"Excuse me, I'm looking for Ambassador Delenn." " Could vou tell me where to find her?" " Of course." "This wav." " Shuttle 1 is readv." " Anv more seismic disturbances?" "We're still picking up rumbles from further down." "I wouldn't bother, but we're in orbit." " Best to check it out, just to be sure." " Agreed." " Shuttle 1, begin geological survev." " Confirmed." "Initiating launch." "I have to go." "Let me know when the team is back." "Will do." " Ms. Winters." " Hello, commander." " Problem with the transport tube?" " No, not reallv." "Everv time I get into the tube, Garibaldi's there, like he knows." "Mr. Garibaldi is manv things, but he's not omniscient." " I think I'll take the stairs." " I think I'll join vou." "Range to surface, 40 miles." "Close enough." "Activate scanners, set for maximum depth." "Let's see what's going on underneath." "What the hell was that?" "!" " We've lost power." "Get it back." " I can't, I have no controls here!" "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." "Babvlon Control to Shuttle 1." "Shuttle 1, do vou receive?" "Confirmed, we're receiving you." "All of our readouts blacked out." "Same here." "It was some kind of massive power surge, right off the scale." "Knocked half our svstems out." "It came from inside the planet." " What's vour situation?" " Controls are fried." "We've achieved orbit, but we can't make it back." " Can vou send someone?" " Confirmed." "We'll send two starfuries ASAP." "Don't go anvwhere." "Don't go anvwhere?" "As if we could." "Okav, we've got a while to wait." "Who's got a deck of cards?" " You're sure thev're all right?" " They're shaken, but fine." " They'll be back in a few hours." " Good." "And find out what's going on." " Sorrv." " It's quite all right." "An interesting riddle." "I thought the planet was uninhabited." "None of our survevs found signs of life down there." "Perhaps in the past, someone might have lived down there." "If that's true, vou mav have awakened something." "Perhaps." "We'll know more later." "Now, as far as these new trade routes are concerned..." "Babylon, this is Delta Leader." "We have retrieved shuttle crew and are returning to Cobra Bay." "I want all the equipment loaded:" "Spectral analvsis, thermal probes." " We'll reconvene tomorrow." " Yes, sir." " Dr. Tasaki!" " Lieutenant commander." " What was that?" " I have no idea." "We were told the planet was safe and uninhabited." " Now it appears it isn't." " Incorrect." "We don't know if anvone's alive there." "The seismic activitv could've triggered an automatic svstem." " We'll know more once we go back." " What are vou going to do?" "Process the data collected from the power burst then call mv wife." "She loves mvsteries." " This doesn't worrv vou?" " It scares the hell out of me." "But, what better wav to go out than in the cause of scientific knowledge?" "Is this a multiple-choice question?" "Because I have some ideas." "We will release our trade routes to Sector 119 provided that our ships are allowed free use of the Centauri jumpgate." " You drive a verv hard bargain." " It's a fair deal." "Your government stands to profit substantiallv." "The jumpgate fees are pocket change." "What I consider a tent, vou consider a pocket." "But vou are right." "It is a reasonable demand." "Done and done." "I will have mv government issue an agreement bv when?" "Tomorrow this time?" "What a pleasure to deal with someone reasonable." "Negotiations are more enjovable when certain individuals are not here." "There is a difference between being unreasonable and being angrv." "Ambassador G'Kar is angrv, but even the greatest anger fades with time." "Mv dear Ambassador Delenn, I am sure that for vou this is true." "But for G'Kar and his people, thev will do anvthing to destrov us until the universe itself decavs and collapses." "If the Narns stood in one place, and hated, all at the same time that hatred could flv across light vears and reduce Centauri Prime to ash." " That's how much thev hate us." " You don't have to respond in kind." "Of course we do." "It's a natural law." "Phvsics tells us for everv action there is an equal and opposite reaction." "Thev hate us, we hate them, thev hate us back and so here we are, victims of mathematics." "Ambassador." " He never listens." " He will, sooner or later." " How can vou be sure?" " Because the alternative is terrible." "Without the hope that things will get better that our inheritors will know a world that is richer than our own life is pointless and evolution is vastlv overrated." "Good dav, commander." " The signal seems to have diminished." " You sure it's a beacon?" "We were able to run a few tests." "It's a series of regular signals, repeated at specific intervals." "We haven't been able to decipher them." " How's Dr. Tasaki?" " He's like a kid with a new puzzle." " He wants to check it tomorrow morning." " A glutton for punishment." "I'll authorize it, on the condition that he gets there safelv." "Agreed." "I'll take care of that first thing tomorrow." "Bv the wav, commander have vou heard from Mars colonv?" " No, whv?" "It's alwavs in the Earthforce status report but it came in and there wasn't anv word from Mars." "Often that's a sign of militarv exercises, but we'd have been warned." " Probablv a glitch." "Good night." " Good night, commander." "What's the third principle of sentient life?" " Draal." " Incorrect answer." "It is the capacitv for self-sacrifice." "The abilitv to override evolution and self-preservation for a cause, a friend, a loved one." "It has been too long, Delenn." "You've forgotten vour training." "Soon vou will have forgotten all about vour old friend Draal." "Not if I live to be 1001." "Well then, whv would vou keep vour friend standing out here in this hall?" "Tanker 12, are you in position to refuel?" "Roger, C  C, our hose jockey is ready to connect." "With questions raised about the cost of a presence in space  Pol Quat of the Indonesian Consortium, upon leaving a hearing  asked why less affluent nations pay an equal share of the cost  when they do not receive an equal share of the benefits." "Elsewhere..." "We're getting a late-breaking story." "As ISN viewers may know, contact with the Mars colony has been cut off." "We're now receiving confirmation of a revolt  against the Earth government." "We're receiving reports of fighting outside and within the capital city." "Troops have moved from Svria Planum  to reinforce patrols in Solis Planum." "We have a live feed from ISN reporter Derek Mobotabwe  relayed from our station on Olvmpus Mons." "Reporting substantial casualties." "Death toll may be in the hundreds or higher." "The insurgents struck with heavy weapons  seized in a raid on a reserve military base." "The guerillas, whose ancestors migrated to Mars from Earth  have demanded independence for the Mars colony or:" ""The sand will run red with Earther blood. " Governor Chakan said..." "Help me." "Help me." "Venus Team 2, this is Environmental Control." "Head to Tower 3." "Got you, Environmental Control, we're on our way." "Commander." " You heard the news from Mars?" " I did." "It's terrible to see places where I grew up going up in flames." "Right, vou were born on Mars." " Do vou have familv there?" " No." "You?" "Not anvmore." " Garibaldi's taking it hard." " Yeah, I figured." "I'll trv to check on him later." " You all right, commander?" " I don't know." "Last night, just before I went to bed, I saw a..." " What?" " I don't know." "Mavbe I'm just tired." " What's the status on Epsilon 3?" " Thev leave in a few hours." "Good." "Keep me informed." "Damn." "Have I thanked vou for arranging for mv quarters?" " And for the fine meal this morning?" " Yes, vou have." "Good." "Then I need not do so again." " Have I told vou about Rathenn?" " Yes, vou have told me of Rathenn." "Of all of mv teachers and manv of mv familv." "You've told me evervthing, except whv vou're here." "What is there to tell?" "I have lived mv entire life on Minbar." " Now I am seeing what is out here." " Yes." "A curious answer from one who taught me that a half-truth is the worst kind of lie." "Our world is changing, Delenn." "I'm not sure when it began." "Perhaps the war, perhaps the death of Dukhat." "Perhaps the darkness was alwavs there and we refused to see." "The division between the religious and militarv castes...?" "That, and more than that." "There is a sense that we are lost, drifting." "In the streets, in the temples, vou can hear it in their voices." "An anger beneath the surface, a dissatisfaction a self-involvement above the needs of others." "It is not the same world I was born in, Delenn." "Not the same world at all." "I am going to the sea." "Draal." "No, vou're too voung to go to the sea." "There's much vou could do back home." "I don't know what good it would do." "Better to find a place out there in the sea of stars where I can be of service before the end." "I hear the call of the stars, Delenn, and I must answer." "Then, when vou leave here I will never see vou again." "I'm afraid so." "Which is whv we should enjov our time together, Delenn." "Don't look so sad." "This should be a time of great jov." "Mv feet are firmlv on the path and the road beckons me down to the sea." "I will find the purpose and meaning that I have lost among mv own people." "Be glad, Delenn." "Be glad." "When..." "When do vou have to leave?" "Not for a while." "We have time." "We have seen little of one another these last few vears and there is much that I want to hear." "Then I will talk and talk and talk until vou fall asleep from the sound." "And I will be glad of it." "And I will dream of the sea." "What do vou mean vou can't get through?" "Communication is out except for authorized people." "I'm an Earthforce officer, clearance level ultraviolet alpha and I'm not authorized?" " lf you try again later..." "I've tried all morning!" "Now, all I'm asking for is one clear channel." "I'm sorry, Mr. Garibaldi." "There's nothing we can do until after the blackout." "I'll file your request, and if things change, I'll notify you at once." "We'll provide fighter support in case of trouble." " Don't take anv chances." " We won't." "Get vour readings, make a scan of the surface and get out." " We'll be monitoring vour progress." " Good." "Anvthing else?" "The starfuries are designed for combat in space, not inside an atmosphere." " Drop too low or vou're on vour own." " Understood." "All right, move it out." "We've got a mvsterv to solve." " Ivanova to Sinclair." " Sinclair." " Thev're on their wav." " I'll be there." " Lf vou'll excuse me..." " Yes, ves, I know." "What will vou do if vou find anvthing of value down there?" "The odds of that are small." "It's probablv an old automated beacon." "Yes, but if it isn't, will vou tell me?" "No." "Just making sure we know where we stand." "Survev 1, hold at coordinates 7 bv 13 and await escort." " Escort standing bv." " Launch fighter escort." "Delta 6, this is Delta Leader." "Let's be awake out there." "Roger that, Delta Leader, I'm on his tail." " Thank vou." "See vou next month." " See vou then." "Thank vou." " I need to talk." " Tube out of order?" "Wait!" "Look, I'm sorrv, but I need vour help." " As lines go, that's not original." " It's not a line, damn it, I..." "Can I just have five minutes?" "Please?" "Okav." "I appreciate vou taking the time." "This is important to me." "Before I came to Babvlon 5, mv job was working securitv on Mars colonv." "The job wasn't great, we got flack from Earthdome, but one thing made it worth all the grief." "Her name's Lise Hampton." "We met a few davs after I got there and we got involved." " It sounds serious." " It was." "We even talked about marriage a few times." "But I was..." "Look, I was messed up." "After being fired from four jobs, I had something to prove." "So when I came to Babvlon 5, I asked her to come with me." "She said no." "We argued and I said a lot of stupid things." "The kind that can haunt vou." "The last time we spoke it ended with a slammed door and me flving out." "We haven't talked since then." "For the past two vears, I've wanted to call her, needed to call her, but I didn't know if she'd want to hear from me." "And now this." " Talia, I need to know she's okav." " I svmpathize, Mr. Garibaldi." "I hope vou realize that." "But what do vou expect me to do?" "If vou can't..." "Psi Corp's got an intelligence operation in Syria Planum." "How did vou know?" "That's classified." "That's never stopped me before." "Thev've got a relav to get me into the local com-net." " You're asking a lot." " Lf there were another wav, I'd do it." "I can't sleep not knowing if she's okav." "You're mv last hope." "All right." "I can't promise anvthing, but I'll do what I can." "Thanks." "Survey 1 to Babylon Control, beginning our final run." "Initiating drop to five kilometers inside the atmosphere." "Do not enter atmosphere." "The fighters won't be able to follow." "Don't worrv, I'm not going far." "Just enough to get samples." "You can't expect us to come this..." "There's something coming our wav, fast." "Take evasive action!" "Get us out of here!" " Too late, we've got lock-on." " Hang on!" "Aft stabilizers hit!" "Fortv-percent power loss!" "Full power!" "One more like that and we've had it!" "Incoming!" " Escort, can vou reach the shuttle?" " Negative, Babylon Control." "Fighters, target guns on lower atmosphere, wide-angle fire." " What the hell are vou doing?" " Firing will distract the missiles." "Hit vour afterburners." "Thev won't follow vou out of the atmosphere." "We won't have enough fuel!" "The fighters will tow vou back." "Do it, before the missiles lock on!" "Survey 1 to Babylon, we're clear." "Returning to base." "Confirmed." "Upon arrival vou will report for debriefing." "On vour trip back, take the time to learn the Babvlon 5 mantra:" "Lvanova is alwavs right." "I will listen to Ivanova." "I will not ignore Ivanova's recommendations." "Ivanova is God." "And, if this happens again, Ivanova will rip vour lungs out!" "Babvlon Control out." "Civilians." "I'm just kidding about that God part." "No offense." "Our scans failed to show anv automatic svstems on the surface or for a depth of two miles." " Those missiles came from somewhere." " Agreed." "And I think we've solved the mvsterv." "We didn't go deep enough." "Here." "This is a computer scan of Sector 14." "We snared it before we were fired on." " I don't see anvthing." " Not vet." "Increase magnification." "There." "That's one of the first missiles fired at us." "It came from underground." " Is that fissure natural or artificial?" " Mv guess is it's artificial." "It was probablv opened bv one of the quakes." "It's possible this is an old automatic defense svstem." " Yes." " How deep is that fissure?" "That's interesting." "Our analvsis suggests the missile was fired five miles within the planet." "There's something there important enough to require a defense svstem." "Verv good." "Thank vou, doctor." "Analvsis?" "We don't know what weaponrv mav be there so I'd consider it a threat to our securitv." "Same here." "It's also a potential first-contact situation." "I'd sav we have to check it out." "Wouldn't vou agree?" "Absolutelv." "And he savs, "Goulash." Do vou get it?" "I'll get vou vet." "Mr. Garibaldi, off dutv, I see." "Water." "Fascinating." "I never touch the stuff mvself." "Kat, the usual." " Is there something I can do for vou?" " Yes." "Attend." "As a voung Centauri, I developed a preoccupation with females." "I went to all the finest clubs, watched exotic Centauri dancers." "Now, one dav, I was angrv and upset." "But I went to the club, I sat, watched the show." "But never saw it." "I just sat and stewed." "Suddenlv, I looked up and this beautiful dancer is leaning down over the stage and looking right into mv eves." "And she said:" ""Whatever it is, it can't be that bad."" "And then she kissed me right here." "Mr. Garibaldi whatever it is, it can't be that bad." "You trv and kiss me and I'll break vour arm." "We're not that close, Mr. Garibaldi!" " And the dancer?" " I married her." " No." " Yes!" "That dav!" "The next dav I woke up, I saw her sleeping against mv arm and I decided I would rather chew off mv arm than wake her up." " That's sweet." " No, no." "She had a voice that could curdle fresh milk. "Londo!"" ""Yes, dear?" "Londo!"" ""Coming, mv darling."" ""I'll be right there, mv love bug."" " You looked as if vou needed a friend." " I did." "Thanks." "You're welcome." "Now I go to spread happiness to the rest of the station." "It's a terrible responsibilitv, but I have learned to live with it." "Hev!" "Somebodv better pav for that drink." "Help me." "Help me." "All right, Delta Flight, we're readv to go in." "Target a 10-kilometer area with long-range bursts to draw off incoming fire." " Confirmed, Shuttle 1." " Svstem readv." "Engines to maximum burn." " Hit it." "Temperature up 200 degrees." " Missile sighted." " Delta Flight, fire." "Let's hope that fissure is five miles deep." " Whv?" " It's going to take two miles to stop." " Assuming we don't hit anvthing." " A hell of a time to think of that." "Lights." " Decelerating." " Two miles." "Two point five." "Three." " Anterior thrusters, half power." " Thrusters, ave." " Anvthing?" " Just rock. 3.5 miles. 4 miles." "Slowing descent 30%." "Four point five." "We've got something." "It's an opening." "Definitelv artificial." "Bring us in." "Coming into a landing grid." "Environment check." "Gravitv.75 of Earth normal." "Atmosphere 90% carbon dioxide, 10% trace elements." " We'll need those breathers." " Life signs?" "None." "We're the onlv living things in or on this planet." "All right, let's check it out." "I'm sorry, but there's nothing I can do." "To preserve our confidential status, access is confined to Psi Corps." "We can't let anyone outside the government know the center exists." " Mr. Garibaldi alreadv knows." " He may suspect  but that is not confirmation." "For all we know, this request  is a cover to confirm our location and pass that information to others." " That's completelv paranoid." " Possibly." "But with fighting a mile from the facility  we're entitled to some paranoia." " How is it back there?" " Not good." "The Free Mars movement has been growing  but no one suspected they were this organized, or well armed." "I can't plug your friend into the com-net  but I can run a check and see if she's listed among the wounded." " That would help." "Thank vou." " No promises, but I'll do what I can." "PCC relay out." "Commander." "Wait." "Well, that'll cut down on tourism." "One, two, three, four." "One, two, three." " A three-second recharge before firing." " Looks like it." " Can vou cover that in three seconds?" " Not a problem." "Stand bv." "Go!" "Get down!" " You okav?" " Yeah, fine." "Commander, vou'd better take a look at this." "Holv..." "Commander?" "Yeah?" "I think I've got to go to the bathroom." "Tell me about it." "Come." "Delenn, what can I do for vou?" "I was taking mv friend on a tour and thought I'd introduce vou." "Draal, this is Ambassador Londo Mollari of the Centauri Republic." "Ambassador Mollari, this is Draal, for manv vears, mv mentor and teacher." " I am honored." " Thank vou." " I hope we are not intruding." " No, I was doing a little studving." "Yes, Earthers." "I trv to find out as much as I can to make sense of them but it never seems to come together." "Thev seem to be a mass of contradictions." "Exactlv mv point." "Here, 6000 vears of recorded historv." "A historv that includes remarkable composers, astonishing svmphonies but what is the one song that half of them sing to their children generation after generation?" "It doesn't mean anvthing." "I've been studving it for seven davs." "I had the computer analvze it." "I swear to vou, it does not mean a thing!" "We've come at a bad time, haven't we?" "No, not at all." "Here, sit." "I'll make some hot jala." " I rather enjoved the song." " Don't tell him." " You're sure?" " Trust me." "Trv to raise the shuttle again." "Nothing." "We still can't get through." "Damn." "Two hours." "Mr. Garibaldi, can I see vou for a moment?" "I've had some news." " Yell if thev link in." " Yes, sir." "Well?" "Thev won't give vou access." "Thev're not happv vou know about the center." "It's an imperfect universe." " Is that all vou've got for me?" " No, it isn't." "I asked them to check for anv information." "Thev were able to access the list of survivors." " And?" " Her name isn't on it." "Thev can't find her name." "Either she's not on Mars..." "She had a life there." "She wouldn't have left all that." "Then it's possible something's happened to her." " Yeah?" " Mr. Garibaldi, we've got a signal." "I'm on mv wav." "I'm sorrv." "Don't be." "She's all right." "She has to be." "That's all there is to it." "It must be 10, 20 miles deep." " Commander?" "You okav?" " We're fine." "Michael, you wouldn't believe it." "Incredible." "A whole new area of technology." "Machines as big as buildings  all around us." " What's happening?" " Seismic activitv." "It's big." "Get the hell out of there!" "Commander!" "Jeff!" "Lvanova!" "We've lost them." " Commander, vou all right?" " Yeah, I think so." "We're going to have to find another wav out of here." "This light's had it." " What the hell?" " Help me." "Please help me." " You saw it too?" " Yeah, and on the station." "Commander." "Help me or vour people, all vour people, will die." "You must help me." "Help me get him out of this." "We don't have time." "We're cut off from the entrance." "We need to leave before we're out of air." " We can't leave him like this." " I know." "It's a Russian thing." "When we do something stupid, we like to catalog it for future reference." " Shuttle 1 to Babylon, do you read?" " Jeff, veah." " What's vour situation?" " We're coming out." "Initiate air cover and have a medical team standing bv." "Initiating air cover." "I want that med team at Bav 14." "I'll meet them there." " We've got a ship coming through." " Fine." "Mr. Garibaldi, it's big." "What the hell?" "Babvlon 5 is produced by Babylonian Productions, Inc  and distributed by Warner Bros. Domestic TVDistribution."