Babylon 5 (1994)

Overview
It is the 23rd Century and the Dawn of the Third Age of Man. Humanity had just narrowly escaped genocide from a tragic misunderstanding less than a decade ago by the incredibly powerful Minbari. To prevent such an occurrence from ever happening again, the Babylon Project was conceived as a safe meeting ground; a five-mile long spinning space station in neutral space where anyone and everyone could come and work out of their problems peacefully.

This is the story of the last of the Babylon Stations. It was a port of call for smugglers and businessmen, for ambassadors and hustlers from dozens of worlds. It is an incredibly dangerous place. Where nothing and no one was what they appeared to be. But it was also our last, best hope for peace. It was called Babylon 5.

Considered one of the greatest sci-fi space operas ever created; Babylon 5 was a multi-award winning television series. Over the span of it's production, it achieved an Emmy Award in Outstanding Individual Achievement in Special Visual Effects; 2 Hugo Awards for Best Dramatic Presentation; a Saturn Award for Best Syndicated/Cable Television Series; and 2 Space Frontier Foundation Awards. It also inspired 6 made-for-television movies; In The Beginning, Thirdspace, The River of Souls, A Call to Arms, The Lost Tales: Voices in the Dark, and The Legends of the Rangers as well as a spin-off sequel television series, Crusade.

Notable Characters

 * Commander Jeffrey Sinclair
 * John Sheridan
 * Captain Elizabeth Lochley
 * Susan Ivanova
 * Chief Michael Garibaldi
 * Delenn
 * Lennier
 * G'Kar
 * Londo Mollari
 * Vir Cotto
 * Kosh Naranek
 * Dr. Stephen Franklin
 * Morden
 * President Morgan Clark
 * Alfred Bester
 * Ranger Marcus Cole
 * Zack Allen
 * Talia Winters
 * Lyta Alexander

Season 1 "Signs and Portents"
A five-mile space station in neutral territory, Babylon 5 is home to diplomats from the League of Non-Aligned Worlds, a collection of small and independent alien systems and the 5 major powers of the galaxy; Earth Alliance; their former enemy, the Minbari Federation; the decadent Centauri Republic; the fierce Narn Regime; and the enigmatic Vorlon Empire.

Earth Force Commander Jeffrey Sinclair is the newly appointed Babylon 5 Station Commander much to his utter surprise but is absolutely dedicated towards the station's avowed mission. He is one of the few survivors of the 'Battle of the Line' 10 years ago and having seen the horror of genocide from a fatal misunderstanding leads him to personally attempt to resolve the various situations that arise on Babylon 5 through a combination of canny diplomacy and inventive resourcefulness.

Despite Sinclair's best efforts however, tensions between two of the most powerful alien races; the Narn Regime and the Centauri Republic are on the rise. Once enslaved by the decadent Centauri, the now freed Narn are highly volatile and embittered against their former masters who are on the decline and now a fading shadow of their past self. The aggressive Narns would like nothing better than to wipe the Centauri off the face of the galaxy and after decades of intense military build-up, they may very well be in the position to do so as a number of provocative incidents can be traced back to them. Meanwhile, the Centuari Republic appears to be on the verge of total collapse. The Centauri Emperor is old, frail, and with the recent death of his son; has no direct heirs resulting in the rise of a number of competing political factions who are more involved in backstabbing each other than worrying about the Narns.

However even as Sinclair struggles to maintain the fragile peace; he also discovers a number of disturbing mysteries revolving around himself. Near the end of the 'Battle of the Line', Sinclair's Starfury was badly damaged and he blacked out. He has been unable to remember anything afterwards but an incident with a mind probe makes him remember certain fragments. Sinclair realizes that he had actually been captured by the Minbari and that the current Minbari Ambassador, Delenn was one of his interrogators. Shortly afterwards, the Minbari on the verge of complete and utter victory ... abruptly surrendered and deliberately erased his memories of the entire event.

Further, he was not chosen by Earth Force as the Babylon 5 Station Commander at all but rather because the Minbari demanded it. There is also some sort of connection between himself and the mysterious disappearance of the Babylon 4 space station years ago which was apparently commandeered to travel through time to fight in a terrible war apparently sometime in the distant future.

In the midst of his confusion, Sinclair learns of an assassination plot aimed at Earth President Luis Santiago but he is helpless to prevent it and afterwards discovers that the President's death has been ruled an accident. Sinclair is dismayed and fears that the universe is a much darker place in the aftermath.

Season 2 "The Coming of Shadows"
The fragile peace of the galaxy is crumbling around Babylon 5. Earth Vice President Morgan Clark has taken up the reigns of his predecessor and has recalled Station Commander Jeffrey Sinclair to Earth and has appointed Captain John Sheridan to the post.

Sheridan is a war hero but his appointment is not a popular one as he is remembered by the Minbari for his 'dishonorable' ambush and destruction of their flagship  'The Black Star'  during the Earth-Minbari War 11 years ago; earning him the bitter epitaph of 'Starkiller'. What's more, his own subordinates are wary of his abrupt replacement of Sinclair who was making certain people nervous about with his claims that President Santiago was assassinated.

Even worse, evidence comes to light that leads the staff of Babylon 5 to believe that Clark was part of the Santiago assassination plot and is pushing a more sinister, fascist and totalitarian agenda. Things are changing on Earth and not for the better. Can they trust the man who was chosen by Clark to run things at Babylon 5?

Meanwhile the aggressive Narns are shocked when their colonies are attacked and wiped out by the Centauri and declare war against their one-time conquerors. However, the war swiftly turns badly for them and they find that due to their years of posturing and provocative behavior, no other alien race will trust nor support them. Their fleets wiped out, their colonies destroyed, and finally their own homeworld bombed into surrender; the once arrogant Narns are a broken people. Unknown to the rest of the galaxy, the Centauri have been receiving secret assistance and military aid thanks to the instigation of Centauri Ambassador Londo Mollari from a mysterious figure known as Mr. Morden.

Morden is simply the human agent of an ancient alien race known as the Shadows. Over a thousand years ago, the Shadows fought a terrible war against the ancient races and powers of that age and lost. Now, they have returned to reclaim their rightful place. But to do so, they seek to weaken the current alien powers who might oppose them by working against them in secret.

The Light is dim and fading with the fate of the Galaxy has never appeared darker... but a conspiracy has been enacted at Babylon 5 consisting between Captain Sheridan, the Vorlons, and the Minbari to fight the coming tide of Shadows. But they will need allies to prosecute their campaign against these ancient and ruthless race. But who can they trust in these dark and perilous times?

Season 3 "Point of No Return"
After the Earth-Minbari War 13 years ago, the Babylon Station was conceived as a safe haven; a five-mile long spinning space station in neutral space. Where anyone and everyone could come and work out of their problems peacefully. It was in essence; our last, our best hope for peace. It was a shining beacon to that dream and hope.

It failed.

But peace is sometimes another word for compromise. And sometimes there are some compromises that are simply unacceptable. Sometimes there are some compromises that require too high a cost. In the end, Babylon 5 was not the beacon for peace during the Shadow War. In the end, Babylon 5 became our last, best hope ... for victory.

Season 1

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