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Title: Babylons 1 to 3
Post by: magatsu1 on September 23, 2004, 04:34:07 pm: What happened to 'em then ? I've got series 1 to 3 and still don't know/remember.

Anyone fancy a fanboy B5 discussion BTW ?:D
Title: Babylons 1 to 3
Post by: Antares on September 23, 2004, 04:42:18 pm: I remember reading in an online encyclopedia of some sort that Babylons 1-4 were all either lost or destroyed.
Title: Babylons 1 to 3
Post by: magatsu1 on September 23, 2004, 04:48:12 pm: well B4 was explained in War without End.
Title: Babylons 1 to 3
Post by: Slasher on September 23, 2004, 04:51:16 pm: Near the end of In the Beginning, when Londo is finishing his story, a Babylon station is seen exploding. It doesn't say which one it is, but it's obviously 1, 2, or 3.

I think sabotage played a role in one or more of the first three stations' destruction.
Title: Babylons 1 to 3
Post by: Trivial Psychic on September 23, 2004, 04:53:03 pm: They were all sabbotaged and destroyed before completion. In the season 1 episode "Grail", Jinxo (Tomas) gave a bit more description of what happened to at least 2 of them, as well as B4. Now, I seem to recall some interesting elaborations on these events, over at B5 Tech, but I just looked there and I don't see what I recall reading. Also, many in this community dislike B5 Tech for its loose association with canon information. In any case, if it wasn't B5 Tech, then I'm not sure where I read this, but I recall that 3 separate Pro-Earth groups sabbotaged 3 different key components of Babylon 1, without any kind of co-ordination or knowledge between them. When one of the components failed, the remaining undammaged components were reused as part of the next Babylon station, until some of them failed. The final sabbotaged component failed during late construction of B3, when the tech crews powered up the reactor for the first time, and had it blow on them. B4 and subsequently B5, were both constructed under heavy military supervision.

later!
Title: Babylons 1 to 3
Post by: magatsu1 on September 23, 2004, 04:58:18 pm: I would have taken the hint after B3 went pop and tried somethin' else...
Title: Babylons 1 to 3
Post by: Slasher on September 23, 2004, 04:58:56 pm: (http://freespace.volitionwatch.com/babylon/Screens_Misc/Screens_slasher/babboom.jpg)
Title: Babylons 1 to 3
Post by: Trivial Psychic on September 23, 2004, 05:18:40 pm: Screenshot from "In The Beginning", the movie. I see someone else bought the B5 DVD movie pack.
Title: Babylons 1 to 3
Post by: magatsu1 on September 24, 2004, 09:43:07 am: oh I've got that too ( the only movie I've got like)
Title: Babylons 1 to 3
Post by: Bobboau on September 25, 2004, 01:54:25 am: yeah, you know I think I'd have been like "ok, lets call this one... Persia 1"
Title: Babylons 1 to 3
Post by: -Norbert- on September 25, 2004, 07:46:24 pm: If you want more detail on Jinxo:
He said that the first 3 stations where destroyed due to sabotage when he was on vacation. So he stayed on B4 untill it was finished. When he looked back thrugh a window of the shuttle that brought him away from B4 (since when did an EA shuttle have a window in the back :p ) he saw B4 disappear.