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  BABYLON 5
Babylon Project was the dream of Earth Alliance senator Calvin Natawe.(*1) Senator Natawe proposed that the people of Earth that they should create a place where humans and aliens could meet on neutral ground, in the free exchange of culture, ideas and settle disputes peacefully in the hopes of furthering intergalactic peace.
Babylon 5 is a 8,454.1 (*1*) meter (five-mile) long, 840 meter diameter, 9.1 billion ton O'Neil class space station, located at a pivotal main jump gate in the Epsilon system.
A marvelous achievement for all parties involved, despite complaints that the station was build using substandard parts(*6*), Babylon 5 will continue to faithfully serve the ideals and goals that lead to her creation, the dream of one point in space where the entire universe.
www.glassmarble.com /media/bab5.html   (2237 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Earth Alliance (Babylon 5)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
The Earth Alliance is the name of a fictional alliance of the countries of Earth in the TV show Babylon 5.
Earth, also known as the Earth, Terra, and (mostly in the 19th century) Tellus, is the third planet outward from the Sun.
Babylon 5's defense grid fired the final volleys to destroy the other, as opposing Stafuries engaged in dogfights and Clark-loyal commando squads boarded the station, resulting in costly fighting against the Babylon 5 security forces (armed in riot gear) and Narn supporters.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Earth-Alliance-(Babylon-5)   (2652 words)

  
 Earth (Babylon 5) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
In the (additional info and facts about Babylon 5) Babylon 5 universe, Earth was located in a relatively uncontested portion of the Galaxy.
Earth remained a relatively minor power until the 2230's, when it intervened on behalf of a number of other races (which later became the League of Non-Aligned Worlds) during the (additional info and facts about Dilgar) Dilgar invasion.
Earth's prominence in the Alliance made it a target for attack by the (additional info and facts about Drakh) Drakh in the 2260's, when an advanced plague was released, necessating a planetary quarantine until a cure for the plague could be found.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/E/Ea/Earth_(Babylon_5)1.htm   (340 words)

  
 Earth Alliance (Babylon 5) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
The Earth Alliance is the name of a (additional info and facts about fictional) fictional alliance of the countries of (The 3rd planet from the sun; the planet on which we live) Earth in the TV show (additional info and facts about Babylon 5) Babylon 5.
In 2122, the Earth Alliance had become the official governing body of humanity and (The 3rd planet from the sun; the planet on which we live) Earth.
Thus, in response to Clark's unconstitutional actions, Babylon 5 declared its independence of the Earth Alliance, seceding to "function as an independant state until President Clark is removed from office".
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/E/Ea/Earth_Alliance_(Babylon_5)1.htm   (1629 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Earth (Babylon 5)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
The Dilgar are an extinct race of humanoid aliens in the fictional Babylon 5 universe.
Marcus Cole, a Ranger, portrayed by Jason Carter in Babylon 5 A Ranger (Minbari: AnlaShok) is a fictional class of warrior that plays a prominent part of the science fiction television series, Babylon 5.
A nova is a cataclysmic nuclear explosion caused by the accretion of hydrogen onto the surface of a white dwarf star.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Earth-(Babylon-5)   (833 words)

  
 Starship Modeler: Babylon 5 Starship Reference   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Babylon 5 is the story of the last of the Babylon stations, the result of a project intended to find peaceful ways of resolving conflicts between the various races.
Babylon 5 broke a lot of SF TV conventions, and not just because of the way all shows were interconnected in a 5 year arc.
Babylon 5 is the last of the Babylon stations, and the only one to become operational.
www.starshipmodeler.com /b5/b5tech.htm   (1556 words)

  
 Babylon 5 Chronology
Babylon 5's new resident telepath, Talia Winters, arrives on the station, as does Londo Mollari's attache, Vir Cotto.
Delenn's attache, Lennier, arrives on Babylon 5, as does Na'Toth, a new aide for G'Kar, to replace Ko'Dath, who was killed in a mysterious airlock accident.
Earth sends a delegation to Babylon 5 to establish a non-aggression pact with the Centauri.
b5epguide.tripod.com /chronology.html   (3957 words)

  
 B5TECH.COM - The Babylon 5 Tech-Manual.
Normal planetary gravity aboard Babylon 5 is simulated in a similar manor to Babylon 4, by rotating the stations center section.
Another interesting problem presented in the construction of Babylon 5, was the stations need for a very powerful reactor, in order to run all station systems as well as operate the large motors used to rotate the stations habitat wing.
Main power for Babylon 5 is handled by a series of high-mass particle-fusion reactors in the rear non-rotating section of the station.
www.b5tech.com /babylonproject/babylon5station/babylon5station.html   (1205 words)

  
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Sheridan allows an ISN news crew to film a report aboard Babylon 5, and even agrees to an interview, but finds that the story presented back on Earth is not what he expected.
Between 1993 and 1994, he variously claimed that Babylon 5 was "in a star-system about 35 light-years from Earth"; that Babylon 5 was "in an undiscovered star-system about 25 light-years from Earth"; or that Babylon 5 orbited a star named Tigris.
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 Babylon 5
In 2249 Earth Alliance president Luis Santiago proposed the Babylon Project, aimed at building a space station in neutral terrority that could act as a meeting ground for ambassadors from different worlds, to avoid the sort of misunderstandings that started the Earth-Minbari war and to provide a place for problems to be worked out diplomatically.
Babylon 5 was finally completed in 2257, built with financial aid from several alien governments - in particular the Minbari.
Babylon 5 is different from many shows on television, because it is a single five-year story (both in real time and station time, since one season is one year on the show) which has been planned out in advance.
www.cs.brown.edu /people/ssb/personal/b5.html   (2642 words)

  
 24FightingChickens - Shotokan Karate » Babylon 5
Babylon 5 gives us a rich, Tolkien-like universe in which many space faring cultures exist - none of them as two dimensional as anything you might be accustomed to on a science fiction program.
In fact, Earth is a 3rd tier power, and only important to the story because of Earth’s cultural tendency to forge communities which allow for a sort of galactic United Nations to be formed.
Babylon 5 is one of the best shows I have ever seen on television, and I have watched and re-watched the entire series more times than I can count.
www.24fightingchickens.com /2005/12/19/babylon-5   (1961 words)

  
 Delenn - TheBestLinks.com - Alien, Babylon 5, Earth, Jesus, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Delenn, an alien ambassador and leader from the planet Minbar, is one of the most pivotal characters in the Babylon 5 "novel" for television.
Sheridan is the singular Earth war hero of the Earth-Minbar War, derisively known as "Starkiller" by members of the Minbar warrior caste.
She destroys the symbolic circle of the Grey Council, with the religious caste aiding Babylon 5 and joining the Army of Light.
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 Babylon 5: Space Combat Simulator - B5 Galaxy - Races - Earth Alliance
The Earth Alliance as a whole is governed through a balance of power between a regionally elected representative body called the Senate, a President elected by the Alliance as a whole, and a Judicial Branch, appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate.
Earth boasts an unusually wide variety of religions, beliefs and ideologies that vary from region to region, colony to colony, and outpost to outpost.
Babylon 5 remains a hub for inter-racial trade and diplomacy even after the Interstellar Alliance relocated to permanent facilities at Tuzanor, Minbar.
www.firstones.com /b5games/sim/sim_races_earth.html   (1248 words)

  
 Babylon 5 Movies
In spring 1993, a year before the Babylon 5 series was launched, the two-hour movie and series pilot "The Gathering" staked out the initial territory, introducing primary characters (some of whom would never appear again) and sketching the alliances and rifts in interplanetary diplomacy.
Babylon 5 - The Legend of the Rangers (2002)
Babylon 5: The Legend of the Rangers is a two-hour television movie created by J. Michael Straczynski (original creator of the Babylon 5 series) for the Sci-Fi Channel.
www.webpan.com /b5earthside/bb.htm   (708 words)

  
 Babylon 5 Station
Babylon 5 was constructed by Earthforce, with financial assistance from other major governments including the Minbari, Centauri and Narns; and was completed in 2257.
As a facility devoted to peace, Babylon 5 was equipped with minimal defenses, including a low powered defense grid and 2-3 squadrons of starfuries.
Because Babylon 5 is five miles long, shuttles are provided for transit along the longitudinal axis of the station.
www.babtech-onthe.net /b5   (2015 words)

  
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The new president, Clark, used this attack to declare martial law citing "alien influence in Earth culture." His secret security force, the Nightwatch, took over the Senate and ISN on Earth and Babylon 5 in space.
Babylon 5 and several colonies seceded from the Earth Alliance and Civil War broke out.
Sheridan presents himself to the Earth government for disciplinary action and is forced to resign, but is named the president of The Interstellar Alliance which essentially puts him in the same position he was in when he was commanding the fleet in the Shadow war.
www.azillionmonkeys.com /qed/b5arc.html   (789 words)

  
 Babylon 5 - Earth Force PBeM Rpg - "To protect Earth no matter the cost...."
Earth Force decided to bulk up there presence by sending in the newly refitted Omega class destroyer: EAS Galaxy.
Kappa Wing was placed on Ready 5 alert while Alpha Company prepped in the hangar bay ready to assault the planet, Lieutenant Prowler giving a few last words to his men.
When everything seemed too quiet the traitor on the Galaxy sent a code and the raiders jumped in, one cruiser and three gunboats along with a wing of fighters attacked and disabled the EAS Galaxy?s engines prevented her from moving.
www.freewebs.com /babylon5rpg/missions.htm   (890 words)

  
 Babylon 5 TV Show - Babylon 5 Television Show - TV.com
Built by the Earth Alliance in the 2250s, it\'s goal is to maintain peace among the various alien races by providing a sanctuary where grievances and negotiations can be worked out among duly appointed ambassadors.
Babylon 5 is a science fiction epic that revolves around political intrigue, interstellar rivalries, and a handfull of individuals unwittingly destined to effect the course of history.
Babylon 5 tells the story of a space station located in neutral space, where various alien races (humans included), try to resolve their diferences peacefully...
www.tv.com /babylon-5/show/11/summary.html   (828 words)

  
 Babylon 5 and the Red Planet
Babylon 5 character Michael Garibaldi may hate Mars, but series creator J. Michael Straczynski made extensive use of the Red Planet to fulfill several dramatic and practical needs.
Babylon 5 constantly pushed the envelope of computer-generated special effects, but the cost of creating a full futuristic Earth landscape -- complete with people, plants and other expensive organic shapes -- would have been prohibitive.
Mars is mysterious, a planet with roughly the same surface area as Earth and only a tiny fraction of the population.
www.space.com /sciencefiction/tv/mars_babylon5_991203.html   (757 words)

  
 Babylon 5 - The Great Wars   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
In protest at this action, and demanding Clark's impeachment, Orion 7 and Proxima 3 withdrew from the Earth Alliance.
Babylon 5 joined them, and was attacked by Clark's forces in the spectaclar battle of Severed Dreams.
Babylon 5 is © 1993, 1994 PTN Consortium and Warner Bros.
www.b5mods.com /hw_gw3.htm   (185 words)

  
 Frontier Earth (Babylon 5 (Paperback Dell))   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Babylon 5: To Dream in the City of Sorrows (Babylon 5)
Best known for his role as Captain Sheridan on 'Babylon 5,' Bruce Boxleitner has created a brand new science fiction legend featuring a stranger-an alien from another world-in a strange land: the American West of the late 1800s.
The protagonist is Monitor Macklin, a human being from stock that came originally from Earth, and sent to Earth to keep us safe from the predator aliens.
www.literacyconnections.com /0_0441007945.html   (366 words)

  
 Filmtracks: Babylon 5: Messages from Earth (Christopher Franke)
The Filmtracks December, 1998, Babylon 5 Theme of the Month.
Babylon 5: Volume 2: Messages from Earth: (Christopher Franke) I'm not a big fan of Babylon 5, and I haven't seen the episodes from which this music originates, so I had only bought one other Babylon 5 CD before this one.
It seems to be missing the Babylon 5 theme altogether, and as a whole, it's darker than it's predecessors.
www.filmtracks.com /titles/b5_messages.html   (754 words)

  
 Babylon 5 Earth Alliance Stories - The Midas Array
Again she peered around the corner of the crates, taking aim and hitting one of her attackers in the shoulder, but the one shot was all she had time to get off before having to retreat behind the crate again or risk being shot herself.
She sat there crouched behind stacks of crates, ready to pounce should she need to, PPG in hand, pressing up as hard as she could to the crates.
She finally remembered why she was doing all this, and while the tears did not stop she composed herself, she pulled herself up off the ground, standing straight up, as if swelling with pride, but it wasn’t pride, it was determination, she would do this for those that had died trying to stop her.
www.midasarray.com /vb/showthread.php?t=349   (1839 words)

  
 Babylon 5 collectibles
This 100% cotton pre-shrunk Babylon 5 End Transmission t-shirt comes in large only and only have 1 available,this fl t-shirt has the Babylon 5 logo with the phrase "End Transmission" silkscreened in blue and white,this is a 1 sided t-shirt.
From Rubie`s these Babylon 5 Mens and Womens Uniform shirts are out of production,each uniform comes with a dickie,uniform shirt with silkscreened uniform patches,also each uniform is made of spandex-like material,the mens uniform comes in sizes small and medium the womens comes in sizes small,medium and large,only have a few of each size available.
This Revell/Monogram Babylon 5 Station model kit is long out of production,still sealed,skill level 2 all plastic kit,when assembled is about 16 7/8" long and is molded in light gray has waterslide decals, also includes a Babylon 5 logo display stand,rotating habitat cylinder,made in 1998,also includes 37 pieces,paint and glue Not included.
www.nostalgicnook.com /babylon5.html   (400 words)

  
 Babylon 5 The Earth-Minbari War
During the entire course of the war, Earth scored only one major victory, when a young officer named John Sheridan destroyed the Minbari war cruiser Black Star and several accompanying vessels.
Babylon 5, the Babylon 5 logo, all publicity photos and images from the series are
No Babylon 5 web sites were pillaged in the making of this collection.
home.att.net /~jserdmann5/B5Earth-Minbari.html   (282 words)

  
 Babylon 5
Dark Genesis : The Birth of the Psi Corps (Babylon 5)
Babylon 5 - Season 1 - Born To The Purple/Infection
Babylon 5 3pak: Vol: 5.5 Secrets Of The Soul/In The Kingdom Of The Blind, Vol: 5.6 A Tragedy Of Telepaths/Day Of The Dead, Vol: 5.7 Phoenix Rising/The Ragged Edge
members.shaw.ca /almostangel88/babylon5.html   (489 words)

  
 Babylon 5
Under the leadership of its final Commander, Babylon 5 was a dream given form.
Babylon 5 was the last of the Babylon stations.
The Babylon Project was our last, best hope for peace, a self-contained world five miles long located in neutral territory, a place of commerce and diplomacy for a quarter of a million humans and aliens, a shining beacon in space, all alone in the night.
members.aol.com /RDBousquet/Babylon5.html   (459 words)

  
 GET CRITICAL BABYLON 5 SUMMARIES
Earth patriots kidnap Sinclair and imprison him in a virtual reality to find out the truth of what he did at the Battle of the Line.
Earth decides to ally with the Centauri and Sheridan is severely disappointed in his own government.
Earth has been dusted with an alien plague by the Drakh, so Captain Gideon and his crew on the Excalibur go in search of a cure before it kills everyone on Earth.
www.littlereview.com /getcritical/b5list.htm   (3033 words)

  
 Babylon 5 Universe: Introduction
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.
Earth was no match for the technologically superior Minbari, and they easily beat us back to our home planet.
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.
www.midwinter.com /lurk/universe/intro.html   (737 words)

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