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 Info and facts on 'Earth-Minbari War'
The war was provoked by an Earth Alliance (additional info and facts about Earth Alliance) force led by Captain Michael Jankowski aboard the EAS (Earth Alliance Ship) Prometheus (additional info and facts about EAS (Earth Alliance Ship) Prometheus) to investigate the Minbari (additional info and facts about Minbari).
With the war over, the Earth Alliance pledged to build a diplomatic station to stop such misunderstandings in the future; the fifth and final station was known as Babylon 5 (additional info and facts about Babylon 5).
The Minbari upon seeing the Earth (The 3rd planet from the sun; the planet on which we live) vessels opened their gunports as a sign of respect and strength - even though Earth humans would have no knowledge of such a tradition.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/e/ea/earth-minbari_war1.htm   (628 words)

  
 E.F.N.I. Earth Force Naval Intelligence
The Earth-Minbari war had a preparation, a beginning, a development, an end and an aftermath.
The Earth Force Naval Intelligence, integral part of the Earthforce Navy, is heir of a long tradition of Duty, Honour and Sacrifice, and proudly contributes to the safety of the Earth Alliance.
While the events of the war are well known, some other events, that were at the origin of the conflict, and that conditioned and influenced its evolution and its consequences, have not been presented until now.
www.efni.org   (2516 words)

  
 Collectable Card Games - Babylon5 - from Near-mint.com online auction for the collectables scene
"It was the dawn of the Third Age of Mankind, ten years after the Earth-Minbari War.
Its goal: to prevent another war by creating a place where humans and aliens could work out their differences peacefully.
As the series develops over its five year arc, the races must unite to work together in the war against the sinister Shadows, and they also begin to interact with each other in often unexpected ways...
near-mint.com /encyclopedia/ccg/babylon5.htm   (467 words)

  
 Babylon 5 Encyclopedia: Data Display
The Earth forces returned believing an invasion was imminent, and the Minbari began a holy war.
War which broke out in the year 2245 when a First Contact situation with the Minbari went wrong.
Captain Jankowski of the Earth Alliance ship E.A.S. Prometheus interpreted the open gun ports of a Minbari ship (a Minbari sign of respect) as threatening and fired on it, destroying two Minbari ships and killing their leader, Dukhat.
www.oinc.net /B5/Enc/display.php?emwar   (82 words)

  
 Net.Mekton.Handbook Movie Mecha
After the war, the Hyperion design was significantly upgraded (as this was preferable to decommisioning much needed military vessels) and they now act as support vessels for the Omega-class destroyers.
After the war, the remaining Hyperions were upgraded with technology developed and purchased during and after the war.
While most of the vessel is strictly Minbari technology, the vessel's inner and outer structure is composed of an adaptive organo-metallic substance with self-repair capabilities.
www.mektonzeta.com /nemesis/movie.html   (7260 words)

  
 Planets of the Earth Alliance
Earth's expansion into the galaxy were interrupted by the Dilgar War of 2230 to 2232, and the Earth - Minbari War of 2245 to 2247.
Earth's president during the Earth-Minbari War was seen in In the Beginning, but her name was not given.
Mars was untouched in the Earth-Minbari War (In the Beginning).
www.chronology.org /noframes/b-five/planets.html   (6910 words)

  
 Voltayre's ENCYCLOPEDIA XENOBIOLOGICA: Minbari War Cruiser
- almost destroyed during the Earth-Minbari War in battle in the New Parala system, the Kinsha still serves the Federation.
- participated in several battles during the Earth-Minbari War, most notably the Baker's Star massacre (or Cela 13 victory).
- renegade war cruiser destroyed by another Minbari ship in 2259.
www.frostjedi.com /vex/html/sharlin-class_battlecruiser.htm   (165 words)

  
 The SF Site: Babylon5 Links
The Babylon Project was conceived and implemented by the Earth Alliance immediately following the Earth/Minbari War.
Its purpose was to avoid future wars by providing a place where humans and aliens could work out their differences peacefully and avoid future misunderstandings.
The station was considered lost, and one final attempt to create a Babylon station was made, on a minimal budget, funded partially by the Minbari Federation - Babylon 5.
www.sfsite.com /depts/bab501.htm   (379 words)

  
 Babylon 5 Resources: Online
Jeb Woodard's Babylon 5: Divergence of Hope is a fan fiction project exploring what might have happened had Earth lost the Earth-Minbari War.
Star Riders - The Shrine of Alyt Neroon is dedicated to Neroon, the Minbari warrior featured in several episodes.
Babylon 5 War Council has schedule information for the show's airing in Israel, along with other material.
www.midwinter.com /lurk/resources/online.html   (3255 words)

  
 Babylon 5 - Babylon 5 History
Sheridan wanted the Earth Ship's to join him so that they were the ones leading, instead of the aliens attacking Earth, which the people would not like or support as they may think that they were being invaded or attacked again like in the Earth - Minbari War.
Outraged by this unprovocated attack the Minbari embarked on a holy war against the humans.
In 2242 an EarthForce cruiser was sent out to find the Minbari and bring back any information that they can, though when they made contact with a Minbari cruiser, it had its gun ports open as there gesture of openness, respect and greeting.
www.isnnews.net /babylon5/info/history.shtml   (2182 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Earth Alliance (Babylon 5)
After the Dilgar War, the Earth Alliance had a disastrous first contact with the Minbari, resulting in the Earth-Minbari War, which culminated in the Battle of the Line.
In the Babylon 5 fictional universe, the Battle of the Line was the final battle of the Earth-Minbari war.
It was almost eliminated during the Earth-Minbari war due to a botched first contact, and the war was the reason the Earth Alliance created Babylon 5.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Earth-Alliance-(Babylon-5)   (2833 words)

  
 Planets of the Earth Alliance
Earth's expansion into the galaxy were interrupted by the Dilgar War of 2230 to 2232, and the Earth - Minbari War of 2245 to 2247.
Earth's president during the Earth-Minbari War was seen in In the Beginning, but her name was not given.
Mars was untouched in the Earth-Minbari War (In the Beginning).
www.chronology.org /noframes/b-five/planets.html   (6910 words)

  
 Babylon 5: Space Combat Simulator - B5 Galaxy - Races - Interstellar Alliance
The Whitestars were originally built for the Shadow War, but they also formed the nucleus of John Sheridan's rebel fleet in the Earth Alliance Civil War.
The IA station Babylon 5 was originally built by the Earth Alliance and continues to use EA weapons and fighters.
Babylon 5™ is a tradmark of Warner Bros.
www.firstones.com /b5games/sim/sim_races_interstellar.html   (542 words)

  
 theLogBook.com DVD Reviews - Babylon 5: The Complete Fourth Season
While this development was something of a surprise and disappointment to many fans, an ideological victory is really the only kind the Army of Light could hope for - and there are plenty of pyrotechnics to come as both the Minbari and the Earth Alliance resolve their civil wars.
After years of anti-alien hysteria, I doubt an Earth president would happily greet the surprise arrival of a fleet of highly advanced warships announcing their intent to form a new galactic order in the middle of a press conference.
Neroon's sacrifice in Moments Of Transition was a very satisfying conclusion to that supporting character's arc as well as the Minbari civil war subplot.
www.thelogbook.com /jcc/q1-04/b5-yr4   (1215 words)

  
 Babylon 5 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The civil war between the Minbari religious and warrior castes.
Babylon 5 is a center of political intrigue and conflict, and eventually becomes a pawn in a massive interstellar conflict from which it emerges with a victory over forces of darkness and chaos albeit at great cost.
Babylon 5 also revolutionized the use of computer technology in creating visual effects at a time when using models and miniatures was the norm.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Babylon_5   (5315 words)

  
 Civilizations in Babylon 5 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Formed in the aftermath of the liberation of Earth and the Shadow War, the Interstellar Alliance was formed between the Minbari, Narn, Centauri, the Earth Alliance and the remaining members of the League of Non-Aligned Worlds.
These actions led to the Earth Civil War, itself an offshoot of the final Shadow War, with the forces originating from Babylon 5 seeking to free Earth and liberate the colonies.
The first encounter between Minbari and Humans was a disaster - a misunderstanding led to Earth ships firing on Minbari ships, killing their leader Dukhat.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Civilizations_in_Babylon_5   (1991 words)

  
 Babylon 5 Encyclopedia: Data Display
As a ship commander during the Earth-Minbari War, succeeded in scoring the only victory for the Earth Alliance until the end of the war, when he mined the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter and sent a faked distress signal, luring a Minbari fleet.
His father, David Sheridan, is a former Earth Alliance diplomat and works as a farmer on Earth.
The resulting detonation succeeded in destroying the Minbari flagship Black Star and several other ships.
www.oinc.net /B5/Enc/display.php?sheridan   (317 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Video: Babylon 5 - War Prayer (1994)
The group behind this attempt to get the truth from Sinclair is convinced that the Minbari, have sliced through all of the human defenses to get to Earth, suddenly ended the war because they figured a Fifth Column approach would cost them less lives than a direct assault.
This does not make a lot of sense in terms of explaining the sudden end of the Earth-Minbari War, but it does provide a rationale for them going after Sinclair.
In "The War Prayer", written by "Star Trek" veteran D. Fontana, Sinclair and Ivanova must foil anti-alien attacks made by covert members of the "Home Guard", a racist organization supported by some in EarthForce and EarthGov.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0790738260?v=glance   (317 words)

  
 Babylon 5 - Republics - Empires - Federations - Regimes
In 2245, humanity was almost wiped out by the Minbari during the Earth-Minbari War The conflict was based on a misunderstanding: human fighters misinterpreted the inten-tions of a Minbari craft carrying their leader, Dukat, and opened fire.
An ancient force of conflict and chaos, the Shadows were defeated by a coalition of alien worlds, including the Vorlons, the Minbari and the remaining ancient ones, during the most recent Great War, which took place approximately a thousand years before the construction of Babylon 5.
The Centauri began their mission of war by annihilating the other sentient race on their homeworid, the Xon, early in their evolutionary history and spent several centuries building a vast empire that spanned the galaxy.
home.att.net /~jserdmann5/B5republics.html   (317 words)

  
 Planets of the Earth Alliance
Earth's expansion into the galaxy were interrupted by the Dilgar War of 2230 to 2232, and the Earth - Minbari War of 2245 to 2247.
Earth's president during the Earth-Minbari War was seen in In the Beginning, but her name was not given.
The Earth Alliance was formed and absorbed most of the various nation-states of Earth, and began to settle other colonies in the solar system, around 2100.
www.chronology.org /noframes/b-five/planets.html   (6910 words)

  
 Planets of the Earth Alliance
Earth's expansion into the galaxy were interrupted by the Dilgar War of 2230 to 2232, and the Earth - Minbari War of 2245 to 2247.
Earth's president during the Earth-Minbari War was seen in In the Beginning, but her name was not given.
The Earth Alliance was formed and absorbed most of the various nation-states of Earth, and began to settle other colonies in the solar system, around 2100.
www.chronology.org /noframes/b-five/planets.html   (6910 words)

  
 Planets of the Earth Alliance
Earth's expansion into the galaxy were interrupted by the Dilgar War of 2230 to 2232, and the Earth - Minbari War of 2245 to 2247.
Earth's president during the Earth-Minbari War was seen in In the Beginning, but her name was not given.
The Earth Alliance was formed and absorbed most of the various nation-states of Earth, and began to settle other colonies in the solar system, around 2100.
www.chronology.org /noframes/b-five/planets.html   (6910 words)

  
 Planets of the Earth Alliance
Earth's expansion into the galaxy were interrupted by the Dilgar War of 2230 to 2232, and the Earth - Minbari War of 2245 to 2247.
Earth's president during the Earth-Minbari War was seen in In the Beginning, but her name was not given.
The Earth Alliance was formed and absorbed most of the various nation-states of Earth, and began to settle other colonies in the solar system, around 2100.
www.chronology.org /noframes/b-five/planets.html   (6910 words)

  
 Voltayre's ENCYCLOPEDIA XENOBIOLOGICA: Earth Alliance Laws and Regulations
It was used primarily during the Earth-Minbari war to insure that corporations or unions did not hold up the war effort.
All explosives manufactured in Earth Alliance territory are laced with chemical codes to allow them to be traced.
Those officers making contact are regarded as expendable, since the Alliance does not wish to go to war again.
www.frostjedi.com /vex/html/earth_alliance_laws_and_regulations.htm   (866 words)

  
 Babylon 5 Universe: 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.
The war went badly for Earth, with one loss after another; the Minbari had an overwhelming technological advantage.
No one in the Earth Alliance quite knew why, but they weren't about to debate the issue, and accepted minimal compensation for the war.
www.midwinter.com /lurk/universe/war-and-line.html   (657 words)

  
 Delenn - TheBestLinks.com - Alien, Babylon 5, Earth, Jesus, ...
Sheridan is the singular Earth war hero of the Earth-Minbar War, derisively known as "Starkiller" by members of the Minbar warrior caste.
Ten years prior to the opening scene of the series, an Earth military commander hastily attacks the Minbari flagship, killing their spiritual leader Dukhat.
In the distant past, hundreds of years before Babylon 5 is built, he becomes a great leader of the Minbari people.
www.thebestlinks.com /Delenn.html   (1560 words)

  
 Babylon 5 war
War which broke out in the year 2245 when a First Contact situation with the Minbari went wrong.
The Hyperions were the main capital ships used in the Minbari War, and are still in service as escorts...
Violent anti-alien prejudice from Earth erupts in "A War Prayer.
www.lookgames.net /babylon-5-war.html   (1560 words)

  
 The Babylon Project
The Centauri, who had little dealings with the Minbari, warned the Earth Alliance that if they were to try and make contact with the Minbari, that they only send one ship, so they would not seem threatening to the Minbari.
The Earth Alliance saw the need for a place, where the galaxies powers could work out their differences and prevent further war, in neutral territory.
In 2281 the Earth Alliance had decided to decomission and skuttle the station, on the basis that it had now become a hazard to navigation.
www.tcc-comp.com.au /seafly/babylon.html   (1359 words)

  
 Guide page: "Points of Departure"
Since Minbari religion teaches that all the souls of the Minbari form a greater whole, continuing the war would mean, in effect, killing part of themselves.
But the Minbari storyline was diminishing in ways onnected to the war in year two; obviously we all know what is on the upswing in year two, certain dark forces.
The Earth Explorer vessel was part of a military fleet that encountered a Minbari convoy, there was a miscommunication, a misperceived threat, and our ships opened fire.
pegasos.fhw.gr /~gik/SCIFI/B5/guide/023.html   (5005 words)

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