"Rumors are spread in Earth Dome, as President Luis Santiago  continues to Babylon 5." "The president will present a wing  to the station." "Many think he is visiting to build support  for his alien immigration and trade agreements, opposed by the senate." "This is a low-gravity area, please hold on to the handrails." " Do we have the president's itinerarv?" " Safer if no one knows his schedule." " So thev blame us if things go wrong." " Exactlv." "If vou ask me, this luau is a waste of time and monev." " We get a fighter wing out of this." " Fighters we needed vears ago." "Now we have to renovate old Cobra Bavs." "With untrained crews and less time than thev should have, at our expense." "Does something surprise vou?" "Nothing the government does surprises me." "That's a verv Russian attitude." "I commend vou." "Cobra Bay zone." "Watch your step, please." "Blue zone, next stop." "What the hell?" "Cobra Bav 12 explosion!" "Drop pressure doors!" "Oh, mv God!" "It was the dawn of the Third Age of mankind  10 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." "It's a port of call, home away from home  for diplomats, hustlers, entrepreneurs and wanderers." "Humans and aliens, wrapped in 2,500,000 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." "He was blown out of the bav." "It's the reason he survived." "If vou call this is survival." " Did he sav anvthing?" " No." "In his condition, anv procedure I might use to rouse him would kill him." "Here's the damage report." "Sealed the Bav." " What's left fits in a glass." " Know what caused the explosion?" "Equipment and controls were destroved." "The blast cut off ship's sensors." "It mav be an antiproton reaction." "The crew used cutters." "It's consistent with the injuries." "Some poor slob probablv forgot to close the dampers." " You're ruling out sabotage?" " I never rule that out." "The crew was new and had been working a lot." "That invites an accident." "Until I can do better than a guess, that's..." "Sinclair." "Commander, a Maj. Lianna Kemmer is here." "She wants a briefing on the explosion." "Lianna?" "Securitv central, five minutes." "Let's go." " You know Maj. Kemmer?" " Knew her 17 vears ago." "Dad was a friend." "She was a real sweet kid." "Lianna?" "Michael." "Maj. Kemmer." " Cmdr. Sinclair." " Pleasure, commander." "Now, about the Cobra Bavs?" "Garibaldi is heading the investigation." "He'll fill vou in." "With all due respect, I prefer mv team handle it." " That's up to..." " Commander." "As chief of presidential securitv, I am able to take over without vour permission." "I'd rather mv report stated full cooperation on vour part." "Let her have it." "I've got better things to do." "Garibaldi?" " What's going on?" " It's personal." "Not when it affects this station." "Cmdr. Sinclair, have vou seen the seating chart for the banquet?" "Not now." "But the entire Narn delegation has been seated next to the Vree!" "An intolerable situation." "Have vou seen them eat?" "That's horror for vou." " Eight credits?" " Yes, sir." "For these?" "I think it's a verv good price for the best at Babvlon 5." " Keep an eve on vour credits." " Yes, sir." "Third time this month I caught vou, Dagool!" " What is it with vou?" " This is a slap in the face to the entire Narn regime!" "All that tattoo ink seeping into vour brain." "Think I've nothing better to do than bust vou so often?" "Excuse me." " Answer me!" " Garibaldi, that's enough!" " The hell it is!" " Get out!" "All right, Michael, talk to me." "I got mad, okav?" "Hull-rats like Dagool do that to me sometimes." "Man, I need a drink." "Water, straight up." "This isn't about Dagool." "Tell me what happened." "Years ago, I worked securitv in the Europa ice-mining operation." "A cesspool." "Murders, theft, dust peddling." "Half the Command was in on it." "The other half didn't care." "Except for me." "Ever trv to uphold the law when nobodv cares?" "After a few weeks I started drinking hard to get through the night." "Then I met Frank Kemmer." "He was a shuttle pilot on the Jovian moon run." "A real decent guv." "When the job got tough, I spent time with him and his familv." "That's when I first met Lianna." "Uncle Mike, she used to call me." "With all the madness, it kept me sane and sober for a while." "What happened?" "I was making a dent in the rackets." "It got under somebodv's skin." "Word came, thev were going to take me out." "I thought I could handle it." "I was wrong." "Instead of coming at me head-on, thev rigged the shuttle pad." "Frank was bringing in the last run of the dav." "Just as he touched down it blew." "You could see the fireball for a mile in everv direction." " I'm sorrv." " Thev had it all figured." "Pinned it on mv negligence." "The corps didn't want a scandal so thev blackballed me through the svstem." "But none of that was as bad as telling Frank's familv what had happened." "Lianna didn't even crv." "She just died inside." "And vou?" "I crawled back into the bottle." "I didn't come out again for a long, long time." "Yes?" "Commander, it's Dr. Franklin." "I need you in Medlab immediately." "Government agent or not, vou have no right to do this." "He's mv patient." "He's in critical condition." "I take mv orders from Maj. Kemmer." "Nolan, do vou hear me?" " What?" "Who?" " I'm Major Lianna Kemmer." "Tell me about the explosion in Cobra Bav 12." "No accident." "Bomb." "Who was behind it, Nolan?" " What's going on?" " Thev're reviving Nolan." "He'll die!" "Get out of mv wav, or bv God I'll shove vou out the nearest air-lock." "Who was behind it, Nolan?" "Who was behind it?" "Maj. Kemmer!" "Are vou crazv?" "Stop this!" "No." "That accident was deliberate, and this man knows who's responsible." "Nolan, who planted the bomb?" " Nolan, who did it?" " We're losing him!" "Nolan, who planted the bomb?" "It was Garibaldi." "He's dead." " Are vou nuts?" "He was lving!" " Whv would a dving man lie?" "I busted him for trashing a shop." "He had it in for me." " Our scans show no trace of a bomb." " The explosion could have covered it." " Mavbe vou didn't want to find it." " I don't have to listen to this!" "Hold on, Michael." "With this information, I want Mr. Garibaldi suspended." "Maj. Kemmer, all vou have is a name." "A name spoken bv a dving man!" "A man whose death vou caused!" "The medical log stated death was sure." "He was a witness involving securitv." "I am within mv authoritv!" "Garibaldi has been implicated in sabotage." "Suspension is standard procedure!" "Due to the president's visit, I will command securitv." "Oh, give me a break, will vou?" "Presidential authoritv gives me the right, commander." "I'm exercising it." "Don't do this, Jeff." "Mike." "I'll need vour securitv authorization, vour link and vour sidearm." "Sorrv, can't let vou in." " Gone space happv?" "It's mv place." " It's under seizure." "Let's cut through this." "We need to talk!" " I don't think so." " Wait a minute!" " No!" "Chief, don't!" "This won't help." " Cutter!" " See what the scanning team has found." " Next time, Garibaldi." "Welch." "All right, sav what vou have to sav." "Lianna, I loved Frank like he was mv own brother." " When he died..." " Because vou were protecting vourself." "I made a mistake, I know that." "I would never have let vour father die to save mvself." "You've got to believe that." "I might, if vou had told me then, but vou just got drunk and ran." "Like vou alwavs do." "And I never saw mv father's face again." "Major, the scanning team just linked in." "It was a bomb." "The scan had traces of C-15 in the residues and Chang found schematics of the Cobra Bav and these, hidden in his quarters." "Since when do thev pav Earthforce chiefs in Centauri ducats?" "What is this worth?" "One-hundred thousand credits?" "If I were guiltv, whv would I leave evidence in mv room?" "Mavbe it's another mistake, like 17 vears ago!" "Take him into custodv." "The charge is conspiracv to commit sabotage." "Stop!" "After him!" "Securitv is posting a station-wide fugitive alert." "It's for Mr. Garibaldi." "What?" "Cancel that alert!" "I have hard evidence on him." "I want him found before the president comes." "He's manv things, but not a saboteur." "Enough with vour personal vendetta!" " Kill that alert." " Cancel fugitive alert immediatelv." "I have no choice but to invoke presidential authoritv..." "And I'm sick of that too!" "This is mv station." "Ivanova, escort Maj. Kemmer off the Observation Dome." "With pleasure." "You are going to resist, I hope?" " She's going to call Earth Central." " It'll buv me time." " To do what?" " Find Garibaldi before Kemmer does." "Station One." "Commence check on off-station communications channels." "That'll tie up communications for hours." "Yes, I believe it will." " Londo, don't turn around." " Mr. Garibaldi." " Trv not to draw anv attention." " You're out of uniform." "Verv dapper." "When vou steal, vou don't have choices." "I thought of vour things..." "I'm not in the mood for anv of vour games right now." "Tough." "I need information." "Someone's trving to frame me for the explosion." "Thev put a schematic of the bav and Centauri ducats in mv quarters." "Centauri?" "Mr. Garibaldi, do vou reallv think I would do such a thing to vou mv good and dear friend?" "In a minute." "You're right, but I didn't." "Though I mav have an idea who did." "Lt. Commander, whv are all Com Channels to Earth offline?" "Maintenance check for the president." " I demand vou open a channel to Earth." " I'm a lt." "Commander in Earthforce  I do not take demands." "I consider requests." "Verv well, then." "I request that vou open a channel to Earth Dome." "Request denied." "Have a nice day." "Thev're protecting Garibaldi." "According to our files thev're his onlv friends." " Them and the Centauri ambassador." " Question the ambassador." "There might be a connection." "O'Connor, go to the ship and patch me through to Earthforce." " Thev'll be able to pick it up." " Yes, major." "How would G'Kar get a load of Centauri ducats?" "During the Narn occupation of Ragesh 3, some important scientific material was lost." "For the right amount it could be found again, ves?" "But the Narns insisted on hard currencv." "You could ask him vourself, except getting in the Ambassadorial Wing requires high clearance which vou no longer have." "I can handle that, if vou could float me a loan." "Who would have thought it?" "You, borrowing monev from me." "Luckilv for vou, llaros has smiled on me recentlv." "Ilaros?" "Goddess of luck." "Patron of gamblers." "She and I have had a long and rather dubious relationship." "Five hundred Centauri ducats." "That should buv vou whatever vou need." "You're being verv generous." "Anv particular reason?" "You're a verv suspicious man." "But, ves, there is a reason." "We are alike, vou and I." "We are both, as vou sav the odd man out." "I have been in vour place." "I can feel how vou are pinned." "And it would give me some small pleasure to know that things can work out, even for us." "Now, go, please." "Leave me in peace." "You're all right, Londo." "If thev catch vou, I will denv ever seeing vou." "Good luck." "Yes, and vou'll need good luck." "In here, Mr. Garibaldi." "I heard vou were coming this wav." "I thought we might chat." "Don't take too long." "This whole wing is monitored." "Don't worrv." "The monitors are malfunctioning." "I also took the libertv of telling the guard I'd seen vou in the next level." "Mv, vou look as if vou could use a drink." "This taree is most potent." "No, thanks." "Tell me how vou knew I was coming." "You talked to Mollari." "It was inevitable vou would come to me." " How?" " Mv people watch him." "His people watch me." "We all watch one another here, Mr. Garibaldi." "I assume Mollari blamed me for vour current situation." "We've locked horns." "Mavbe this is a wav to even the score." "It's not a bad idea, but I didn't think of it." "And I didn't do it." "Everv ducat that Mollari's people gave to the Narn government has been accounted for." "You can check the accounts if vou like." "I'll take vour word for it." "I have been following vour plight with great interest, Mr. Garibaldi." " I didn't know vou cared." " Personallv, I don't." "I have alwavs had respect for vour talents." "I'm too tired for dancing, G'Kar." "What if I told vou a ship is readv to spirit vou awav to Narn space?" "I'd sav, whv?" "You could serve us in various wavs." "Analvst, securitv, crvptographer." "If vou grow homesick we could arrange for vour return to Human Space with proper genetic alterations." "That too might serve our needs." "You want me to betrav mv own world?" "Stop seeing things in such absolute terms." "The universe is run bv the interweaving of three elements." "Energv, matter and enlightened self-interest." "Unless vou comprehend that fact and soon, vou will be cornered and caged." "Thev will destrov vou." " I'd rather be dead." " You won't get death." "Thev'll just take evervthing vou value." " No deal." " As vou wish, though vou are a fool." "Without vour job, this station is not safe." "You have enemies." "Call it a lifestvle." "We'll see." "Welcome, Zeta Wing, vou're clear for entrv." "We've cleared all traffic." "Babylon 5, this is Zeta Wing, we're awaiting your instructions." "Go to the docking hub." "Then to Cobra Arm 3 where thev'll be permanentlv stationed, following the flvbv." "N'Grath, vou can fix about anvthing on this station." "I need access to restricted sectors to prove mv innocence." "A securitv card shouldn't be a problem." "I fix nothing." "I do business." " Legitimate business." " You don't trust me, do vou?" " You are police." " Not anvmore." "I'm a fugitive." " Don't tell me vou haven't heard?" " Have heard." "You are still police." "No sale." "Go." "Now!" "Get vour hands off me." "I guess I'll be leaving now." " Damn!" " Halt!" "Where the hell did he go?" "Right." "Let's do it." " What are vou doing here?" " Keeping vou from frving vour butt." "I monitored the securitv reports on where vou were." " You missed the fun." " Lf I missed more, vou'd be dead." " You're going to Medlab." " After I find out who framed me." " You can't do it alone." " Lf I have to, I'll die trving." "I can't let vou do that!" "Sinclair." "Commander, vou have a prioritv transmission from General Netter." "On mv wav." "Michael...?" "Garibaldi?" "Earthforce One approaching vortex generator." "Prepare for jump." "You and your staff must give Major Kemmer full cooperation." " Understood?" " Yes, sir." "Everything's to be secure when the president's entourage comes out." "I trust our positions are now clear." "I want to find Garibaldi too." "The difference is, I haven't judged him." " I resent that." " That's up to vou." "Garibaldi is as loval as vou are." "If vou weren't so upset about vour father vou'd realize that." "It's not justice vou're after, it's blood." " Kemmer here." " We've sighted Garibaldi." "Brown 5, level 3." "He's been paying with Centauri ducats." "What we found in his quarters was onlv part of his pavoff." "Close in." "I'm on the wav." "Commander." "Garibaldi's running out of luck." "Have all personnel prepare for the president." "Securitv, patch me through to Officer Lou Welch." "He mav be in disguise." "If vou see him, he's considered dangerous." "Call us." "Open the damn door." " Thanks, pal." " No want hat?" "Take bottle." "I go casino." "And then she said to me if I could do that, I wouldn't need an encounter suit." "Guess vou had to be there." "Is there a back wav out of here?" "Go easv, Michael." "You got a real nice place here." "Great ambience, terrific decor, friendlv people!" "This place should be on all the charter tours." "See and experience the real Babvlon 5." "Hell, in a couple of months, I could see a few of vou people topside!" "Well, bovs and girls, it's been a slice." "See vou around." "Freeze!" "Drunk again, Uncle Mike?" "Drunk again, Uncle Mike?" " You don't look so good, Garibaldi." " Take him to mv command center." "Kemmer to all units." "Blip is in custodv." "Abandon search." "Thev're getting readv to launch the new fighters." "I should check the bavs once more." "Do it!" "Welcome to Babvlon 5, Mr. President." "You're cleared for immediate docking." "You never change, do vou, Michael?" "I thought I had until vou showed up." "You're tired, Michael." "You're hurt." "Tell me the truth and vou can rest." "We have evidence against vou." "Don't make it harder." "Isn't that what vou want?" "To tear mv life down like I did vours?" "If I could have gone in Frank's place, I would have." "I didn't know, Lianna." "I didn't know." "Major Kemmer?" " Chief." " What is it, Welch?" "Commander Sinclair ordered me to search Nolan's quarters." "I found these." "Vibration detonators." "And the pamphlets are Home Guard stuff." "We had trouble with them a while back." "Mr. Garibaldi cleared it up." " Is there anvthing else?" " No, major, nothing else." "That will be all." "I should have figured it." "We suspected Nolan of belonging to a pro-Earth group but couldn't prove it." "And this is Home Guard stvle." "Nolan was killed bv a bomb he planted himself?" "Exactlv." "He didn't know thev'd use a plasma driver in the bav." "He created enough vibration to trigger the bomb prematurelv." "That's a possibilitv." "What about motive?" "The president's announcing freer alien immigration and trade policies." "That would stick in Home Guard's craw." "How was it supposed to work?" "You got anv breathers or oxv-pills?" "I'm not used to the booze anvmore." " Kemmer." " Major?" "The president's coming on board for the presentation ceremony." "The general wants to know if it's secure." "Make sure all our people are in place." "Tell General Netter evervthing is okav." " Lianna, until we figure this out..." " We?" "You're still a suspect, Garibaldi." " Have vou checked the bavs?" " Affirmative." "They're clean." "Guard bav access until the fighters are launched." "Keep alert." "I'd like to believe vou, but vour supposition doesn't explain that evidence." "Nobodv knew Nolan had named vou except vou, me Dr. Franklin and Commander Sinclair." "Cutter was there when the evidence against me was found." "Cutter's one of our best agents." "Mavbe Home Guard was counting on that." "Look..." "You should scan those bavs vourself." "You're head of presidential securitv." "You should make a personal inspection." "Presidential shuttle launched." "Now on approach to docking bay one, vector 694." "With great pleasure, I present this new fighter wing to Babylon 5." " The station's own fighters will now..." " Illuminate center section floods." "Cutter?" " Major?" "Is something wrong?" " I want to scan the bavs again." "Hurrv." "The fighters are about to launch." " Watch him." " Mv pleasure." "Come on, wise guv." "Do it!" "Prepare to drop fighters." "Be smart, Cutter." "You can't pull this off." "Oh, ves, I can." " Begin countdown at T-minus 30 seconds." " Commencing." "T- minus 30, 29  28, 27, 26..." "Clear all Cobra Bavs for drop." " Abort the drop!" " Garibaldi?" " There's a bomb in the bav!" " What?" "Abort the drop!" " Ivanova?" " You lose, wise guv!" " 8, 7, 6, 5, 4..." " Abort the drop!" " Where are vou?" " Just do it!" " Freeze count!" "Holding at T-minus one." "Outside of numerous bruises and abrasions and a blood level that's close to 100 proof, vou'll be all right." " Lianna?" " She's alreadv back on the job." " She's a tough customer." " Yeah, I know." " How vou feeling?" " Like I made love to a meteor shower." "Don't let him con vou." "He mav not look prettv but with rest, he'll be fit." "Thanks a lot, doc." "These bruises could have bought me a week's leave." "We found charges on all the bav doors." "If thev'd opened, we would have lost the whole wing." "Someone deposited 100,000 credits into an account in Cutter's name an hour after Nolan named vou." "He withdrew it here and..." "Centauri ducats, which he planted in mv quarters." "Verv smooth." "But not smooth enough." " You did good." " Yeah." " Sure." " Is something wrong?" "I blew it, Jeff." "Just like I did on Europa, on Mars Colonv, Orion 4, just like I alwavs do." "When things get rough, I crawl back into the bottle." "It scares me that I enjoved it." "But vou crawled back out and did the job." "Yeah." "I got luckv." "But what happens next time?" "Hopefullv there won't be a next time, but if there is promise me something." "You won't trv and fight the battle alone." "You're trouble, but I couldn't run this station without vou." "Commander, I sense a huge pav raise coming mv wav." "Dream on." "I've gotta attend the president's reception." "You get some rest, chief." "You've earned it." "And I think vou might want these." "Hev, Jeff." "Thanks." "President Santiago concluded his address by inviting alien governments  to work closely with Earth, a position certain to cause much controversy." "Lianna?" " Evervthing all right with the visit?" " Yes, thanks to vou." "And thanks for that report of vours." "It was verv creative." "The president's talking about citations for all concerned." "If vou could nab me on mv turf, vou might have a career in this game." "And I owe vou for Frank." "I screwed up, Michael." " I'm sorrv." " Nothing to be sorrv about." " You did vour job." " No, Commander Sinclair was right." "I wasn't out for justice, I was out for blood." "It happens." "To all of us." "We're not machines, Lianna." "When we're hurt, we lash out." "That's no excuse for what I put vou through." "It's not about excuses." "Seventeen vears ago we both died inside but somehow we survived." "For better or worse, that's all we can do." "Survive and mavbe one dav, forget how much it can hurt to be human." " Kemmer here." " Major, we're cleared for departure." "Be right there." "We have to set up for the president's next stop." "You know, alwavs on an assignment." "Yeah." "I know." "I'll see vou the next time the president visits." "He's fond of Babvlon 5, vou know." "Then make sure nothing happens to him." "We need all the friends we can get." "I will." "Goodbve, Michael." " Goodbve." " Goodbve." "Babvlon 5 is produced by Babylonian Productions, Inc  and distributed by Warner Bros. Domestic TVDistribution."