I was there, at the dawn of the Third Age of Mankind. It began in the Earth year 2257 with the founding of the last of the Babylon stations, located deep in neutral space. It was a port of call for refugees, smugglers, businessmen, diplomats and travelers from a hundred worlds. It could be a dangerous place, but we accepted the risk because Babylon 5 was our last, best hope for peace. Under the leadership of its final commander, Babylon 5 was a dream given form, a dream of a galaxy without war, when species from different worlds could live side-by-side in mutual respect, a dream that was endangered as never before by the arrival of one man on a mission of destruction. Babylon 5 was the last of the Babylon stations. This is its story. -- Pilot Introduction (Ambassador Londo Mollari)
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. Its goal, to prevent another war by creating a place where humans and aliens could work out their differences peacefully. It's a port of call - home away from home for diplomats, hustlers, entrepreneurs, and wanderers. Humans and aliens wrapped in two million, five hundred thousand tons of spinning metal, all alone in the night. It can be a dangerous place, but it's our last best hope for peace. This is the story of the last of the Babylon stations. The year is 2258. The name of the place is Babylon 5. -- First Season Introduction (Commander Sinclair)
The Babylon Project was our last, best hope for peace. A self-contained world five miles long, located in neutral territory. A place of commerce and diplomacy for a quarter of a million humans and aliens. A shining beacon in space, all alone in the night. It was the dawn of the Third Age of Mankind...the year the Great War came upon us all. This is the story of the last of the Babylon stations. The year is 2259. The name of the place is Babylon 5. -- Second Season Introduction (Captain Sheridan)
We came to this place because Babylon 5 was our last, best hope for peace. By the end of 2259, we knew that it had failed. But in so doing, it became something greater. As the war expanded, it became our last best hope... for victory. Because sometimes, peace is another word for surrender. -- Second Season Closing Soliloquy (Commander Ivanova)
The Babylon Project was our last, best hope for peace. It failed. But, in the Year of the Shadow War, it became something greater: our last, best hope... for victory. The year is 2260. The place: Babylon 5. -- Third Season Introduction (Commander Ivanova)
It was the end of the Earth year 2260, and the war had paused, suddenly and unexpectedly. All around us, it was as if the universe were holding its breath. Waiting... All of life can be broken down into moments of transition or moments of revelation. This had the feeling of both... G'Quon wrote, 'There is a greater darkness than the one we fight. It is the darkness of the soul that has lost its way. The war we fight is not against powers and principalities, it is against chaos and despair. Greater than the death of flesh is the death of hope, the death of dreams. Against this peril we can never surrender. The future is all around us, waiting, in moments of transition, to be born in moments of revelation. No one knows the shape of that future or where it will take us. We know only that it is always born in pain.' -- Third Season Closing (G'kar)
"It was the year of fire; the year of destruction; the year we took back what was ours. It was the year of rebirth; the year of great sadness; the year of pain; and a year of joy. It was a new age. It was the end of history. It was the year everything changed. The year is 2261. The place, Babylon 5. -- Fourth Season Introduction (Ensemble)
Babylon five est selon mon avis et celui de plein d'autre personne la meilleur série de Science-Fiction jamais créé pour la TV.Cette série raconte l'histoire de la station spatiale Babylon 5 qui sert de lieu de rencontre et de négociation à toute les principales races connus. Cette série a la particularité d'avoir été écrite avant d'avoir été porté à l'écran et donc qu'elle possède un début, un milieu et une fin. Ce sens de continuité qui relie chaque épisode en fait donc une série unique en son genre. La série à durée 5 ans comme il avait été prévu à son départ et c'est terminé en 1998. Si vous voulez en connaitre plus sur cette merveilleurse série regarder ces adresses et amusez vous.
Lurker Guide to Babylon 5: le meilleur et le plus complet site sur le net
B5 Encyclopedia: Très bon site sur l'univers de Babylon 5 mais avec quelques erreurs.
Downbelow: Très bon site de contenant des .wav de la série.
Official B5 site: Site officiel de B5.
Shadow information office: Voulez en savoir plus sur les shadows... passez au comptoir
Pour ceux que ca intéresse, il y a un jeu de rôle sur babylon 5 (the Babylon Project). Mais le jeu comme tel a été abandonné par la compagnie et sera peut-être repris.... en mieu j'espère. Voici quelques sites y ayant attrait. et le war game (Babylon War).
Vault: Site de règles non officiel.
B5 project: Vous chercher des modules... c'est la place.
Et finalement, j'ai été très impressionné par le wargame de babylon 5, Babylon 5 War. Il rend très bien l'atmosphère des combats que l'on voit dans la série. Pour en savoir plus cliquer ici
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Top 11 de mes épisodes préférés de B5, 11 car je ne pouvait en enlever un autre: (15/04/99)
0- Sleeping into the light
1- Interlude and examination
2- Severed Dream
3- The coming of shadows
4- Z'ha'dum
5- In the beginning
6- The long, twiling struggle
7- Into the fire
8- In the shadow of Z'ha'dum
9- Chrysalis
10- Babylon squared