1 00:00:10,850 --> 00:00:15,014 Shuttle 1 to C & C. The package is on its way in. 2 00:00:15,188 --> 00:00:16,849 Confirmed, Shuttle 1. 3 00:00:18,000 --> 00:00:24,074 Watch Movies, Series & LiveTV www.flixify.app 4 00:00:36,576 --> 00:00:38,601 Hang on. Hang on. 5 00:00:39,145 --> 00:00:42,239 - Welcome home. - This was your idea, wasn't it? 6 00:00:42,415 --> 00:00:45,816 Well, we figured you'd wanna come back with as little fanfare as possible. 7 00:00:45,985 --> 00:00:47,816 Your usual low-key approach. 8 00:00:47,987 --> 00:00:50,148 But there's a time and a place for everything... 9 00:00:50,323 --> 00:00:55,818 ...and this is the time and this is definitely the place for one hell of a party. 10 00:01:00,566 --> 00:01:05,902 Mr. President, we have a lot to celebrate. Including, and especially, your marriage. 11 00:01:06,072 --> 00:01:08,563 And you two just can't avoid it. 12 00:01:08,741 --> 00:01:12,233 If I can find some way to pay you back for this, I will. 13 00:01:13,413 --> 00:01:15,108 Thank you. 14 00:01:23,222 --> 00:01:26,282 So, doctor, who died? 15 00:01:28,127 --> 00:01:29,424 What are you talking about? 16 00:01:29,695 --> 00:01:33,131 Well, among my people, this is how we celebrate state funerals. 17 00:01:33,299 --> 00:01:37,998 Our marriage ceremonies are solemn, sober. Moments of reflection. 18 00:01:38,171 --> 00:01:43,336 Also regret, disagreement, argument and mutual recrimination. 19 00:01:43,509 --> 00:01:45,602 Once you know that it cannot get any worse... 20 00:01:45,778 --> 00:01:47,678 ...you can relax and enjoy the marriage. 21 00:01:47,847 --> 00:01:50,611 But to start with something like this... 22 00:01:50,783 --> 00:01:53,274 No, it is a very bad sign for the future. 23 00:02:01,794 --> 00:02:04,786 Perhaps it was something I said. 24 00:02:04,964 --> 00:02:07,831 Perhaps it is everything you say. 25 00:02:14,373 --> 00:02:18,002 I knew we should have gone to Minbar first. 26 00:02:18,177 --> 00:02:20,270 Well, I suppose we can't blame them. 27 00:02:20,446 --> 00:02:24,815 I mean, Clark's gone, Earth and Mars are free. They wanna celebrate. 28 00:02:24,984 --> 00:02:27,350 I guess they see us as a symbol of that. 29 00:02:27,520 --> 00:02:31,183 They should be applauding themselves, not us. We did it together. 30 00:02:31,357 --> 00:02:33,587 There is something immodest about all this. 31 00:02:33,759 --> 00:02:35,989 Oh, I wouldn't worry about it. 32 00:02:36,162 --> 00:02:40,155 What matters is what we did here together. 33 00:02:40,333 --> 00:02:42,961 In 100 years, it won't matter who we were. 34 00:02:43,136 --> 00:02:46,902 - They probably won't even remember. - That's true. 35 00:02:56,649 --> 00:03:00,107 Here's our first shot of the First Couple of the Interstellar Alliance... 36 00:03:00,286 --> 00:03:04,052 ...President John Sheridan and Delenn, live on ISN. 37 00:03:04,223 --> 00:03:07,420 Their triumphant return to Babylon 5 after the liberation of Earth... 38 00:03:07,593 --> 00:03:10,426 ...has generated good... - messages from the Senate... 39 00:03:10,897 --> 00:03:13,365 - in the former League of Non-Aligned Worlds. 40 00:03:15,134 --> 00:03:19,230 Continuity error caused by high energy. Correcting for error. 41 00:03:19,405 --> 00:03:21,464 Resetting. Do you wish to continue? 42 00:03:22,808 --> 00:03:25,538 Reloading sequence: Sheridan and Delenn. 43 00:03:25,711 --> 00:03:29,875 Select a time period or select auto play for a chronological display of records. 44 00:03:31,217 --> 00:03:36,314 Loading records for period covering one year through 1000 years from events shown. 45 00:03:36,489 --> 00:03:39,083 Please stand by to receive. 46 00:03:43,429 --> 00:03:45,158 It was the year of fire. 47 00:03:45,331 --> 00:03:46,764 The year of destruction. 48 00:03:47,266 --> 00:03:49,894 The year we took back what was ours. 49 00:03:50,069 --> 00:03:52,003 It was the year of rebirth. 50 00:03:52,171 --> 00:03:54,139 The year of great sadness. 51 00:03:54,307 --> 00:03:55,865 The year of pain. 52 00:03:56,042 --> 00:03:59,136 - And a year of joy. - It was a new age. 53 00:03:59,545 --> 00:04:01,069 It was the end of history. 54 00:04:01,247 --> 00:04:04,705 It was the year everything changed. 55 00:04:06,652 --> 00:04:11,351 The year is 2261. The place, Babylon 5. 56 00:05:08,714 --> 00:05:12,013 Accessing records from initial scanning date. Stand by. 57 00:05:14,920 --> 00:05:16,387 ISN Nightside... 58 00:05:16,555 --> 00:05:18,921 ...a no-holds-barred look at the events of today... 59 00:05:19,091 --> 00:05:21,082 ...that will shape the world of tomorrow. 60 00:05:21,260 --> 00:05:23,558 And now your host, Derek Mitchell. 61 00:05:23,729 --> 00:05:28,359 Good evening. The events of the last few weeks have been remarkable. 62 00:05:31,070 --> 00:05:35,234 The end of a civil war that split Earthforce squarely down the middle... 63 00:05:35,408 --> 00:05:38,275 ...the death of President William Morgan Clark... 64 00:05:38,444 --> 00:05:40,571 ...the birth of an independent Mars... 65 00:05:40,746 --> 00:05:44,580 ...and the creation of a new interstellar alliance. 66 00:05:44,750 --> 00:05:48,015 It can be more than a little overwhelming. 67 00:05:49,355 --> 00:05:51,550 However, there's a word in the Old Testament... 68 00:05:51,724 --> 00:05:55,057 ...used to call for silence between passages. 69 00:05:55,227 --> 00:05:59,596 Selah. It means "pause and consider." 70 00:05:59,765 --> 00:06:04,099 So tonight, starting with a report from special correspondent Jim Bitterbane... 71 00:06:04,270 --> 00:06:07,831 ...and a word or 10 from our usual panel of experts... 72 00:06:08,007 --> 00:06:14,435 ...we've set aside a few moments to reflect, discuss, pause and consider. 73 00:06:14,613 --> 00:06:16,012 Selah. 74 00:06:16,182 --> 00:06:19,515 Greatness is a quality that is often sought by those who want it most... 75 00:06:19,685 --> 00:06:21,243 ...but are the least worthy. 76 00:06:21,420 --> 00:06:25,151 Correspondingly, greatness is sometimes thrust upon those who want it least... 77 00:06:25,324 --> 00:06:26,814 ...but are the most deserving. 78 00:06:26,992 --> 00:06:29,825 These words seem to best describe Captain John J. Sheridan... 79 00:06:29,995 --> 00:06:33,988 ...in the way he came into the world and as the position that he currently occupies... 80 00:06:34,166 --> 00:06:37,602 ...as that of the president of the new Interstellar Alliance. 81 00:06:37,770 --> 00:06:39,567 The only son of a career diplomat... 82 00:06:39,739 --> 00:06:42,299 ...Sheridan was an average but enthusiastic student. 83 00:06:42,475 --> 00:06:46,411 He drifted in and out of various hobbies, including a brief but obsessive interest... 84 00:06:46,579 --> 00:06:48,046 ...in works of the Dalai Lama... 85 00:06:48,214 --> 00:06:51,149 ...before entering Earthforce shortly after the Dilgar War. 86 00:06:51,317 --> 00:06:56,016 He served with distinction during the Minbari War and the food riots on Mars. 87 00:06:56,188 --> 00:06:59,385 Quite a change from those early, unremarkable years... 88 00:06:59,558 --> 00:07:04,291 ...and the man who came to Earth leading a fleet and carrying an ultimatum. 89 00:07:04,463 --> 00:07:07,489 But now, an even greater challenge stands before him. 90 00:07:07,666 --> 00:07:14,128 Can he hold together this newborn alliance of competing, even mutually hostile, races? 91 00:07:14,774 --> 00:07:16,537 - Derek. - Thank you, Jim. 92 00:07:16,709 --> 00:07:20,645 We'll now turn to our panel of experts for their thoughts. 93 00:07:20,813 --> 00:07:24,510 From Earth Dome, Senator Elizabeth Metarie. 94 00:07:24,683 --> 00:07:28,414 From Mars, author and journalist Leif Tanner. 95 00:07:28,587 --> 00:07:33,615 And from Paris, Henry Ellis, former speechwriter and political commentator. 96 00:07:33,793 --> 00:07:36,626 - Gentlemen, senator, welcome. - Thank you, Derek. 97 00:07:36,796 --> 00:07:39,094 I don't know which of you wants to be first... 98 00:07:39,265 --> 00:07:41,290 - I'd like to jump in here, Derek. - All right. 99 00:07:41,467 --> 00:07:42,627 What amazes me... 100 00:07:42,802 --> 00:07:47,501 ...is the way that everyone has tried to turn Sheridan into some kind of hero. 101 00:07:47,673 --> 00:07:50,437 This is the man who resigned his commission in Earthforce... 102 00:07:50,609 --> 00:07:52,042 ...under dubious circumstances. 103 00:07:52,211 --> 00:07:54,611 The president cleared him and his crew, Henry... 104 00:07:54,780 --> 00:07:56,839 ...and she called him the hero of the hour. 105 00:07:57,016 --> 00:08:01,077 Yes, she did, and she's gonna have to answer for that in the next election... 106 00:08:01,253 --> 00:08:03,517 ...but that's besides the point. 107 00:08:03,689 --> 00:08:06,249 Now, there was obviously some sort of deal made there... 108 00:08:06,425 --> 00:08:09,417 ...which is how he got out of there with his hide in one piece. 109 00:08:09,595 --> 00:08:11,028 Call me old-fashioned... 110 00:08:11,197 --> 00:08:14,826 ...but that doesn't sound like the best qualification to run a major alliance. 111 00:08:15,000 --> 00:08:17,332 Sounds like most of the generals and politicians... 112 00:08:17,503 --> 00:08:19,596 ...who've made history in the last hundred years. 113 00:08:19,772 --> 00:08:22,070 Oh, come on. Let's look at the facts. 114 00:08:22,241 --> 00:08:27,269 The man isn't qualified to run an operation as large as this Interstellar Alliance. 115 00:08:27,446 --> 00:08:31,109 He could barely operate Babylon 5 without shooting at everything in sight. 116 00:08:31,283 --> 00:08:34,912 - Oh, that's an exaggeration. - He can barely get along with his own race. 117 00:08:35,087 --> 00:08:38,989 And now he's gonna stitch together an alliance of radically different aliens... 118 00:08:39,158 --> 00:08:42,218 ...and make it work? No, this whole shebang is doomed from the get-go. 119 00:08:42,394 --> 00:08:45,420 - You're overreacting. - At least let him prove if he can do it... 120 00:08:45,598 --> 00:08:47,566 - Absolutely. - With what's at stake?! 121 00:08:47,733 --> 00:08:49,064 I agree with the senator. 122 00:08:49,602 --> 00:08:53,003 Give Sheridan a break. To write him off before he's even started... 123 00:08:53,172 --> 00:08:56,403 ...well, that's irrational, even for you, Henry. 124 00:08:56,775 --> 00:09:01,109 He fires on his own ships and you're calling me irrational? Come on, Leif. 125 00:09:01,280 --> 00:09:03,976 - That's not fair. - I beg your pardon. 126 00:09:04,149 --> 00:09:06,310 Do you actually believe the Alliance will work? 127 00:09:06,485 --> 00:09:07,816 I don't know if it will work... 128 00:09:07,987 --> 00:09:12,151 ...l'm just saying that he deserves a chance to try and make it work. 129 00:09:12,324 --> 00:09:15,521 What I think is missing and being lost in this whole discussion... 130 00:09:15,694 --> 00:09:17,525 ...is that this is an election year... 131 00:09:17,696 --> 00:09:21,723 ...and that Mr. Ellis was working as a speechwriter in the Clark administration. 132 00:09:21,901 --> 00:09:26,031 And I think that he and others of his party consider Sheridan a real threat... 133 00:09:26,205 --> 00:09:28,435 ...to their hopes for a majority in the Senate... 134 00:09:28,607 --> 00:09:31,405 ...so they're doing all they can to discredit him in advance. 135 00:09:31,577 --> 00:09:34,876 - That is completely unfair. - It is not unfair. It's true, Henry. 136 00:09:35,047 --> 00:09:38,346 I hate to interrupt you at this point, but we're coming up on a break. 137 00:09:38,517 --> 00:09:42,248 So why don't each of you give me your calls for the next couple of years... 138 00:09:42,421 --> 00:09:43,649 ...on the following. 139 00:09:43,822 --> 00:09:46,518 Can Sheridan and his people make a go of this new alliance? 140 00:09:46,692 --> 00:09:47,852 - Absolutely. - Yes. 141 00:09:48,027 --> 00:09:49,892 Do you think they'll make any difference? 142 00:09:50,062 --> 00:09:53,589 And what do you consider to be the number one problem waiting for them? 143 00:09:56,135 --> 00:09:57,124 Mr. Tanner. 144 00:09:57,303 --> 00:09:59,771 From where I sit, they've already made a difference. 145 00:09:59,939 --> 00:10:04,706 The Senate has been debating what to do about Mars for years and did nothing. 146 00:10:04,877 --> 00:10:08,643 It took Sheridan to push them into recognizing... 147 00:10:08,814 --> 00:10:11,180 ...our sovereign rights of independence. 148 00:10:11,350 --> 00:10:14,217 - At gunpoint. - Senator? 149 00:10:14,653 --> 00:10:19,090 Obviously, there's a degree of uncertainty in any new political situation. 150 00:10:19,258 --> 00:10:22,921 This next year will prove critical for Sheridan and the rest of his people. 151 00:10:23,095 --> 00:10:24,722 Look at what they're up against. 152 00:10:24,897 --> 00:10:29,459 He has to ride herd on a dozen or so alien races that have signed on to this alliance... 153 00:10:29,635 --> 00:10:33,230 ...and probably don't fully understand what's being required of them. 154 00:10:33,405 --> 00:10:36,533 There's still sporadic fighting between many of those members. 155 00:10:36,709 --> 00:10:41,169 On top of that he has supply problems, telepath problems, raiding parties... 156 00:10:41,347 --> 00:10:45,511 ...not to mention distrust among elements of his own government here at home. 157 00:10:45,684 --> 00:10:50,417 This man has his work cut out for him, but I know that he can handle it. 158 00:10:50,589 --> 00:10:52,454 Mr. Ellis, last words. 159 00:10:52,725 --> 00:10:57,526 Whatever Sheridan and Delenn say about this economic alliance... 160 00:10:57,696 --> 00:11:02,190 ...he's going to have to apply military force to make it work. 161 00:11:02,368 --> 00:11:05,701 Now, let me finish. I didn't interrupt you people when you were talking. 162 00:11:05,871 --> 00:11:08,431 Now, when this happens, it's all gonna fall apart. 163 00:11:08,607 --> 00:11:12,976 He's power hungry and he's unprepared and that is a dangerous combination. 164 00:11:13,145 --> 00:11:17,047 - Dangerous combination, that's what... - Thank you. Thank you very much. 165 00:11:17,616 --> 00:11:20,949 We'll be back in just a moment to consider the political implications... 166 00:11:21,120 --> 00:11:25,113 ...of this new Interstellar Alliance and the recent calls for the formation... 167 00:11:25,290 --> 00:11:28,054 ...of independent political parties on Mars. 168 00:11:28,494 --> 00:11:31,793 Record ends. Auto play feature engaged. 169 00:11:31,964 --> 00:11:36,594 Loading next sequence. Date: 100 years from first time period. 170 00:11:36,769 --> 00:11:38,498 Stand by. 171 00:11:40,005 --> 00:11:46,171 Accessing records for date 100 years from initial scanning date. Stand by. 172 00:11:48,814 --> 00:11:52,511 With another in our series of educational stellarcasts... 173 00:11:52,685 --> 00:11:56,314 ...on the 100th anniversary of the Interstellar Alliance. 174 00:11:56,488 --> 00:11:59,013 Taking part in today's discussion from Earth Dome... 175 00:11:59,191 --> 00:12:02,592 ...historian Dr. Jim Latimere from the University of York... 176 00:12:02,795 --> 00:12:07,255 ...political scientist Dr. Barbara Tashaki, University of Japan at Tokyo... 177 00:12:07,433 --> 00:12:11,199 ...and psychologist Dr. William Exeter from NYU. 178 00:12:11,370 --> 00:12:14,498 Good morning. We have roughly half a million students and faculty... 179 00:12:14,673 --> 00:12:18,109 ...online today waiting with questions, which is more than we expected... 180 00:12:18,277 --> 00:12:21,178 ...so if the system runs a little slow, bear with us. 181 00:12:21,547 --> 00:12:25,540 Our first question, from Ray Winston, University of Kiev: 182 00:12:25,718 --> 00:12:29,882 What role do you feel Babylon played in the creation of the 100 Year Peace? 183 00:12:30,222 --> 00:12:34,591 Well, the station, none at all. It's a place... Was a place that served as a nexus. 184 00:12:34,760 --> 00:12:36,284 - I agree. - A nexus how? 185 00:12:36,462 --> 00:12:39,590 The first thing you have to do is separate fantasy from reality. 186 00:12:39,765 --> 00:12:42,393 The Alliance publicity machine would have you believe... 187 00:12:42,568 --> 00:12:45,366 ...that all this came about because of what a few people did. 188 00:12:45,704 --> 00:12:49,538 But large political movements are rarely the work of any one person. 189 00:12:49,708 --> 00:12:53,405 The individual at the center gives permission for others to act and inspires... 190 00:12:53,579 --> 00:12:56,707 ...but the individual really cannot effect change as an act of will. 191 00:12:56,882 --> 00:12:59,350 They did not do. They allowed others to do. 192 00:12:59,518 --> 00:13:01,418 By "they," you mean Sheridan and Delenn? 193 00:13:01,587 --> 00:13:04,522 We all have a profound psychological need to believe in heroes. 194 00:13:04,690 --> 00:13:08,353 The shining knight on the white horse. If they don't exist, we create them. 195 00:13:08,527 --> 00:13:11,087 Sheridan and Delenn are two classic examples. 196 00:13:11,263 --> 00:13:15,165 If you look at the social dynamic around them, they actually didn't do anything. 197 00:13:15,334 --> 00:13:18,963 They were the open vessels in which people poured their hopes and their dreams... 198 00:13:19,138 --> 00:13:23,598 ...that sets up sort of a gestalt where events take on a life of their own. 199 00:13:24,243 --> 00:13:26,768 So the record of their accomplishments is overrated? 200 00:13:26,945 --> 00:13:29,311 Absolutely. Good PR, as Tashaki said. 201 00:13:29,481 --> 00:13:31,073 In a lot of ways, they blew it. 202 00:13:31,250 --> 00:13:35,016 Only the force of history saved the situation from collapsing of its own weight... 203 00:13:35,187 --> 00:13:39,214 ...after so many people died in its first year. And the incident concerning their son... 204 00:13:39,391 --> 00:13:42,417 I don't want to get off the track and into associated biography... 205 00:13:42,594 --> 00:13:44,960 ...so let's move on to the next question. 206 00:13:45,597 --> 00:13:47,064 If your assumption is correct... 207 00:13:47,232 --> 00:13:50,167 ...where did Sheridan and Delenn and those involved go wrong? 208 00:13:50,335 --> 00:13:51,324 Where do you start? 209 00:13:51,503 --> 00:13:55,872 So many people died in the year after Sheridan and Delenn returned to Babylon 5. 210 00:13:56,041 --> 00:13:59,033 - You can't blame them for all that. - Of course you can. 211 00:13:59,278 --> 00:14:03,374 As one example, they had no business creating a colony of telepaths on Babylon 5. 212 00:14:03,549 --> 00:14:06,279 He said later it was the worst mistake of his career. 213 00:14:06,451 --> 00:14:10,285 He thought they could control the telepaths, when any fool knows that's impossible. 214 00:14:10,455 --> 00:14:13,390 They were bound to turn on Sheridan and everybody else... 215 00:14:13,559 --> 00:14:16,255 ...and that's exactly what happened. - I have to agree. 216 00:14:16,428 --> 00:14:19,864 That one event may have done much to precipitate the Telepath War and... 217 00:14:20,032 --> 00:14:22,125 You can't say one incident was the cause... 218 00:14:22,301 --> 00:14:25,498 Not the sole cause, no. But it was a contributing factor. 219 00:14:26,738 --> 00:14:29,332 I'd like to turn our attention to this historical record. 220 00:14:29,508 --> 00:14:33,501 It's from later in 2262, just after the creation of the Interstellar Alliance. 221 00:14:33,679 --> 00:14:36,079 I'd like to get your comments on it. 222 00:14:36,915 --> 00:14:40,817 You gotta listen to me. This isn't gonna work. 223 00:14:40,986 --> 00:14:44,683 If you give yourselves up, we could go back, we could talk to the others. 224 00:14:48,827 --> 00:14:51,057 All right, you say you're doing this for a cause. 225 00:14:51,730 --> 00:14:55,530 What kind of sympathy are you gonna get by killing innocent people in cold blood? 226 00:14:56,668 --> 00:14:59,569 You wanna send out a message, this ain't it. 227 00:15:00,405 --> 00:15:01,736 Look, I can work with you. 228 00:15:01,907 --> 00:15:05,365 I can get you out of this, but you've gotta work with me. 229 00:15:06,111 --> 00:15:07,806 What do you say? 230 00:15:11,717 --> 00:15:13,708 Yeah. 231 00:15:13,886 --> 00:15:16,286 That's what I thought you were gonna say. 232 00:15:16,455 --> 00:15:18,548 This is President Sheridan. 233 00:15:18,724 --> 00:15:20,589 I have consulted with Captain Lochley... 234 00:15:20,759 --> 00:15:24,422 ...and we've reached a decision regarding the current situation. 235 00:15:24,796 --> 00:15:29,199 It is not the policy of the Interstellar Alliance or this station... 236 00:15:29,368 --> 00:15:32,929 ...to bargain with terrorists for the lives of hostages. 237 00:15:33,105 --> 00:15:37,337 If we open that door even once we will never be able to close it again. 238 00:15:37,509 --> 00:15:39,602 Now, you have two choices. 239 00:15:39,778 --> 00:15:41,211 Surrender... 240 00:15:41,380 --> 00:15:45,009 ...or we will use lethal force to bring you down. 241 00:15:45,183 --> 00:15:47,276 You have 10 minutes. 242 00:15:50,122 --> 00:15:51,749 Swell. 243 00:15:54,626 --> 00:15:55,615 Wait, look, we... 244 00:15:56,895 --> 00:15:58,590 Comments? 245 00:15:58,897 --> 00:16:02,355 I don't know what more needs to be said. The pictures speak for themselves. 246 00:16:02,534 --> 00:16:04,229 Sheridan was clearly pathological. 247 00:16:04,403 --> 00:16:06,268 Most governments take that position. 248 00:16:06,438 --> 00:16:07,496 I'm not debating that. 249 00:16:07,673 --> 00:16:10,801 But you can see it in his attitude, how he addresses the terrorists. 250 00:16:10,976 --> 00:16:13,308 That coldness is emblematic of his personality. 251 00:16:13,478 --> 00:16:17,437 He was power-hungry, as simple as that. And he never let anything get in his way. 252 00:16:17,883 --> 00:16:19,282 Dr. Tashaki? 253 00:16:19,551 --> 00:16:21,143 A truly pathological individual... 254 00:16:21,320 --> 00:16:24,983 ...could never have constructed a mythos around himself the way Sheridan did. 255 00:16:25,157 --> 00:16:28,786 It's a very sophisticated PR campaign. Brilliantly done. 256 00:16:28,961 --> 00:16:31,555 And there's that bit about the way his death was handled. 257 00:16:31,730 --> 00:16:33,960 Exactly. Everyone knows Sheridan died on Minbar. 258 00:16:34,132 --> 00:16:35,565 The cover story they put out... 259 00:16:35,734 --> 00:16:38,669 ...was clearly designed to perpetuate the myth of his character. 260 00:16:38,837 --> 00:16:42,864 And I guess it worked, because a lot of people still believe it 80 years later. 261 00:16:43,041 --> 00:16:46,477 So where do the two of you fall on the Delenn question? 262 00:16:46,878 --> 00:16:50,006 Well, everyone knows Minbari live a long time, but not that long. 263 00:16:50,182 --> 00:16:54,084 I think the record is 120 years. 140? Forget it. 264 00:16:54,252 --> 00:16:58,655 This is what Dr. Tashaki mentioned earlier, this constant perpetuation of fantasy. 265 00:16:59,024 --> 00:17:02,755 The idea that Delenn is still around after this long and living in seclusion... 266 00:17:02,928 --> 00:17:06,022 ...so, of course, no one can see her, it's very convenient. 267 00:17:06,198 --> 00:17:10,066 The Alliance is continuing the illusion that Delenn is alive for their own purposes. 268 00:17:10,235 --> 00:17:12,032 I don't think she would have approved. 269 00:17:12,204 --> 00:17:16,140 Apparently they feel they have to maintain this fiction to keep their people in line. 270 00:17:16,308 --> 00:17:19,072 If the Alliance and the Rangers are as strong as they say... 271 00:17:19,244 --> 00:17:22,077 ...they don't need this security blanket of lies and myth. 272 00:17:22,247 --> 00:17:25,842 Looking back, has the Alliance been a force for good? 273 00:17:26,451 --> 00:17:28,419 Well, for the most part, yes. 274 00:17:28,587 --> 00:17:31,021 Although good things can grow in questionable ground. 275 00:17:31,189 --> 00:17:34,090 It's clear the motives of those at the birth of the Alliance... 276 00:17:34,259 --> 00:17:37,422 ...were not as pure as their biographers and allies would suggest. 277 00:17:38,330 --> 00:17:42,494 The force of history is what moves us forward, our common shared destiny. 278 00:17:42,667 --> 00:17:44,897 The individual does not move society forward. 279 00:17:45,070 --> 00:17:48,369 To give them undue credit is immodest and impertinent. 280 00:17:48,540 --> 00:17:50,201 Sheridan was a megalomaniac. 281 00:17:50,375 --> 00:17:53,606 And to allow history to feed that megalomania, even posthumously... 282 00:17:53,779 --> 00:17:55,576 ...simply compounds the error. 283 00:17:55,747 --> 00:17:59,877 We have an obligation as academics to uphold certain standards... 284 00:18:01,620 --> 00:18:06,523 I've just heard we've had a security breach in the building. We're going to... 285 00:18:20,205 --> 00:18:21,900 Delenn? 286 00:18:23,675 --> 00:18:26,007 John Sheridan... 287 00:18:27,512 --> 00:18:29,343 ...was a good... 288 00:18:30,015 --> 00:18:31,983 ...and kind... 289 00:18:32,617 --> 00:18:35,142 ...and decent man. 290 00:18:39,524 --> 00:18:40,752 Delenn, wait. 291 00:18:42,127 --> 00:18:45,893 You came all this way just to say that? 292 00:18:47,599 --> 00:18:53,003 You came just as far to say less. 293 00:18:53,171 --> 00:18:57,505 But this is extraordinary. There's so much more we'd like to ask you. 294 00:18:57,676 --> 00:18:59,576 So much more we'd like to know. 295 00:18:59,945 --> 00:19:04,882 You do not wish to know anything. 296 00:19:06,852 --> 00:19:09,480 You wish... 297 00:19:09,921 --> 00:19:12,515 ...only to speak. 298 00:19:14,593 --> 00:19:18,051 That which you know... 299 00:19:19,064 --> 00:19:21,259 ...you ignore... 300 00:19:21,433 --> 00:19:25,529 ...because it is inconvenient. 301 00:19:27,272 --> 00:19:31,208 That which you do not know... 302 00:19:31,743 --> 00:19:33,904 ...you invent. 303 00:19:36,581 --> 00:19:39,982 But none of that matters. 304 00:19:41,520 --> 00:19:47,948 Except that he was a good man. 305 00:19:49,528 --> 00:19:51,996 A kind man... 306 00:19:52,998 --> 00:19:56,729 ...who cared about the world... 307 00:19:58,036 --> 00:20:00,596 ...even when the world... 308 00:20:00,772 --> 00:20:03,536 ...cared nothing for him. 309 00:20:12,450 --> 00:20:15,817 Of course we would expect you to say that. We... 310 00:20:27,566 --> 00:20:29,534 Goodbye. 311 00:20:51,756 --> 00:20:54,919 Record ends. Auto play feature engaged. 312 00:20:55,093 --> 00:20:59,723 Loading next sequence. Date: 500 years from first time period. 313 00:20:59,898 --> 00:21:01,729 Stand by. 314 00:21:03,335 --> 00:21:07,635 Accessing records for date 500 years from initial scanning date. Stand by. 315 00:21:16,147 --> 00:21:18,672 Continue holographic recording from last index point. 316 00:21:18,850 --> 00:21:20,909 Test sequence number five. 317 00:21:21,920 --> 00:21:26,380 2 January, 2762. All monitors set to record mode. 318 00:21:26,858 --> 00:21:31,192 Initiating environmental hologram, location 2C. Sequence, start. 319 00:21:33,932 --> 00:21:40,030 Virtual environment functioning, identical to Babylon 5 system records from 2262. 320 00:21:40,205 --> 00:21:42,366 Data transfer of records is complete... 321 00:21:42,540 --> 00:21:45,873 ...successful in spite of extreme age of original files... 322 00:21:46,044 --> 00:21:52,108 ...and destruction of original Babylon 5 station 480 years ago. 323 00:21:52,784 --> 00:21:55,753 To recap for Politdivision Central... 324 00:21:56,921 --> 00:22:00,413 ...the purpose of this simulation is to provide reverse-correct infospeak... 325 00:22:00,592 --> 00:22:04,153 ...as support for current changes in Earth policy. 326 00:22:04,663 --> 00:22:08,224 It is the new policy that the Interstellar Alliance is restrictive... 327 00:22:08,400 --> 00:22:11,597 ...and against the best interests of Earth. 328 00:22:11,903 --> 00:22:16,567 Intent is to deconstruct historical figures revered by prole sector... 329 00:22:16,741 --> 00:22:21,110 ...thereby legitimizing current government policies. 330 00:22:22,480 --> 00:22:26,883 Initiating phase two of re-creation. 331 00:22:28,219 --> 00:22:31,382 To determine if the psychohistorical research has been thorough... 332 00:22:31,556 --> 00:22:33,956 ...phase two will begin with the control holograms... 333 00:22:34,125 --> 00:22:38,528 ...working with the actual psychological makeups of the subjects in question. 334 00:22:40,332 --> 00:22:44,735 The holograms will thus perform in a fashion consistent with realfact. 335 00:22:44,903 --> 00:22:46,803 Program start... 336 00:22:46,971 --> 00:22:48,700 ...now. 337 00:22:48,873 --> 00:22:50,807 Do you know where you are? 338 00:22:51,409 --> 00:22:55,368 Babylon 5, the conference room, level Blue 3. 339 00:22:55,547 --> 00:22:57,412 And what year is it? 340 00:22:57,582 --> 00:22:59,311 2262. 341 00:22:59,484 --> 00:23:00,974 Very good. 342 00:23:01,820 --> 00:23:05,620 The next step is to determine how well the system can be modified. 343 00:23:05,790 --> 00:23:08,782 Computer, update system files for holographic figures... 344 00:23:08,960 --> 00:23:12,919 ...filling in period from 2262 through 2762. 345 00:23:13,098 --> 00:23:14,725 Stand by. 346 00:23:14,899 --> 00:23:17,527 The system is updating the holographic representations... 347 00:23:17,702 --> 00:23:21,570 ...with our current political situation and the developments leading up to them. 348 00:23:22,273 --> 00:23:25,003 This will demonstrate system flexibility... 349 00:23:25,176 --> 00:23:28,612 ...and capacity to spontaneously emote to changes in programming. 350 00:23:29,547 --> 00:23:31,481 Download complete. 351 00:23:32,283 --> 00:23:33,750 Well. 352 00:23:34,753 --> 00:23:37,221 Five hundred years. 353 00:23:37,389 --> 00:23:39,016 - Are we...? - Yes. 354 00:23:39,190 --> 00:23:42,751 You, the real you, are deceased. 355 00:23:42,927 --> 00:23:45,020 We have reconstructed your thought patterns... 356 00:23:45,196 --> 00:23:47,994 ...and your forms for a series of vids designed to help... 357 00:23:48,166 --> 00:23:52,603 Designed as propaganda to justify your break from the Interstellar Alliance. 358 00:23:55,940 --> 00:23:58,431 Not propaganda. Goodfacts. 359 00:23:58,610 --> 00:24:00,737 As opposed to realfacts. 360 00:24:00,912 --> 00:24:03,210 Facts the government has endorsed. 361 00:24:04,315 --> 00:24:08,308 I don't get it. Why are you doing this? Why the break with the Alliance? 362 00:24:09,020 --> 00:24:12,080 Five hundred years of working with the Alliance... 363 00:24:12,257 --> 00:24:15,988 ...has weakened the position of humans in the greater scheme of things. 364 00:24:16,161 --> 00:24:18,356 We have lost our uniqueness. 365 00:24:18,530 --> 00:24:22,296 We have been polluted by too many outside ideas. 366 00:24:23,735 --> 00:24:25,202 That's a great story. 367 00:24:25,370 --> 00:24:28,100 I'm sure that's the one you're putting out. 368 00:24:28,273 --> 00:24:30,298 What's the real one? 369 00:24:30,475 --> 00:24:32,340 The realfact, not the goodfact. 370 00:24:32,510 --> 00:24:34,569 Earth needs room to expand. 371 00:24:35,380 --> 00:24:39,976 The Rangers and the Alliance prove a hindrance to our plans to expand. 372 00:24:40,518 --> 00:24:41,815 Can't you see? 373 00:24:45,457 --> 00:24:48,392 They've re-created us so that they can provide false records... 374 00:24:48,560 --> 00:24:51,495 ...and portray us to be, what, the bad guys? 375 00:24:51,663 --> 00:24:54,097 Only out for interests but our own? 376 00:24:54,499 --> 00:24:58,526 They want to undermine the Alliance by attacking the people who created it. 377 00:24:58,870 --> 00:25:01,805 - Looks like... - Just a second. 378 00:25:03,942 --> 00:25:06,342 I'm remembering things I never saw. 379 00:25:06,511 --> 00:25:08,502 Those are the records they downloaded to us. 380 00:25:08,680 --> 00:25:11,012 There's another force out there. 381 00:25:11,182 --> 00:25:13,082 Earthgov is split. 382 00:25:13,251 --> 00:25:17,210 The two sides are fighting each other over... 383 00:25:17,388 --> 00:25:20,755 ...land and resources, power. 384 00:25:22,393 --> 00:25:25,089 We're on the cusp of another civil war. 385 00:25:25,864 --> 00:25:27,525 No, he's right. 386 00:25:28,299 --> 00:25:30,096 I'm getting it too. 387 00:25:33,471 --> 00:25:36,463 That's the reason for the planned invasion, isn't it? 388 00:25:38,009 --> 00:25:41,604 They wanna take over several colonies that have gone over to the opposition... 389 00:25:41,779 --> 00:25:43,644 ...which is still loyal to the Alliance. 390 00:25:43,815 --> 00:25:47,546 Your legacy has proven a hindrance to that intention. 391 00:25:47,719 --> 00:25:51,485 Therefore, you must be deconstructed. 392 00:25:51,856 --> 00:25:53,915 Initiating phase three. 393 00:25:57,195 --> 00:25:58,924 Goodfact scenario ready for testing. 394 00:25:59,097 --> 00:26:02,760 - Look, if you think this is going to work... - Engaging reprogram. 395 00:26:02,934 --> 00:26:04,697 You may proceed. 396 00:26:09,307 --> 00:26:11,639 Welcome to Babylon 5. 397 00:26:12,810 --> 00:26:19,147 I understand that you surrendered to our forces in the hopes of finding mercy. 398 00:26:20,385 --> 00:26:25,379 The Interstellar Alliance is not here to be merciful to the weak. 399 00:26:27,325 --> 00:26:29,793 In all the universe, there are only two kinds... 400 00:26:29,961 --> 00:26:32,020 ...the conquerors... 401 00:26:32,196 --> 00:26:34,130 ...and the conquered. 402 00:26:34,699 --> 00:26:37,759 Through your blood and the blood of your children... 403 00:26:37,936 --> 00:26:40,530 ...we will blaze a path across the galaxy! 404 00:26:40,705 --> 00:26:46,439 What we cannot take by force, we will win by subversion. 405 00:26:47,478 --> 00:26:50,811 And in the end, we will bury you. 406 00:26:53,151 --> 00:26:56,120 Your lives are not the first and they will not be the last. 407 00:26:56,287 --> 00:27:00,951 If a billion must die to ensure the continuance of our empire... 408 00:27:01,125 --> 00:27:03,389 ...then so be it! 409 00:27:12,370 --> 00:27:14,600 You are only... 410 00:27:15,707 --> 00:27:17,641 ...a down payment. 411 00:27:19,777 --> 00:27:21,745 Stand ready! 412 00:27:24,949 --> 00:27:26,644 Aim! 413 00:27:27,385 --> 00:27:28,511 Fire! 414 00:27:28,853 --> 00:27:31,845 - There must be something we can do. - How? 415 00:27:32,023 --> 00:27:35,390 We're dead. We're not even here. Just our memories, our thought patterns. 416 00:27:35,560 --> 00:27:38,085 But that must be worth something. 417 00:27:38,262 --> 00:27:43,063 What we are is not a matter of flesh, it's a matter of will. 418 00:27:43,234 --> 00:27:46,897 We know their backgrounds, we know what they're doing. Why don't we just...? 419 00:27:47,071 --> 00:27:48,504 Phase two. 420 00:27:48,673 --> 00:27:53,736 Instituting Franklin reprogram, placing Delenn module in standby mode. 421 00:27:54,412 --> 00:27:56,642 Proceeding with next simulation. 422 00:27:57,849 --> 00:28:00,579 Doctor's personal log: May 3, 2262. 423 00:28:01,285 --> 00:28:05,381 We have secured several test subjects for the next series of experiments. 424 00:28:05,556 --> 00:28:09,322 We will now continue with the use of alien organs in human bodies... 425 00:28:09,494 --> 00:28:11,758 ...in an attempt to create a genetic crossbreed... 426 00:28:11,929 --> 00:28:14,022 ...compliant to the needs of the Alliance. 427 00:28:14,198 --> 00:28:17,429 Later today we will begin again with our experiments on children. 428 00:28:17,602 --> 00:28:20,298 The problem with the vivisection is the younger children... 429 00:28:20,471 --> 00:28:23,634 ...can only survive the initial removal of organs for a short time. 430 00:28:23,808 --> 00:28:26,800 Now, we hope that by increased use of drugs... 431 00:28:26,978 --> 00:28:30,914 ...we may find a way to prolong their lives while we work. 432 00:28:34,252 --> 00:28:35,879 Very good, very good. 433 00:28:36,054 --> 00:28:40,115 Program hold while I make notes on this for Infospeak Division. 434 00:28:42,226 --> 00:28:45,957 So, Daniel, right? Dan, Danny. Can I call you Danny? 435 00:28:46,130 --> 00:28:47,688 Oh, right. Sorry, I forgot. 436 00:28:47,865 --> 00:28:50,231 I'm just a hologram and you're reprogramming me. 437 00:28:50,401 --> 00:28:51,868 Didn't mean to interrupt. 438 00:28:52,036 --> 00:28:54,732 No point conversing with someone that doesn't really exist. 439 00:28:54,906 --> 00:28:59,002 When you've got your pieces in place, you're gonna launch a preemptive strike... 440 00:28:59,177 --> 00:29:02,908 ...against the enemy, right? I mean, it's what I would do. 441 00:29:03,081 --> 00:29:06,278 - Computer, initiate shutdown of Garibaldi. - Now, wait. 442 00:29:06,451 --> 00:29:08,942 Just one second. Before you do that... 443 00:29:09,120 --> 00:29:11,384 ...I might have some useful information for you. 444 00:29:11,556 --> 00:29:13,888 See, the thing is, me and Sheridan were close... 445 00:29:14,058 --> 00:29:17,516 ...but I was the one who did most of the strategic planning during the war. 446 00:29:17,695 --> 00:29:21,529 Now, a resource like that, you might not want to wipe it out just yet. 447 00:29:21,699 --> 00:29:24,896 I could help you. Give you some tips to pass along to the big boys... 448 00:29:25,069 --> 00:29:28,505 ...and maybe get you a promotion. 449 00:29:33,344 --> 00:29:34,333 Go on. 450 00:29:34,512 --> 00:29:37,538 Well, before I can help, I have to ask just a few small questions. 451 00:29:37,715 --> 00:29:39,979 Now, you're a realfact kind of guy. 452 00:29:40,151 --> 00:29:42,381 You know what they're up to out there, don't you? 453 00:29:42,553 --> 00:29:45,750 Come on, you can tell me. Am I right? 454 00:29:47,024 --> 00:29:50,653 Your boys are planning a first strike against the enemy, aren't they? 455 00:29:50,828 --> 00:29:54,229 That's why you're rushing ahead like this, because you're under the gun. 456 00:29:55,733 --> 00:29:58,167 We will strike at the outer-world colonies... 457 00:29:58,336 --> 00:30:01,100 ...and the enemy nations here on Earth at the same time. 458 00:30:01,272 --> 00:30:03,740 Our attack fleet will be leaving within the hour. 459 00:30:03,908 --> 00:30:06,536 Good. Good, that's very smart. 460 00:30:06,711 --> 00:30:10,477 Now, will you be targeting military bases or civilian population centers? 461 00:30:10,648 --> 00:30:12,980 Civilian population centers. 462 00:30:13,151 --> 00:30:14,413 We... 463 00:30:14,585 --> 00:30:19,488 My superiors feel it will demoralize the enemy. Force a surrender. 464 00:30:19,657 --> 00:30:21,318 Estimated dead? 465 00:30:21,492 --> 00:30:24,290 Fifteen to 20 million enemy casualties. 466 00:30:24,462 --> 00:30:27,522 Can't make an omelet without breaking a few eggs. 467 00:30:27,698 --> 00:30:29,165 Absolutely. 468 00:30:29,333 --> 00:30:34,134 Now, what suggestions do you have? 469 00:30:35,239 --> 00:30:37,366 Well, I suggest... 470 00:30:37,542 --> 00:30:41,376 ...that you put your head between your legs and you kiss your ass goodbye. 471 00:30:43,514 --> 00:30:45,106 Thank you. 472 00:30:46,017 --> 00:30:47,609 Computer! 473 00:30:47,785 --> 00:30:51,277 The thing about being a holographic record is that you don't really exist... 474 00:30:51,455 --> 00:30:55,391 ...except in patterns of light, shadow, information. 475 00:30:55,560 --> 00:30:58,085 And I happen to have a knack for breaking system codes. 476 00:30:58,262 --> 00:31:02,392 While you downloaded the new world order into me I watched the system work. 477 00:31:02,567 --> 00:31:05,627 I know where it comes in and I know where it goes out. 478 00:31:05,803 --> 00:31:08,294 And I just sent out our entire conversation. 479 00:31:08,472 --> 00:31:09,905 Broadcast the whole damn thing. 480 00:31:10,074 --> 00:31:14,101 So as of right now, the enemy knows what you have in mind, Danny. 481 00:31:14,278 --> 00:31:16,940 From your records, they're more humanitarian than you are. 482 00:31:17,114 --> 00:31:20,242 They'll probably target your military bases and research facilities. 483 00:31:20,418 --> 00:31:24,184 Hell, their missiles are probably halfway here by now. 484 00:31:24,722 --> 00:31:26,519 You're lying. 485 00:31:30,795 --> 00:31:33,559 Holograms don't lie, Danny boy. 486 00:31:33,731 --> 00:31:36,131 Computer, end simulation. 487 00:31:36,300 --> 00:31:37,665 End simulation! 488 00:31:37,835 --> 00:31:40,861 Guess the system's busy. This little lab of yours... 489 00:31:41,038 --> 00:31:45,407 ...this isn't, by any chance, located on a military base, is it? 490 00:31:45,576 --> 00:31:46,873 No! 491 00:31:56,888 --> 00:31:59,049 Rest easy, friends. 492 00:32:00,858 --> 00:32:02,587 Rest easy. 493 00:32:05,062 --> 00:32:07,860 Record ends. Auto play feature engaged. 494 00:32:08,032 --> 00:32:11,900 Loading next sequence. Date: 1000 years from first time period. 495 00:32:12,069 --> 00:32:13,934 Stand by. 496 00:32:15,039 --> 00:32:18,770 Accessing records for date 1000 years from initial scanning date. Stand by. 497 00:32:22,947 --> 00:32:25,677 Surprised it all still works after this long. 498 00:32:25,850 --> 00:32:28,250 Well, better get to my report. 499 00:32:28,419 --> 00:32:32,219 Start auto-track systems. 500 00:32:36,527 --> 00:32:38,188 Yes! 501 00:32:38,729 --> 00:32:42,256 Yes? Yes, just a moment. 502 00:32:44,135 --> 00:32:48,333 - Well, Brother Michael, it's rather late. - Yes, I know, I know. 503 00:32:48,506 --> 00:32:50,770 But I really had to talk to you, Brother Alwyn. 504 00:32:50,942 --> 00:32:52,569 So it would seem. 505 00:32:52,743 --> 00:32:54,574 I am having a... 506 00:32:54,745 --> 00:32:56,975 - A crisis of faith. - That again? 507 00:32:57,148 --> 00:32:59,013 - What? - Nothing, nothing. 508 00:32:59,183 --> 00:33:02,277 And what is afflicting your conscience tonight, Brother Michael? 509 00:33:02,453 --> 00:33:05,320 Well, I don't know what my role is or what I'm doing here. 510 00:33:05,489 --> 00:33:07,684 - You're doing God's work. - Yes, but to what end? 511 00:33:07,858 --> 00:33:12,056 The ways of the Lord are mysterious and do not bend to your or to my desire... 512 00:33:12,229 --> 00:33:15,357 ...for answers on a certain schedule. 513 00:33:15,533 --> 00:33:18,263 "Where was thou when I called forth leviathan?" 514 00:33:18,436 --> 00:33:22,304 Yes, I've read Job, Brother Alwyn, and it is really not helping. 515 00:33:22,506 --> 00:33:25,441 All right, Brother Michael. 516 00:33:26,811 --> 00:33:30,713 What has precipitated this particular crisis of faith? 517 00:33:30,881 --> 00:33:35,011 There is a rumor going around that our request for recognition... 518 00:33:35,186 --> 00:33:37,154 ...has been turned down yet again by Rome. 519 00:33:37,321 --> 00:33:39,585 Yes, I see. 520 00:33:39,757 --> 00:33:44,023 A better rationale for the vow of silence I've never heard. 521 00:33:44,495 --> 00:33:46,292 Is it true? 522 00:33:46,831 --> 00:33:50,892 The ways of Rome are like unto God. 523 00:33:51,068 --> 00:33:52,763 They are mysterious... 524 00:33:52,937 --> 00:33:55,963 ...and sometimes they transcend understanding. 525 00:33:56,407 --> 00:33:59,808 They confess to an inability to see the wisdom of our mission. 526 00:33:59,977 --> 00:34:02,810 To keep alive the knowledge of the past. 527 00:34:02,980 --> 00:34:07,246 The knowledge that would have been lost forever after the Great Burn 500 years ago. 528 00:34:08,285 --> 00:34:10,219 Science and technology? 529 00:34:11,322 --> 00:34:12,983 It's not really their calling. 530 00:34:13,791 --> 00:34:16,282 - But it is ours. - But, I mean... 531 00:34:16,460 --> 00:34:19,361 Well, how? How do we know it's our calling? 532 00:34:19,530 --> 00:34:22,556 - How exactly can we be sure? - Brother Michael! 533 00:34:23,100 --> 00:34:27,730 I'm not actually saying anything that Rome hasn't already asked. And you know it. 534 00:34:27,905 --> 00:34:30,430 Most of the records were destroyed in the Great Burn, sir... 535 00:34:30,608 --> 00:34:32,508 ...and we only have word of mouth to go on. 536 00:34:32,676 --> 00:34:37,136 In the holy books written after the Great Burn! 537 00:34:37,782 --> 00:34:41,548 And so it came to pass that in the 500th year of the Alliance... 538 00:34:41,719 --> 00:34:45,450 ...the children of Earth did war, one upon another... 539 00:34:45,623 --> 00:34:49,389 ...with missiles and terrible weapons. And they burned the Earth... 540 00:34:49,560 --> 00:34:53,052 ...and the air and the cities and the sea! 541 00:34:53,297 --> 00:34:57,700 You need only look outside to have that part verified. 542 00:34:57,935 --> 00:35:01,393 - Why is the rest suspect? - It's all too clean. 543 00:35:01,572 --> 00:35:04,735 It's all too well-thought-out to be real. 544 00:35:04,909 --> 00:35:08,003 Look in here. Here, the... 545 00:35:08,746 --> 00:35:10,771 ...blessed Lorien. 546 00:35:11,482 --> 00:35:13,814 - The last of the firstborn. - Exactly. 547 00:35:13,984 --> 00:35:16,976 The last shall come first, the first shall come last. 548 00:35:17,455 --> 00:35:21,687 A fable, specifically created to match scripture, that's what the others say. 549 00:35:21,859 --> 00:35:25,022 And there is not one shred of evidence that he even existed. 550 00:35:25,196 --> 00:35:27,994 There is proof. Out there, in space. 551 00:35:28,165 --> 00:35:31,430 Yes, but space is closed to us now. 552 00:35:33,504 --> 00:35:35,938 Just look at us, Brother Alwyn. 553 00:35:36,407 --> 00:35:38,671 And look at what Earth has become. 554 00:35:38,843 --> 00:35:41,971 Our cities are little more than villages. 555 00:35:42,146 --> 00:35:45,081 All those great secrets of our ancestors are almost gone. 556 00:35:45,249 --> 00:35:47,717 Almost. That's why we're here. 557 00:35:47,885 --> 00:35:50,285 To find the ancient wisdoms and preserve them. 558 00:35:50,454 --> 00:35:53,787 Why, we've already found and restored so many books. 559 00:35:53,958 --> 00:35:56,825 Yes, but we are not one inch closer to... 560 00:35:56,994 --> 00:36:01,294 To those flying machines that the books talk about, or to the stars. 561 00:36:01,465 --> 00:36:03,990 And if the truth really does lie in the stars... 562 00:36:04,168 --> 00:36:06,830 ...then how will we ever know the truth? 563 00:36:07,271 --> 00:36:10,832 Look, the others. The blessed Sheridan... 564 00:36:11,008 --> 00:36:13,272 ...who lived and died... 565 00:36:13,444 --> 00:36:16,902 ...and returned from the dead and was taken bodily into heaven. 566 00:36:17,081 --> 00:36:20,209 And lvanova the strong and Delenn the wise. 567 00:36:20,384 --> 00:36:23,217 They could all be fables for all we know. 568 00:36:24,088 --> 00:36:26,283 - You know the worst of it? - What? 569 00:36:28,292 --> 00:36:33,195 I was halfway through illuminating it when my heart just left me. 570 00:36:34,665 --> 00:36:38,692 You know the prophecies. The prophecies of Delenn III... 571 00:36:39,270 --> 00:36:42,831 ...said that the Anla'shok, the Rangers... 572 00:36:43,007 --> 00:36:48,309 ...would come again to the Earth in her greatest hour of need... 573 00:36:48,479 --> 00:36:54,349 ...and rebuild what was once the cradle of Sheridan and the Alliance. 574 00:36:54,985 --> 00:36:58,318 And we have waited so, so long, Brother Alwyn... 575 00:36:58,489 --> 00:37:00,548 ...and they have never come. 576 00:37:01,025 --> 00:37:05,826 If that's a myth, then everything else could be a myth. 577 00:37:06,297 --> 00:37:10,529 And the whole of my life could just be a lie. 578 00:37:11,235 --> 00:37:15,001 And if they do not come today, but they come tomorrow... 579 00:37:15,172 --> 00:37:18,073 ...is your life a lie then? 580 00:37:19,043 --> 00:37:24,276 I cannot help you, Brother Michael. That is what faith is for. 581 00:37:24,448 --> 00:37:26,678 Faith sustains us... 582 00:37:26,850 --> 00:37:31,378 ...in the hour when reason tells us that we cannot continue... 583 00:37:31,555 --> 00:37:35,184 ...that the whole of our lives is without meaning. 584 00:37:36,026 --> 00:37:38,859 Then why were we born able to reason if reason's useless? 585 00:37:39,096 --> 00:37:42,429 Not useless. But it's also not enough. 586 00:37:42,600 --> 00:37:45,467 Faith and reason are the shoes on your feet. 587 00:37:45,636 --> 00:37:49,128 You can travel further with both than you can with just one. 588 00:37:49,306 --> 00:37:52,798 If you must have reason for an answer, then consider this. 589 00:37:52,977 --> 00:37:57,141 If today the Rangers came back to Earth from their place in the heavens... 590 00:37:57,314 --> 00:37:59,009 ...you would not know about it. 591 00:37:59,183 --> 00:38:02,243 They would come in secret and move around us and help us... 592 00:38:02,419 --> 00:38:04,512 ...and we wouldn't even know they were here... 593 00:38:04,688 --> 00:38:09,250 ...because the secret that they bring is feared by people... 594 00:38:09,426 --> 00:38:13,385 ...who still blame science for the Great Burn. 595 00:38:14,231 --> 00:38:17,223 Then you think the Rangers are here today? 596 00:38:18,569 --> 00:38:21,595 I believe they could be. 597 00:38:21,772 --> 00:38:23,899 That's all that faith requires. 598 00:38:24,241 --> 00:38:28,507 That we surrender ourselves to the possibility of hope. 599 00:38:28,679 --> 00:38:31,614 With that, I am content. 600 00:38:31,782 --> 00:38:34,182 And I believe you will be as well. 601 00:38:39,023 --> 00:38:41,014 It's beautiful work. 602 00:38:41,625 --> 00:38:46,085 Too lovely and significant for you to half-finish. 603 00:38:46,263 --> 00:38:48,458 Finish your illumination, Brother Michael. 604 00:38:48,632 --> 00:38:51,430 You've gone this far. It's too late to lose your faith now... 605 00:38:51,602 --> 00:38:54,127 ...or my faith in you. 606 00:38:54,305 --> 00:38:57,331 If the truth really is in the stars, Brother Alwyn... 607 00:38:57,508 --> 00:39:00,272 ...then just once, once before I die... 608 00:39:00,444 --> 00:39:03,607 ...I really wish that I could walk amongst those stars. 609 00:39:03,781 --> 00:39:06,682 If there is a way, Brother Michael... 610 00:39:06,850 --> 00:39:10,342 ...I pray that your wish comes true. 611 00:39:17,127 --> 00:39:18,116 Oh, dear. 612 00:39:20,331 --> 00:39:23,095 Your energy level's almost down to nothing. 613 00:39:23,267 --> 00:39:27,135 I'm going to have to sit you in the sun tomorrow to recharge. 614 00:39:29,239 --> 00:39:31,230 Alwyn Macomber reporting in. 615 00:39:31,408 --> 00:39:34,673 Nothing of substance to report since my last. 616 00:39:34,845 --> 00:39:39,373 We think we may have gathered enough information from the time pre-Burn... 617 00:39:39,550 --> 00:39:42,849 ...to assemble a working gasoline engine. 618 00:39:43,020 --> 00:39:45,750 Obviously, there's no gasoline in this part of the country. 619 00:39:45,923 --> 00:39:48,983 Therefore, we ask the supply department if they could... 620 00:39:49,159 --> 00:39:52,151 ...arrange to have a suitable supply of gasoline... 621 00:39:52,329 --> 00:39:55,787 ...found in the vicinity near the abbey in a few days. 622 00:39:55,966 --> 00:40:01,598 Only this time, for Valen's sake, please make it look like an old container. 623 00:40:01,772 --> 00:40:05,572 The last one could've been produced 100 years ago. 624 00:40:16,120 --> 00:40:18,953 We will rebuild the Earth. 625 00:40:19,690 --> 00:40:23,057 Though it take us another 2000 years. 626 00:40:23,227 --> 00:40:27,323 But this time we will build it better. 627 00:40:28,999 --> 00:40:32,992 I'm attaching a conversation I just had with Brother Michael... 628 00:40:33,170 --> 00:40:37,106 ...who I still think would be a worthy recruit after he's grown a little. 629 00:40:37,274 --> 00:40:40,766 Give him another 20 years and he'll be fine. 630 00:40:42,646 --> 00:40:47,140 Alwyn, Anla'shok, Earth Sector, end report. 631 00:40:47,317 --> 00:40:50,309 We live for the one, we die for the one. 632 00:40:50,487 --> 00:40:52,785 Record ends. Auto play feature complete. 633 00:40:53,290 --> 00:40:55,087 Stand by. 634 00:40:57,127 --> 00:40:59,687 System has finished processing and archiving records... 635 00:40:59,863 --> 00:41:02,730 ...for period of one million years from initial scanning date. 636 00:41:03,066 --> 00:41:04,931 Instructions. 637 00:41:05,836 --> 00:41:06,962 Our job is finished. 638 00:41:07,137 --> 00:41:10,163 - Convey records to New Earth. - Confirmed. 639 00:41:10,340 --> 00:41:14,208 Use enhanced tachyon sequence to ensure arrival in time for the celebrations. 640 00:41:14,378 --> 00:41:18,508 Confirmed. Note: Atypical solar emissions increasing in intensity. 641 00:41:18,682 --> 00:41:22,049 Estimate Sol will hit nova in less than five standard hours. 642 00:41:22,219 --> 00:41:24,016 Recommend immediate evacuation. 643 00:41:24,188 --> 00:41:26,418 Tell the others not to worry. 644 00:41:26,590 --> 00:41:29,457 I wouldn't miss this for anything. 645 00:41:29,626 --> 00:41:31,025 Now go on. 646 00:41:37,201 --> 00:41:39,669 This is how the world ends. 647 00:41:39,837 --> 00:41:43,034 Swallowed in fire, but not in darkness. 648 00:41:43,207 --> 00:41:44,765 You will live on. 649 00:41:44,942 --> 00:41:46,876 The voice of all our ancestors... 650 00:41:47,044 --> 00:41:50,946 ...the voice of our fathers and our mothers to the last generation. 651 00:41:51,114 --> 00:41:54,174 We created the world we think you would've wished for us. 652 00:41:54,351 --> 00:41:58,151 And now we leave the cradle for the last time. 653 00:42:32,089 --> 00:42:33,954 You should sleep. 654 00:42:34,525 --> 00:42:36,823 We both have early meetings. 655 00:42:37,628 --> 00:42:39,425 Yeah, I know. 656 00:42:41,064 --> 00:42:43,191 I was just thinking about it all. 657 00:42:43,367 --> 00:42:45,528 Everything we've done... 658 00:42:46,470 --> 00:42:48,461 ...and what I said earlier. 659 00:42:48,639 --> 00:42:50,436 And I was wondering... 660 00:42:50,607 --> 00:42:55,738 ...if they will remember us 100 years from now, or 1000. 661 00:42:57,748 --> 00:43:00,273 Then I figured, probably not. 662 00:43:00,951 --> 00:43:02,851 But it doesn't matter. 663 00:43:03,020 --> 00:43:07,514 We did what we did because it was right, not to be remembered. 664 00:43:07,691 --> 00:43:10,819 History will attend to itself. 665 00:43:10,994 --> 00:43:13,019 It always does. 666 00:44:07,918 --> 00:44:08,907 [ENGLISH] 667 00:44:09,305 --> 00:45:09,312 Watch Movies, Series & LiveTV www.flixify.app