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Babylon 5 FAQ (C): Setting for season 1

Subject: Babylon 5 FAQ (C): Setting for season 1

    Date: 13 Dec 1997

    From: Babylon 5 FAQ
Archive-name: tv/babylon-5/setting/season1 Frequency: bi-weekly Last-modified: 20 March 1997
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| BABYLON 5 FAQ, part (C): |

| Setting for season #1 |

| |

| A guide for viewers who wish to |

| catch up to the events leading |

| up to season 1, "Signs and Por- |

| tents." This is the year 2258 |

| in the opening credits. |

| |

| This holds minor spoilers for |

| the pilot only, and descriptions |

| of characters and settings for |

| season 1. |

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There are SIX parts to the FAQ: (A) Information about B5; (B) News and Sched- ule; (C), (D), (E), (F) are the settings for seasons 1, 2, 3, 4 respectively.
The latest version of all parts of the FAQ can be retrieved via anonymous ftp at ftp://ftp.midwinter.com/pub/Babylon-5/ or via e-mail by sending a note to mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu with any or all of these lines in the message body:

     send usenet/news.answers/tv/babylon-5/faq

     send usenet/news.answers/tv/babylon-5/news-schedule

     send usenet/news.answers/tv/babylon-5/setting/season1

     send usenet/news.answers/tv/babylon-5/setting/season2

     send usenet/news.answers/tv/babylon-5/setting/season3

     send usenet/news.answers/tv/babylon-5/setting/season4
WORLD WIDE WEB users should see http://www.midwinter.com/lurk/lurker.html for the much more detailed "Lurker's Guide to Babylon 5"; the information in this document is similar to the "Universe" section.
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Contents of this document

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1. Introduction

2. The Setting of Babylon 5

3. The Major Players

4. The Characters

5. The Story So Far

6. Past and Current reference

7. Credits and Legalese

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Subject: 1. Introduction


     It was the dawn of the third age of mankind, ten years after the Earth/

     Minbari war. The Babylon Project was a dream given form. Its goal: to

     prevent another war by creating a place where humans and aliens could work

     out their differences peacefully. It's a port of call - home away from

     home for diplomats, hustlers, entrepreneurs, and wanderers. Humans and

     aliens wrapped in two million, five hundred thousand tons of spinning

     metal, all alone in the night. It can be a dangerous place, but it's our

     last best hope for peace. This is the story of the last of the Babylon

     stations. The year is 2258. The name of the place is Babylon 5.

     -- Commander Sinclair


     #### Narration from the Pilot movie, "The Gathering":


     I was there at the dawn of the third age of mankind. It began in the

     Earth year 2257 with the founding of the last of the Babylon stations,

     located deep in neutral space. It was a port of call for refugees,

     smugglers, businessmen, diplomats and travellers from a hundred worlds.

     It could be a dangerous place, but we accepted the risks because Babylon 5

     was our last, best hope for peace. Under the leadership of its final

     commander, Babylon 5 was a dream given form. A dream of a galaxy without

     war, and species of different worlds could live, side by side in mutual

     respect. A dream that was in danger as never before, by the arrival of

     one man on a mission of destruction. Babylon 5 was the last of the

     Babylon stations. This is its story.

     -- Centauri Ambassador Londo Mollari
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Subject: 2. The Setting of Babylon 5
A hundred years ago, humanity made contact with its first alien civilization -- or more to the point, they made contact with us. Before the arrival of the Centauri, we were confined to our own solar system, forced to use slow sleeper ships to explore the universe. The Centauri gave us the stars, offered us the use of their "jumpgates" -- portals into hyperspace -- and later, taught us to make our own. In exchange for this and other technologies, they asked only for trinkets, novelties to sell back home.
In the eighty years that followed, humanity flexed its muscles, expanding outward at a rapid pace. When a group of less powerful races was attacked by an invading army, Earth came to their aid, cementing its role as a major galactic power, if a young, brash one.
The wave of euphoria came crashing down when humanity made contact with a mysterious race called the Minbari. The Earth-Minbari War began with a misunderstanding, a human captain and a Minbari commander too quick on the trigger. Thanks to bad luck or something darker, our first meeting with the Minbari resulted in the death of their supreme religious and political leader. To the Minbari, what followed was a holy war, vengeance for the murder of their spiritual leader. Earth was no match for the technologically superior Minbari, and they easily beat us back to our home planet.
Then, without explanation, as their ships closed in on Earth and wiped out our last desperate defenses, the Minbari halted their advance and surrendered. Only an elite few knew why.
The Babylon Project was conceived in the aftermath of the war. Modeled after the United Nations, it would be a meeting place, neutral ground where the powers could meet and work out their differences peacefully.
The first three Babylon stations were sabotaged in mid-construction. The fourth was completed, but just as it was about to go online, it vanished without a trace. The Earth government would have stopped there, but some of the alien governments, seeing the value of a meeting ground, offered financial assistance for the construction of a fifth station. Naturally, there were strings attached.
Babylon 5 is the story of the last of the Babylon stations, the last hope for a galaxy without war. It begins in the year 2257 with the opening of the Babylon 5 station.
+ + + + +
Season 1 opens almost a year after the station went on-line. Things have functioned surprisingly smoothly, considering the fate of the station's predecessors.
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Subject: 3. The Major Players
======== a. The Earth Alliance
The Earth Alliance, headquartered in Geneva, is in charge of the station and the surrounding space. It is led by President Luis Santiago, a forward-looking politician who values Earth's participation in Babylon 5 tremendously. Of special note is a branch of the Earth government called Psi-Corps, responsible for the tracking and training of human telepaths. The EA appointed Commander Jeffrey Sinclair to command Babylon 5, although the installation of such a low-ranked officer made more than a few people upset.
======== b. The Minbari Federation
Earth's former adversary, the Minbari Federation, was the major alien contributor to the construction of Babylon 5. An old, highly spiritual race, Minbari are humanoid with exterior bone crests on their heads. The Minbari are ruled by a body known as the Grey Council, three members from each of the three castes of Minbari society. The reason behind the sudden Minbari surrender at the climax of the Earth-Minbari War is a closely guarded secret, but what isn't a secret is that the warrior caste was none too pleased about the order; even today, it is a source of tension within Minbari society.
======== c. The Centauri Republic
The Centauri were the first aliens encountered by humanity. Physically, they look nearly identical to humans, and in fact the Centauri initially claimed that Earth was a lost colony (a claim they later retracted after humans discovered that the similarities weren't so great after all.) Centauri women are bald; men wear their hair in peacock-style fans whose length indicates the wearer's social standing. The Centauri Republic is a fading empire, slowly losing control of its member worlds, a decline much like that of the British Empire.
======== d. The Narn Regime
Among those formerly under Centauri domination are the Narn, a reptilian-looking race who fought off their oppressors in a century-long war of attrition. Now the Narn Regime is building its military up, trying to settle the score through an aggressive expansionist policy. Most Narn would like nothing better than to see the Centauri wiped from the face of the universe, and from all appearances, they'll shortly be in a position to get their wish.
======== e. The Vorlon Empire
The final major government represented on Babylon 5 is the Vorlon Empire. The Vorlons are shrouded in mystery. Even though their ambassador is on the station, nobody knows what they look like; they dress in bulky encounter suits. Whether the suits are there to keep a noxious atmosphere in or prying eyes out is a matter of some debate. The Vorlons are an extremely powerful race; no expedition into their space has been heard from again. They seem to have had dealings with the Minbari in the past, though neither the Minbari nor the Vorlons care to discuss the matter.
======== f. The League of Non-Aligned Worlds
Each of the five races has an ambassador on the Babylon 5 Advisory Council, something like the UN Security Council. In addition, a number of smaller governments are members of the League of Non-Aligned Worlds, which is also represented on the Council. This group is generally sympathetic to Earth, largely because Earth stepped in to save many of them from invasion by a hostile race (now extinct) twenty years ago.
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Subject: 4. The Characters
======== a. Main Cast (appearing in most episodes throughout the season)
i. Humans
COMMANDER JEFFREY DAVID SINCLAIR Michael O'Hare
The commander of Babylon 5 and representative of the Earth Alliance. A survivor of the climactic Battle of the Line at the end of the Earth-Minbari War, Sinclair sometimes yearns for his days as a hotshot fighter pilot, and partially for that reason, he's given to taking unnecessary personal risks. He's uncomfortable in his position and in fact isn't entirely sure why he was given command of such a major post and made a high-level diplomat; his stiff demeanor is perhaps due to a fear that he isn't up to the job he's been given. He is also haunted by suspicions that something happened to him during a 24-hour blackout during the final moments of the Earth-Minbari war. Sinclair was born on Mars Colony and is 39 years old.
LT. COMMANDER SUSAN IVANOVA Claudia Christian
Second in command and in charge of the day-to-day operations of Babylon 5, Ivanova is an ambitious career officer. She can be quirky or pessimistic at times, but she has a dry sense of humor that shows itself in the rare moments she is able to relax among others. Born in St. Petersburg, Russia, and raised abroad on Earth, she has a strong dislike for the Psi-Corps, whose legally-mandated drug treatments drove her mother to suicide after it was discovered her mother was a latent telepath. She is new on the station and often buries herself in her work; her friends are few and her family is all but gone.
SECURITY CHIEF MICHAEL ALFREDO GARIBALDI Jerry Doyle
In charge of security on Babylon 5. He has a troubled past, bouncing from position to position and trying to overcome alcoholism. He was picked by Sinclair for the job; the two worked together in the past. Sinclair knew that Garibaldi would be persistent, not willing to give in to political pressures -- in Sinclair's words, "a pain in the ass." Garibaldi is something of a smart-aleck, always ready to crack a joke, but given to bouts of self-doubt and introspection when nobody's looking. His rank is "Chief Warrant Officer."
DR. STEPHEN FRANKLIN Richard Biggs
Dedicated and assured, a specialist in xenobiology (alien biology,) and in charge of Medlab on Babylon 5. His background is mainly in experimental medicine, so his bedside manner is occasionally not what it should be. His strong sense of personal morality is at times in conflict with his duties as the chief medical provider for aliens from hundreds of worlds and cultures, some of whom view his obligations rather differently. In his middle thirties now, he spent years hitchhiking through space, offering his doctoral services in exchange for the opportunity to examine new life forms.
TALIA WINTERS Andrea Thompson
Babylon 5's resident telepath, on her first solo assignment, with level 5 psi rating, bound by the rules and regulations of the Psi Corps. She sells her telepathic services to businessmen, and occasionally assists Sinclair in negotiations. Talia was raised and trained by the Psi Corps, meaning that that organization is her family.
ii. Ambassadors
AMBASSADOR LONDO MOLLARI Peter Jurasik
The representative of the Centauri Republic. Londo views Babylon 5's mission as something of a sham, with limited chance of helping his people regain their lost glory and sense of purpose. His assignment on Babylon 5 is not considered an important position, in spite of the high status that his regalia and high-standing hair would indicate. A war hero in his younger days, he has since grown decadent and indulgent. Londo can often be found in one of the station's bars or casinos, drinking himself to oblivion. He has a biting, cynical sense of humor. Perhaps his only real friend is Garibaldi, who understands something of what Londo has been through.
AMBASSADOR DELENN Mira Furlan
Represents the Minbari Federation. Delenn is a member of the highest Minbari governmental body, the Grey Council, and why she's masquerading as a lowly ambassador is one of the ongoing mysteries of Babylon 5. A member of the religious caste, Delenn's belief in fate and destiny is often evident. She is fascinated by humans and tries to learn all about them; some say she is suspiciously watchful of Commander Sinclair.
AMBASSADOR G'KAR Andreas Katsulas
The representative of the Narn Regime rose to his position in part thanks to his wife's renown as a hero of the revolutionary war against the Centauri, but his own ambition and ability are more than equal to the job. G'Kar will waste no opportunity to turn a situation to the Narns' advantage, even if it means antagonizing everyone else on the station. He takes pride in his position and himself, a pride perhaps bordering on arrogance at times. G'Kar would like nothing better than to see the Centauri, and Londo in particular, pay dearly for their brutal occupation of Narn.
AMBASSADOR KOSH NARANEK Ardwight Chamberlain (translation)

     Chris Franke (voice effects)

     Jeffrey Willerth (in the suit)

    

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