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[instrumental music]

[indistinct radio chatter]

There you go.

- Captain, you got a minute? - Sure, what's up?

We've got a Markab transport almost ten hours overdue.

'I've been trying to raise her but she's not responding.'

So, I'd like to send a flight of Starfuries

out to her last known position, see if there's a problem.

Better to be sure, I agree.

Good, I'll send out Zeta Squadron

as soon as Lieutenant Keffer gets back.

I thought Zeta Squadron was on break.

It is, but some time ago Keffer saw

or thought he saw something in hyperspace.

'A ship of some kind. Unknown configuration.'

'So he's been spending some of his free time looking for it.'

Tell Lieutenant Keffer to return to base.

I want all freelance expeditions curbed from now on.

His fighter is to be recharged and ready to go within the hour.

Yes, sir.

You could have just accepted my death certificate

and saved yourself the trip.

It's station policy, all deaths have to be verified

by station personnel

even in cases of death by natural causes.

No contusions or abrasions. No sign of trauma.

He had been ill for some time.

His family is quite content with my diagnosis.

One might only wish that you would

extend me the same courtesy.

We do have jurisdiction over our own kind, you know.

Yes, as you have reminded me three times already.

Look, Lazarenn, this is not about courtesy

it's not about respect.

N-nobody knows Markab biology better than you.

A compliment? Ha-ha. I think I may faint.

Nevertheless, this is the fourth dead Markab in three days.

All by natural causes.

Now, statistically, this is way out of proportion.

Stephen, surely you're not suggesting foul play.

I'm not suggesting anything. I just want more information.

'Pending any other findings, I'll formally'

'accept your certificate of death.'

However, I do reserve the right to run a few tests

just to be sure.

I'm gonna go wash up, then arrange for the deceased

to be transferred to Medlab for a routine autopsy.

Something here doesn't add up, and unlike Mr. Garibaldi

I don't like mysteries.

[intense music]

(male narrator) 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.

[theme music]

[music continues]

There may not be a problem.

But we'd like you to check it out just in case.

What was her last position?

Sector 23, grid 230, by 9 by 40.

- Cargo? - Nothing major.

As far as we know.

The Kar'ti is a civilian transport.

It left the Markab Homeworld nine days ago.

I've linked her homing beacon on to your scanners

so you shouldn't have a hard time finding her, good hunting.

Uh, lieutenant?

Just one more thing.

The captain wants a moratorium

on your little expeditions into hyperspace.

Come on, commander. It's on my own time.

That's not the issue.

Things are getting a little nuts around here right now.

You should know that better than anyone else.

- There's something out there. - Yes. There is.

There's something out here. There's also something in here.

The something in here is me giving you a direct order.

If there's some part of that sentence

that you don't understand, lieutenant

I'll be happy to explain it

to you over the next four months.

We'll be watching Zeta Squadron

go on missions without you.

Understood. We'll be back in a few hours.

Well, I have to say, it looks great.

Thank you, after you treated me to human-style food

it seemed only fair to return the favor.

Lennier spent the last two days preparing the meal.

Two days?

For a meal with such an honored guest

there are rituals and traditions.

The food must be sanctified during

each of the fifteen stages of cooking.

For instance, the spices must be blessed

and a specific prayer spoken when they are used.

Each spice can only be used once

of course, and in the correct order.

If an error is made, the entire meal must be abandoned

and we must begin again from scratch.

So when do you sleep?

One does not sleep during the cooking.

It could lead to error.

So for two days, Lennier has not slept.

'In order to remain pure'

he has taken only water and bread.

Well, I, uh, I mean, it smells great.

And, uh, I haven't eaten all day

so I'm really looking forward to this.

Oh, I..

What? What's wrong?

As there are rituals to follow in preparing

a meal of this nature, there are other rituals

we must observe in eating the meal.

Otherwise, the food is no longer sanctified

and, um, Lennier must begin all over again.

[chuckles]

Well, we certainly wouldn't want that, would we?

Um, what do I do?

You hand me your bowl and I hand you mine

'in a gesture of welcoming.'

Yes.

And-and then, we offer a portion of our meal

to the one who prepared it

'as a gesture of thankfulness.'

Yeah.

Well, that's..

(Delenn) 'It is then tradition for the guest'

to set aside one piece of flarn

in the memory of Valen

in the place that is set aside for his return.

Uh, and the flarn would be..

- The green. - Oh.

- Yes. Yes. - Yeah.

- Well? - We may eat now.

Good.

With the right hand.

Hmm.

We must now wait for a few moments before eating again.

In between, we meditate upon food.

[inhales]

[exhales]

[inhales]

[exhales]

[inhales]

(male #1) 'There she is.'

This is Starfury Squadron to Kar'ti, do you receive?

Kar'ti, I repeat, this is Zeta Squadron

dispatched from Babylon 5 to investigate your situation.

Do you require assistance?

I'm going in for a closer look.

Hang back till I've checked her out.

(male #2) 'Roger, Zeta One.'

Computer, are we close enough for a more detailed scan

of the Kar'ti?

[automated] 'Confirmed.'

How many are aboard?

'Registering no life signs'

'aboard the target vessel.'

Check again, there are supposed to be

over 200 Markabs on board that thing.

'Confirmed. Detecting 200 life forms.'

But you said..

Life forms.

But not life signs.

'All 203 of them, they're all dead?'

[automated] 'Confirmed.'

Medlab 2, this is Dr. Franklin.

Have the bodies of those three dead Markabs

been sent back to their Homeworld yet?

(male #3) 'No, doctor, we just finished processing the paperwork.'

Good. Get them up here to Medlab 1, stat.

'Is there a problem?'

I don't know.

Maybe.

(male #1) Zeta One to Babylon Control.

(female #1) 'This is Babylon Control, go ahead, Zeta One.'

We're bringing the transport in for inspection.

Recommend full medical team.

'And you better let the captain know.'

'I've got an ugly feeling about this.'

[snoring]

Captain?

Captain Sheridan.

In the memory of the Nine and the One..

Uh..

- What? - You were..

You were asleep.

No. No, I wasn't.

I, I-I-I was meditating.

The sound you were making is part of human meditation?

[chuckles] I don't snore.

Sheridan, go.

We've got a problem in Bay 14, captain.

I think you better get over there.

Will do.

- I'm sorry. - It's alright.

The ritual of the meal was concluded some moments

before you began, uh, meditating.

Oh. Well, uh, thank you

once again for your invitation.

We must do it again.

Yes. Of-of course.

Yeah. Hmm.

Bye.

[speaking in foreign language]

[sighs]

[indistinct chatter]

What's the problem?

The ship you have commandeered is Markab property.

I cannot allow your people inside.

Oh. Well, this ship was found floating dead in space.

- Now we have to have-- - We have a right to privacy.

You mean, the right to hide the truth.

What the hell did you think you were doing?

- Doctor-- - I need some privacy here.

Dr. Franklin. Stephen.

You don't want us to board that ship

because you suspect the same thing that I do.

Which is?

(Franklin) 'We've had four dead Markab'

'in the past three days.'

Dr. Lazarenn has certified them all death by natural causes.

Nothing jumped out about them in a cursory autopsy

so I let it go.

But I just finished a more detailed

examination of the bodies.

They were all killed by some kind of

plague or infectious disease

that was brought onto the station by your people.

'Now, I want to know how terminal and how contagious.'

It is 100 percent terminal.

And 100 percent contagious.

[intense music]

(Franklin) 'Damn it, Lazarenn, what were you thinking?'

Did you really think that you could keep this a secret?

Well, then, why didn't you say something?

This plague is spreading to your people like wild fire.

It is not something we talk about.

What?

[door closes]

The disease only appeared once before.

Centuries ago.

'On a small island on our world, noted for certain excesses.'

'When it was struck down, the rest of my people believed'

it was a punishment by the Gods for their lack of morality.

They even named the disease

after the island devastated by it...Drafa.

Why didn't it spread?

They were isolated by weather for nearly a year.

And by the time anybody got out to the island

the disease had wiped out the population.

'There was no one left alive to spread it to the new arrivals'

and we assumed that the disease

dead-ended at that point.

Lazarenn, you are a doctor.

You know as well as I do that diseases they can go dormant

for years or centuries.

They can mutate, they can come back at you out of nowhere.

Now, why weren't preparations made?

Over time, it became more than just a disease. It became..

I don't know, a legend.

A, a specter

used to frighten children into behaving

"Be good, or the dark angel will bring you the curse of Drafa."

Only the immoral would ever be touched by it.

Stephen..

...the first new case of Drafa was detected nearly a year ago.

'The family was so scandalized by it'

they lied about what killed him.

By then, several of them had become infected.

Because they believed that they were moral

they were sure they would not be touched.

So they started to go out amongst the people.

And the disease began to spread.

'Each new infection was accompanied by silence and fear'

and the assumption that they were immune.

What about the ship?

Rumors about the new outbreak of Drafa had gotten out

and some of my people believed it was a judgment

against our world and decided to get out

before it was too late.

They have escaped to all of our colonies

carrying the disease everywhere, even here.

Look, if you knew about this a year ago

why didn't you come to me?

Why, why did you try to block our examination of the ship?

- We could have helped. - Because I was forbidden!

Because we were ordered to remain silent.

Our leaders were afraid the people would take the disease

as a sign from the Gods that we had fallen from grace.

They were afraid, they would be voted out

for attacking the public good.

They were afraid.

They were afraid of everything.

Some of us have been working to find a cure

without enough money or resources.

They don't even want to talk about it

as if the very subject makes them dirty!

Listen, in all the work you've done

is there any indication as to whether or not

the disease is infectious beyond your own species?

I don't know, Stephen.

May the Gods forgive me.

I do not know.

[instrumental music]

Papa, mama sent me to find you.

You are very late for food, and she is very upset.

She says for you to come home at once.

Papa?

Papa? Wake up.

[gasps] Papa!

(Franklin) 'The next 24 hours are absolutely critical'

if we're going to control the spread of this disease.

Dr. Lazarenn says the incubation period

can last several weeks or just a few days.

Until then, it's absolutely invisible.

Once symptoms appear, the patient expires inside 24 hours.

- And there's no cure? - No, not yet.

Now, the problem is, between the time the disease shows up

and termination, you've only got a few hours.

And you can't work up a model of how a disease works

if you can't follow it over time.

Do you know how far this thing has spread?

Until we know otherwise, we have to assume

the entire Markab community has been infected.

- What about everybody else? - That's the big question.

Is the disease contagious outside their species?

And if so, is it transmitted through air, touch

bodily fluids or some other means?

If it's physically transmitted

we might have a chance at containment.

'If it's airborne, given that all the air in here is recycled'

'the entire station might be infected.'

Well, doctor, it's your jurisdiction.

What's the plan?

I want every Markab on this station

brought in for a complete physical examination.

Whoa, whoa, doc, they'll scream bloody murder

they'll say that we're implying they're immoral--

We have to know how far this thing has spread.

And more importantly, we have to find someone

who is infected before the disease becomes terminal

so we can follow its progress.

What kind of symptomology are we looking for?

Chronic dizziness. Acute sore throat. Low blood pressure.

Swelling of the lymph nodes and surface glands.

It's all in my report.

Now, once this disease comes out of dormancy

it heads straight for the central nervous system

where somehow it, it starts shutting down

the neural pathways that control respiration and heartbeat.

Then, inside 24 hours, paralysis and death.

Commander Ivanova, I'm hereby issuing an executive order

placing Babylon 5 under quarantine.

Incoming ships will be diverted elsewhere.

No ships will be allowed to leave

until we determine just how far this disease

is likely to spread.

Are we gonna tell people why they can't leave?

I don't think we have a choice.

What about segregating the Markabs

from the rest of the general population?

No, no, no, no, if the disease is airborne

then moving them into a different part of the station

is not going to solve the problem.

All the air is recycled.

If it turns out that the disease is not transmissible

to other species then confining them to one area

will only speed-up the infection

among the Markab community without good reason.

On the other hand, when word gets out

that we've got the next best thing

to the Black Death roaming on the station

it's gonna scare everybody.

When people get scared they start looking for scapegoats.

If we can keep the Markabs all together in one place

my people can protect them.

Because, trust me, this is gonna get real ugly, real fast.

No, there are still too many variables, too many unknowns.

I need answers, doctor, and as fast as you can get them to me.

That's all.

You better cancel all leaves for security personnel.

I've got a hunch you're gonna need them.

Yes, sir.

(male announcer) Repeating our announcement

no ship will be allowed to depart Babylon 5

until further notice.

Please address all questions

to the appropriate station personnel.

Please return to your quarters until the quarantine is lifted.

It's just for some tests, that's all. This way, please.

[indistinct chatter]

[beeping]

(female #2) 'Next.'

[beeping]

Alright, that'll do it. Thank you.

Next, please.

We've got another one.

Captain Sheridan, this is an outrage.

I will not have my people treated in this fashion.

- Poked, prodded, accused-- - Ambassador Fashar--

You are spreading hysteria and fear about my people

that is totally unwarranted.

On top of that, you're disgracing

good and decent people by implying

they're unclean, immoral--

No one said anything of the kind.

(Fashar) 'That is the absolute implication.'

How do I know this isn't a conspiracy

on the part of your world to destroy my people?

'For all I know, this disease was planted'

in our drinking water, our food.

None of this happened until we began coming here.

Perhaps, it is your own immorality

that has contaminated us.

So we will fix this by removing ourselves from your immorality.

- Captain. - Just a minute, doctor.

- This can't wait. - You can't leave the station.

We are gathering together in an isolation zone

'away from others, away from outsiders.'

We will stay, and pray, and repent.

And when we come out, we alone will survive.

If you do that, you'll just end up spreading the disease

among your own people that much faster.

I refuse to listen to this. You have been warned.

Stay away from us.

(Garibaldi) 'Well, looks like they just made the decision'

about quarantine for you.

Yeah, for all the wrong reasons. What is it, doctor?

You better get down to Brown 17, captain. You too, Garibaldi.

What's up?

First, our tests confirm the disease is airborne.

We have to assume it's all over the station.

Second, I found a dead Pak'ma'ra. No signs of violence.

Is it the plague?

Won't know until we do an autopsy.

But I wanted to warn you

the disease may be spreading into the general population.

Yes. Yes, inside. Hurry.

It's for the best, trust me.

We are the pure.

If we believe, then the Dark Angel of Drafa

will pass over us.

'Hurry, inside now. Everyone inside!'

[indistinct chatter]

(Franklin) 'We need to start a full autopsy'

before the body goes further into rigor mortis.

We're instituting full biohazard routines

but I'll still need you to go in and..

What? What is it?

Alright, fine.

I'll go in, you stay out here and monitor the readouts.

(Lazarenn) 'I have a better idea.'

I have the most experience with the disease.

I will go into the Isolab and perform the autopsy.

Doctor Lazarenn, if you--

'And once finished'

I will stay inside.

The Isolab is hermetically sealed.

If I am contaminated it will not get through the air lock.

It will give me a chance to do some good, Stephen.

Give me that much.

[door opens]

Alright.

Let's get to work, shall we?

(Ivanova) 'And we've had three more incidents of violence'

'against Markabs in the past two hours.'

'It's getting ugly out there, captain.'

Some of the more extreme human and alien groups

say that they've found a solution to the problem.

Wipe out the Markabs, you wipe out the problem.

Seems we've heard that before.

How's their quarantine going?

Four thousand out of the estimated

five thousand resident Markabs

have entered the isolation zone.

'The rest of them either haven't been found yet'

'or they're hiding, afraid to take the trip'

which of course puts them in danger

if they're found by the others.

Hmm. Tell Garibaldi to take some of his people

off the search teams and put them on patrol.

Any violence is to be stopped immediately.

Will do. Try to get some sleep, captain.

I'll take first watch and have someone wake you in four hours.

- Hmm. - C & C out.

[doorbell beeps]

(John) 'Yeah, come in.'

Captain, I'm sorry to disturb you at this time.

No, no, no. No, no. It's-it's alright.

I doubt I'd be able to sleep anyway.

Yeah, what can I do for you?

I have been monitoring the situation

and, uh, I would like to make a request.

Ambassador, we can't let anyone off this station--

I would like to be allowed into the isolation zone.

I've spoken with Ambassador Fashar

and he's willing to allow us entry.

Why?

They're in pain.

Frightened. Dying.

Minbari are taught that at such a time

the afflicted should be ministered to, comforted.

They're not your own people, Delenn.

I didn't know that similarity was required

for the exercise of compassion.

They are afraid.

We wish to do what little we can.

We?

Lennier has asked to accompany me.

- Delenn, I cannot allow this-- - I understand the risk.

Captain.

If the disease is limited only to the Markab

we should do all we can.

But if it's not, then we must give comfort

because very soon, we will require it ourselves.

You will be exposing yourself to massive contamination.

If I let you into that isolation zone..

...I can't let you out again.

I know.

Alright.

I'll tell security to let you through.

'Thank you.'

'Don't look away, captain.'

'All life is transitory.'

A dream.

We all come together in the same place at the end of time.

If I don't see you again here..

'...I will see you in a little while'

in the place where no shadows fall.

'Well, Delenn..'

When I do see you again..

...call me John.

It's all your fault! What did you do, huh?

Why did you bring this here?

You messed me up! You messed us all up!

Hey, leave him alone!

[grunting]

- Don't. - What, are you on his side, uh?

Shut up! Come on, get out.

Let's go! Move it!

Get out of here and maybe I'll let you leave

with your ribs intact.

Big threat, we're all gonna die anyway.

[groaning]

[instrumental music]

[indistinct chatter]

[door closes]

[intense music]

[hissing]

You should get some sleep.

Can't. Too much to do.

That's your third stim tonight.

Too much isn't good for you.

If we don't figure this out

it's really not gonna matter, now is it?

Any more news on the Pak'ma'ra tests?

No.

Security reports finding the bodies

of a dozen of your people.

The plague is spreading fast.

And the violence?

So far they've got it under control.

And everyone's looking for someone to blame.

'Same old story.'

Black Death, AIDS, Chalmers Syndrome.

Millions die and no one remembers

the lessons we've learned.

What was this, uh, Black Death?

'Well, it hit Earth around the middle of the 14th Century.'

Before it was finished, it wiped out three quarters

of the European population.

They said the same things too.

It was punishment from God for our immorality.

'Some blamed the Jews and the lepers for poisoning the wells'

and others said the plague was sent by the devil.

And since cats were supposed to be the devil's familiars

they were killed by the millions.

But cats were the only means of controlling the real source

of the plague, the rats and the fleas that went with them.

So all they were doing was helping the plague

spread even faster.

But that does seem to be the rule, doesn't it?

Analyze the problem, choose whichever strategy

makes least sense and then do it.

- Lazarenn? - I'm diz-dizzy.

Ah!

Well, that seems to..

...confirm it.

'I-I felt my throat sore a few minutes ago.'

Stephen, you wanted to examine

someone in the early stages of the infection.

I think you should run some tests.

'Quickly.'

[intense music]

- Are you alright? - I can't find my mama.

Then we will find her for you.

Lennier. Lennier!

Yes, Delenn.

She has separated from her mother.

Please find her.

How?

Faith manages.

What is her name?

Mama.

Faith manages.

There's a definite increase in respiration of A cells.

Yellow blood cell count?

Five hundred per thousand and dropping.

Neural transmission efficiency?

Down 15 percent.

Alright, cross reference the two and see

if they're dropping at the same rate, maybe the drop

in the cells is causing the neural pathways to degrade.

- Give me ten minutes. - No, you've got five minutes.

(Lazarenn) 'There's a strange tingling in my fingers..'

[chuckles]

...and an odd sense of euphoria.

Check the brain stim for any unusual activity.

Yes, sir.

Stephen, I was trying to remember

how we first met.

It seems like ages ago.

Oh, yes. It was back home and you were on layover.

You were hitchhiking

on starships then.

You were very funny.

'Everything to you is a problem to be solved'

'a test to be passed.'

But you know, Stephen

sometimes the test is not to find the answer

it's to see how you react

when you realize there is no answer.

Doctor. We just got the results of the Pak'ma'ra autopsy.

It's the plague. It jumped species.

Alright, Mitch, Tasabe, you take Simms down to Medlab 2.

You take apart that Pak'ma'ra inch by inch.

There's got to be a reason why they fell sick

before the humans or the varns or anybody else.

Now, that similarity maybe what we need to crack this thing.

Now, go. Move.

But don't you understand what this means?

It means, we have more information

than we had five minutes ago.

And if we're gonna beat this thing

we need all the information we can get.

Now, I want a complete

biogenic comparison of these two groups in an hour

or by God, you're gonna have something the hell of a lot

worse than the plague to worry about.

Now, move! I want answers!

Has he found mama yet?

No, not yet.

But he will. Don't be afraid.

I can't help it. I'm sorry.

No, don't be sorry. It happens to us all.

When I was a child

I once visited the city with my family

and became separated from my parents.

The more I looked for them

the more lost I became.

The streets became smaller, narrower, darker.

I was so afraid.

Then I found myself in an old temple

and I thought, I will wait here.

I will be safe here, and they will come.

They will come for me.

Did they?

Not at first.

Hours passed.

The temple was cold and deserted.

I fell asleep.

When I woke up, there was someone standing over me.

He looked down and smiled

and...my fear went away.

He stood there, bright against the darkness

and said that I was going to be alright.

That if I believed

then my parents will come for me.

He said, "I will not allow harm to come to my little ones here

in my great house."

Just then, the door opened

and my parents came running in.

[sighs] Sh'naal?

Mama!

I was worried about you.

Faith manages.

[instrumental music]

[automated] 'Negative reaction.'

Adjust RNA sequence to match level-one codes.

[automated] 'Negative reaction.'

Cross-analyze Markab yellow blood cells

with Pak'ma'ra green cells.

[automated] 'Stand by.'

Stephen.

Save your strength, Lazarenn.

The yellow cells could be..

- Could be what? - Could be..

- What? - 'I'm sorry, old friend.'

I, I don't think I can stay any longer.

Will you give my love to..

[computer beeping]

(Franklin) Lazarenn!

Lazarenn!

[instrumental music]

[shattering]

[exhales]

[automated] 'Cross-analysis between Markab yellow cells'

'and Pak'ma'ra green cells complete.'

'Match found.'

Show me.

The brain gives orders to the body through a complex chain

of electrochemical relays.

An electrical impulse runs the length of a neuron

and stops at a break called the synaptic gap.

The electrical impulse is translated into biochemical form

which jumps across the gap

to the next neuron over and over again

until the information reaches its destination.

Now, I assumed that the disease was attacking the nerve itself.

But there was never any damage.

What it was actually doing

was neutralizing the chemicals in the synaptic gap.

In other words

an order comes from the brain to the gap

but the chemicals that are supposed to

relay the information

to the next neuron don't work anymore.

Exactly. The heart's not ordered to pump.

The lungs aren't ordered to breathe..

...the body dies.

Have you developed a profile of who's most prone

to being infected?

The risk is confined races

that use specialized cells

to manufacture the chemicals used in neural relays.

'In Markabs, the chemical is produced by the yellow cells.'

'In the Pak'ma'ra, it's the green cells.'

Now, those are the ones targeted by the disease.

Now, fortunately, our bodies don't work that way.

But given the chance, the disease could mutate

into something that could affect us all, if we don't stop it now.

So, what do we do?

Well, we can't destroy the disease

but we can artificially stimulate

yellow and green cell production

with a series of regular injections.

Now, those who receive the injections, over time

will produce stronger cells

that are capable of withstanding the disease.

All my data shows it should work.

Should? You haven't tested it yet?

No.

There wasn't time.

I've prepared enough for 500 doses to start

but we will have to hurry.

- Any reply to our message yet? - No, sir.

Open it up.

[dramatic music]

[music continues]

Lennier, is there anyone? Anyone at all?

No. No one.

John.

[sobbing] John.

Shh.

[instrumental music]

You are to be congratulated for finding a way

to stop the plague from spreading further.

Well, any thanks is more properly directed

to Dr. Franklin.

We dodged the bullet this time.

- What happens next time? - What happens?

What happens is that we honor the memory of those

who are no longer with us

by using what we have learned to save others.

To exercise faith and patience and charity.

To reach out to those who are afraid.

If we can do that, then their passing will have had meaning

and we will grow from it.

Yeah, maybe.

I hope so.

Medical ships dispatched to the Markab Homeworld

have confirmed the death toll.

The entire planetary population

has been wiped out by the plague.

Over two billion dead

in addition to another two or three million

on other colonies and outposts.

Although it is expected that some Markabs

may have survived on isolated colonies

for all intents and purposes

the Markab civilization has been destroyed.

'We've also received reports of widespread destruction'

'from fires tearing through the dead cities.'

Hey, what do you call two billion dead Markabs?

Planetary redecorating.

[giggling]

News. News gives me the creeps.

You know, I heard it was the Vorlons

that poisoned that place.

'You know how they are.'

Nothing changes.

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