No!
No, this report is totally inappropriate.
You'll have to do it again.
Londo, why? I've spent weeks working on this report.
I didn't even sleep on the flight back from Minbar
so I could go over it again.
I've checked every single detail myself.
It's absolutely accurate.
Yes, Vir, I'm sure it is, and that is the problem.
Here, you say,
"the Minbari have carefully preserved their cities
over the course of centuries."
That's right, absolutely.
No. What you should say instead is,
"their cities are very old,
indicating a decaying culture."
What?
And here, "the Minbari put great emphasis
on art, literature, and music."
Yes, but say instead,
"they are a decadent people,
"interested only in the pursuit of...
Of dubious pleasures."
The dubious part is very important.
It doesn't mean anything,
but it scares people every time.
All right?
Every time I make a report, you do this to me.
Yes, Vir. I'm trying to help you.
A report that will be circulated
at the royal court
needs to be phrased carefully to make sure
they appear less civilized than we are.
Keeps the Emperor happy.
I thought the purpose of filing these reports
was to provide accurate intelligence.
Intelligence has nothing to do with politics.
Here, "they're tolerate of differences
among other cultures." No, make that...
"They have no well-defined sense of morality."
They'll love that back home.
Londo, that's it!
I've been up for a day and 1/2 working on this report.
You want to make notes, fine. You make notes,
but you've had me locked in here ever since I got back.
Now, I'm going to go and I'm going to get some sleep.
Then I'll come back and we'll try to work this out.
Ambassador Mollari,
call for you from Centauri Prime.
Send it through. I've waited for this all day.
[Mumbling]
Ambassador Mollari,
I am to tell you that lady Morella
has agreed to your request
and will be arriving shortly.
She and her entourage are willing to stop by
en route from a goodwill visit to Brakesh 9.
Excellent! Just excellent!
Thank you, Lord Trego.
Lady Morella, the Emperor Turhan's third wife,
is coming here?
Yes. It will be a most important visit
in more ways than you can imagine.
But how did you--
I told her I wished to give her a tour of Babylon 5
to show her how our new treaty with Earth
will advance the cause of all Centauri.
Things are going very well.
Why not take advantage of it?
Now, hurry. We must prepare for her visit.
From now on, things must go smoothly.
Great maker, now what?
You!
What is going on?
Haven't you heard?
The Earth Alliance just declared martial law.
Things are out of control down here, Captain.
We don't know what the hell's going on.
Can't the senate do something?
Clark just issued an executive order
dissolving the senate.
Half are on the run, more have been arrested.
The rest are holed up in their offices,
refusing to leave.
They're calling in every favor they can,
trying to get support from the military
under the constitution, but it doesn't look good.
Oh, my god.
Where's General Hague?
He was coming back from io when all hell broke loose.
Nobody's heard from him since Monday.
[Explosion]
Oh, no!
The elite guard just opened fire
on the senate building. I have to go.
I just wanted you to know,
General Hague's last communique had
a message for you.
He said, "everything's gone to hell, John.
God help us all. You're on your own."
The Babylon project was our last best hope for peace.
It failed.
In the year of the Shadow War,
it became something greater--
our last best hope...
For victory.
The year is 2260.
The place...
By now, you've all heard the news.
In response to allegations
of a conspiracy against the government,
President Clark has declared martial law back home
and ordered Mars and io to enact similar restrictions.
Now, they haven't hit us yet,
but you can be sure that order will come soon.
All communications to Earth
have been blacked out since 0800 this morning.
Only the gold channels are functioning,
but those are to be used
for official military business only.
I know many of you have family back on Earth.
We're doing everything we can to find out what's going on.
Meanwhile, I ask you to stay at your posts
and continue as if everything were status quo.
We've got a lot of nervous people here.
I'll need every one of you to help calm things down.
It's possible some other governments
may take this
as an opportunity to move against us,
so we must maintain combat readiness.
Continue the fly-bys.
I want at least one squadron on patrol
outside the station at all times.
Any questions?
Captain,
how did this happen?
What did we do wrong?
I don't know, Lieutenant.
I don't know.
Did you see their faces?
I did. What are we going to do?
Did you hear the latest?
No, what?
They just put out a nine-system alert
for General Hague.
He's organizing a counterstrike.
If he can get enough big ships to sign on,
he can go toe-to-toe with President Clark.
They'll never allow that.
They'll throw everything they've got at him.
He's been our contact. They get him, they get us.
Hey, private meeting going on here.
Take a hike.
Do you think Hague
will try and make it here?
Yeah, it's possible. Keep monitoring ISN.
If he does come this way,
I want as much notice as possible.
This is bad.
I've never seen it any worse.
Meanwhile, President Clark has offered amnesty
to anyone willing to surrender.
Senator Borashevsky of the Russian Consortium
is urging citizens to surround the senate
in a living barrier.
Off.
What are you doing? I was watching that.
I've got something more important for you.
There's a Nightwatch meeting
at 1100 hours. Be there.
Excuse me. Haven't you been paying attention?
We don't have time for meetings.
Make time. This one's important.
You see anybody else on the watch, tell them.
Don't put it on the link or tell anybody outside,
especially the chief.
Oh, and one other thing.
Make sure you bring some extra caps for your PPG.
I hope we don't need them, but you never know.
What the hell is that supposed to mean?
Come to the meeting and find out.
[G'Kar singing]
Ok, ok.
Get your stuff, G'Kar. You're out of here.
I thought I have another three weeks to serve
for my assault on Mollari.
You do, but I need my people out there, not guarding you.
Everything's gone to hell. What difference does it make?
Yea, I've heard. My condolences.
What are you going to do?
Whatever we have to. Now, come on,
unless you want to stay here for three weeks.
I might have something for you
in a little while, when the time is right.
Oh, madness.
I've been working on this meeting
for months, months.
I had to make 10,000 assurances
about her safety.
I had to call in
every last favor I had
to arrange for this visit,
and now this happens.
I still don't understand why.
What makes this visit so important?
Why lady Morella?
Oh, I suppose you wouldn't know.
It wasn't widely circulated.
Emperor Turhan's third wife
was a prophetess, a seer.
I need that right now.
I need to know if the grand destiny
I see before me is what is,
or what might be.
So you want her to tell you
it's all going to happen the way you see it?
No, I want her to tell me it won't.
Ambassador Mollari.
We are pleased to meet you.
No, great lady, the honor is mine.
My assistant Vir Cotto.
Lady.
We've heard much about the good work
you have been doing here.
We are looking forward to the tour
you have promised.
Yes, well--
but we are surprised
there is no one else here to meet us.
Where are the Earth officials?
There has been a problem with the Earth Alliance,
a local thing, nothing to do with us,
but it has them rather...
Distracted.
Yes, distracted.
They have asked me to convey their regrets
and say they look forward to meeting you
at your earliest convenience.
Would you like to visit your quarters?
I'm sure the trip here must be tiring.
This way, please.
Why does she speak in plural?
When the Emperor dies,
it is custom for the royal consort
to assume the spirit of her husband.
Though the power has now been passed on
to Emperor Cartagia,
it is presumed that she speaks for Turhan
from the other side.
Ambassador!
Coming, lady.
Captain, I'm sure you've been following the news.
Yes, sir.
If I may ask, what's your opinion--
my opinion has nothing to do with this, Captain.
Neither does yours.
Our job is to follow orders from the Commander in chief
and respect the chain of command.
If you have different opinions,
I suggest you file them in a deep, dark place
where nobody will ever find them. Am I clear?
Yes, sir.
Captain, I have your marching orders,
and although I'm positive you're not going to like them,
I've been given assurances that
this is a temporary measure only.
Is your head of security there?
Yes, sir, right here.
Good. What I'm about to say is for your benefit as well.
The political office
has assigned responsibility for off-world security
to Nightwatch personnel exclusively.
What?
Insofar as can be determined,
every branch of the government
has been infected by people
acting against the best interests of Earth.
In time, we'll be able to figure out
who can and can't be trusted.
Until then, the Nightwatch
will be in charge of security.
Who's going to tell the Captain?
It's already been taken care of.
According to the mandate
issued by the security office,
your security teams should consist of those
already in Nightwatch
and those who wish to join,
after certain background checks have been concluded.
General, I object to this in the strongest--
Captain, didn't you hear me a moment ago?
I told you where this comes from.
Now, if you've got a problem,
I suggest you look upon this as an opportunity,
not a burden.
This is the opportunity
that we've been working towards
since the beginning, to serve Earth
to the best of our ability.
It's the chance to set things right.
They've handed us the power, the authority,
and the responsibility.
And we've got to take it for all it's worth.
Our job now is to find the traitors among us,
using whatever means we think are appropriate,
whoever they are, wherever they are.
As of this moment,
Babylon 5 belongs to the Nightwatch.
Ta'lon.
Citizen G'Kar.
Have you been waiting to see me?
I hope you have not been waiting long.
Three, four days.
I sleep on the fifth day,
return on the sixth.
And you have been doing this since my incarceration?
I have sensed
an opportunity to repay my debt.
I didn't want to miss it.
Then you shall not.
We stand at a moment of transition.
I may need your help before this is over.
"Connor, Jefferson t."
Remember to check in with rishi
so he can finish the background checks.
"Cupertino,
Malcolm."
Malcolm, come on.
Suit yourself.
Next.
Damn it, Captain,
I'm going down there and I'm going to stop this.
You can't do that.
Yeah? Watch me.
It took me three years to put this team together,
and these guys come in from the outside
and start throwing my people off
because they're not Nightwatch? Like hell. I'll quit first.
No? You don't mean that.
I need you right where you are.
If you go in there guns blazing,
you'll give them the reason they need to push you out.
Without that, I can fight to keep you in.
I won't put on that armband.
You won't have to.
There are other ways of dealing with this.
I don't know what, but we'll find them.
Fine. You look for them. Me, I'm going down there.
Maybe I'll bust some heads, maybe they'll bust mine,
but nobody sells out my people like this. Nobody.
Are you ready to start your tour of the station?
Our people here are looking forward to meeting you.
Almost. Another moment.
Why have you asked us here, Mollari?
As I said, to show you how our agreement
with the Earth is--
the Earthers have problems of their own.
The alliance was never my husband's plan
for our people.
He came to try to try to prevent the insanity
he knew was coming.
Instead, his death became the door
through which all this pain has entered.
I was there when he left us.
He was a great man.
Yes. Yes, he was.
But greatness is never appreciated in youth,
called pride in midlife,
dismissed in old age,
and reconsidered in death.
Because we cannot tolerate greatness in our midst,
we do all we can to destroy it.
This place has become a memorial
to his unfinished work.
I ask you again.
Why have you brought us here?
I need you to see for me.
I believe that I have been touched,
that I am...
Meant for something greater,
a greater darkness or a greater good,
I can no longer say.
All I have ever wanted is to serve our people.
I need to see what is before me,
if I should escape it
or embrace it,
if there is any longer a choice.
There's always choice.
We say there is no choice
only to comfort ourselves
with a decision we have already made.
If you understand that, there's hope.
If not...
I will honor your request, Mollari.
Before I leave here,
you will have your reading.
"Pirello, Frances."
We have some trouble, sir.
I got to go. I'll be back in a few minutes.
"Johnson, James."
Chief--
get out of my way.
I know you're upset. I'm as upset as you are.
Want to bet?
You can't go in there like that. Put this on. Play along.
Like hell.
If you come in flying the colors, nobody'll question it.
The other guys won't let them.
I said no.
Chief, will you listen--
no, you listen to me. This isn't a game.
Get your priorities straight, and fast,
because hell's coming five steps behind me.
You don't want to be on the wrong side
when it gets here.
Excuse me,
I'm not interrupting anything, am I?
This is the way it's got to be, chief.
Don't make a scene.
Who, me?
Make a scene?
What, are you nuts?
Now, you listen to me,
all of you!
Three years you worked for me.
I took care of you, I looked after you.
Pastorelli,
I fixed you up with your wife, right?
Connor. Connor, how about you?
When nobody else would give you a break,
I took you in, I gave you a job, right?
Damn it, three years we worked together as a team.
Now, anybody who isn't Nightwatch gets fired?
Think, for crying out loud!
We have thought about it.
We need to know where everybody stands.
Are you with us or against us?
Who's this "us"?
I thought "us" was what we've got right here.
Now "us" is suddenly
anybody who says the right things
or wears a rag around their arm.
Everybody else is the bad guy, right?
Says who? Some clowns back home
who only care about their own political agendas?
You don't work for Nightwatch.
You work for the Captain,
you work for the station, and you work for me.
I'm asking all of you to drop this.
Come on. Rip these things off your arms
and stop tearing each other apart.
If anything I've ever said or done
has meant a damn to you, then stop this,
and stop this now.
Chief...
As acting representative of the Nightwatch,
you are relieved.
Zack, as second in command,
you're now in charge of security.
Mr. Garibaldi is no longer authorized
to be in this area.
Please escort him elsewhere.
I know the way.
Is this the way you wanted it, Zack?
Is it?
You must understand, Ta'Lon,
I have had a revelation.
What kind of revelation?
A most profound and substantial one, Ta'Lon,
the kind of revelation
that transforms your mind...
Your soul...
Your heart...
Even your flesh,
so that you are a new creature,
reborn in the instant of understanding.
That was a stirring reply, citizen G'Kar.
Unfortunately, while all answers are replies,
not all replies are answers.
You did not answer the question that I asked.
What do you understand now
that you did not understand before?
It's all here in these pages.
I have tried to write down what I have seen.
It may take the rest of my life
to explain what I saw
in that one singular instant.
To save our people,
we must sacrifice our people.
We must sacrifice ourselves,
our pride, our vengeance,
be willing to die by the thousands,
by the millions, for one another.
The more we fight for ourselves,
the more we will lose ourselves.
We are linked, Ta'Lon.
Our fate is like an image caught in a mirror.
If we deny the other, we deny ourselves.
And we will cease to exist.
And who or what is this "other"?
The universe itself, Ta'Lon.
But the humans, they are the key.
And together, you and I and the rest,
we will turn that key,
because on the other side
is salvation for all of us.
Captain, are you all right?
The order came in.
Tell the others,
martial law, effective immediately.
I'll give the announcement shortly,
just as soon as I can stomach it.
You want me to be there?
No, I'd better do this on my own,
keep you out of it as much as I can.
Captain, i--
I'm all right.
It's funny, i--
I wish Delenn were here.
Any word from or about General Hague?
No, sir, not yet.
All right, break it up.
Break it up here.
Come on.
This is the Zocalo.
Zocalo is a human word.
It's from one of their Southern continents.
I think it means great marketplace.
There seems to be a good deal of commotion here.
It's a very busy place. Lots of trading going on--
over here! They started shooting!
Lady Morella, the tour is this way.
Yes, it is.
Repeating this special bulletin,
we have just received raw footage of a firefight
between Earthforce ships taking place even now
at the transfer point on io.
The main vessel has been positively identified
as the Alexander,
under the command of General William Hague.
The Alexander and her two companion vessels
have been surrounded by Earthforce cruisers
and ordered to surrender.
The Alexander has refused to surrender
and is calling for other Earthforce divisions
to join in opposing President Clark.
For the first time
since the early days the Mars rebellion,
Earth vessels are fighting one another.
Hey, let's break it up.
Break it up. Let's go.
[Cheering and applause]
The Excalibur and the schwarzkopf
have been hit,
allowing Hague and his vessels to escape.
All right, everybody out of here.
Let's move it! You're inciting a riot.
Get out of here, now! Move! Let's go!
Lady Morella, we should really go now.
Perhaps we should.
Disperse! Let's go!
Move along.
Come on, move along. Hey, get in there.
This is Captain John Sheridan,
Commander of Babylon 5.
Ohh! Oh! Oh, help him. Guards!
I've received orders this day, April 9, 2260,
from the President of the Earth Alliance
declaring a state of emergency.
As of this moment, Babylon 5 is under martial law.
A curfew of 1900 hours will be maintained
until further notice.
Station personnel reserve the right
to intercept and monitor communications
in and out of Babylon 5.
There will be stiff penalties against anyone
caught inciting to riot or taking any action
against the security of this station,
Earth, or any of its holdings.
Copies of the notice will be posted
in all public places.
Inquiries should be directed to command staff or myself.
Thank you for your attention.
Feel like I need a shower.
Look, I'm sorry. I know that wasn't easy,
but it had to be done.
I can't let this go on.
They say that this is going to blow over.
If Hague can pull together enough of the military
and if the senate can get it together,
we can beat this. We just need to help
buy some time, that's all.
Unfortunately, we can't do anything
as long as Nightwatch is running security.
We are penned in.
They're monitoring every channel.
If we try to get through to Hague
or anyone else, they will turn us in.
I know, I know. How do you stop them though?
You can't fight the chain of command.
That's what he meant.
That's what he was trying to tell me,
but he couldn't say anything
because it wasn't a secure channel.
Who?
General smits.
Find Garibaldi.
Don't use the links.
They're not secure anymore,
but get him here as fast as you can.
Yes.
[Beep beep]
Our job is
to follow the orders of the Commander in chief
and respect the chain of command.
[Beep beep]
The political office has assigned responsibility
for off-world security
to Nightwatch personnel exclu--
[beep beep]
I told you where this comes from.
Now, if you've got a problem,
I suggest you look upon this as an opportunity,
not a burden.
[Beep beep]
The political office has assigned--
[beep beep]
Respect the chain of command.
[Beep]
G'Kar, what are you doing here?
Saving all of us.
I've had--
an idea.
[Coughs]
Get in.
Lady, you shouldn't be doing this.
He's right.
Next thing he'll be expecting
is sympathy and a raise.
The medical bays are full.
He was injured while saving us from harm.
We will attend him.
Another cloth, please.
Yes, another cloth, please.
Thank you.
Where you been, Zack? You missed all the fun.
I was in a meeting with the Captain,
the chief, and G'Kar.
At 0300, a ship's going to dock in bay 9.
It'll be carrying a couple hundred Narns
from other colonies.
They're being brought in to replace us.
They wanted me to help them,
but I can't.
I just can't do it.
We'll be there when the ship comes in.
We'll catch them in the act of sedition
before they can organize.
You did the right thing, Zack.
You did the right thing.
In the time I have been here,
I have asked little of you for myself.
I have tried to give you the guidance and support
that is my responsibility as one of the kha'ri,
but I come to you now in a moment of great need.
In a few hours, I will need your help
as I never have before.
I know it is much to ask,
but it is well past time...
To ask.
[Beep beep]
The time is 0230.
This is your requested wake-up time.
We don't know how many Narns will get off that ship,
so we'll need everyone we've got.
We'll meet in bay 8
and go in as soon as the ship docks.
As soon as we have them and the proof,
we'll arrest Sheridan and anyone else involved.
Let them come. We're ready for them.
All right! Move it out! Let's go!
Head it up! Let's move!
Yes, sir!
Come on, people!
Everybody here?
Yeah. Everybody who'd come.
We've still got some who won't play ball,
but we can take care of them later,
now that we know who they are.
That we can.
It's almost time.
Ok, people!
Heat them up!
Stand by.
We've got some work to do.
Now.
The other gate!
Hey, you all right?
Yeah. Yeah.
Ok.
You did the right thing, Zack.
Everybody always says that.
I don't know who means it anymore,
but, yeah, this time, maybe I did.
Yeah.
They're all yours, Captain.
Thanks, Zack.
Bring them in.
Ok, people.
Activate P.A.
Where's the emergency exit?
[Sheridan] This is the Captain.
Can I have your attention?
As of this time, 0315 Earth standard time,
I'm placing you under arrest
for conspiracy to mutiny
and failure to obey the chain of command.
The order for Nightwatch
to take over Babylon 5 security
came from the political office.
The political office,
despite its connection to the President,
is a civilian agency
outside the direct chain of command.
Orders affecting military personnel
must come from within the military hierarchy.
Starting from the President
through the joint chiefs of staff,
to your immediate superior officers.
A senator cannot give you a direct order.
A governor cannot give you a direct order,
and neither can the political office.
Make no mistake.
This is an illegal order.
Now, we've contacted Earthdome
and requested confirmation of this order
through proper channels,
but since we seem to be having trouble
with communications,
this may take several days.
Until then, you have two choices--
you can stay where you are,
or you can leave...
One at a time.
On your way out,
you'll turn in your link, identicard, and weapons.
You'll be restricted to quarters
until the revised orders come in.
When that happens,
anyone who wants to file a complaint against me
can do so.
Otherwise...
Have a pleasant stay.
Oh, and one other thing...
If I were you,
I wouldn't use my weapons on the airlocks.
They're a solid beryllium alloy.
Ricochet's a killer.
P.A. off.
Doc, I'm going to need you to stay around a while
in case anybody ignores my warning
and tries to burn his way through.
You got it.
You do realize
this is a temporary solution at best.
As soon as Clark finds out about this,
he'll reissue the order personally.
We'll be right back where we started.
Not if they straighten things out back home,
or Hague pulls off a coup.
We just need to buy enough time for that to happen.
One thing I'm not clear on. Keeping everybody in there
is going to cut our security patrols in half.
Doesn't that worry anybody?
Not really.
We've got some help for a change.
You're kidding.
You're not kidding.
Always plant a lie inside a truth.
Makes it easier to swallow.
Oh, boy, Londo is going to love this.
Oh, yeah.
What we are about to say
is for your ears only, Ambassador Mollari.
We will not repeat it
to others in the royal court
and suggest you do the same.
If it comes out, we will deny
this conversation ever took place.
Of course.
You have a chance few others will ever have, Mollari.
You still have three opportunities
to avoid the fire
that waits for you at the end of your journey.
You've already wasted two others.
You must save the eye that does not see,
you must not kill the one who is already dead,
and at the last,
you must surrender yourself to your greatest fear,
knowing that it will destroy you.
Now, if you have failed all the others,
that is your final chance for redemption.
I...
Don't understand.
The future reveals itself
only reluctantly, Ambassador.
Take the sign for what it is.
Look for it when it appears.
I will.
Thank you.
One more thing...
You will be Emperor.
That part of your destiny
cannot be avoided.
I see.
You will also be Emperor.
Why are you laughing?
I thought you were joking.
We do not joke
in the face of prophecy, Vir.
Lady Morella, please.
We cannot both be Emperor.
Correct.
One of you will become Emperor
after the other's dead.
That is all we see
and all we wish to see.
I wanted to thank you again
for helping us out, G'Kar.
Since putting the Narns on security detail,
we've actually had a drop in the crime rate.
And they have managed to handle even the Centauri
without a problem.
They understand what is at stake.
I appreciate it.
If there's anything that I can do--
there is.
I want in.
In on what?
You have been assembling a new alliance.
Don't try to deny it.
I've been here too long not to notice.
I wish to join.
I'll have to talk it over with the others.
Please do so.
I have time,
all the time in the world.
Do you?
Don't you have somewhere to go?
Me?
No.
Not really. No.
I thought your ship was leaving soon for Minbar.
Oh, no.
That's tomorrow, it--
tomorrow it's...
Tomorrow...
Oh.
Tomorrow.
One of you will become Emperor...
After the other dies.
Nonsense.
Of course.
Ha ha ha. Ha ha ha.
I've made some dinner.
I'm not hungry.
You're not saying that you don't trust me anymore,
are you, Londo?
I made your favorite-- spoo.
I'll order in.
Ambassador Delenn just got back.
She's looking forward to talking to you
about everything that's happened.
Good. Good.
Is there anything else?
I just saw a report on ISN.
Four of the five cruisers
that defected with General Hague
have been shot down.
They say he's on the run,
and they expect to capture him
next time he comes out of hyperspace.
He won't go down without a fight.
No, sir.
No, he won't.
They'll be coming for us next, you know.
I know.
Never thought it would end like this.
Me, either.