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Revision as of 16:38, 27 January 2007
| Babylon 5 | |
|---|---|
| File:Babylon5 01.jpg Babylon 5 orbits Epsilon III | |
| First appearance | Babylon 5: The Gathering |
| Last appearance | The Rules of the Game |
| Information | |
| Affiliation | Earth Alliance |
| Launched | 2257 |
| Decommissioned | 2281 |
| Combat vehicles | Starfuries |
| General characteristics | |
| Armaments | Particle laser cannon Pulse and plasma cannons |
| Power | Fusion reactor |
| Mass | 2.5 million tons |
| Length | Five miles (8 km) [1] |
Babylon 5 is a fictional space station and the primary setting in the television series Babylon 5. Template:Spoiler
Babylon 5 was designed as the last best hope for peace. It was the last of 5 stations to be built with its predecessors either being destroyed, or in the case of Babylon 4, vanishing.
History
Babylon 5 was constructed ten years after the Earth-Minbari War, the last of the Babylon stations. Its purpose was to "prevent another war by creating a place where humans and aliens could work out their differences peacefully"[2]
Sectors
Downbelow
Downbelow, located in brown sector, is a term used in Babylon 5 to refer to the unused sections of the Babylon 5 station, mostly nearest the hull, occupied by its equivalent of the homeless or dispossessed residents, commonly called Lurkers. Downbelow contains the station's slums and brothels. Commerce runs primarily on barter.
Downbelow is a center of criminal activity on Babylon 5, though by no means is crime confined to that area. It is estimated that Downbelow accounts for nine-tenths of the station's crime. Most inhabitants die in Downbelow unknown and unremembered, trapped on the station for various reasons.
This sector is mostly inhabited by humans, although a percentage of inhabitants include non-human species (Drazi, Brakiri, and Pak'ma'ra).
History
As Earth Alliance contractors ran out of money, the Downbelow area was not fully developed, resulting in it getting utilized by businesses of a disreputable nature.
When people searching for better lives came aboard Babylon 5 and were unable to find it, they would assemble in Downbelow after running low (or completely out of) money. With no means of getting home, the denizens of Downbelow became a cheap labor force for illegal business operations (Dust trafficking, smuggling, et cetera).
Technological specifications
Tactical
Babylon 5 carried several Starfury squadrons, and the station also had its own defensive grid system which was capable of taking on a Primus Class Battlecruiser and destroying it.[3]
References
- ^ "And Now For a Word". Babylon 5.
- ^ Voice over by Jeffrey Sinclair — all season 1 episodes.
- ^ "The Fall of Night". Babylon 5.
External links
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