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"It was the dawn of the third age of mankind, ten years after the Earth-Minbari War. The Babylon Project was a dream given form. It's goal: to prevent another war by creating a place where Humans and aliens could work out their differences peacefully. |
The Alliance Station | A Sovereign State | Capital of the Interstellar Alliance |
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Local Star Type: K2 (Epsilon Eridani) |
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Length of Year: artificial rotation is set to standard timetables (Earth Mean Time). |
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Atmosphere: 92% of pressurized spaces: Oxygen/Nitrogen. 5.2% of pressurized spaces: Methane. 2.8% of pressurized spaces: Other non-standard. |
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Gravity: Zero-G to 1.41 G (Red Sector's gravity varies from 0.9 G to 1.35 G) |
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Population: 250,000 (est.) |
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Daily Turnover: 200,000 (estimated) with 95% civilian traffic. |
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Date of operation: September 2257 |
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Length: 8.0645 km |
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Mass: 2.5 million tonnes (metal casing only); 9.1 billion tonnes (total) |
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Diameter (rotating section): 840 meters |
Garden Diameter: 400 meters (on average) |
Interior parkland: 12 square miles |
Thermal Panel Span: 2,070 meters |
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Starfighter Capacity: 56 SA-23E Mitchell-Hyundyne Starfuries; 28 are ready to launch at any given time |
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In 2256, many of the finest Earth Force officers were considered for the task of commanding the station. The Minbari rejected all the choices, choosing instead Commander Sinclair, bypassing several distinguished generals and admirals. When Sinclair was reassigned to diplomatic duties on Minbar, President Clark chose Captain Sherdan (then stationed on the EAS Agamemnon) to replace him. Hoping for a more hard-line stance against aliens, and someone more sympathetic to his cause. President Clark was later sorely disappointed. When the station's computer was completed in early 2256, an Artificial Intelligence subroutine was installed. It was an instant failure and was disconnected. When the station's computer was rebooted after declaring independence (2260 C.E.), it became active once more. The AI was removed from the system, all the while incessantly harassing the station's security chief. |
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The Sovereign State: April 14, 2260 - 2261 |
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Babylon 5 seceded from the Earth Alliance and became an independent state on April 14, 2260, following the declaration of martial law on Earth. With the help of the renegade Omega-class destroyers Alexander and Churchill, Babylon 5 repelled Clark's loyalist forces. Now severed from the Alliance, the station suffers from a severe lack of funding. Under the control of the War Council, Babylon 5 has created tenuous alliances with various Non-Aligned Worlds for the defense of the station in addition to Minbari support. Roughly half of the security forces on the station are free Narns. |
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Following the Earth Civil War and the creation of the Interstellar Alliance, the Newly created galactic power made arrangements to buy Babylon 5 from the Earth Alliance, while retaining the station’s Earthforce personnel. Captain Elizabeth Lochley was brought in as commander of the station. It’s use as capital of the ISA, however will be temporary, as permanent facilities are being built on Minbar in the city of Tuzanor (home of the Anla-shok). |
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