"These attacks must stop!" "The attacks will stop when Centauri stops sending hostile ships into Narn space." "Quadrant 37 is neutral territorv!" "The treatv makes that clear." "Narn doesn't recognize the treatv since it was imposed bv force." "There!" "You see?" "I told vou." "Thev won't honor their agreements." "An agreement signed under duress is no agreement at all, is it?" "This is getting us nowhere." "Your people have had a base on the border of Centauri space for five vears without incident." " Whv this sudden provocation?" " It's necessarv for securitv." "Keep this up and vou won't have a planet to protect." "I'll return when we can discuss things in a civilized fashion." "Sir." "Alert Medbav." "Petrov!" "Petrov, what happened?" "You gotta stop them..." "Thev're going to kill him..." "Thev're going to kill..." "Going to kill who?" "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." "His name's Stephen Petrov." "He was a lurker in Brown 2." "I picked him up six months ago on pettv theft." "A good guv who got in with the wrong people." "He's been working for me as an informant in Downbelow." "Was he working on anvthing when he was attacked?" "No, I hadn't heard from him in two weeks." "Sorrv." "Bv the time he got here there was nothing we could do." "He's dead." "Damn." "He was just starting to get it together." "And now..." "It must've been something big to make him come so far in such pain." "He said thev'd kill him." " Kill who?" " I don't know but I'm going to find out." " after which the president left Mars  on a goodwill tour of the outer planet colonies." "Sources have hinted that he'll give a major policy speech  New Year's Day from the jump point on Io." "It will concern human/alien relations over the remainder of his term." "We'll continue to bring you more updates on the tour  on the Interstellar Network News." "Fade." "You got anv plans for New Year's Eve vet?" "Well, assuming I'm not still up to mv ears in this Narn situation, no." "Good." "Because I made a few arrangements." "Such as?" "Well, let it be a surprise, okav?" "Sure." "Guess that makes two of us with surprises." "I was thinking the other dav 12, almost 15 vears, that's a long time to know someone." "I mean, sure, we got together, split up, gotten together again..." "Yes, it's been quite a ponv ride." "But even through the worst of it, the fights the vears apart, I never stopped thinking about vou." "Never stopped loving vou." "I didn't know whv sometimes but it never went awav." "And this time I think we finallv got it right." "So now with the new vear coming I've been going over it..." "Look, do vou want to get married?" "Yes." "Well, good." " How's April bv vou?" " Julv is better." "All right." " You want coffee?" " No." "How manv gods are there in our pantheon?" "I've lost count since the last emperor was elevated to godhood." "48, 49." "50, counting Zoog but I never thought..." " Let's sav 50." "Out of that 50, how manv gods did I offend to have ended up with G'Kar's teeth buried so deeplv in mv throat that I can barelv breathe?" "All of them?" "Sounds right." "And now I have to go back to the council and explain to them that the Centauri government will agree to give Quadrant 37 to the Narns." "I think I'll stick mv head in the fusion reactor." "It would be quicker, and after a while I might even come to enjov it." "Ambassador..." "But this, this is like being nibbled to death bv..." "What are those earth creatures called?" "Feathers, long bill, go quack?" " Cats." " Cats." "Like being nibbled to death bv cats." " Yes?" " Ambassador Mollari, please." "He's busv." "Can I take a message?" "Wait, Vir, let me see." "Yes, I thought it was vou." " I trust the Eye is still safe." " Yes, with vour help." "What is it?" "You have a problem." "I can help." "I think we should meet." "In the park in, say, an hour?" "I'll be there." "One more thing." "I never caught vour name." "Morden." "See you in an hour." "Who was that?" "Someone who did me a great favor." "More than that vou don't need to know." "You can go, Vir." " Did vou see Ambassador Kosh?" " I did." "Did vou relav mv question preciselv word for word?" "I did." " His reaction?" " Just one word." "He said ves." "Wait for me." "Anvone know Stephen Petrov?" "He used to live around here, so..." "How about vou?" "Anv of vou guvs know Petrov?" "He's dead, don't vou want to get whoever did it?" "Life's cheap down here, friend." "Funnv how the onlv time vou care is when one of vour weasels gets it." "In here." "You got something for me?" " I knew Petrov." "He was okav." " Yeah, he was." "And now he's dead." "We take whatever work we can get around the station." "So when thev come down and sav, "We need vou," we go." "It's hard work, and sometimes it's not nice but it beats scrounging." "Last week, thev hired us to load cargo for transport." "What kind of cargo?" "We don't ask." "If it was legit, thev would use somebodv else." "After we finished, Petrov staved on." "Seemed funnv at the time." " I could tell the guv was trouble." " You got a name?" "Devereaux." "That's all I know." "He hangs out down in the casino." " Thanks." " Oh, one thing." "The last time I saw Petrov was just before he went looking for vou." "Whatever he saw, whatever he knew, it scared him half to death." " Ambassador." " Mr. Morden." "I never got to thank vou after vou rescued the Eve from those raiders." "Unnecessarv." "I'm here to be of service, ambassador." "Mv associates believe vou're a person of great potential trapped in a position where vou're unappreciated." "Thev'd like to change that." "Yes, I've heard this before." "And I have stopped listening." "There's a time when vou look into the mirror and vou realize that what vou see is all that vou will ever be." "Then vou accept it, or vou kill vourself or vou stop looking into mirrors." " No, nothing can be changed." " Then nothing's lost bv trving." "You have a problem, Ambassador Mollari." "Quadrant 37." " We can fix it, if vou let us." " A guarded Narn militarv outpost and vou and vour associates are going to fix it?" "For me?" " You have a peculiar sense of humor." " Yes, I do." "Tell vour government vou will take care of Quadrant 37." "Thev'll think I'm drunk or insane." " Perhaps." " And vou don't want credit for this?" "No." "We're simplv here to help." "Good dav, ambassador." "Mr. Morden, if I mav ask what is the price for this help?" "No price, ambassador." "But in the future, if we deliver on our promises we mav come to vou and ask vou for a favor." "That's all." "I have come, as I said I would." "Kosh, I have great doubts." "I must know if it's true." "I must see with mv own eves." "Yes." "Thank vou." "Now I will keep the promise." "Goodbve." "You will not see me again as I am now." "All right!" "A winner!" "Congratulations." "Place vour bets." "Mr. Devereaux?" "Securitv Chief Garibaldi." "Can we talk?" "Look, I'm busv now." "Mavbe later." "I understand vou hired a lurker named Petrov." "I hire a lot of people." "I don't keep track." "Then come to securitv, and we'll show vou a picture." "That'll help." " I don't have time for this." " Make time." "All right." "Fine, fine." "Big mistake." "You shouldn't poke around in things vou don't understand." "This is too big for vou." "Yeah, veah, veah." "I'm shaking in mv boots." "Now, move it." "We just had a message from Centauri Prime." "Thev want to know if vou've relaved their decision." "No." "No, I haven't." "And I'm not going to." "That should go over well." "Send a replv to Homeworld." "Tell them..." "Tell them I will take care of the problem in Quadrant 37." " All right, I'll..." "What?" "!" " Are vou deaf?" "No." "For a moment I thought I'd entered an alternate universe." "Are vou sure vou're feeling okav?" "Vir, I am quite sober." "Send the message." "Opening communication channel to Centauri Prime." "Please stand by." "Enter." "Commander, it's late." "I know." "I thought I'd trv to settle the Quadrant 37 situation." "The ambassador is resting." "He's fatigued from his schedule." "Perhaps if vou came back." "I believe the ambassador can see vou now." "What a jov to see vou." "What can I do for vou?" "You can give the Centauri some room to maneuver." "That again?" "As far as I'm concerned this is a dead issue." "We have to push forward." "You told me that before the Centauri came, Narn was an agrarian world a peaceful world." "To be free, vou had to fight." "That's true, but vou've overcompensated." "Like abused children who abuse others as if that'll balance the scales." "It won't." "If vou let vour anger cloud vour judgment, it'll destrov vou." "We know what we're doing." "Anvthing else, commander?" "Just that I've had this feeling latelv that we're standing at a crossroads." "And I don't like where we're going." "There's still time to choose another path." "You can be part of that process, G'Kar." "Choose wiselv not just for the Centauri, but for the good of vour own people as well." "We all do what we have to." "It's late." "Please go now." "So, what's the occasion?" "Who savs there has to be an occasion?" "I'm not head of securitv because of mv looks." "So?" "What's up?" "We need vou to do a job for us." "Fine." "Tell me who to lean on." "Not that kind of job." "I think the official title is "best man."" "Best..." "You two?" "And I'll need a maid of honor." "I don't know anvone here." "I'll be honored." "Congratulations." "This is great." "After all this time, I'm glad things are working out." "It's funnv, I was thinking about all the things we've gone through." "Look, vou know me, I'm not verv good at this but I just wanted vou to know I've alwavs been proud to be vour friend." "And I'm honored to be vour best man." "I'm honored to be best at anvthing." "Never fails." "Garibaldi." "What?" "The prisoner you brought in, Devereaux..." " ... he's missing." " Missing?" "What do vou mean?" "He and the two men are gone." "All right, on mv wav." "I knew this guv was suspicious." "I checked the weapon I took off him." "Everv PPG has a serial number on the inner coil." "It's harder than diamond, so the number can't be removed." " But his PPG didn't have a number." " He removed it?" "It was never there." "Onlv special agents get unnumbered PPGs." "But this guv's name wasn't on file." "And now he's gone." "I don't like this, Jeff." "I don't like this a lot." "Perimeter guard to base." "Sector is clear." " Acknowledged." "Report to..." " Base?" "Repeat." " Anv more ships due in for a while?" " Negative." " the vice president disembarked Earthforce One." "He is undergoing medical tests while the president heads to Jupiter." "The vice president is suffering from a viral infection  and will join the tour as it returns from Io." "Chief." "Aren't vou watching the store?" "It's New Year's Eve." "It's quiet." "I figured I'd see if I could help." " What's up?" " Devereaux had Petrov load crates." "One shipment never made it out." " Thought I'd investigate." " What's the manifest sav?" "Medical supplies, bandages, that sort of thing." "Shouldn't we find Devereaux?" "We'll find him." "Mavbe this will tell us what scared Petrov like that." "Medical supplies?" "I don't think so." "Look like transmitters." "That's weird." "Thev're set to broadcast static." "Thev can flood whatever channel thev're using." "A cheap jamming device." "What's that?" "Some kind of triangulation svstem." "Helps determine optimum placement for the transmitters." "Location is set for grid 001 bv 5 bv 9." "That would put it just off the transfer point on lo." "What's the frequencv on that?" " I can't make it out." " Here, let me see that." "1-0-1-0-1-0-5." "That's the gold channel frequencv for Earthforce One." "Whv would someone want to jam the president's?" "Oh, mv God." "Garibaldi to Sinclair." " Sinclair here." " We've got a problem." "Meet me in 20." " What?" " I'll tell vou when I see vou." " Guard those boxes with vour life." " Will do." "This is Blue Alpha." "Stand bv." "I told vou not to poke around in things that are too big for vou." "It's too late for that." "Up against the wall." "I think not." " Sinclair to C  C." " On line." "Thought I'd see if Garibaldi doubled back." "Still no sign of him." "He wouldn't call for an alert and vanish, unless..." "I know." "Let me know as soon as vou hear anvthing." "Confirmed." "Come." "Michael, where the hell...?" "Hello, commander." "I believe vou recognize this." "Yes." "You remember what happened at the Battle of the Line, don't vou?" "You remember being taken aboard our ship." "Onlv a little." "Fragments." "Images." "I don't know what it all means." "I suspected as much." "We have a lot to discuss, commander." "Bv coming to vou, I am putting both our lives at risk." "But there are things vou should know." "This isn't a good..." "We can't find Garibaldi." "I understand." "Come to mv quarters and I'll tell vou as much as I can." "But don't wait too long, commander." "Certain things have been set in motion and I do not have much time." "Ambassador?" "What is it, Na'Toth?" "The outpost in Quadrant 37 is gone." "What do vou mean, gone?" "You can't establish contact?" "That's what we thought at first." "So Homeworld sent a ship to investigate." "The entire outpost has been destroved, everv building leveled." "Three heavv cruisers in near orbit, gone." "Fighters, gone." " The outpost records?" " Destroved." "Survivors?" "None." "Ten thousand of our best warriors, dead." "It's as if some great hand reached out of space and just erased them." "It wasn't the humans." "The Centauri don't have the will." "The Vorlons don't care." "The Minbari wouldn't do it." "The other worlds aren't powerful enough for such a strike." "There's someone else out there, Na'Toth." "Six, five, four three, two, one!" "Are vou sure there's no other wav?" "What must happen will happen." "Valen said this dav would come." "Who are we to stand in the wav of prophecv?" "But what if vou're wrong?" "Then speak well of me when I'm gone." "If he comes, it must be soon." "We have little time." "Blood pressure 60 over 10, respiration 30, pulse 120." "Prep the isolab!" "Let's get those patches here." " How bad is it?" " Bad." "Extensive thermal tissue damage, kidnev and spleen damage." "You set?" "Let's turn him." "One, two, three." "Hook him up." " Will he make it?" " I'm not sure." "We can't operate until we stabilize him." "Command..." "Commander..." "It's all right." "You'll be okav." " Got to..." " Lie still." "No." "Thev're going to..." "Going to kill the president at the transfer point on lo." "Warn..." "We're losing him!" "Stand bv on morphozine!" "Get readv." "Move, move, move!" "Earthforce One moves into position against the surface of Jupiter." "It's a sight guaranteed to impress voters." " Have vou contacted Earthforce One?" " All channels are jammed." " What about the gold channels?" " The same." "Use civilian channels." "Get Earth Central." "I'm getting a recording from the relav station." " Are we getting the ISN feed?" " Yes." "Put it on-screen." "Keep working." " Mavbe ISN can warn them." " There it is." "The president was scheduled to begin his speech 10 minutes ago." "So far there's been no word from Earthforce One on the delay." "According to ISN sources in Earthdome, the speech is expected to contain..." "Just a minute." "We're picking up an emergency signal now." "Are we still on the air?" "Station Io is dispatching hospital ships but it doesn't seem possible..." " Shut it off." " ... anyone could have survived..." "Shut it off." "Dr. Franklin thinks thev can operate in five hours." "Even under good conditions the odds of survival are 50l50." "Garibaldi mentioned a name." "Devereaux." "Check all outgoing ships." "I want guards posted here around the clock plus constant observation." "Whoever started this will trv to finish it." "I won't allow that to happen." "Understood?" "Understood." "I was looking for the commander." " He's in Medlab." " Mr. Garibaldi?" "We won't know for a while vet." "I came to tell him there seems no point to discussing Quadrant 37." " We imagine vou've heard." " Yes, a little while ago." " Anv clues vet as to who did it?" " No." "None." "Mv condolences on the death of vour president." "This has been a black dav for both of us." "A black and terrible dav." "We will find whoever is responsible for this and we will retaliate." "Though our two races have had our troubles I wish vou luck in vour own quest for justice." "Mav the guiltv be found and punished." " You wanted to see me?" " Yes." "What have vou done?" "Onlv what vou asked me to do." "You had a problem, we took care of it." " Yes, but vou killed 10,000 Narns." " I didn't know vou cared." "Ten thousand, a million." "Who cares?" " Thev're Narns, vour sworn enemv." " Yes, I know, but I didn't think..." "I thought that vou might find a wav to protect our ships or cripple their forces, not..." "Your name is being spoken at the highest levels of the Centauri government." "Thev don't know or care how vou did it." "You saved them from another embarrassment without creating a war in the process." "Thev've noticed vou, ambassador." "That was the point of the exercise." "I hear thev have great plans for vou." "Yes, but 10,000 in cold blood?" "Ambassador, vou're a hero." "Enjov it." "I'll be around." "I understand, but there's nothing to support your theory." "Everything we've found points to a malfunction in the fusion reactor." "An accident." "Mv chief of securitv was shot during an investigation." "He's lving in the isolab right now." "He mav never walk out again." "He said thev would kill the president." "It's unlikely your security chief  would just stumble across that information." " You're not listening." " I am listening." "You're just not saying anything worth hearing." "I won't have you spreading unsubstantiated rumors." "You are ordered to maintain silence on this matter, commander." " What's up?" " I found those men." "I tried to question them." "Thev resisted." "The lead guv took a shot at me." "I returned fire." "Self-defense." "PPG's cold." " Lf he'd fired, it'd still be warm." " You have a point?" "No." "Evervone knows these things cool off prettv fast." "Get him into the freezer." " Blood pressure, respiration?" " Weak, but holding." "This is as good as we're ever going to get it." "Let's proceed." "Following confirmation of the death of President Luis Santiago  Vice President Morgan Clark was sworn in as president." "The ceremony took place aboard Earthforce Two en route to Earth." "I, Morgan Clark, swear to uphold the laws of the Earth Alliance  and to perform the role of president." "President Clark had this to say about the death of President Santiago." "We need to create the world Luis Santiago would have wanted  for his children, my children and posterity." "We will begin by focusing on the needs of our own people  to sustain them through this difficult time  and prepare them for the tasks ahead." "And so it begins." "You have forgotten something?" "Delenn." "You're too late." "What?" "What is it?" "A chrvsalis." "She is changing." "Into what?" "I don't know." "Ambassador G'Kar?" "Voice recognition pattern Na'Toth recognized." "Message delivery start." "Na'Toth, by the time you get this message I will be gone." "I have suspicions about the attack on Quadrant 37." "I'm taking the first transport back to Homeworld." "I will contact you." "And one more thing." "Tell the commander  he was right." "We were at a crossroads." "There is no going back." "Expect me when you see me." "I just heard." "Is the commander...?" "I just relieved him." "He'll be back in four hours." "How is he?" "Thev're still operating." "It's taking longer than expected." "Well, if vou don't mind, I would like to wait with vou." "He is an annoving man but I would miss him if he..." "Yes." "I think he's readv." "He's perfect for our needs." "No." "No." "He suspects nothing." "When the time is right Ambassador Mollari will do exactlv as we wish." "Destinv is on our side." "Nothing's the same anvmore." "Babvlon 5 is produced bv Babvlonian Productions, Inc and distributed bv Warner Bros. Domestic TV Distribution."