1 00:00:02,920 --> 00:00:07,674 We interrupt our regular evening schedule to bring you the following special program. 2 00:00:10,928 --> 00:00:13,096 September 16, 2259... 3 00:00:14,932 --> 00:00:18,936 ... and the Interstellar Network News presents 36 Hours on Babylon 5... 4 00:00:18,936 --> 00:00:20,896 ... with your host, Cynthia Torqueman... 5 00:00:20,896 --> 00:00:24,900 ... reporting live from the ISN News Center in Geneva. 6 00:00:24,900 --> 00:00:27,903 Good evening, I'm Cynthia Torqueman. 7 00:00:27,903 --> 00:00:30,906 In the hundred or so years since humanity went to the stars... 8 00:00:30,906 --> 00:00:33,909 ...we've established outposts and colonies... 9 00:00:33,909 --> 00:00:37,621 ...on over two dozens worlds in 14 solar systems. 10 00:00:37,913 --> 00:00:40,916 Out of all those far-flung outposts... 11 00:00:40,916 --> 00:00:43,919 ...only the Mars Colony, plagued by scattered groups of separatists... 12 00:00:43,919 --> 00:00:47,923 ...who have used acts of terror to intimidate the Earth-Ioyal majority... 13 00:00:47,923 --> 00:00:52,678 ...has proven more controversial than the Earth Alliance Station Babylon 5. 14 00:00:52,928 --> 00:00:56,932 Located in a sector of space near Epsilon Eridani... 15 00:00:56,932 --> 00:00:58,934 ...designated neutral territory... 16 00:00:58,934 --> 00:01:03,689 ...Babylon 5 has defied the odds and continued to operate as a free port... 17 00:01:03,897 --> 00:01:05,899 ...a center for diplomacy... 18 00:01:05,899 --> 00:01:09,903 ...and a showpiece for the Earth Alliance Resources and Technologies Division. 19 00:01:09,903 --> 00:01:12,906 From its highly publicized debut three years ago... 20 00:01:12,906 --> 00:01:15,909 ...recent polls indicate a growing dissatisfaction... 21 00:01:15,909 --> 00:01:18,912 ...with the time, money and effort consumed... 22 00:01:18,912 --> 00:01:20,914 ...by this space-borne community. 23 00:01:20,914 --> 00:01:25,669 So tonight, we take you to the center of the controversy. 24 00:01:25,919 --> 00:01:29,923 An ISN crew and I recently spent 36 hours aboard Babylon 5... 25 00:01:29,923 --> 00:01:34,678 ...asking hard questions, and on occasion, getting in a little over our heads. 26 00:01:35,929 --> 00:01:38,932 In the process of putting this report together, it didn't take us long... 27 00:01:38,932 --> 00:01:42,936 ...to learn the most important rule of survival aboard Babylon 5: 28 00:01:42,936 --> 00:01:45,105 Expect the unexpected. 29 00:01:45,898 --> 00:01:48,901 This footage was shot from our position on the bridge... 30 00:01:48,901 --> 00:01:52,905 ... of the Earth Transport Hyerdol on final approach to Babylon 5. 31 00:01:52,905 --> 00:01:53,906 Roger, Babylon Control. 32 00:01:53,906 --> 00:01:57,910 The voices you are hearing are the ship 's captain and B5 Command and Control. 33 00:01:57,910 --> 00:02:00,913 - Mark. - Confirmed, Hyerdol, we... 34 00:02:00,913 --> 00:02:05,667 Narn transport Na'Tan, return to your holding position. I repeat, return... 35 00:02:05,918 --> 00:02:09,630 Centauri vessel Molios, break off. 36 00:02:14,927 --> 00:02:16,929 A terrible explosion... 37 00:02:16,929 --> 00:02:18,931 ...a conspiracy involving several of these individuals... 38 00:02:18,931 --> 00:02:22,935 ...lies, deception and the deaths of hundreds of people. 39 00:02:22,935 --> 00:02:26,647 All this and more in 36 Hours aboard Babylon 5... 40 00:02:26,897 --> 00:02:28,899 ...here on the Interstellar Network News. 41 00:02:28,899 --> 00:02:32,903 We'll be back with our story right after this break. 42 00:02:32,903 --> 00:02:35,906 36 Hours, sponsored by Interplanetary Expeditions... 43 00:02:35,906 --> 00:02:39,618 ... exploring the past to create a better future. 44 00:02:41,912 --> 00:02:46,667 The Babylon Project was our last, best hope for peace. 45 00:02:46,917 --> 00:02:51,672 A self-contained world, five miles long, located in neutral territory. 46 00:02:55,926 --> 00:02:57,928 A place of commerce and diplomacy... 47 00:02:57,928 --> 00:03:00,931 ... for a quarter of a million humans and aliens. 48 00:03:00,931 --> 00:03:04,643 A shining beacon in space, all alone in the night. 49 00:03:06,937 --> 00:03:09,898 It was the dawn of the Third Age of mankind. 50 00:03:09,898 --> 00:03:13,610 The year the Great War came upon us all. 51 00:03:14,903 --> 00:03:17,906 This is the story of the last of the Babylon stations. 52 00:03:17,906 --> 00:03:22,661 The year is 2259. The name of the place is Babylon 5. 53 00:04:09,917 --> 00:04:11,919 30 minutes ago... 54 00:04:11,919 --> 00:04:15,923 ...a Narn vessel opened fire on a Centauri transport without warning. 55 00:04:15,923 --> 00:04:18,926 The bodies of the dead and wounded are being brought here... 56 00:04:18,926 --> 00:04:21,929 ...for transfer to various Medlab facilities on Babylon 5... 57 00:04:21,929 --> 00:04:23,931 ...which are already working beyond maximum capacity. 58 00:04:23,931 --> 00:04:26,934 Behind me is Dr. Stephen Franklin, chief of staff. Doctor? 59 00:04:26,934 --> 00:04:29,937 Prep for immediate surgery and full CAT scan. 60 00:04:29,937 --> 00:04:30,896 I need more regen packs! 61 00:04:30,896 --> 00:04:33,899 Dr. Franklin, Cynthia Torqueman, ISN News. What happened? 62 00:04:33,899 --> 00:04:35,901 Somebody said something about an ambush. 63 00:04:35,901 --> 00:04:39,905 Keep his head elevated 30 degrees, or he'll choke on his own blood. 64 00:04:39,905 --> 00:04:41,907 - Can you explain what the reason was? - I'm sorry. 65 00:04:41,907 --> 00:04:44,910 Captain Sheridan, Cynthia Torqueman, ISN News. 66 00:04:44,910 --> 00:04:46,912 Do you have a comment on what happened? 67 00:04:46,912 --> 00:04:48,914 No, no comment at this time. Doctor... 68 00:04:48,914 --> 00:04:51,917 What about the Narn vessel that attacked the transport? 69 00:04:51,917 --> 00:04:53,919 We sent a fighter wing to apprehend them. 70 00:04:53,919 --> 00:04:55,921 We won't know more until they're in custody. 71 00:04:55,921 --> 00:04:57,923 If you will excuse me, please. 72 00:04:57,923 --> 00:05:02,678 This is exactly the kind of behavior that endangers the very purpose of Babylon 5. 73 00:05:04,930 --> 00:05:09,685 This place is dedicated to finding peaceful solutions to our problems. 74 00:05:09,935 --> 00:05:13,897 For the Narn to carry their vendetta against our people... 75 00:05:13,897 --> 00:05:15,899 ...into neutral territory like this... 76 00:05:15,899 --> 00:05:19,611 ...is reckless and irresponsible. 77 00:05:19,903 --> 00:05:22,906 And though we mourn our own losses... 78 00:05:22,906 --> 00:05:26,910 ...we have felt strongly about our friends from Earth... 79 00:05:26,910 --> 00:05:31,665 ...ever since we first encountered your world 100 years ago. 80 00:05:32,916 --> 00:05:35,919 To endanger your people... 81 00:05:35,919 --> 00:05:36,920 ...for no reason. 82 00:05:36,920 --> 00:05:40,924 Then the attack on your transport was completely unprovoked. 83 00:05:40,924 --> 00:05:43,927 - Of course. - He's lying. 84 00:05:43,927 --> 00:05:47,639 Can you tell us why your ship opened fire? 85 00:05:47,931 --> 00:05:49,933 I'll issue a statement after I consult my government. 86 00:05:49,933 --> 00:05:51,935 Your government sanctioned this attack? 87 00:05:51,935 --> 00:05:53,061 No. 88 00:05:53,937 --> 00:05:57,900 Do attacks of this nature put everybody on Babylon 5 in unnecessary jeopardy? 89 00:05:57,900 --> 00:06:02,654 We are already in far greater jeopardy than you can possibly imagine. 90 00:06:03,906 --> 00:06:07,910 For all the apparent danger in this part of space... 91 00:06:07,910 --> 00:06:09,912 ...it seems to have had little effect on travel. 92 00:06:09,912 --> 00:06:14,666 Nearly a quarter of a million humans and aliens are here at any given moment. 93 00:06:14,917 --> 00:06:17,920 While most are in transit to distant worlds... 94 00:06:17,920 --> 00:06:20,923 ...many others actually live and work here. 95 00:06:20,923 --> 00:06:24,635 What does it take to call a place like this home? 96 00:06:24,927 --> 00:06:27,095 Well, it's... It's a job. 97 00:06:27,930 --> 00:06:30,933 I've been in a lot worse places, let me tell you. 98 00:06:30,933 --> 00:06:34,937 It gets crazy here sometimes. You get 50, 60 ships a day coming through... 99 00:06:34,937 --> 00:06:37,898 ...Ioading and unloading, and every last one of them is a priority job. 100 00:06:37,898 --> 00:06:40,901 At least, that's what they tell us. Watch those crates! 101 00:06:40,901 --> 00:06:43,904 Get them over to the side. No, no, the other side! 102 00:06:43,904 --> 00:06:47,908 We had a couple problems here last year, tried to hit us with some budget cuts. 103 00:06:47,908 --> 00:06:49,910 You know, same old song. 104 00:06:49,910 --> 00:06:51,912 But that's the past. 105 00:06:51,912 --> 00:06:53,914 You got to go along to get along, right? 106 00:06:53,914 --> 00:06:56,917 Overall, I've found this to be a good working environment... 107 00:06:56,917 --> 00:06:59,920 ...and a valuable experience. I've learned a lot here. 108 00:06:59,920 --> 00:07:02,923 And you've never felt that your safety has been compromised? 109 00:07:02,923 --> 00:07:04,049 No, ma'am. 110 00:07:04,925 --> 00:07:06,927 So this has been a positive experience for you? 111 00:07:06,927 --> 00:07:10,639 You enjoy working with everyone? 112 00:07:10,931 --> 00:07:11,932 Yes. 113 00:07:11,932 --> 00:07:14,935 It's a calm, pleasant environment. 114 00:07:14,935 --> 00:07:18,897 I don't think I've ever seen anyone get upset here. 115 00:07:18,897 --> 00:07:21,900 I guess it's the old joke. 116 00:07:21,900 --> 00:07:26,655 You don't have to be crazy to work here, but it helps. 117 00:07:26,905 --> 00:07:31,660 I suppose there is a certain attraction to being out here on the edge like this. 118 00:07:31,910 --> 00:07:33,036 A new frontier. 119 00:07:33,912 --> 00:07:35,914 New frontier is right. 120 00:07:35,914 --> 00:07:38,917 When Babylon 5 went online in 2257... 121 00:07:38,917 --> 00:07:41,920 ...oddsmakers from New Vegas to Lloyd's of London predicted... 122 00:07:41,920 --> 00:07:45,632 ...it wouldn't last six months. 123 00:07:45,924 --> 00:07:48,927 Well, I've never been very much on gambling. 124 00:07:48,927 --> 00:07:50,929 Never quite found the time for it. 125 00:07:50,929 --> 00:07:52,931 You were originally a starship captain, correct? 126 00:07:52,931 --> 00:07:55,100 Yeah. The Agamemnon. 127 00:07:55,934 --> 00:07:57,936 Yeah, she was a real beauty. 128 00:07:57,936 --> 00:08:02,691 One of the first Omega-class destroyers off the construction line after the war. 129 00:08:02,900 --> 00:08:07,654 Our job was part military patrol, part diplomatic mission. 130 00:08:07,905 --> 00:08:11,909 We went around to most of the nonaligned worlds, put in an appearance... 131 00:08:11,909 --> 00:08:13,911 ...kept the peace, that sort of thing. 132 00:08:13,911 --> 00:08:16,914 Babylon 5 has been through some dramatic changes... 133 00:08:16,914 --> 00:08:20,626 ...in administration since it became operational. 134 00:08:20,918 --> 00:08:24,922 Would you attribute these changes to bad management? 135 00:08:24,922 --> 00:08:27,925 Or to quote former Senator Hidoshi... 136 00:08:27,925 --> 00:08:31,637 ...is this horse just too big for anybody to ride? 137 00:08:31,929 --> 00:08:35,641 Changes are part of the military life. 138 00:08:35,933 --> 00:08:39,937 Everybody goes into this knowing that tomorrow you could be someplace... 139 00:08:39,937 --> 00:08:42,898 ...that you hadn't even heard of 24 hours ago. 140 00:08:42,898 --> 00:08:45,901 I've been stationed so many places over the years... 141 00:08:45,901 --> 00:08:49,613 ...I can't even remember most of them. 142 00:08:49,905 --> 00:08:51,907 But you're right. 143 00:08:51,907 --> 00:08:55,619 Some days this is one hell of a big horse. 144 00:08:56,912 --> 00:08:58,914 You know what the folks back home don't understand... 145 00:08:58,914 --> 00:09:03,669 ...the ones who've never left Earth, is just how dangerous space can be. 146 00:09:03,919 --> 00:09:05,921 Aside from incidents like this... 147 00:09:05,921 --> 00:09:10,676 ...just the everyday reality of living your days and nights... 148 00:09:10,926 --> 00:09:14,638 ...in a big tin can surrounded by a vacuum. 149 00:09:15,931 --> 00:09:20,686 I remember my first time on a transport on the Moon-Mars run. 150 00:09:20,936 --> 00:09:23,897 I was just a kid, maybe 17. 151 00:09:23,897 --> 00:09:28,652 A buddy of mine was messing around and zipping through the halls. 152 00:09:29,903 --> 00:09:32,906 And he hid in one of the air locks. 153 00:09:32,906 --> 00:09:36,910 I don't know, I guess he was gonna try to scare us or something. I don't know. 154 00:09:36,910 --> 00:09:40,622 But just as I got close... 155 00:09:41,915 --> 00:09:45,919 ...he must have hit the wrong button because the air doors slammed shut. 156 00:09:45,919 --> 00:09:50,674 The space doors opened, and he just flew out into space. 157 00:09:52,926 --> 00:09:57,681 And the one thing they never tell you is that you don't die instantly in vacuum. 158 00:09:59,933 --> 00:10:02,936 He just hung there, against the black... 159 00:10:02,936 --> 00:10:06,899 ...like a puppet with his strings all tangled up... 160 00:10:06,899 --> 00:10:09,902 ...or those old cartoons where you run off the cliff... 161 00:10:09,902 --> 00:10:13,614 ...and your legs keep going. 162 00:10:14,907 --> 00:10:19,661 You could see that he was trying to breathe, but there was nothing. 163 00:10:20,913 --> 00:10:25,667 And one thing I remember when they pulled in his body... 164 00:10:25,918 --> 00:10:28,086 ...his eyes were frozen. 165 00:10:32,925 --> 00:10:35,928 A lot of people make jokes about spacing somebody... 166 00:10:35,928 --> 00:10:39,640 ...about shoving somebody out an air lock. 167 00:10:39,932 --> 00:10:42,100 I don't think it's funny. 168 00:10:43,936 --> 00:10:45,062 Never will. 169 00:10:46,897 --> 00:10:49,900 Although the air locks on Babylon 5 are considerably safer... 170 00:10:49,900 --> 00:10:53,904 ...the last three years have shown that the station itself is anything but secure. 171 00:10:53,904 --> 00:10:56,907 In its first year, there were half a dozen murders... 172 00:10:56,907 --> 00:10:59,910 ...three acts of sabotage, including a bomb that blew out two levels... 173 00:10:59,910 --> 00:11:02,913 ...and a barely averted attack by the Vorlon Empire. 174 00:11:02,913 --> 00:11:07,668 Since then there have been 50 deaths by violence, so the question remains: 175 00:11:07,918 --> 00:11:11,922 Given its cost in lives and money, is Babylon 5 serving any useful purpose? 176 00:11:11,922 --> 00:11:16,677 Or as we're about to see, is the whole thing falling apart at the seams? 177 00:11:17,928 --> 00:11:22,683 I've just been briefed by my government, and I'm prepared to issue this statement: 178 00:11:22,933 --> 00:11:25,936 The Centauri ship that was attacked by one of our vessels... 179 00:11:25,936 --> 00:11:28,897 ...was not simply a commercial transport. 180 00:11:28,897 --> 00:11:31,900 It was secretly transferring weapons of mass destruction... 181 00:11:31,900 --> 00:11:33,902 ...to ships bound for the front lines... 182 00:11:33,902 --> 00:11:37,906 ...where they were to be used in the war against our people. 183 00:11:37,906 --> 00:11:41,910 They have turned Babylon 5 into a weapons supply post... 184 00:11:41,910 --> 00:11:44,913 ...and we cannot allow this to continue. 185 00:11:44,913 --> 00:11:49,668 Even if it means shutting down Babylon 5 completely. 186 00:11:50,919 --> 00:11:54,923 36 Hours on Babylon 5 continues with Cynthia Torqueman. 187 00:11:54,923 --> 00:11:58,927 According to figures released by the newly formed Office of Public Morale... 188 00:11:58,927 --> 00:12:02,931 ...President William Clark has risen to dramatic new levels of popularity... 189 00:12:02,931 --> 00:12:04,933 ...because of his administration's emphasis... 190 00:12:04,933 --> 00:12:06,935 ...on addressing the needs of Earth. 191 00:12:06,935 --> 00:12:09,897 As a result, recent hearings in Earth Dome... 192 00:12:09,897 --> 00:12:12,900 ...have openly questioned how much time and money should be invested... 193 00:12:12,900 --> 00:12:17,654 ...in a project that seems perpetually bogged down in non-human conflict. 194 00:12:17,905 --> 00:12:21,909 So we took that question to Senator Ronald Quantrell. 195 00:12:21,909 --> 00:12:22,910 Well, obviously... 196 00:12:22,910 --> 00:12:26,914 ...Babylon 5 is something President Santiago believed in very strongly... 197 00:12:26,914 --> 00:12:29,917 ...and I think we owe it to his memory to try and make it work. 198 00:12:29,917 --> 00:12:32,920 That doesn't exactly sound like a ringing endorsement. 199 00:12:32,920 --> 00:12:35,923 Well, clearly, we've taken a lot of heat. 200 00:12:35,923 --> 00:12:40,677 And the cost overruns have been appropriately astronomical. 201 00:12:40,928 --> 00:12:44,932 Let's remember the Babylon Project was conceived after the Earth-Minbari War. 202 00:12:44,932 --> 00:12:48,936 At that time, the idea of a diplomatic station to keep anything like that... 203 00:12:48,936 --> 00:12:51,897 ...from happening again was very appealing. 204 00:12:51,897 --> 00:12:52,898 And now? 205 00:12:52,898 --> 00:12:54,024 Now? 206 00:12:54,900 --> 00:12:58,612 Well, it's still too early to tell. 207 00:12:59,905 --> 00:13:01,907 We've rebuilt our military forces... 208 00:13:01,907 --> 00:13:05,911 ...to a point far in advance of where they were 14 years ago. 209 00:13:05,911 --> 00:13:10,666 If the Earth-Minbari War started today, things might have gone a little differently. 210 00:13:11,917 --> 00:13:14,920 So while I'm not sure how much... 211 00:13:14,920 --> 00:13:19,675 ...concrete benefit we really derive from Babylon 5 any longer... 212 00:13:19,925 --> 00:13:24,680 ...I suppose it still does keep us in a highly visible position with other races. 213 00:13:25,931 --> 00:13:30,686 And of course, it's very important to interstellar commerce and trade. 214 00:13:31,937 --> 00:13:35,649 Well, with all due respect to Senator Quantrell... 215 00:13:36,900 --> 00:13:40,904 ...speaking as someone who did his part in the front lines... 216 00:13:40,904 --> 00:13:44,908 ...I'd have to say we still haven't fully recovered from the Minbari War. 217 00:13:44,908 --> 00:13:47,911 And we haven't anywhere near the level of technology... 218 00:13:47,911 --> 00:13:50,914 ...we would need in the event of another major conflict. 219 00:13:50,914 --> 00:13:53,917 And anybody who thinks that we could hold our own against... 220 00:13:53,917 --> 00:13:57,921 ...the Minbari, the Centauri and, God forbid, the Vorlons... 221 00:13:57,921 --> 00:13:59,923 ...is just plain kidding himself. 222 00:13:59,923 --> 00:14:01,925 You sound angry about it. 223 00:14:01,925 --> 00:14:03,051 No. 224 00:14:03,927 --> 00:14:05,053 I'm not. 225 00:14:05,929 --> 00:14:07,931 It just... It just sounds to me... 226 00:14:07,931 --> 00:14:12,686 ...like jingoism and self-deception and armchair quarterbacking. 227 00:14:12,936 --> 00:14:14,897 Anytime you lose a war... 228 00:14:14,897 --> 00:14:17,900 ...you just wait a few years, and you'll hear from everyone... 229 00:14:17,900 --> 00:14:20,903 ...who thought we could have won if they'd have done the fighting. 230 00:14:20,903 --> 00:14:24,615 Except of course, captain, we didn't lose the war. 231 00:14:25,908 --> 00:14:29,620 The Minbari did surrender. 232 00:14:32,915 --> 00:14:34,041 Of course. 233 00:14:34,917 --> 00:14:36,919 Who are the people who run Babylon 5? 234 00:14:36,919 --> 00:14:38,921 And what do they do here? 235 00:14:38,921 --> 00:14:41,924 What are their hopes and dreams? 236 00:14:41,924 --> 00:14:44,927 I'm standing in what's called the Observation Dome or C & C... 237 00:14:44,927 --> 00:14:46,929 ...short for Command and Control. 238 00:14:46,929 --> 00:14:50,933 When the captain is otherwise engaged with diplomatic or business affairs... 239 00:14:50,933 --> 00:14:54,937 ...this place is under the watchful eye of its perky and energetic Commander... 240 00:14:54,937 --> 00:14:57,105 ...Susan Ivanova. 241 00:14:57,898 --> 00:14:59,900 Make one more sweep, pulling in whatever you got... 242 00:14:59,900 --> 00:15:01,902 ...then head for the barn. - Commander Ivanova... 243 00:15:01,902 --> 00:15:04,905 ...would you tell us what you're doing here? 244 00:15:04,905 --> 00:15:07,908 Investigating Ambassador G'Kar's allegations that the transport... 245 00:15:07,908 --> 00:15:11,912 ...was carrying weapons, justifying his government's attack. 246 00:15:11,912 --> 00:15:14,915 The HAZMAT team is checking the debris for unusual levels of radiation... 247 00:15:14,915 --> 00:15:18,919 ...or trace elements that could indicate unauthorized weapons. 248 00:15:18,919 --> 00:15:21,922 While we wait for the analysis, would you tell us a little about yourself? 249 00:15:21,922 --> 00:15:23,924 - How you got here? - Well, there's... 250 00:15:23,924 --> 00:15:27,928 ...really not much to tell. I was born in the Russian Consortium... 251 00:15:27,928 --> 00:15:29,930 ...but spent most of my life at school abroad. 252 00:15:29,930 --> 00:15:34,685 - Graduated from OTC 10 years ago. - How did you come to join Earthforce? 253 00:15:34,935 --> 00:15:36,937 After my brother was killed in the war... 254 00:15:36,937 --> 00:15:39,898 ...I felt that I had to try and finish what he started. 255 00:15:39,898 --> 00:15:43,902 But of course as my luck runs, the war was over before I saw any action. 256 00:15:43,902 --> 00:15:48,657 Now, commander, I'm sure there's more to your story than that. 257 00:15:49,908 --> 00:15:51,034 Yes. 258 00:15:51,910 --> 00:15:54,079 What do I hope for? 259 00:15:54,913 --> 00:15:59,668 To get through this interview without getting fired. How's that for a start? 260 00:15:59,918 --> 00:16:01,920 It's one of those questions I don't think about in words. 261 00:16:01,920 --> 00:16:06,675 Maybe because so many times it seems like if I say what I want it never comes. 262 00:16:07,926 --> 00:16:10,095 There must be something. 263 00:16:12,931 --> 00:16:16,643 Yeah. There are little hopes, I guess. 264 00:16:18,937 --> 00:16:22,649 Every day I get up, and I hope nothing'll happen. 265 00:16:22,900 --> 00:16:27,654 I'd love to be just bored out of my skull for 24 hours. 266 00:16:27,905 --> 00:16:30,908 And I guess I keep hoping... 267 00:16:30,908 --> 00:16:33,911 ...that someday, somewhere I'll make a difference. 268 00:16:33,911 --> 00:16:35,913 That at the end of the day... 269 00:16:35,913 --> 00:16:39,917 ...everything that we've gone through here for the past few years will... 270 00:16:39,917 --> 00:16:41,919 ...mean something. 271 00:16:41,919 --> 00:16:43,045 Yeah? 272 00:16:43,921 --> 00:16:47,925 Garibaldi, we just got back the HAZMA T report. We've got a problem. 273 00:16:47,925 --> 00:16:50,928 See what I mean? Always something. 274 00:16:50,928 --> 00:16:53,931 So far we've spent most of our time here talking to the humans. 275 00:16:53,931 --> 00:16:58,685 But aliens make up roughly 42 percent of Babylon 5's population. 276 00:16:58,936 --> 00:17:02,898 Many of them live here in the so-called "alien sector"... 277 00:17:02,898 --> 00:17:05,901 ...which provides alternate atmospheres for 14 different species. 278 00:17:05,901 --> 00:17:09,905 Ironically, the alien sector is how the aliens here... 279 00:17:09,905 --> 00:17:11,907 ...refer to the human part of the station... 280 00:17:11,907 --> 00:17:15,619 ...proving once again that beauty and the beast... 281 00:17:16,912 --> 00:17:20,624 ...are in the eye of the beholder. 282 00:17:23,919 --> 00:17:27,923 Probably the most elusive of all the aliens is Ambassador Kosh Naranek... 283 00:17:27,923 --> 00:17:31,927 ...a representative of the Vorlon Empire sent here roughly two years ago. 284 00:17:31,927 --> 00:17:33,929 Nothing is known of the Vorlons. 285 00:17:33,929 --> 00:17:38,684 In fact, three expeditions sent into Vorlon space over the years have never returned. 286 00:17:38,934 --> 00:17:41,937 The Vorlon government said they had met with accidents... 287 00:17:41,937 --> 00:17:44,898 ...and suggested no further expeditions. 288 00:17:44,898 --> 00:17:46,900 Even their appearance is a mystery... 289 00:17:46,900 --> 00:17:50,904 ...compounded by the fact that he can only leave his quarters in an encounter suit... 290 00:17:50,904 --> 00:17:54,908 ...which contains his atmosphere and other life-support equipment. 291 00:17:54,908 --> 00:17:56,910 A moment ago while we were setting up this shot... 292 00:17:56,910 --> 00:18:01,665 ...we got our first glimpse of the Vorlon as he was leaving his quarters behind me. 293 00:18:01,915 --> 00:18:05,919 This is an ISN exclusive presented here for the first time. 294 00:18:05,919 --> 00:18:07,921 It's Ambassador Kosh over here! 295 00:18:07,921 --> 00:18:08,922 Mackie, quick, the camera. 296 00:18:08,922 --> 00:18:10,924 Ambassador Kosh. Ambassador! 297 00:18:10,924 --> 00:18:13,927 Cynthia Torqueman, ISN News. Can we ask you a few questions? 298 00:18:13,927 --> 00:18:15,929 Ambassador Kosh! 299 00:18:15,929 --> 00:18:19,933 Did we get that? Tell me we got that. Did we get it? 300 00:18:19,933 --> 00:18:21,935 Second in elusiveness to the Vorlon... 301 00:18:21,935 --> 00:18:23,937 ...is Ambassador Delenn of the Minbari Federation. 302 00:18:23,937 --> 00:18:26,899 After initially refusing several requests for an interview... 303 00:18:26,899 --> 00:18:29,902 ...she finally agreed to talk to us. 304 00:18:29,902 --> 00:18:32,905 Since very few humans have ever been allowed on Minbar... 305 00:18:32,905 --> 00:18:36,909 ...perhaps you could start by telling us a little bit about your world. 306 00:18:36,909 --> 00:18:39,912 We are the seventh planet from our sun. 307 00:18:39,912 --> 00:18:43,916 Almost one quarter of Minbar is covered by our north polar icecap. 308 00:18:43,916 --> 00:18:46,919 Because our world is rich with crystalline deposits... 309 00:18:46,919 --> 00:18:51,673 ...many of our cities are cut directly out of crystal formations. 310 00:18:51,924 --> 00:18:56,678 During the spring, the patterns of color caused by the light are... 311 00:18:56,929 --> 00:18:59,097 ...breathtaking. 312 00:18:59,932 --> 00:19:02,100 Let's see, what else? 313 00:19:02,935 --> 00:19:05,896 We have three basic languages: 314 00:19:05,896 --> 00:19:10,651 Lenn'a, Feek and Adronato, which is the language of the religious caste. 315 00:19:10,901 --> 00:19:14,613 Can you give us an example of Adronato? 316 00:19:20,911 --> 00:19:23,914 I am your friend in peace. 317 00:19:23,914 --> 00:19:28,669 Your appearance, though, isn't typical of your people, is it? 318 00:19:30,921 --> 00:19:32,923 - No. - According to station records... 319 00:19:32,923 --> 00:19:35,926 ...you looked quite different a year ago. 320 00:19:35,926 --> 00:19:36,927 I volunteered for this change... 321 00:19:36,927 --> 00:19:39,930 ...in the hope of a better understanding between our peoples. 322 00:19:39,930 --> 00:19:44,685 Over a quarter of a million humans were killed in the war with your people. 323 00:19:44,935 --> 00:19:49,690 How do you think the families of those victims will feel about your change? 324 00:19:50,899 --> 00:19:53,068 L... I don't know. 325 00:19:53,902 --> 00:19:56,071 L... I would hope... 326 00:19:57,906 --> 00:20:00,909 I think they would feel hurt. 327 00:20:00,909 --> 00:20:02,035 Betrayed. 328 00:20:02,911 --> 00:20:07,666 That by assuming a human face, you're taking a part of us you're not entitled to. 329 00:20:08,917 --> 00:20:10,919 What would you say to them? 330 00:20:10,919 --> 00:20:14,923 To all the husbands and wives and children and brothers and sisters... 331 00:20:14,923 --> 00:20:17,926 ...of the people who were killed in the war with your people... 332 00:20:17,926 --> 00:20:21,638 ...and now see a Minbari with a human face? 333 00:20:22,931 --> 00:20:24,057 I'm... 334 00:20:26,935 --> 00:20:27,936 I'm sorry, can we...? 335 00:20:27,936 --> 00:20:30,105 Can we stop this? 336 00:20:30,898 --> 00:20:32,024 Please? 337 00:20:32,900 --> 00:20:37,654 Ambassador Delenn, you're needed in the Council Chambers. 338 00:20:37,905 --> 00:20:39,031 Ambassador? 339 00:20:41,909 --> 00:20:44,077 Ambassador Delenn? 340 00:20:45,913 --> 00:20:47,915 We've been informed of a development in the Narn attack. 341 00:20:47,915 --> 00:20:50,918 The Advisory Council and the League of Non-Aligned Worlds... 342 00:20:50,918 --> 00:20:52,920 ...have convened to hear this. 343 00:20:52,920 --> 00:20:55,923 We've been given permission to record these proceedings. 344 00:20:55,923 --> 00:20:58,926 Now, thanks to Commander Ivanova's investigation... 345 00:20:58,926 --> 00:21:00,928 ...we have proof of what we've been saying all along. 346 00:21:00,928 --> 00:21:04,932 An inspection of the destroyed Centauri has found conclusive proof... 347 00:21:04,932 --> 00:21:08,936 ...that she was carrying fusion bombs and support equipment for ion cannons... 348 00:21:08,936 --> 00:21:12,648 ...mass drivers, and heavy-energy weapons! 349 00:21:15,901 --> 00:21:18,904 We have already filed a complaint with the Centauri government... 350 00:21:18,904 --> 00:21:22,908 ...on the grounds that Babylon 5 is neutral territory... 351 00:21:22,908 --> 00:21:26,912 ...and is not to be used as a staging ground or a munitions depot. 352 00:21:26,912 --> 00:21:27,913 If I may make... 353 00:21:27,913 --> 00:21:30,916 It is this kind of irresponsible activity, ambassador... 354 00:21:30,916 --> 00:21:33,919 ...that endangers this station and everyone here! 355 00:21:33,919 --> 00:21:38,674 Classified shipments are transferred outside the station, ship to ship. 356 00:21:38,924 --> 00:21:39,925 The risk to Babylon 5 is minimal. 357 00:21:39,925 --> 00:21:43,929 Oh, we've already seen your minimal risk, ambassador. 358 00:21:43,929 --> 00:21:46,932 Caused by their attack on one of our vessels! 359 00:21:46,932 --> 00:21:50,936 Our ships have the right to carry any cargo they choose. 360 00:21:50,936 --> 00:21:52,896 We will not surrender our sovereign rights. 361 00:21:52,896 --> 00:21:55,899 The sovereign rights of any race end when they threaten innocence. 362 00:21:55,899 --> 00:21:58,902 Enough! They're doing what they always do! 363 00:21:58,902 --> 00:22:02,906 Using details to distract us from doing what must be done! 364 00:22:02,906 --> 00:22:06,910 There are seven more Centauri vessels berthed outside... 365 00:22:06,910 --> 00:22:09,913 ...and I have reason to believe they also carry... 366 00:22:09,913 --> 00:22:12,916 ...weapons of mass destruction to be used against our people. 367 00:22:12,916 --> 00:22:16,920 My government demands that these ships be impounded and their weapons seized. 368 00:22:16,920 --> 00:22:20,632 No, no, no! We will not allow this! 369 00:22:20,924 --> 00:22:25,679 This is Babylon 5 space, and here we have sovereign rights. 370 00:22:25,929 --> 00:22:29,933 Our ships will defend themselves against any who try to seize them! 371 00:22:29,933 --> 00:22:33,937 Perhaps if the transports return to Centauri space... 372 00:22:33,937 --> 00:22:36,899 We cannot allow those ships to leave with their weapons. 373 00:22:36,899 --> 00:22:39,902 They'll just turn right around and use them against us. 374 00:22:39,902 --> 00:22:42,905 Then how do you intend to...? 375 00:22:42,905 --> 00:22:44,031 What the hell? 376 00:22:44,907 --> 00:22:46,909 Captain, we need you in C & C. 377 00:22:46,909 --> 00:22:50,621 We've got a shooting war going on out here. 378 00:22:58,921 --> 00:23:01,924 The sounds you hear are weapons on the Narn and Centauri vessels... 379 00:23:01,924 --> 00:23:04,927 ...doing battle just outside Babylon 5. 380 00:23:04,927 --> 00:23:08,931 The station is on a priority one alert, and people are being evacuated to shelters. 381 00:23:08,931 --> 00:23:11,934 We're en route to C & C to try and cover the battle. 382 00:23:11,934 --> 00:23:15,896 Now our vid systems are being plugged into the station's external cameras... 383 00:23:15,896 --> 00:23:18,899 ...and communication systems, and we should be seeing... 384 00:23:18,899 --> 00:23:21,902 Coming in. Reading five, repeat, five incoming hostiles. 385 00:23:21,902 --> 00:23:26,657 No reply. Got the beacon. Targeting systems online. 386 00:23:26,907 --> 00:23:30,911 Delta Leader to hostile vessels, you are ordered to cease fire at once. 387 00:23:30,911 --> 00:23:32,037 Do you copy? 388 00:23:32,913 --> 00:23:37,668 You are ordered to surrender, or we will open fire. 389 00:23:45,926 --> 00:23:46,927 Damage report. 390 00:23:46,927 --> 00:23:49,930 Levels Brown 90 through 92 report damage. Hull breach in Blue 70. 391 00:23:49,930 --> 00:23:52,933 - Dropping pressure doors. - Get a repair crew down there! 392 00:23:52,933 --> 00:23:54,935 - Aye, sir. - Any reply yet? 393 00:23:54,935 --> 00:23:57,896 Hostile forces continue to fire. They're targeting our ships. 394 00:23:57,896 --> 00:23:59,898 Delta Squadron requesting permission to fire. 395 00:23:59,898 --> 00:24:02,901 Ambassadors Londo and G'Kar are saying if we open fire... 396 00:24:02,901 --> 00:24:06,613 ...they'll consider it an act of war. 397 00:24:09,908 --> 00:24:11,910 We have a quarter million people to defend. 398 00:24:11,910 --> 00:24:13,912 If they won't stop this, we will. 399 00:24:13,912 --> 00:24:16,915 All fighters, open fire. Fire at will. 400 00:24:16,915 --> 00:24:18,917 Roger, Babylon Control. 401 00:24:18,917 --> 00:24:20,919 Delta Squad, open fire. 402 00:24:20,919 --> 00:24:23,922 Target engines and navigation if possible... 403 00:24:23,922 --> 00:24:25,924 ...but if you have to take them out, do it. 404 00:24:25,924 --> 00:24:29,928 - Roger, leader. Four, five and eight... - Come on. Come on. 405 00:24:29,928 --> 00:24:33,640 Heater's lit. No window? Come to papa. 406 00:24:33,932 --> 00:24:37,644 Got it! Box away. This is seven. Target splashed. 407 00:24:42,900 --> 00:24:45,903 Two Narn vessels destroyed. Two damaged and out of the fight. 408 00:24:45,903 --> 00:24:47,905 Centauri vessels are offering to surrender. 409 00:24:47,905 --> 00:24:49,907 All right, pick them up and throw them in the brig. 410 00:24:49,907 --> 00:24:52,910 And I want every one of those ships scanned for weapons. 411 00:24:52,910 --> 00:24:55,913 Tell Ambassadors G'Kar and Londo I want to see them now. 412 00:24:55,913 --> 00:24:57,915 What if they refuse? 413 00:24:57,915 --> 00:25:01,627 Then you can throw them in the... 414 00:25:04,922 --> 00:25:08,926 Then invite them again, as firmly and as politely as you can. 415 00:25:08,926 --> 00:25:12,638 This nonsense has gone far enough. 416 00:25:14,932 --> 00:25:18,936 The "nonsense" Captain Sheridan referred to is the Narn-Centauri War... 417 00:25:18,936 --> 00:25:21,897 ...which over the past months has grown into a conflict... 418 00:25:21,897 --> 00:25:24,900 ...which threatens to spill into other systems... 419 00:25:24,900 --> 00:25:27,903 ...and lead to an escalation of hostilities. 420 00:25:27,903 --> 00:25:29,905 Prior to the battle we witnessed... 421 00:25:29,905 --> 00:25:32,908 ...ISN spoke with representatives from both sides... 422 00:25:32,908 --> 00:25:35,911 ...in order to better understand the history of this conflict. 423 00:25:35,911 --> 00:25:40,666 Roughly 150 of your years ago, the Centauri came to our world. 424 00:25:42,918 --> 00:25:45,921 Narn was a green and fertile place then. 425 00:25:45,921 --> 00:25:50,676 We greeted them in peace, and spent the next 100 years in chains. 426 00:25:50,926 --> 00:25:52,928 But we never gave up hope. 427 00:25:52,928 --> 00:25:55,931 We formed a resistance, learned their secrets... 428 00:25:55,931 --> 00:25:59,935 ...turned their own machines against them and finally drove them from our world. 429 00:25:59,935 --> 00:26:03,647 How did you become involved with the resistance? 430 00:26:05,899 --> 00:26:09,903 My family lived in G'Kamazad, one of the larger cities on Narn. 431 00:26:09,903 --> 00:26:13,615 My father served in a Centauri household... 432 00:26:14,908 --> 00:26:17,911 ...during the last years of the rebellion. 433 00:26:17,911 --> 00:26:20,914 I was barely a pouchling at the time. 434 00:26:20,914 --> 00:26:25,669 My mother was ill, unable to escape through the underground, so we all stayed. 435 00:26:26,920 --> 00:26:27,921 It was a difficult time. 436 00:26:27,921 --> 00:26:32,676 We were striking deep into Centauri resources. Things were tense. 437 00:26:33,927 --> 00:26:38,682 One day my father spilled a cup of hot jala on the mistress of the house and... 438 00:26:41,935 --> 00:26:44,104 And she had him killed. 439 00:26:44,897 --> 00:26:47,900 They took him out, tied his hands together... 440 00:26:47,900 --> 00:26:51,612 ...and hung him from a jalwah tree for three days. 441 00:26:52,905 --> 00:26:56,909 I came to him the last night, against my mother's orders... 442 00:26:56,909 --> 00:26:59,912 ...and he looked down at me. 443 00:26:59,912 --> 00:27:03,624 He said he was proud and to go and fight... 444 00:27:03,916 --> 00:27:07,628 ...and be all the things he never was. 445 00:27:07,920 --> 00:27:09,046 Then he died. 446 00:27:09,922 --> 00:27:14,676 The next morning I ran away and killed my first Centauri. 447 00:27:16,929 --> 00:27:19,932 Why do you think they invaded back then? 448 00:27:19,932 --> 00:27:24,686 Why does any advanced civilization seek to destroy a less advanced one? 449 00:27:25,896 --> 00:27:27,898 Because the land is strategically valuable... 450 00:27:27,898 --> 00:27:30,901 ...because there are resources that can be exploited... 451 00:27:30,901 --> 00:27:34,613 ...but most of all, simply because they can. 452 00:27:34,905 --> 00:27:39,660 You have experienced much the same on your own world. 453 00:27:39,910 --> 00:27:43,914 There are humans for whom the words "never again"... 454 00:27:43,914 --> 00:27:47,626 ...carry special meaning, as they do for us. 455 00:27:48,919 --> 00:27:51,922 How do you respond to reports that your military... 456 00:27:51,922 --> 00:27:56,677 ...has lost six out of the last seven engagements with the Centauri forces? 457 00:27:56,927 --> 00:28:00,931 And now the war consists mainly of holding actions and forced retreats. 458 00:28:00,931 --> 00:28:03,100 Centauri propaganda. 459 00:28:03,934 --> 00:28:07,646 We will never fall back. We will never surrender. 460 00:28:08,897 --> 00:28:12,609 When we first met the Narn, they were what? 461 00:28:12,901 --> 00:28:13,902 A primitive people. 462 00:28:13,902 --> 00:28:17,906 We gave them technology centuries ahead of their own... 463 00:28:17,906 --> 00:28:21,910 ...took them with us to the stars, taught them laws, civilized them. 464 00:28:21,910 --> 00:28:24,913 They repaid us with terror and death. 465 00:28:24,913 --> 00:28:28,917 So you're saying that the Centauri originally came to help the Narn? 466 00:28:28,917 --> 00:28:32,921 Of course. And at considerable expense, I might add. 467 00:28:32,921 --> 00:28:37,676 Which is why we finally left. We wished them well, but the cost, you see... 468 00:28:37,926 --> 00:28:40,929 Then you weren't driven off the Narn Homeworld? 469 00:28:40,929 --> 00:28:45,684 Please. The Narn have rewritten history enough, don't you think? 470 00:28:45,934 --> 00:28:50,689 If they wanted us gone, we were hardly going to force the issue. 471 00:28:50,898 --> 00:28:54,902 But ever since, they have grown more and more irrational... 472 00:28:54,902 --> 00:28:59,656 ...have gone out of their way to harm us, to seize Centauri territory. 473 00:28:59,907 --> 00:29:02,910 Finally, we had to take a stand. 474 00:29:02,910 --> 00:29:06,914 They were the ones who declared war, remember? Not us. 475 00:29:06,914 --> 00:29:09,082 We want only peace. 476 00:29:11,919 --> 00:29:12,920 "We want only peace." 477 00:29:12,920 --> 00:29:15,923 Both sides say the same thing, but as we've just seen... 478 00:29:15,923 --> 00:29:18,926 ...the reality is anything but peaceful. 479 00:29:18,926 --> 00:29:19,927 With the skirmish outside concluded... 480 00:29:19,927 --> 00:29:23,931 ...and the captured Centauri vessels about to undergo a search... 481 00:29:23,931 --> 00:29:25,933 ...things seem to have calmed down. 482 00:29:25,933 --> 00:29:27,935 - What is it? - Jump point forming in Sector 7. 483 00:29:27,935 --> 00:29:31,647 Are they crazy? That's practically on top of us! 484 00:29:31,897 --> 00:29:33,899 Reading one Centauri battle cruiser. 485 00:29:33,899 --> 00:29:38,654 Do we still have a feed from the external monitors? Are they online...? 486 00:29:41,907 --> 00:29:43,909 I've got Ambassador Mollari on the link. 487 00:29:43,909 --> 00:29:46,078 Put him through. 488 00:29:46,912 --> 00:29:48,914 Ambassador Mollari, what's going on here? 489 00:29:48,914 --> 00:29:50,916 I'm sorry this has come as such a surprise, commander... 490 00:29:50,916 --> 00:29:53,919 ... but I warned you not to interfere. 491 00:29:53,919 --> 00:29:57,631 You have no right to search or detain our ships. 492 00:29:57,923 --> 00:30:01,927 If we don 't act in our own defense, we invite the same from others. 493 00:30:01,927 --> 00:30:04,930 Centauri cruiser is arming weapons, opening gun ports. 494 00:30:04,930 --> 00:30:07,933 The cruiser will blockade Babylon 5... 495 00:30:07,933 --> 00:30:12,688 ... until our ships are returned to Centauri custody, intact and unopened. 496 00:30:13,897 --> 00:30:17,901 Any ship attempting to enter or leave Babylon 5 will be fired upon... 497 00:30:17,901 --> 00:30:20,904 ... boarded and sent back. 498 00:30:20,904 --> 00:30:23,907 We will use the minimum possible level of force... 499 00:30:23,907 --> 00:30:28,662 ... but if provoked, we are prepared to use deadly force... 500 00:30:28,912 --> 00:30:32,624 ... even against Babylon 5 itself. 501 00:30:32,916 --> 00:30:36,628 ISN, the galaxy's most important network. 502 00:30:40,924 --> 00:30:43,927 John? Why aren't you outside playing with the other kids? 503 00:30:43,927 --> 00:30:44,928 They hate me. 504 00:30:44,928 --> 00:30:46,054 Now, John... 505 00:30:46,930 --> 00:30:49,099 It's true. I'm just... 506 00:30:49,933 --> 00:30:52,102 I'm different, Mom. 507 00:30:52,936 --> 00:30:57,691 I can feel what they think about me, and they know I can. 508 00:30:57,900 --> 00:31:01,904 I called one of them a liar because I knew he wasn't telling the truth somehow. 509 00:31:01,904 --> 00:31:05,908 And he just kept hitting me until I said I was the liar. 510 00:31:05,908 --> 00:31:08,911 I just don't know what to do anymore. 511 00:31:08,911 --> 00:31:09,912 Don't worry, Johnny. 512 00:31:09,912 --> 00:31:12,915 - We'll take care of it from here. - Look! A Psi Cop! 513 00:31:12,915 --> 00:31:14,917 That's right, Johnny. 514 00:31:14,917 --> 00:31:17,920 There are a lot of other kids who feel just the same way you do. 515 00:31:17,920 --> 00:31:21,924 They're confused and afraid, but they don't have to be. 516 00:31:21,924 --> 00:31:23,926 The problem isn't that other kids don't like you. 517 00:31:23,926 --> 00:31:25,928 It's that they don't understand you. 518 00:31:25,928 --> 00:31:27,054 But we do. 519 00:31:27,930 --> 00:31:31,934 You're special. You're a latent telepath about to come into full bloom. 520 00:31:31,934 --> 00:31:33,936 My Johnny? A telepath? 521 00:31:33,936 --> 00:31:35,896 Probably. But to be sure... 522 00:31:35,896 --> 00:31:39,900 ...take him down to the Psi Corps Testing Center first thing tomorrow. 523 00:31:39,900 --> 00:31:41,902 - How do I find one? - We're everywhere. 524 00:31:41,902 --> 00:31:45,906 For your convenience. We have offices in schools and children's hospitals. 525 00:31:45,906 --> 00:31:48,909 We even have mobile testing centers that travel the country. 526 00:31:48,909 --> 00:31:53,664 And if he qualifies, we'll give him an education, a job, a purpose. 527 00:31:53,914 --> 00:31:57,626 And, we'll pay all his bills for life! 528 00:32:01,922 --> 00:32:04,925 John, I can't believe it. You've come so far. 529 00:32:04,925 --> 00:32:07,928 Just look at you. We're all so proud. 530 00:32:07,928 --> 00:32:09,930 And I'm proud to be part of the Psi Corps. 531 00:32:09,930 --> 00:32:12,933 So remember, if you know someone who might be a telepath... 532 00:32:12,933 --> 00:32:15,936 ...or think you might be one yourself... 533 00:32:15,936 --> 00:32:18,897 ...help them get the help they need. Call the Corps. 534 00:32:18,897 --> 00:32:21,900 Call Government Information for more on a Psi Corps Center near you. 535 00:32:21,900 --> 00:32:25,904 This message is from the Ministry for Public Information... 536 00:32:25,904 --> 00:32:29,616 ... and your local Psi Corps Recruitment Office. 537 00:32:29,908 --> 00:32:32,911 As we enter our 30th hour aboard Babylon 5... 538 00:32:32,911 --> 00:32:35,914 ...the Centauri-Narn crisis has not diminished. 539 00:32:35,914 --> 00:32:39,918 The various parties to the dispute have gathered in council chambers behind me... 540 00:32:39,918 --> 00:32:41,920 ...in closed session to discuss the crisis. 541 00:32:41,920 --> 00:32:45,924 Meanwhile, all traffic in or out of Babylon 5 has come to a halt... 542 00:32:45,924 --> 00:32:48,927 ...due to the Centauri blockade. 543 00:32:48,927 --> 00:32:51,930 Captain, any progress in the negotiations? 544 00:32:51,930 --> 00:32:54,933 All sides are still talking. That's all I can say for now. 545 00:32:54,933 --> 00:32:56,935 Is it true some of the Senate suggested... 546 00:32:56,935 --> 00:33:01,690 ...that you accommodate the Centauri by releasing their vessels without searches? 547 00:33:01,899 --> 00:33:04,902 As the commander of record on Babylon 5... 548 00:33:04,902 --> 00:33:07,905 ...I doubt the Senate would undermine my position... 549 00:33:07,905 --> 00:33:12,659 ...in these negotiations by armchair quarterbacking. 550 00:33:14,912 --> 00:33:18,624 Ambassador G'Kar, do you have anything to say? 551 00:33:18,916 --> 00:33:20,918 This should prove once and for all... 552 00:33:20,918 --> 00:33:23,921 ...that the Centauri are a menace to more than just our world. 553 00:33:23,921 --> 00:33:25,923 This kind of thing cannot be allowed. 554 00:33:25,923 --> 00:33:29,927 We will take whatever steps necessary to make that perfectly clear to them. 555 00:33:29,927 --> 00:33:32,930 Well, what does that mean? Ambassador G'Kar? 556 00:33:32,930 --> 00:33:36,934 The events on Babylon 5 which took place during your recent visit... 557 00:33:36,934 --> 00:33:40,896 ...are emblematic of what many of us in Earth Dome have worried about. 558 00:33:40,896 --> 00:33:43,899 By placing an Earth installation between warring factions... 559 00:33:43,899 --> 00:33:47,903 ...we risk being drawn into a conflict that has nothing to do with us... 560 00:33:47,903 --> 00:33:49,905 ...or Earth interests. 561 00:33:49,905 --> 00:33:51,907 If we had not been in that place, at that time... 562 00:33:51,907 --> 00:33:54,910 ...the terrible loss of life might have been avoided. 563 00:33:54,910 --> 00:33:57,913 On the other hand, senator, they are at war with one another. 564 00:33:57,913 --> 00:33:59,915 People die in war. 565 00:33:59,915 --> 00:34:02,918 Yes, but it wouldn't have happened in our back yard. 566 00:34:02,918 --> 00:34:06,922 What happened next came with the reluctant support of Earth Dome... 567 00:34:06,922 --> 00:34:09,925 ...but the hundreds of deaths... 568 00:34:09,925 --> 00:34:13,637 I don't see how we can support that sort of thing. 569 00:34:14,930 --> 00:34:17,933 I'm only glad you made it out alive, Cynthia. 570 00:34:17,933 --> 00:34:20,936 We need all the good reporters we can get. 571 00:34:20,936 --> 00:34:23,897 Ten minutes ago, Captain Sheridan received a transmission... 572 00:34:23,897 --> 00:34:26,900 ...from Earth Dome on the current crisis. 573 00:34:26,900 --> 00:34:29,903 After considerable negotiations, we've been allowed back into C & C... 574 00:34:29,903 --> 00:34:34,658 Captain John Sheridan, Babylon 5 to Centauri cruiser. 575 00:34:34,908 --> 00:34:37,911 My government has rejected your demand that we release your ships. 576 00:34:37,911 --> 00:34:42,666 We will not consider any demand made under terrorist threat. 577 00:34:42,916 --> 00:34:44,918 We have activated our defense grid... 578 00:34:44,918 --> 00:34:48,922 ...and are prepared to defend all ships coming through here. 579 00:34:48,922 --> 00:34:53,677 Any hostile action taken by you against ships entering or leaving this station... 580 00:34:53,927 --> 00:34:56,930 ...will be considered an attack on Babylon 5 itself... 581 00:34:56,930 --> 00:35:00,642 ...and we will respond accordingly. 582 00:35:01,935 --> 00:35:04,897 If they send back a reply, don't acknowledge it. 583 00:35:04,897 --> 00:35:06,899 - Aye, captain. - We'll let them sweat for a while. 584 00:35:06,899 --> 00:35:08,901 I know the new defense grid can hold them off... 585 00:35:08,901 --> 00:35:12,613 ...but the repercussions... - They're bluffing. 586 00:35:12,905 --> 00:35:16,617 I can't believe they'd take on the whole station. 587 00:35:16,909 --> 00:35:19,912 No, that'd bring Earth in the side of the Narns... 588 00:35:19,912 --> 00:35:23,916 ...and the last thing the Centauri want is a war on two fronts. 589 00:35:23,916 --> 00:35:27,920 Docking Bay 9 just linked in. The transport's ready to go. 590 00:35:27,920 --> 00:35:31,632 Bring her up. Activate autopilot. 591 00:35:31,924 --> 00:35:35,928 We'll run the transport from here, make sure no one gets hurt... 592 00:35:35,928 --> 00:35:39,640 ...just in case they're not bluffing. 593 00:35:39,932 --> 00:35:43,936 Bring the maintenance bots around for a closer look. 594 00:35:43,936 --> 00:35:47,898 Move Secure Cab 23 to high overhead and Main Bot 914. 595 00:35:47,898 --> 00:35:49,900 At 12 click intervals and transport... 596 00:35:49,900 --> 00:35:51,902 If they attack the transport... 597 00:35:51,902 --> 00:35:55,906 ...they'll turn around and fire on us next, figuring we'll have to retaliate. 598 00:35:55,906 --> 00:35:57,032 I know. 599 00:36:04,915 --> 00:36:06,917 All tracking stations... 600 00:36:06,917 --> 00:36:10,629 ...if you see their weapons targeting us... 601 00:36:10,921 --> 00:36:12,047 ...open fire. 602 00:36:16,927 --> 00:36:18,929 Any reply from the cruiser? 603 00:36:18,929 --> 00:36:20,931 Negative, sir. No response. 604 00:36:20,931 --> 00:36:25,686 Their weapons system is still on. I don't like this. 605 00:36:38,907 --> 00:36:40,909 The transport's through. 606 00:36:40,909 --> 00:36:44,913 Getting a signal from the Centauri cruiser. They want to talk. 607 00:36:44,913 --> 00:36:46,915 Open a channel. Let's be gracious. 608 00:36:46,915 --> 00:36:48,917 Captain, any thoughts on the...? 609 00:36:48,917 --> 00:36:52,629 Second jump point forming in Sector 10. 610 00:36:57,926 --> 00:36:59,052 Hell! 611 00:36:59,928 --> 00:37:04,683 Babylon Control to Narn cruiser, we do not, repeat, we do not require assistance. 612 00:37:04,933 --> 00:37:07,936 Do not interfere! We have the situation under control. 613 00:37:07,936 --> 00:37:11,648 Narn cruiser powering up weapons systems. 614 00:37:11,899 --> 00:37:15,611 No! Listen to me. We do not need... 615 00:37:28,916 --> 00:37:31,919 All civilians to the shelters. 616 00:37:31,919 --> 00:37:36,673 Get me that cruiser, and I don't care how you do it! 617 00:37:42,930 --> 00:37:45,098 Close blast doors now! 618 00:37:58,904 --> 00:38:01,907 Narns destroyed the cruiser. They're opening a jump point. 619 00:38:01,907 --> 00:38:02,908 Can they make it? 620 00:38:02,908 --> 00:38:04,910 I don't think so. They're hit bad. 621 00:38:04,910 --> 00:38:08,622 Jump engines are malfunctioning. 622 00:38:24,930 --> 00:38:27,933 As journalists, we would be remiss in our responsibilities... 623 00:38:27,933 --> 00:38:30,936 ...if we suggested these events you've just witnessed... 624 00:38:30,936 --> 00:38:32,896 ...were typical of the situation on Babylon 5. 625 00:38:32,896 --> 00:38:36,900 Like anyone else, they have good days and bad days. 626 00:38:36,900 --> 00:38:38,902 There can be no question that it's a flash point... 627 00:38:38,902 --> 00:38:41,905 ...that can only grow hotter as time passes. 628 00:38:41,905 --> 00:38:44,908 And yet growth only comes through pain and struggle. 629 00:38:44,908 --> 00:38:49,663 So perhaps we should allow Babylon 5 time to realize or one day... 630 00:38:49,913 --> 00:38:52,916 ...even exceed the dreams we have invested in it. 631 00:38:52,916 --> 00:38:57,671 We'll be back with some concluding thoughts right after this message. 632 00:38:58,922 --> 00:39:02,926 After the crisis was over, the debris cleared and the bodies counted... 633 00:39:02,926 --> 00:39:05,929 ...we asked each of the people involved in this story one question: 634 00:39:05,929 --> 00:39:10,684 Given the danger, at the end of the day, as Mr. Garibaldi said, is it worth it? 635 00:39:11,935 --> 00:39:13,061 Absolutely. 636 00:39:13,937 --> 00:39:16,899 Sure, when things get tense out here, we have to be careful. 637 00:39:16,899 --> 00:39:18,901 Our search of the Centauri vessels proved... 638 00:39:18,901 --> 00:39:20,903 ...they were bringing in weapons... 639 00:39:20,903 --> 00:39:24,907 ...offloading them outside the station and sending them to the front lines. 640 00:39:24,907 --> 00:39:28,911 Now that we know that, we can make sure it doesn't happen anymore. We learn. 641 00:39:28,911 --> 00:39:30,913 It's what humans do. 642 00:39:30,913 --> 00:39:34,625 Misunderstandings aside, yes. 643 00:39:34,917 --> 00:39:37,920 I definitely think it's worth it. 644 00:39:37,920 --> 00:39:42,674 We must simply work harder to make sure we communicate with one another... 645 00:39:43,926 --> 00:39:46,929 ...to prevent this sort of tragic situation... 646 00:39:46,929 --> 00:39:49,932 ...from ever happening again. 647 00:39:49,932 --> 00:39:54,686 A violent attack by Narn forces is an unacceptable response... 648 00:39:54,937 --> 00:39:57,898 ...to a peaceful protest by my government. 649 00:39:57,898 --> 00:40:02,653 And with the intervention of Earth, perhaps we can keep them... 650 00:40:02,903 --> 00:40:06,615 ...from making a similar mistake in the future. 651 00:40:06,907 --> 00:40:11,662 I don't know anymore. I used to think so, but now... 652 00:40:12,913 --> 00:40:13,914 Yes. 653 00:40:13,914 --> 00:40:15,916 Of course it is. 654 00:40:15,916 --> 00:40:19,920 For the simple reason that no one else would ever build a place like this. 655 00:40:19,920 --> 00:40:23,632 Humans share one unique quality: 656 00:40:23,924 --> 00:40:25,926 They build communities. 657 00:40:25,926 --> 00:40:29,930 If the Narns or the Centauri or any other race built a station like this... 658 00:40:29,930 --> 00:40:32,933 ...it would be used only by their own people. 659 00:40:32,933 --> 00:40:35,936 But everywhere humans go... 660 00:40:35,936 --> 00:40:40,691 ...they create communities out of diverse and sometimes hostile populations. 661 00:40:40,899 --> 00:40:42,901 It is a great gift... 662 00:40:42,901 --> 00:40:47,656 ...and a terrible responsibility, one that cannot be abandoned. 663 00:40:49,908 --> 00:40:53,620 Well, I guess we'll just have to see, won't we? 664 00:40:57,916 --> 00:41:00,085 All right, Med 2, go. Go! 665 00:41:00,919 --> 00:41:02,921 Look, if we weren't here right now... 666 00:41:02,921 --> 00:41:04,923 ...half the people in this room would be dead. 667 00:41:04,923 --> 00:41:08,927 Now that should be a good enough answer for anyone. 668 00:41:08,927 --> 00:41:09,928 Sure. What, are you kidding? 669 00:41:09,928 --> 00:41:13,640 I have a retirement pension to make, you know? 670 00:41:13,932 --> 00:41:15,058 Yes. 671 00:41:16,935 --> 00:41:21,690 But not for any of the reasons that you've probably been told. 672 00:41:23,901 --> 00:41:27,613 The job of Babylon 5 is not to enforce the peace. 673 00:41:28,906 --> 00:41:31,074 It's to create the peace. 674 00:41:31,909 --> 00:41:33,911 And this place was built on the assumption... 675 00:41:33,911 --> 00:41:38,665 ...that we could work out our problems and build a better future. 676 00:41:38,916 --> 00:41:42,628 And that, to me, is the key issue. 677 00:41:43,921 --> 00:41:46,924 See, in the last few years... 678 00:41:46,924 --> 00:41:48,926 ...we've stumbled. 679 00:41:48,926 --> 00:41:51,929 We stumbled at the death of the president... 680 00:41:51,929 --> 00:41:54,097 ...the war and on and on. 681 00:41:55,933 --> 00:42:00,687 And when you stumble a lot, you start looking at your feet. 682 00:42:02,898 --> 00:42:05,901 Now we have to make people... 683 00:42:05,901 --> 00:42:08,904 ...lift their eyes back to the horizon... 684 00:42:08,904 --> 00:42:12,616 ...and see the line of ancestors behind us saying: 685 00:42:13,909 --> 00:42:17,621 "Make my life have meaning." 686 00:42:17,913 --> 00:42:21,625 And to our inheritors before us saying: 687 00:42:21,917 --> 00:42:25,629 "Create the world we will live in." 688 00:42:27,923 --> 00:42:30,926 We're not just holding jobs and having dinner. 689 00:42:30,926 --> 00:42:34,638 We are in the process of building the future. 690 00:42:34,930 --> 00:42:38,642 That's what Babylon 5 is all about. 691 00:42:38,934 --> 00:42:42,646 Only by making people understand that... 692 00:42:42,896 --> 00:42:47,651 ...can we hope to create a better world for ourselves... 693 00:42:49,903 --> 00:42:52,072 ...and our posterity. 694 00:42:52,906 --> 00:42:56,618 I'm Cynthia Torqueman, ISN News. 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