OFF!

I REPEAT.
BREAK OFF!

AAH!

PRIMARY SYSTEMS HIT.

WEAPONS AND JUMP ENGINES
ARE DOWN.

ONLY NAVIGATIONAL
THRUSTERS STILL FUNCTIONING.

ORDERS?

CAPTAIN, ORDER--

Woman: UPDATING
FIRE CONTROL.

Delenn: THE SITUATION
IS GETTING OUT OF CONTROL.

SO FAR WE HAVE HIT
ONLY THE OUTER COLONIES.

THEY'RE SPARSELY POPULATED
WITH MINIMAL DEFENSES.

SOON WE'LL BEGIN TO HIT
COLONIES AND STATIONS

CLOSER TO THE HOMEWORLD
OF THE HUMANS.

EVERY DAY THAT PASSES
SEES MORE DEATH,

AND EVERY DEATH
WILL MAKE IT

THAT MUCH HARDER
TO INTERVENE.

THEN...

WHAT DO YOU SUGGEST?

WE HAVE TO FIND A WAY
TO OPEN NEGOTIATIONS...

GIVE US TIME
TO FIND A SOLUTION.

THAT'S WHY I NEED YOU,
LENONN.

I CANNOT CONTACT
THE HUMANS DIRECTLY

OR ASK ANY OTHER MEMBER
OF THE GREY COUNCIL

TO DO SO.
WE CANNOT ACT ALONE.

BUT SOMEONE ELSE

MIGHT BE ABLE TO CONTACT
THEM UNOFFICIALLY,

SOMEONE THE OTHERS
WOULD RESPECT,

WITH A HISTORY
OF SERVICE

AND UNCHALLENGED
LOYALTY.

SOMEONE LIKE YOU,
LENONN.

I APPRECIATE
THE COMPLIMENTS, DELENN,

BUT...HOW DO I DO THIS?

IF I ATTEMPT
TO CONTACT THEM DIRECTLY,

THE GREY COUNCIL

WILL HEAR OF IT
AND INTERFERE,

AND THE HUMANS
WILL ALMOST CERTAINLY

CONSIDER IT A TRAP.

OUR INTELLIGENCE REPORTS
INDICATE THAT THE HUMANS

HAVE MADE A DEAL

WITH THE NARNS
TO BUY WEAPONS.

THROUGH THE NARNS,

WE CAN ARRANGE
A MEETING

IN NEUTRAL TERRITORY.

BUT THE DANGER IS GREAT.

TO LIVE IS TO RISK.

I WILL INSTRUCT MY RANGERS

TO MAKE CONTACT
WITH THE NARN GOVERNMENT

AND SET THINGS IN MOTION.

WITH LUCK, THE MEETING
COULD TAKE PLACE IN 3 WEEKS,

PERHAPS 4.

IT WILL HAVE TO DO.

I'VE BEEN GATHERING
INFORMATION

ON THEIR LANGUAGE
AND CULTURE.

I'LL MAKE A COPY FOR YOU
THIS AFTERNOON.

IT MAY
PROVE HELPFUL.

THANK YOU, LENONN.

NO. THANK YOU.

AT MY AGE,

I FEARED THAT
I WOULD NEVER AGAIN

HAVE THE CHANCE
TO SERVE MY PEOPLE

AS ONE OF MY ORDER SHOULD.

THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME
THE OPPORTUNITY.

I WILL MEET
WHATEVER COMES

WITH JOY.

[CRASH]

BRIDGE TO ENGINE ROOM.

DO WE HAVE ANY POWER YET?

NEGATIVE, SIR.

COMMUNICATIONS?

SIR.

CAN WE CONTACT EARTH,

SEND A DISTRESS SIGNAL?

IT'S POSSIBLE, BUT, SIR,
THAT MINBARI CRUISER

ONLY LEFT BECAUSE
THEY FIGURED WE WERE DEAD.

IF WE SEND
A DISTRESS SIGNAL,

IT'LL COME BACK
AND FINISH US OFF.

IF WE SIT HERE
AND DO NOTHING,

WE'RE JUST AS DEAD.

ROGER THAT, SIR.

FIRING CONTROL, DO WE HAVE
ANY TACTICAL NUKES LEFT?

AFFIRMATIVE.

3 2-MEGATON WARHEADS
WITH PROXIMITY FUSES.

ALL RIGHT. I'M AUTHORIZING
USE OF TACTICAL NUKES.

FIRING CONTROL,
REMOVE THEIR WARHEADS,

GET THEM DOWN
TO LAUNCHING BAY 9 ASAP.

COMMUNICATIONS, STAND BY
TO BROADCAST DISTRESS SIGNAL,

BUT NOT UNTIL
I GIVE THE ORDER.

AYE, SIR.

NOW...I WOULD BE
LESS THAN HONEST

IF I SAID I WAS SURE
THIS WAS GOING TO WORK.

IT MIGHT. IT MIGHT NOT.

WE COULD VERY WELL BLOW UP
RIGHT ALONGSIDE THE ENEMY,

BUT AT LEAST WE WILL
HAVE A FIGHTING CHANCE

AT TAKIN' THEM OUT WITH US.

UNLESS ANYONE ELSE
HAS A BETTER IDEA.

ALL RIGHT. THEN
WE'LL STICK WITH MY PLAN.

HELL, I DIDN'T WANT
TO LIVE FOREVER ANYWAY.

OK. WE GOT THE NUKES
IN PLACE.

HEADING BACK
TO THE BARN.

Sheridan: ROGER THAT.

P.A.: MAINTAIN RADIO
CONTACT ON RESERVES...

ALL RIGHT. SEND
THE DISTRESS SIGNAL.

I JUST HOPE WE DON'T
HAVE TO WAIT TOO LONG.

I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH MORE
OF THIS WE CAN TAKE.

COMMANDER.

I THINK YOUR WISH
MAY BE COMING TRUE.

WE HAVE AN ECHO
ON VECTOR APPROACH.

IT MIGHT BE THEM.

COMING INTO RANGE...

NOW.

BRIDGE TO NAVIGATION.

THE ENEMY
HAS A CLEAR SHOT.

FIRE DOCKING
THRUSTERS.

GET US BEHIND ONE
OF THOSE ASTEROIDS.

LET 'EM THINK
WE'RE TRYING TO EVADE.

THEY WANT
TO FINISH THE JOB,

LET THEM COME TO US.

HERE WE GO.

SHE'S LOCKING ON,
SIR.

JUST A LITTLE MORE.

Man: CONFIRMED
WEAPONS LOCK.

ENERGY SPIKE.
SHE'S READY TO FIRE.

NOW!

SHE'S OUT OF RANGE
OF NUKE 2.

ONLY ONE LEFT.

SEE YOU IN HELL.

[CHEERING]

NEEDLESS TO SAY,
WE PLAN ON BROADCASTING

THIS TO EVERY MAJOR
PLANETARY NETWORK

FOR THE NEXT 3 DAYS.

THE BLACK STAR
WAS THEIR FLAGSHIP.

WE'VE SHOWN
THAT WE CAN OUTTHINK IT

AND OUTFIGHT IT.

AND IF ANY MEMBER
IN THE PRESS CORPS

ASKS ABOUT THE MORALITY

OF SENDING OUT
A DISTRESS SIGNAL

AND HITTING THE ENEMY,

REMIND THEM THAT THE MINBARI
DO NOT TAKE SURVIVORS.

THEY WERE ON
A MISSION TO MURDER

THE SURVIVING CREW
OF THE LEXINGTON.

THEY PAID THE PRICE.

DISMISSED.

THAT WAS QUICK THINKING
ON YOUR PART, COMMANDER.

YOU'RE TO BE COMMENDED.

THANK YOU, SIR.

YOU WERE RIGHT
TO STAY WHERE YOU WERE.

THANKS FOR
ARGUING WITH ME.

NOW I HAVE
ANOTHER JOB FOR YOU.

BUT MY SHIP--

IS GOING TO BE
IN SPACE DOCK

FOR SOME TIME,
BEING REPAIRED.

I NEED YOU FOR THIS
IMMEDIATELY.

COMMANDER SHERIDAN,
THIS IS G'KAR,

REPRESENTATIVE
OF THE NARN REGIME

WHICH HAS AGREED
TO SELL US WEAPONS

TO HELP EQUALIZE
THE BATTLE.

HE'S ALSO HERE
TO MAKE ARRANGEMENTS

FOR A COVERT
MISSION.

COMMANDER.

SIR.

A NARN CRUISER
WILL TRANSPORT YOU

TO ONE OF OUR
ABANDONED LISTENING POSTS

IN SECTOR 919,
WHERE, IN THEORY,

YOU WILL RENDEZVOUS

WITH A REPRESENTATIVE
OF THE MINBARI.

NOTE--I SAID
IN THEORY.

WE'VE HEARD THAT
CERTAIN ELEMENTS

OF THEIR GOVERNMENT

WANT A MEETING
TO DISCUSS

FINDING A WAY
OUT OF THIS WAR

THAT DOESN'T INVOLVE
THE ANNIHILATION OF EARTH.

MOST PROGRESSIVE
OF THEM.

IT COULD ALSO
BE A TRICK.

WE WANT YOU
TO MAKE CONTACT

BECAUSE YOU'VE SHOWN
YOU CAN HANDLE YOURSELF

AGAINST THEM
IF THINGS GET HOT.

YOUR RECORD ON
FIRST CONTACT PROTOCOL

IS OUTSTANDING.

AND I'M EXPENDABLE.

ONCE WE KNOW IT'S SAFE
AND THEY'RE SERIOUS,

WE'LL SEND
IN THE NEGOTIATORS.

ANYONE ELSE ON MY TEAM?

JUST ONE.

[BEEPING]

[DOOR OPENS]

COMMANDER SHERIDAN,

DR. STEPHEN FRANKLIN.

HE'S HAD A FAIR AMOUNT
OF PHYSICAL CONTACT

WITH THE MINBARI
BEFORE THE WAR.

HE CAN VERIFY
THESE INDIVIDUALS

ARE WHO
THEY SAY THEY ARE

AND BE ON HAND IN CASE
THINGS GO BADLY.

YOU VOLUNTEERED?

WELL, I DIDN'T HAVE
THAT MUCH OF A CHOICE.

THE ONLY WAY I COULD GET
OUT OF THE STOCKADE.

A LONG STORY.
TELL YOU LATER.

YEAH.

WHAT ABOUT
A TRANSLATOR?

WE'VE HEARD
THAT YOUR CONTACT

HAS STUDIED
YOUR LANGUAGE.

JUST IN CASE,
I WILL GO ALONG,

SINCE I'M FLUENT
IN MINBARI AND ENGLISH.

I DON'T HAVE TO TELL YOU

HOW IMPORTANT
THIS MISSION IS, COMMANDER.

WE'RE STILL ONLY A FEW MONTHS
INTO THIS WAR,

BUT THERE ARE MILLIONS
OF LIVES AT RISK

IN THE INNER
COLONIES.

MORE HERE
IN THE HOME SYSTEM.

THIS HAS
TO GO WELL, JOHN.

THERE'S
NO OTHER CHOICE.

AND IF THE ONLY
WAY OUT

IS FOR EARTH
TO SURRENDER?

OFFICIALLY,
THAT'S UP

TO
THE NEGOTIATORS.

THOSE
ARE MY ORDERS.

UNOFFICIALLY...

WE'RE LOSING
THIS WAR, JOHN.

AND IF THE ONLY
WAY THE HUMAN RACE

CAN SURVIVE
IS TO SURRENDER...

THEN
WE WILL SURRENDER.

Emperor Mollari: ORDERS.
WE ALL HAVE OUR ORDERS.

THAT IS SOMETHING
YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND, KID.

YOU THINK TO--TO GO
TO BED EARLY IS AN ORDER...

TO CLEAN YOUR ROOM
IS AN ORDER.

THE HARD ORDERS--

THOSE ARE THE ONES
YOU DISCOVER LATER.

THE ORDER TO LEAVE YOUR FRIENDS
ON THE BATTLEFIELD...

THE ORDER TO FIRE
UPON THE WEAK,

THE POWERLESS.

MY ORDERS.

MY ORDERS WERE
TO PREVENT THE NARNS

FROM USING THE WAR

TO ESTABLISH CLOSER TIES
WITH THE HUMANS.

MY SPIES LEARNED
OF THE NARN MISSION

TO THE EPSILON SYSTEM.

WE ASSUMED IT WAS
AN ARMS SHIPMENT.

WE DIDN'T KNOW--
WE COULDN'T KNOW--

THAT IT WAS AN ATTEMPT
TO END THE WAR.

AND SO I GAVE THE ORDER

TO INTERCEPT IT.
GREAT MAKER, FORGIVE ME.

JUST A SEC.

WE NEED TO FIND
THE POWER SUPPLY.

I JUST HOPE
THE SOLAR BATTERIES

ARE STILL WORKIN'.

DR. FRANKLIN,
CHECK THE PERIMETERS.

SEE IF WE CAN SECURE
THIS PLACE.

ALL RIGHT.

YOU KNOW, COMMANDER...

IF WE ARE UNABLE TO RESOLVE
THIS WAR OF YOURS,

THERE IS ALWAYS A PLACE
FOR SOMEONE LIKE YOU

AMONG OUR PEOPLE.

WE CAN ARRANGE
A SAFE HAVEN

FOR YOU
AND A FEW OTHERS.

THANKS.
BUT IF MY WORLD GOES,

I'M GOIN' WITH IT.

A WASTE OF MATERIAL.

MOST UNFORTUNATE.

AH, GOOD DOCTOR.

I WAS JUST TELLING
YOUR ASSOC--

PRECAUTION...ONLY.

YOU...SHERIDAN?

YES.

I DIDN'T KNOW YOU'D BEEN
TOLD WHO WAS COMING.

WE KNOW MORE
THAN YOU THINK.

I ALSO KNOW WHAT YOU DID
TO THE, UM, UH...

THE DRALA FI?

THE BLACK STAR.

WE DID EXACTLY WHAT YOU
WOULD HAVE DONE TO US.

WE JUST DID IT FIRST.

I KNOW.

IT WAS NECESSARY.

I ALSO KNOW THAT
MANY OF MY PEOPLE...

WILL NOT FORGET.

I SPEAK TO YOU

FOR THEM.

WE MUST FIND A WAY
TO RESOLVE THIS

SO THAT MANY MORE
OF YOUR PEOPLE

NOT GET KILLED.

WE--
[BEEPING]

YES.

Radio: G'KAR.

A SHIP IS COMING
THROUGH THE JUMPGATE.

YOU HAVE
A READING ON IT?

N'FAL? N'FAL?
DO YOU HEAR ME?

[EXPLOSIONS]

HIT THE DECK!

[EMPEROR MOLLARI COUGHS]

THEY NEVER KNEW--
[COUGHS]

WHO HAD ATTACKED THEM.

EACH SIDE ASSUMED
IT WAS A RENEGADE ARM

OF THEIR OWN GOVERNMENT.

BUT IT WAS US.

AND IT WAS MY ORDER

THAT DESTROYED THEIR
LAST CHANCE FOR PEACE.

AAH...AAH...

[COUGHING]

AAH...

HELP ME.

Sheridan:
HOW IS HE?

NOT GOOD.

WE NEED HIM ALIVE.

THAT MAY NOT
BE...POSSIBLE.

I'M SORRY, I...

MADE THINGS WORSE.

TRY NOT TO TALK,
ALL RIGHT?

NO, NO,
YOU MUST LISTEN.

THEY WILL COME
LOOKING FOR ME.

AND THEY WILL
BLAME YOU...FOR ME.

AND THE WAR...

WILL GROW WORSE.

LISTEN...CAREFULLY...

AND REPEAT EXACTLY.

[INAUDIBLE]

DID YOU GET IT?

YEAH.

Emperor Mollari:
AS THE NARN HAD PROMISED,

THE MINBARI CAME QUICKLY.

SATAI?

[STRUGGLING]

HEY!
WAIT...

I--I HAVE
A MESSAGE.

I SAID I HAVE
A MESSAGE!

I KNOW WHAT'S
IN DUKHAT'S SACRED PLACE.

[STRUGGLING]

I KNOW WHAT'S
IN DUKHAT'S--

[SPEAKING
NATIVE LANGUAGE]

I KNOW WHAT'S
IN DUKHAT'S--UNH.

SACRED PLACE.

STOP!
AAH!

WHAT IS IN DUKHAT'S
SACRED PLACE?

ISIL-ZHA.

ISIL-ZHA!

LET THEM GO.

SHEDOS.
SATAI?

I SAID
LET THEM GO.

THERE'S BEEN
ENOUGH DEATH TODAY.

IT'S ISIL-ZHA.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?

THE FUTURE.

IS THAT THE END
OF THE STORY?

THE END?

NO. NO, NOT THE END.

AT THE POINT
THAT I AM DESCRIBING,

50...MAYBE
60,000 HUMANS

HAD DIED
IN THE MINBARI WAR.

WITH THEIR ONE CHANCE
FOR PEACE RUINED

AND LENONN DEAD,

THE WAR ESCALATED.

THE END OF THE STORY?

Man: TAKE OVER.
I'M HIT!

[SCREAMING]

NO, NOT THE END
AT ALL.

THE GREATEST
SLAUGHTER OF ALL

STILL WAITS FOR US.

AND IT CHANGED
EVERYTHING.

EVERYTHING.

IT'S IRONIC, ISN'T IT?

I HAVE EVERY WINDOW
IN THE PALACE BLOCKED OFF

BECAUSE I WAS AFRAID

THAT IF I CAME
AROUND THE CORNER

AND SAW THIS,
UNPREPARED,

THAT I WOULD
BREAK DOWN AND CRY.

AND YET I SPEND
ALL OF MY TIME

HERE IN THIS ROOM...
LOOKING AT IT.

IN MY LIFE
I HAD 4 WIVES.

I CARED FOR THEM ALL
DEEPLY.

BUT I LOVED
CENTAURI PRIME...

LOVED EVERY STREET,
EVERY TOWER,

EVERY INCH
OF OUR WORLD.

EVERYTHING I DID,
I DID FOR HER.

AND LOOK WHAT WE
HAVE DONE TO HER.

BUT...

THERE IS HOPE.

BUT IT WILL BE HARD.

IT WILL BE
SO VERY HARD.

WELL...

WHERE WAS I?

YES...THE WAR.

THE HUMANS, I THINK,
KNEW THEY WERE DOOMED.

BUT WHERE ANOTHER RACE
WOULD SURRENDER TO DESPAIR,

THE HUMANS FOUGHT BACK
WITH EVEN GREATER STRENGTH.

THEY MADE
THE MINBARI FIGHT

FOR EVERY INCH OF SPACE.

IN MY LIFE, I HAVE NEVER SEEN
ANYTHING LIKE IT.

[CRYING]

THEY WOULD WEEP,
THEY WOULD PRAY,

THEY WOULD SAY GOOD-BYE
TO THEIR LOVED ONES...

AND THEN THROW
THEMSELVES,

WITHOUT FEAR
OR HESITATION,

INTO THE VERY FACE
OF DEATH ITSELF,

NEVER SURRENDERING.

NO ONE WHO SAW THEM

FIGHTING
AGAINST THE INEVITABLE

COULD HELP
BUT BE MOVED TO TEARS

BY THEIR COURAGE...

THEIR STUBBORN NOBILITY.

WHEN THEY RAN OUT OF SHIPS,
THEY USED GUNS.

WHEN THEY RAN OUT
OF GUNS,

THEY USED KNIVES AND STICKS
AND BARE HANDS.

THEY WERE MAGNIFICENT.

I ONLY HOPE THAT,
WHEN IT IS MY TIME,

I MAY DIE WITH HALF
AS MUCH DIGNITY

AS I SAW IN THEIR EYES
AT THE END.

THEY DID THIS FOR 2 YEARS.

THEY NEVER RAN OUT
OF COURAGE.

BUT IN THE END,

THEY RAN OUT OF TIME.

P.A.: ARE WE ON?

THIS IS...

THIS IS THE PRESIDENT.

I'VE JUST
BEEN INFORMED

THAT OUR MID-RANGE
MILITARY BASES

AT BETA DURANI
AND PROXIMA 3

HAVE FALLEN
TO THE MINBARI ADVANCE.

WE'VE LOST CONTACT WITH IO
AND MUST CONCLUDE

THEY, TOO, HAVE FALLEN
TO AN ADVANCE FORCE.

OUR MILITARY
INTELLIGENCE BELIEVES

THAT THE MINBARI
INTEND TO BYPASS MARS

AND HIT EARTH DIRECTLY,

AND THE ATTACK MAY COME
AT ANY TIME.

WE HAVE CONTINUED
TO BROADCAST OUR SURRENDER

AND A PLEA FOR MERCY.

AND THEY
HAVE NOT RESPONDED.

WE, THEREFORE,
CAN ONLY CONCLUDE

THAT WE STAND
AT THE TWILIGHT

OF THE HUMAN RACE.

IN ORDER
TO BUY MORE TIME

FOR OUR EVACUATION
TRANSPORTS

TO LEAVE EARTH,

WE ASK FOR THE SUPPORT
OF EVERY SHIP

CAPABLE OF FIGHTING

TO TAKE PART

IN A LAST DEFENSE
OF OUR HOMEWORLD.

President: WE WILL
NOT LIE TO YOU.

BUT WE DO NOT
BELIEVE THAT SURVIVAL

IS A POSSIBILITY.

WE BELIEVE THAT ANYONE
WHO JOINS THIS BATTLE

WILL NEVER COME HOME.

BUT FOR
EVERY 10 MINUTES

WE CAN DELAY
THE MILITARY ADVANCE,

SEVERAL HUNDRED
MORE CIVILIANS

MAY HAVE A CHANCE TO ESCAPE
TO NEUTRAL TERRITORY.

THOUGH EARTH MAY FALL,

THE HUMAN RACE
MUST HAVE A CHANCE

TO CONTINUE ELSEWHERE.

NO GREATER SACRIFICE

HAS EVER BEEN ASKED
OF A PEOPLE,

BUT I ASK YOU NOW...

TO STEP FORWARD
ONE LAST TIME...

ONE LAST BATTLE...

TO HOLD THE LINE
AGAINST THE NIGHT.

MAY GOD...
GO WITH YOU ALL.

WE ARE ALMOST
WITHIN RANGE

OF THE HOMEWORLD
OF THE HUMANS.

THE GREY COUNCIL
SHOULD BE ASSEMBLED

TO SEE THE END
OF OUR GREAT CAMPAIGN.

WHAT GLORY IS THERE

IN ELIMINATING
AN ENTIRE RACE, COPLANN?

NOT AS MUCH
AS IN THE BEGINNING.

IT'S BEEN A LONG ROAD,
DELENN,

BUT WE ARE NEARLY
AT THE END OF OUR...

HOLY WAR.

BUT ARE WE
ANY LONGER HOLY?

WHY IS IT,

WHENEVER I SEE YOU,
YOU NEVER SPEAK,

OTHER THAN
TO ASK QUESTIONS?

BECAUSE QUESTIONS
ARE ALL I HAVE LEFT.

AND AFTER TODAY,

I THINK THEY'RE ALL
I WILL EVER HAVE.

THEN AT LEAST BRING YOUR
QUESTIONS TO THE COUNCIL.

WE MUST ALL BE THERE
AT THE END.

ARE YOU STILL HERE?

WE HAVE ALWAYS
BEEN HERE.

I'VE FAILED.

IN A LITTLE WHILE,

THE FINAL SLAUGHTER
WILL BEGIN.

I KNOW THE OTHERS
DO NOT WANT IT.

EVEN MORANN IS TIRED OF WAR,
TIRED OF BLOOD.

BUT THE WAR HAS TAKEN ON
A LIFE OF ITS OWN.

AND IT WILL CONTINUE
TO ITS BLOODY END,

NO MATTER
OUR FEELINGS.

I THINK...

I THINK THE OTHERS
ONLY NEED A REASON TO DELAY

OR RECONSIDER.

BUT THERE IS
NO SUCH REASON.

AND WE ARE
OUT OF TIME.

I DON'T KNOW
WHAT TO DO.

TELL ME.

TELL ME
WHAT TO DO.

THE TRUTH
POINTS TO ITSELF.

WHAT?

THE TRUTH
POINTS TO ITSELF.

I DO NOT UNDERSTAND.

YOU WILL.

BUT--

GO NOW.
GO...

BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE.

ALPHA 7 TO BASE.

I'M PICKING UP
ENERGY EMISSIONS

ON THE HORIZON.

Man: ALPHA 7,
SCOUT AHEAD.

SEE WHAT'S OUT THERE.

AFFIRMATIVE.

ANY BOGIES ON SCREEN?

NEGATIVE,
ALPHA 7.

ALL OTHER SQUADRONS
MAINTAIN RADIO SILENCE

UNTIL ALPHA 7
CHECKS THIS OUT.

CLOSING IN
ON TRACE EMISSIONS.

SO FAR, NOTHING.

IT MIGHT BE JUST
AN ECHO OR--

OH, HELL!

WE'VE GOT
A SCOUTING PARTY.

REPEAT, WE'VE GOT
A SCOUTING PARTY.

HOSTILES ON APPROACH.

LOCKING ON.

PULL UP! PULL UP!

ALPHA 7?

HE'S GONE. PICKING UP
ENEMY TRANSMISSIONS.

STAY IN FORMATION.

HOLD THE LINE.
NO ONE GETS THROUGH,

NO MATTER WHAT.

UNDERSTOOD.

ALPHA LEADER, YOU HAVE
A MINBARI ON YOUR TAIL.

IT IS TIME.

TELL THE OTHERS
TO JUMP.

I'M ON HIM.
TARGETING FIGHTER. GO.

MITCHELL,
STAY IN FORMATION.

IT MIGHT BE A--
OH, MY GOD!

Man: THEY'RE
EVERYWHERE.

Woman:
10 O'CLOCK.

Man: WE'VE LOST POWER.

IT'S A TRAP.
MITCHELL?

Mitchell:
I GOT A CLEAR SHOT.

I CAN TAKE 'EM.
I CAN TAKE 'EM.

MITCHELL! BREAK OFF!
BREAK OFF!

[SCREAMING]

THEY FIGHT BRAVELY.

THEY CANNOT HARM
OUR SHIPS,

BUT THEY CONTINUE
TO TRY.

WHETHER THEY FIGHT
OR NOT,

THEY KNOW
THEY WILL DIE ANYWAY.

SO, REALLY,
IS THIS BRAVERY

OR SIMPLE DESPERATION?

Computer: AFT STABILIZERS HIT
AND WEAPON SYSTEMS AT ZERO.

DEFENSIVE GRID AT ZERO.

POWER PLANT AT NEAR
CRITICAL MASS.

MINBARI WEATHER SYSTEMS--

NOT LIKE THIS.
NOT LIKE THIS.

IF I'M GOING OUT,

I'M TAKING
YOU BASTARDS WITH ME.

TARGET MAIN CRUISER.
SET FOR FULL VELOCITY RAM.

AFTERBURNERS
ON MY MARK.

MARK!

WE SHOULD BRING
ONE OF THEM

ABOARD
FOR QUESTIONING.

IF OUR NEXT STEP

IS A FINAL ASSAULT
ON THEIR WORLD,

WE MUST KNOW
THEIR DEFENSES.

VERY WELL, DELENN.
CHOOSE.

BUT QUICKLY.

WE ARE FAST RUNNING OUT
OF CANDIDATES.

Vorlon: THE TRUTH
POINTS TO ITSELF.

Delenn:
THAT ONE.

AAH!

I'LL SEE
TO THE INTERROGATION.

WHY ARE YOU...

DOING THIS?

REPORT ME, IF YOU WISH,

BUT I HAVE SEEN
MORE DEATH

THAN ANYONE
SHOULD EVER HAVE TO SEE.

I WILL SEE NO MORE.
DELENN.

IF YOU WISH TO CONDUCT
THE FINAL DESTRUCTION OF EARTH,

I WILL NOT WATCH. I...

DELENN. I...

WE--WE WERE USING
THE TRILUMINARY

TO PROBE THE HUMAN.

YOU SHOULD COME
AND SEE.

I'LL GET THE OTHERS.
YOU SHOULD...

YOU SHOULD
ALL COME AND SEE.

[WHISPERING]

THE TRILUMINARY
CONFIRMS IT.

THE HUMAN
HAS A MINBARI SOUL.

AND NOT JUST
A MINBARI SOUL.

THE SOUL OF VALEN.

I STILL CAN'T
BELIEVE IT.

BUT THE TRILUMINARY'S
OUR MOST HOLY RELIC.

IT CANNOT BE QUESTIONED.

MINBARI
DO NOT KILL MINBARI.

IT IS OUR GREATEST LAW.

VALEN MUST'VE BEEN
REBORN INTO THIS FORM

TO TELL US THAT
THE HUMANS ARE IMPORTANT,

IMPORTANT
TO THE NEXT PHASE...

THE COMING SHADOW WAR.

WE CANNOT DESTROY THEM.

IN THE NAME OF VALEN

AND THE ONE
WHO IS VALEN'S SHADOW

IN THIS LIFE,
WE CANNOT KILL THEM.

TELL THE SHIPS
TO STOP FIRING.

TELL THEM, COPLANN.

TELL THEM NOW.

WHAT ABOUT THE HUMAN?

HE KNOWS
WHAT WE HAVE FOUND.

WE CANNOT KILL HIM.

AND WE CANNOT LET HIM
TELL ANYONE ELSE.

IF OUR PEOPLE
FIND OUT ABOUT THIS

BEFORE WE CAN PREPARE THEM,
IT COULD BE DISASTROUS.

SEND FOR A TELEPATH.

WE WILL REMOVE
THIS MEMORY FROM HIS MIND.

HE WILL HAVE
TO BE WATCHED

TO INSURE THAT HE
DOES NOT REMEMBER.

LEAVE THAT TO ME.

WE WILL KEEP HIM
CLOSE TO US,

ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.

Emperor Mollari:
FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS,

ONE QUESTION
WOULD OBSESS 100 WORLDS:

WHY DID THE MINBARI SURRENDER
AT THE BATTLE OF THE LINE

ON THE VERY EVE
OF VICTORY?

THE ANSWER
TO THAT QUESTION

WOULD CHANGE
THE GALAXY FOREVER.

WHAT HAPPENED
WHEN THEY FOUND OUT?

THAT...

IS ANOTHER STORY...

FOR ANOTHER TIME.

YOU CANNOT EXPECT TO HEAR

ALL OF THE STORIES
AT ONCE, YOU KNOW.

BUT SHORTLY
AFTER THE WAR ENDED,

THE EARTH PRESIDENT
MADE A DECISION.

TODAY THE SENATE
HAS APPROVED FUNDING

TO BEGIN CONSTRUCTION
ON THE BABYLON STATION,

LOCATED IN NEUTRAL SPACE

BETWEEN SEVERAL
MAJOR GOVERNMENTS.

TOGETHER WE STOOD
ON THE EVE OF DESTRUCTION

AS A RESULT OF A TERRIBLE,
TERRIBLE MISTAKE,

A MISTAKE WHICH NONE OF US
CAN AFFORD TO MAKE AGAIN.

THE BABYLON STATION WILL
PROVIDE A PLACE FOR US

TO WORK OUT OUR PROBLEMS
PEACEFULLY.

IT IS, WE BELIEVE,

OUR LAST, BEST HOPE
FOR PEACE.

Emperor Mollari:
BUT LIKE ALL GOOD THINGS,

IT TOOK THEM A WHILE
TO WORK IT ALL OUT.

THERE. YOU HAVE YOUR STORY.

YOU MUST GO NOW.

I HAVE THINGS TO DO.

I HOPE THEY WERE NOT
AN INCONVENIENCE, MAJESTY.

NO. THANK YOU
FOR ALLOWING ME

TO SEE JOY ONE MORE TIME
BEFORE IT GETS TOO DARK

FOR ME TO SEE ANYTHING
ANYMORE.

DEAR LADY...

I WOULD LOVE TO WALK
WITH YOU ON A BEACH...

SOMEWHERE...

FOR JUST 5 MINUTES.

HOW STRANGE
TO HAVE COME SO FAR

AND TO WANT SO LITTLE.

CHILDREN...

WILL YOU REMEMBER
THIS STORY?

WILL YOU REMEMBER ME?

ALL MY LIFE, MAJESTY.

VERY WELL. GO.

WELL, WHAT ABOUT SHERIDAN?
AND DELENN?

WHAT ABOUT
THE END OF THE STORY?

SHERIDAN BECAME PRESIDENT
OF A GREAT ALLIANCE,

DELENN EVER AT HIS SIDE.

THE STORY...

IS NOT OVER YET.

THE STORY IS NEVER OVER.

NOW GO.

[COUGHING]

DID THEY LIVE
HAPPILY EVER AFTER?

LYSSA.

DID THEY LIVE
HAPPILY EVER AFTER?

THAT REMAINS TO BE SEEN.

[RINGS BELL]

I NEED ANOTHER BOTTLE.

I NEED
SEVERAL MORE BOTTLES.

AND THEN...

WAIT ONE HOUR...

AND BRING
THE PRISONERS HERE.

THEY'RE ALLOWING US

ONE LAST MOMENT
TOGETHER BEFORE...

[WHIMPERS]

IT'S ALL RIGHT, JOHN.

I ACCEPTED THIS FATE
A LONG TIME AGO.

THEY CANNOT TOUCH ME.

THEY CANNOT HARM ME.

I'M NOT AFRAID,

NOT IF YOU ARE WITH ME.

OUR SON IS SAFE.

THAT'S ALL THAT MATTERS.

JOHN...

I LOVE YOU.

TO THE FUTURE...

MY OLD FRIENDS.

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