[Londo] This is absurd.
Two hours I have been standing in line.
"Our staff are overwhelmed," they tell me.
"Too many people
trying to get home or escape here."
Ah!
Rumors of rebellion and war.
Even the diplomatic lanes are clogged.
Fah!
If you ask me,
I know the real problem.
Ever since the Earth
has put Narns on their security force,
everything here has gone to hell.
They're not very efficient, you know.
You have to keep an eye on them
at all times.
Next.
Identicard, please.
How strange.
I'm not getting a confirmation
on your identicard.
Oh, please!
You know who I am.
Oh, yes, I know who you are, Ambassador,
but the computer, you see, does not,
and verification is required prior to entry.
Perhaps I have entered the data incorrectly.
We are, after all, very inefficient.
Yes, one must keep an eye on us at all times.
All right, now, you listen to me--
in a moment. Meanwhile, we have
many others coming through.
Please step aside, Ambassador.
This shouldn't take more than, oh,
two or three standard hours.
Madness.
Total and complete madness.
This never would have happened
if the humans hadn't started fighting
with one another.
30% hit to rear decks. One more of those,
and we're going to lose rotation
and go z-gravity!
We can't outrun them in normal space.
Major, we have to jump.
And leave our fighters stranded out there?
No, we can't jump without them.
If we reel them in,
we're gonna lose our screen.
Clarkstown will burn us from stem to stern!
Damn it! Haven't we lost enough--
if you won't jump, then you've got to let me
open fire with the aft batteries.
I don't wanna kill any more of our own ships!
We have no choice! Forward interceptors
on the Clarkstown are down.
We can punch through the hull.
Major, please.
Let me take the gloves off the firing team.
Tell the aft batteries to open fire.
Command to squadron.
Fire in the hole.
Repeat, fire in the hole.
Aft batteries...
Fire!
Clarkstown destroyed, Major.
Reloading fighters as fast as we can.
As soon as they're aboard, make the jump to hyperspace.
Bill...did you ever meet the Captain
of the Clarkstown?
No, sir.
He and the General were at the academy together.
Hague introduced me to him last summer.
He has a wife back home.
Three small children.
An abyssinian cat... Named Max.
That's what makes this war different
from anything we've ever gone through before.
This time...We know everyone we kill.
I'll try to find something
to say to both of their wives.
God knows what.
Sir?
Once we jump...
What's our course?
We need time to make repairs, catch our breath...
There's only one place safe for us.
Set course for Babylon 5.
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...
Bad news, people.
We are five hours away from a crisis situation.
I just received a narrow-band transmission
from the Alexander.
That's General Hague's ship.
He's suffered heavy damage,
and they need a place to make repairs.
And they're coming here.
Well, we're screwed.
Every ship in Earthforce is hunting them down
on charges of treason.
And as soon as they come through the gate,
somebody's gonna send word back home.
Once that happens--
I know. So I need you
to put a cutoff switch in the com system.
The second they get here, shut everything down.
Just leave a private channel in case we need it
and the ISN feed...
It's our only lifeline to home.
We need to know what's happening.
We all knew we'd end up in the middle of this
sooner or later.
How far this goes, we'll just have to see.
All I know right now is that
Hague is arriving here in a few hours,
and hell is riding in with him.
Why didn't you just bring him to medlab?
We can't allow anyone else to see him.
We believe several bounty hunters
are already here looking for him.
We must slip him into the station quietly.
What happened?
He just spent the last six months
among the league worlds gathering information.
He was on his way here when he was attacked.
Doctor, we cannot let him die.
Well, that's exactly what's gonna happen
if we don't get him to medlab right away.
Security is very tight,
and the Narns are at
all of the customs areas.
How do we know which of them we can trust?
You don't...
But I do.
I'll get him past the other Narn.
Good. Give me a hand here?
Unnecessary.
Ambassador...
Can you carry him very far?
As far as you like.
...with the latest news on the continuing crisis.
Xavier Montoya,
head of the Mars provisional government,
announced today that he will not implement
the martial law order given five days ago
by President Clark.
So far, Earthdome has had no official response
to this act of open defiance by Mars,
except to say that they are considering all options.
Is Garibaldi standing by?
The cutoff switch is in place and ready to go.
Jump gate activated.
We've got a ship coming through.
Sheridan to Garibaldi. Kill it.
[Garibaldi] Confirmed.
May I have your attention.
Your instruments are correct.
That's the Alexander.
She's been in combat for some time,
and we will render full assistance.
But, Captain--
the Commander and I are aware
of standing orders concerning the Alexander
and her crew.
We take full and personal responsibility.
Now, if anyone has a problem with this...
They're free to leave the command deck.
We have just been thrust into the middle
of extraordinary events.
So we must approach this calmly and rationally.
Those are not the enemy out there.
We wear the same uniforms,
and we've both sworn to uphold the constitution.
They're as loyal to Earth as you are,
and we will render
humanitarian aid to them.
Because...
As much as our humanity...
Got us into this...
Our humanity's the only thing
that's going to get us out again.
Delenn...
Take it easy now. You're safe.
No, none of us is safe anymore.
The Shadows are moving.
They have made alliances with many
in the nonaligned worlds
and urged them to go to war
with their neighbors.
No.
Why would they go along with this?
They listened to the Shadows out of fear,
afraid that if they did not ally themselves
with a greater force,
they would be conquered
by the Centauri.
But...
An alliance of defense
has now grown into the dream...
Of conquest.
They believe that as long as
they are protected by the Shadows,
they cannot be defeated,
and so they go to war with one another.
Has the Grey Council been informed?
The Grey Council has said...
"The problems of others...
Are not our concern."
Captain.
Major Ryan.
Where's General Hague?
General Hague was killed in our last firefight.
We were coming back from a meeting
with some officials on Orion 7,
when we were ambushed.
He was on his way to the command deck,
when were hit amidships by the Clarkstown.
In his absence,
I've tried to carry on as best I can.
Between this
and what's been going on back home,
the crew is...
Just stunned.
What's the latest on the coup?
A few senators have managed
to escape Earthdome,
shock troops are out in force everywhere,
Paris, London, New York,
Moscow, New Delhi.
How are the folks back home dealing with all this?
That's the irony. Most of them
have welcomed martial law.
It's cut crime down to nothing.
On the surface, it's peaceful.
Yeah, the peace of the gun.
Why haven't we seen any of this on ISN?
ISN is walking a fine line.
They know if they push too far,
they'll be shut down.
We have one chance.
Mars has rejected martial law.
If they can stand up to Clark,
they might be able to rally support
from some of the other colony worlds
and push him out of power.
Unless he pushes back.
Oh, he's overextended already.
Ah, his power base is back on Earth
where he has Nightwatch and the bulk of our forces.
I just can't believe
so many people in Earthforce
would go along with all this.
He spent the last year
putting his people in key places.
Anyone who raises a voice
is immediately arrested
and charged with treason.
Under conditions like that,
it's...
It's easier to keep quiet.
[Beep beep]
Yes?
We just intercepted a coded message
from Earthforce command.
They've started bombing Mars.
I repeat,
they're bombing Mars.
Standing by, weapons on.
Don't do it.
We've got women and children down here.
Don't do it!
Omega one, you are cleared for drop.
Lennier, I'm leaving you in charge in my absence.
I will support any action you take.
Thank you.
Delenn, please be careful.
The Grey Council is not what it was.
They may not receive you well
if they will see you at all.
They will see me
whether they like it or not.
It's time someone made them face reality.
Your ship's ready to go, Ambassador.
We got you priority clearance.
It seems like everyone's trying to get out of here
now that fighting's broken out back home.
Thank you. Good luck.
G'Kar, thank you for your help.
I think you are no longer quite the same person I met
when I came here four years ago.
Captain, you better come take a look at this.
We've got another Earthforce destroyer.
Identification code
says it's the Churchill.
Good. Major Ryan's been waiting for her.
She's hailing us.
Repeat, this is the Churchill
to Babylon control.
Do you copy?
Right here, Churchill.
Captain Sandra Hiroshi here.
Is Major Ryan with you?
He's coordinating repairs
with our people.
Do you want us to get him on the link?
Negative.
I won't put this on an open channel.
Tell your people to stand by.
I'm coming in.
And we've been unable to determine at this time
how many have been killed
in the recent attacks on Mars
by Earthgov forces.
President Clark announced
the attacks will continue
until the Mars provisional government
accedes to martial law.
So far, there's been no reaction
from any of the outer colonies concerning--
I'm sorry.
Jane, I'm sorry to jump in like this,
but we have to--
the colonies at Orion 7 and Proxima 3
have just broken away from the Earth Alliance
in protest over the bombing of Mars.
They're setting themselves up
as independent states until such time as
President Clark is impeached--
Rick, don't do this.
Clark doesn't want
this information released,
but we have to go with this now
because I don't know how much longer
we can stay on the air.
Armed troops have begun moving in
on the ISN broadcast center
here in Geneva.
We just saw them
coming around the corner.
We're trying
to get a camera down there
to document what's going on.
I can hear gunfire now
up here on the 14th floor.
Listen to me.
There's information you don't have.
What's been going on for the last year
we haven't been allowed to tell you.
[Gunshot]
My god! Look out!
Get down!
Major Ryan? Captain?
We just jumped in from Orion 7.
They've declared independence.
We've heard.
What's the reaction?
Clark's afraid of losing the other colonies,
so he's sending his elite forces
to seize direct control
of any colony or outpost
that might move against him.
If he finds out we're here--
it's too late. He already knows.
We intercepted attack orders
relayed to the Agrippa
and the Roanoke.
They're hooking up
with some heavy reinforcements
on the way in.
We'd better pull out
before we jeopardize Babylon 5 further.
Major,
the ships receiving the attack order
were already on their way here.
He doesn't want to risk Babylon 5
breaking away.
So those ships are under orders
to seize command of Babylon 5,
arrest and detain its Captain
and the rest of the command staff,
and to put this station
under the direct authority
of President Clark and the Nightwatch.
[Ivanova] The other governments
won't stand for it.
[Ryan] They won't intervene.
All the major powers are divided, distracted,
busy with their own wars.
We're on our own.
Sorry to be the bearer
of such bad news, Captain.
But I thought you should know.
How long until they get here?
Six hours, tops.
Maybe less.
I'd better get back to my ship.
I should be there when the others arrive.
If you think it would be any help, we could try to jump,
maybe draw some of the fire away from Babylon 5.
Give you a chance to negotiate.
No, thank you, Major.
If this is where we'll make our stand,
then this is where we'll do it.
I know we were all hoping to avoid
a head-on confrontation with Earth,
that somehow we could...
Stop this train before it went off-track.
But this train is heading right for us,
and there is not a lot of time.
So we have only two options.
We fight...
Or we surrender.
Now, if it was just us,
hey, you pays your money, you takes your chances,
but it's not just us.
There's a 1/4 million people here
and billions more out there counting on us.
Now, I promised Delenn
that we would draw a line against the darkness
no matter the cost.
Well, now we know the cost.
There's too much at stake to walk away now.
If we surrender, they'll court-martial us.
If we fight and lose,
they'll probably kill us.
They probably will at that.
So the choice is yours.
I say fight.
Fight.
They'll probably try to breech the hull,
so we'll need every warm body we've got
working security-- full weapons loaded.
And what about the Narns?
Them, too.
G'Kar's guaranteed their loyalty,
and so far, he has kept every promise he made.
I want two fighter squadrons on rotation
starting 30 seconds ago,
and put all backup squadrons on full alert.
If it can fly, I want it loaded
and ready to drop
10 seconds after primary launches.
Done.
Doc, if you have got any patients
that can be moved from medlab, do so.
We're going to need the space.
You'll have it in an hour.
I need to make a call.
Tell the command staff to stand by.
And see if you can access
draal's holographic system on epsilon 3.
I have an announcement to make.
I told you, Delenn, they will not speak to you.
Then they will listen to me.
I served the council for 16 cycles.
I was the chosen of Dukhat
to replace him.
I held him when he died.
His blood is on my hands,
his spirit in my eyes,
his word on my lips.
You will step aside
in his name and mine,
or...
In valen's name,
I will tear this ship apart
with my bare hands until I find them.
Move aside.
Three years.
For three years,
I warned you this day was coming.
But you would not listen.
Pride, you said.
Presumption.
And now the Shadows are on the move.
The Centauri and the younger worlds
are at war.
The Narns have fallen.
Even the humans are fighting one another.
The pride was yours.
The presumption was yours.
For a thousand years,
we have been awaiting the fulfillment of prophecy.
And when it finally happens,
you scorn it, you reject it
because you no longer believe it yourselves.
"We stand between the candle and the star,
between the darkness and the light,"
you say the words,
but your hearts are empty.
Your ears close to the truth.
You stand for nothing
but your own petty interests.
"The problems of others
are not our concern."
I do not blame you for standing silent
in your shame,
you, who knew what was coming
but refused to take up the burden of this war.
If the warrior caste will not fight,
then the rest of us will.
The council has lost its way.
If it will not lead,
if we have abandoned our covenant with valen...
Then the council shall be broken...
As was prophesied.
We must stand with the others, now,
before it's too late.
Between the worker caste and the religious caste,
we control 2/3 of our forces.
To you, I say,
listen to the voice of your conscience,
break the council,
and come with me.
Our time of isolation is over.
We move now,
together,
or not at all.
Transmission sequence complete.
Stand by to receive.
Hi, dad.
John.
Well, this is a surprise.
I just thought I'd look in on you
and see how you were doing.
Fine, fine.
Having a few problems with the corn.
Been so damn hot lately,
the water doesn't get a chance to sink in.
Your mother still thinks I make a better diplomat
than a farmer.
Where is mom?
Oh, she had to go into town. Errands to run.
Some days, I don't know what she does with her time,
but if she's happy, I'm happy.
Listen, dad,
um...
I wanted to call because...
Well, there's a lot going on right now,
and I don't know when I'll be able to call again.
It may be a while.
I can't really explain on an open channel, but--
son,
I follow the news.
Well, I did, until ISN went black.
I see what's going on.
Your mother doesn't like to think about it.
You know how she is.
John,
I can't imagine the kind of decisions
that are going through your mind right now.
I'm sure they're not easy.
The important ones never are.
But when push comes to shove,
you've always done the right thing.
What was the first lesson I ever taught you?
Never start a fight, but always finish it.
You do what you have to do, son.
Don't worry about us.
The neighbors around here like us,
Lord knows why,
so anybody comes for us,
they're going to have
quite a fight on their hands.
Now I know you probably got a million things to do,
so I'm going to let you go and do them.
And I guess, uh...
I'll talk to you when I talk to you.
Good-bye, dad.
Love to you both.
Squadron fueled up. Ready to go.
Scramble, scramble!
Go, go, go! Hey!
All right, everyone, listen up.
The Commander and I have prepared a response
to the unconstitutional actions taken against us
and the Mars colony by President Clark.
Is draal's holographic system on line?
Just finished. Stand by for scan.
You're on line. Go ahead.
May I have your attention, please?
In the last few hours,
we have learned that warships
are coming this way from Earth.
Their orders are to seize command of Babylon 5
by force.
As commanding officer
and military governor of Babylon 5,
I cannot allow this to happen.
President Clark has violated
the Earth Alliance constitution
by dissolving the senate,
declaring martial law,
and personally ordering the bombing
of civilian targets on the Mars colony.
He is personally responsible for the deaths
of hundreds of innocent people.
Following these attacks, Orion 7 and Proxima 3
have broken away from the Earth Alliance
and declared independence.
Babylon 5 now joins with them.
As of this moment,
Babylon 5 is seceding from the Earth Alliance.
We will remain an independent state
until President Clark is removed from office.
At the end of this current crisis,
anyone who wishes to leave for Earth
is free to do so.
Meanwhile,
for your own safety,
I urge everyone to stay in your quarters
until this is over.
That is all.
Well, we're in it now.
Should we ask draal to help with the defense?
No--no, he's our Ace in the hole.
I want to keep him a secret as long as we can.
This is our fight, not his.
All right, anyone who wants to leave,
do so now,
before you violate any regs.
You ok?
I think so.
It was kind of a surprise,
but, yeah,
I'm ok.
Good.
Captain, request permission
to join Starfury squadron.
Request denied.
Captain, you're asking those pilots
to go against everything
they've been trained for
and open fire on our own ships.
And one of us should be out there with them.
One of us has to be.
You know I'm right.
Go.
Major Ryan, Captain Hiroshi.
[Ryan] Right here, Captain.
[Hiroshi] On line.
Stand by.
Jumpgate activated.
Here they come.
This is Captain Dexter Smith
of the Earth Alliance destroyer, Agrippa,
to Babylon 5 and renegade ships...
You are ordered to surrender your commands
and prepare to be boarded.
Launch fighters.
This is your only warning.
If you do not surrender,
we will be forced to initiate deadly force.
This is Captain John Sheridan, Babylon 5.
You are executing an illegal order
in violation of the Earth Alliance constitution.
These orders have forced us to declare independence
in order to ensure the safety of this station.
We don't want a fight,
but if you attempt to carry out these orders,
we will defend ourselves.
Come on, Captain,
you must see these orders are wrong.
Leave while you still can.
They've broken contact.
Enemy's Starfuries moving on attack vector.
Orders.
Babylon control to all Starfury squadrons.
Stand by to attack.
But do not, repeat, do not initiate combat.
Let them fire first.
We won't start this fight,
but, by god, we'll finish it.
800 kilometers... 700...
Forces closing.
Entering firing range.
Close blast doors, and activate defense grid.
Stand by.
Don't be a fool, Smith.
You've got to see these are illegal orders.
Don't make us do this.
Enemy fighters have locked on.
Firing.
Alpha squadron, form up on my wing.
Delta squadron, punch us a hole through there.
Confirmed.
Enemy fighters coming from the side,
trying to outflank us.
Reset forward interceptors
for long-range dispersion fire.
Ready.
Fire!
Maintain approach!
Direct hit to decks 14 and 15.
Hull integrity down 20%.
Bring us in closer to the enemy.
How close?
Right down their throats.
We've got a breaching pod coming in.
Where's it going?
Hull area, brown 95.
Garibaldi...
Yeah, I heard. We're in the area.
On our way. Come on, move! Move! Move!
We got to cut them off
before they hit open ground.
Let's go!
All right, take up position.
Down.
We'll cut 'em off right here.
Aw, nuts!
Let's go!
Come on, come on, come on!
Three enemy furies locking on.
Hang on.
Give me a targeting solution
on the Roanoke,
and stand by to redirect all defensive fire.
Hang tight. Coming around for another run.
Commander, the Churchill.
Hiroshi, get of there.
Get to the life pods.
[Hiroshi] Too late to get out.
Our primary systems are hit.
We've got fire on all decks now.
There's nothing we can do except...
Hiroshi?
Hiroshi!
Collision alert. Collision alert.
[Sheridan] Ivanova, eject.
I can handle it.
Eject, damn it!
Eject!
We're in range.
Fire!
Babylon control to Roanoke.
Your ship is out of control.
Surrender, and let us take on prisoners.
We promise safe passage to--
Damage report.
Damage to all sectors.
They're still fighting
in brown sector.
Get some more troops down there.
Hull integrity?
Not good.
E.v.a. Teams en route.
It's good thing
this stopped when it did.
We couldn't take much more.
Oh, no.
This is Captain Drake to Babylon 5.
You are ordered to surrender
or prepare to be boarded by order of President Clark
Captain.
Jump points forming right on top of us.
How many?
Four.
This is Ambassador Delenn of the Minbari.
Babylon 5 is under our protection.
Withdraw...
Or be destroyed.
[Captain Drake] Negative.
We have authority here.
Do not force us to engage your ship
why not? Only one human Captain
has ever survived battle with a Minbari fleet.
He is behind me.
You are in front of me.
If you value your lives,
be somewhere else.
All ships...
Return to base.
All right, now, take it easy, chief.
Just take it easy. There, there.
Put your weight on me.
Now, all right. Now gimme this.
Gimme this. Gimme this.
All right, all right. Slow it down.
Just take it easy, chief. You're all right.
How many fighters did you lose?
Too many.
At least 30% of our Starfuries are destroyed or disabled.
It's not likely
we'll be getting any more from Earth
for a long time. Why?
When the Churchill was destroyed,
we took on as many of her pilots as we could.
The launch bays are damaged.
We can't hold many more.
You could give them a home here
and bring your fighter squadrons
up to full strength.
I think Captain Hiroshi would've wanted that.
I didn't know her very well,
but, well, I'd be honored to take care of her crew.
[Beep beep]
Yeah.
Captain, you wanted to be notified
when Ambassador Delenn came aboard.
Thank you.
I'll be right there.
When do you have to jump?
Soon as I get back to the ship.
We're both targets now.
If we split up,
it'll give them less incentive
to concentrate their fire here.
And there are still some ships out there
who've signed on with us.
We have to find them.
Your people performed superbly, Captain.
You should be proud.
I am.
Proud of what we did,
but not the reason we had to do it.
Good luck to you, Major.
I don't know how long we can hold the fort here,
but as long as we can, you're welcome here.
Thank you.
I think you're forgetting something.
No. No, I'm not.
After what happened today,
I don't think
I can wear that for a while.
Not with a clear conscience.
No, when this is all over,
I'll put it on again,
but not before.
I didn't expect to see you here.
How's the leg?
Well, doc says it'll heal.
Eventually. Yeah.
He's still checking out Ivanova,
but, uh, she'll be out soon.
Figured I better be here
to let you know we started shipping people out--
the ones that want to go
and the ones we're getting rid of.
Nightwatch, mainly.
We got all the ones we know about.
But that leaves all the ones we don't.
We're gonna have a problem with sabotage for a while.
Almost certainly.
Hello, John.
Delenn.
Uh...
Listen, I've been trying to think of some way
to tell you how much what you did
means to me, and, uh, well...
"Thank you" seems poor and inadequate.
I don't know how much this cost you personally,
and I suspect I never will,
but I want you to know that...
Seeing your face at that moment
was probably the single finest moment in my life.
It seems that this is the only home
we have left.
How could I abandon, as you say,
my partner?
Ahem!
Oh, there you are.
So how is she, doc?
Well, we have a stubborn patient
with multiple bruises, a fractured rib,
and a bump on the back of the head
that you won't believe.
I'm fine.
I just thought there's something
you should see.