I was freshening up on B5 quotes to prepare for the game, and stumbled upon this one I had completely forgotten.
Londo Mollari: "The next day, I woke up, and I saw her in the light of day, sleeping against my arm. I decided I would rather chew my arm off than wake her up."
Michael Garibaldi: "Oh, that's sweet."
Londo Mollari: "No, no. She had a voice that could curdle fresh milk. 'Londo!' Yes, dear? 'Londo!' Coming, my darling. I'll be right there, my little love bug."
Dammit, Savant! Why did you have to go and run a game that I *really* want to play when I haven't got reliable enough internet access to be able to do it justice?
"The Senate has approved funding to construct on the Babylon Station, located in neutral space between several governments. Together, we stood on the eve of destruction as a result of a terrible, terrible mistake. A mistake which none of us can afford to make again. The Babylon Station is a place to work out our problems peacefully. It is, we believe our last best hope for peace."
– Earth Alliance President Elizabeth Levy, 2248
The last of the Babylon stations, Babylon 5 was constructed ten years after the Earth-Minbari War (which was caused by a violently blundered first contact situation between the humans and Minbari). Its purpose was to prevent another war by creating a place where humans and aliens could work out their differences peacefully. For this reason, it was located in neutral space in orbit around Epsilon III. It served as a port and diplomatic outpost for a quarter of a million people, members of various space-faring races in the galaxy.
The prior Babylon stations, Babylon 1-4, were all either destroyed by sabotage or disappeared mysteriously during or shortly after construction.
Babylon 5 maintains artificial gravity by rotating about its central axis, and is split up into various "Sectors". Parts of the station include residential centers for the station's numerous humans and aliens, commercial centers for interstellar trade, docking bays for transport and supply ships as well as Earth Alliance Starfury space based fighters, Medlabs for medical support for both humans and aliens, and restricted areas devoted to diplomatic personnel.
One notable feature on the station is the Babylon 5 Council, which serves somewhat analogously to the UN but with representatives of the governments of the various races instead. The Babylon 5 Advisory Council is composed representatives the 5 most powerful governments on Babylon 5: the Minbari Federation, the Narn Regime, the Centauri Republic, the Earth Alliance, and the Vorlon Empire. Since Babylon 5 is an Earth Alliance station, the commanding officer of Babyon 5 is both the chair of the Council and representative of the Earth Alliance. Also represented on the Council are the League of Non-Aligned Worlds, a confederation of the independent worlds and minor races. Unlike the major powers, the League members do not have individual votes for propositions brought the council, but have a single vote for the League as a whole.
The following contains some not too serious Season 2 spoilers to bring us to the start of the game:
The current commander of Babylon 5 is Captain John Sheridan, and the former commander was Jeffrey Sinclair, who was reassigned to the Minbar recently. Tensions between the Narn Regime and Centauri Republic, sour to begin with have recently boiled over due to conflict over the Centauri agricultural colony on Ragesh III and most recently the destruction of a Narn military base in Quadrant 37. Ambassador G'Kar of the Narn Regime has recently relayed that his government has declared war against the Centauri Republic as a result of the attack on Quadrant 37.
lonelyahavaCall me Ahava ~~She/Her~~Move to New ZealandRegistered Userregular
edited July 2009
wait wait wait..
Disappeared?
How in the hell do you have a Space station Disappear?????
Arent they rather... large?
Yes, you may all point and laugh at me for not knowing the answer to this, but that's not the point. How in the world does a space station mysteriously disappear?!
How in the hell do you have a Space station Disappear?????
Arent they rather... large?
Yes, you may all point and laugh at me for not knowing the answer to this, but that's not the point. How in the world does a space station mysteriously disappear?!
How in the hell do you have a Space station Disappear?????
Arent they rather... large?
Yes, you may all point and laugh at me for not knowing the answer to this, but that's not the point. How in the world does a space station mysteriously disappear?!
It is not a simple matter. I don't want to spoil it for you, but they devote multiple episodes to it, the first one late in Season 1.
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lonelyahavaCall me Ahava ~~She/Her~~Move to New ZealandRegistered Userregular
edited July 2009
I like Nocturne's answer better.
Because the random 'I dont want to spoil it for you' answer makes me worry about this game and my possibly disappearing while nobody sees it.
How in the hell do you have a Space station Disappear?????
Arent they rather... large?
Yes, you may all point and laugh at me for not knowing the answer to this, but that's not the point. How in the world does a space station mysteriously disappear?!
While space stations are large, space is larger...much much larger. Imagine looking for a person in a bedroom. They can't be that hard to find. Now imagine looking for a person in the ocean. That's nearly impossible, even if you know where to look.
Alright, I've randomized roles. PM's should be going out in a bit.
Do you guys want me to make a post about the major races, even though that'll delay the day 0 narration a bit? Night 1 is ending on Wednesday regardless.
Because the random 'I dont want to spoil it for you' answer makes me worry about this game and my possibly disappearing while nobody sees it.
How in gods name do you lose a space station?
That just boggles my mind.
I will get over it, i'm sure... but.... eek!
To be more specific, IIRC, Babylons 1, 2, and 3 were all destroyed by terrorist bombs during their construction. There are factions out there that don't want peace between all the races.
Babylon 4 was the largest, most advanced, and most expensive effort. They managed to prevent any bombing incidents and its construction finished. Just as the construction crew left in a shuttle it dissapeared behind them, quite mysteriously.
If you really want to know, late season 1 spoiler:
In the 20th episode, Babylon squared, Babylon 4 reappears in the same spot it disappeared, four years later. The then commander of Babylon 5, Jeffrey Sinclair, leads ships to evacuate its skeleton crew, and they find an alien aboard who claims the station is being moved through time to help fight in a great war to save the galaxy. They also see a mysterious man in a spacesuit phasing in and out of time, but have to evacuate before the station disappears forever. As they do, the camera focuses on the space suited figure, who takes off his helmet to reveal an older Jeffrey Sinclair. He tells someone off screen that he tried to warn them, but it all happened just like he remembered.
Obviously this isn't the last of it, but the full truth isn't revealed till long after the time period this phalla takes place, so I'll just leave it mysterious to encourage you to watch the series.
Alright, I've randomized roles. PM's should be going out in a bit.
Do you guys want me to make a post about the major races, even though that'll delay the day 0 narration a bit? Night 1 is ending on Wednesday regardless.
Centauri: Perfect paragons of art, science, and politics.
All Other Races: Filthy barbarians.
Alright, I've randomized roles. PM's should be going out in a bit.
Do you guys want me to make a post about the major races, even though that'll delay the day 0 narration a bit? Night 1 is ending on Wednesday regardless.
I'll do it if you'd like; but maybe you have details you want to specify.
Edit: ^^^ I don't think I can top that.
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lonelyahavaCall me Ahava ~~She/Her~~Move to New ZealandRegistered Userregular
edited July 2009
umm racial descriptions of some kind would be nice.
Alright, I've randomized roles. PM's should be going out in a bit.
Do you guys want me to make a post about the major races, even though that'll delay the day 0 narration a bit? Night 1 is ending on Wednesday regardless.
I'll do it if you'd like; but maybe you have details you want to specify.
Edit: ^^^ I don't think I can top that.
Go ahead, but the less said about the Vorlons, the better.
Also, there are rumors of a sixth major race, which are going by the nickname of the "Shadows", but if anyone knows about them they don't seem to be very willing to talk about the Shadows at this point.
Alright, I've randomized roles. PM's should be going out in a bit.
Do you guys want me to make a post about the major races, even though that'll delay the day 0 narration a bit? Night 1 is ending on Wednesday regardless.
I'll do it if you'd like; but maybe you have details you want to specify.
Edit: ^^^ I don't think I can top that.
Go ahead, but the less said about the Vorlons, the better.
Also, there are rumors of a sixth major race, which are going by the nickname of the "Shadows", but if anyone knows about them they don't seem to be very willing to talk about them at this point.
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Out of curiosity, what's the order of actions?
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but they're listening to every word I say
Or:
#1 Kime claims to be evil
#2 Kime asks to be converted evil
#3 Kime doesn't get to be evil
#4 Everyone laugh at Kime
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Unless I miscounted, looks like there are 2 slots left. I may start sending PMs out soon depending upon how quickly they fill up.
"The Senate has approved funding to construct on the Babylon Station, located in neutral space between several governments. Together, we stood on the eve of destruction as a result of a terrible, terrible mistake. A mistake which none of us can afford to make again. The Babylon Station is a place to work out our problems peacefully. It is, we believe our last best hope for peace."
– Earth Alliance President Elizabeth Levy, 2248
The last of the Babylon stations, Babylon 5 was constructed ten years after the Earth-Minbari War (which was caused by a violently blundered first contact situation between the humans and Minbari). Its purpose was to prevent another war by creating a place where humans and aliens could work out their differences peacefully. For this reason, it was located in neutral space in orbit around Epsilon III. It served as a port and diplomatic outpost for a quarter of a million people, members of various space-faring races in the galaxy.
The prior Babylon stations, Babylon 1-4, were all either destroyed by sabotage or disappeared mysteriously during or shortly after construction.
Babylon 5 maintains artificial gravity by rotating about its central axis, and is split up into various "Sectors". Parts of the station include residential centers for the station's numerous humans and aliens, commercial centers for interstellar trade, docking bays for transport and supply ships as well as Earth Alliance Starfury space based fighters, Medlabs for medical support for both humans and aliens, and restricted areas devoted to diplomatic personnel.
One notable feature on the station is the Babylon 5 Council, which serves somewhat analogously to the UN but with representatives of the governments of the various races instead. The Babylon 5 Advisory Council is composed representatives the 5 most powerful governments on Babylon 5: the Minbari Federation, the Narn Regime, the Centauri Republic, the Earth Alliance, and the Vorlon Empire. Since Babylon 5 is an Earth Alliance station, the commanding officer of Babyon 5 is both the chair of the Council and representative of the Earth Alliance. Also represented on the Council are the League of Non-Aligned Worlds, a confederation of the independent worlds and minor races. Unlike the major powers, the League members do not have individual votes for propositions brought the council, but have a single vote for the League as a whole.
The following contains some not too serious Season 2 spoilers to bring us to the start of the game:
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Disappeared?
How in the hell do you have a Space station Disappear?????
Arent they rather... large?
Yes, you may all point and laugh at me for not knowing the answer to this, but that's not the point. How in the world does a space station mysteriously disappear?!
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David Copperfield.
It is not a simple matter. I don't want to spoil it for you, but they devote multiple episodes to it, the first one late in Season 1.
Because the random 'I dont want to spoil it for you' answer makes me worry about this game and my possibly disappearing while nobody sees it.
How in gods name do you lose a space station?
That just boggles my mind.
I will get over it, i'm sure... but.... eek!
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While space stations are large, space is larger...much much larger. Imagine looking for a person in a bedroom. They can't be that hard to find. Now imagine looking for a person in the ocean. That's nearly impossible, even if you know where to look.
Do you guys want me to make a post about the major races, even though that'll delay the day 0 narration a bit? Night 1 is ending on Wednesday regardless.
To be more specific, IIRC, Babylons 1, 2, and 3 were all destroyed by terrorist bombs during their construction. There are factions out there that don't want peace between all the races.
Babylon 4 was the largest, most advanced, and most expensive effort. They managed to prevent any bombing incidents and its construction finished. Just as the construction crew left in a shuttle it dissapeared behind them, quite mysteriously.
If you really want to know, late season 1 spoiler:
Obviously this isn't the last of it, but the full truth isn't revealed till long after the time period this phalla takes place, so I'll just leave it mysterious to encourage you to watch the series.
Centauri: Perfect paragons of art, science, and politics.
All Other Races: Filthy barbarians.
I'll do it if you'd like; but maybe you have details you want to specify.
Edit: ^^^ I don't think I can top that.
Also, the....
Well fine, I guess that makes sense.
But they still shoulda lojacked the damned thing.
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"Do you have a panic button on your keychain? Dammit I swear it was lot B, I think row 14. Maybe it was C. Fuck..."
Exactly!!
See, Nocturne gets it.
I mean.. It'd be like Darth Vader forgetting where he parked the Death Star.
Of course, I don't think I'd want to hit the panic button on the death star..... that could be bad.
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Go ahead, but the less said about the Vorlons, the better.
Also, there are rumors of a sixth major race, which are going by the nickname of the "Shadows", but if anyone knows about them they don't seem to be very willing to talk about the Shadows at this point.
Got it