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| Alien Healing Device | An alien device of unknown origin. Originally designed to be used as a form of capital punishment, this device transfers life force from one person to another (i.e. from a criminal to a dying person). Dr. Laura Rosen bought the device in 2256 and modified it so that it could be used without killing the person who is donating the life force. She then brought it to Babylon 5 where she used it on her illegal clinic until the device was confiscated by Dr. Franklin in 2258. During the next few years the Alien Healing Device was used to save Garibaldi (in 2259 by Franklin and Sheridan) and Ivanova (in 2261 by Marcus who died in the process). | |
| Alien Sector | An area on Grey Sector that can be used to provide 14 different atmospheres. It is also the name that some of the aliens use when referring to the 'human sectors' of the station. | |
| Ancients | The name the Minbari use of the generations who lived before Valen's time. | |
| Anla-Shok | The Minbari name of the Rangers, meaning "the application of force". | |
| Army of Light | The name Sheridan used of the coalition fighting the Shadows in 2259. | |
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| BabCom | The internal communications system on Babylon 5. | |
| Babylon 5 Advisory Council | The heart of B5's diplomatic activities. A council that originally consisted of the ambassadors from the Minbari Federation, the Centauri Republic, the Vorlon Empire, the Narn Regime, the Earth Alliance and the League of Non-Aligned Worlds. The more powerful races each had a vote, whereas the League in its entirety had only one (though, if the council was unable to reach a decision, the League's vote was be the deciding one). The role of the council was somewhat changed after B5's secession from the Earth Alliance, the Shadow War and the birth of the Interstellar Alliance. | |
| Babylon Project, The | A project created by President Levy of the Earth Alliance after the unfortunate Earth-Minbari War. The goal of this project was to prevent similar wars of misunderstanding by providing a neutral place for commerce and diplomacy, namely the Babylon Station. The original Babylon Station was destroyed before it was finished, and the next two attempts were sabotaged during their construction, and were also never finished. Babylon 4 was operational for less than a 24 hours before vanishing without a trace. With funding from the Centauri and the Minbari Babylon 5 (smaller and cheaper than its predecessors) was constructed and indeed functioned as one of the most important diplomatic outposts for over twenty years. | |
| Black Omega | A department of Psi Cops who have the training of a starfury pilot. Founded by Alfred Bester. | |
| Blib | A name the Psi Cops use of rogue telepaths. | |
| Bloodhound Unit | A special unit of Psi Cops that is trained to hunt down rogue telepaths by 'smelling out' their minds. Founded by Alfred Bester. | |
| Blue Sector | The center of B5's administration and operations. The Observation Dome, customs areas, medlabs and personnel quarters are situated there. | |
| Brivari | A Centauri drink that contains alcohol. | |
| Brown Sector | Industrial and storage areas that hold reclamation systems and heavy machinery. Some areas of the sector have been welded shut. | |
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| C∓C | See Command and Control | |
| Centaurum | The highest branch of the Centauri Government. A senate answerable only to the emperor. | |
| Changeling Net | A dangerous, expensive and illegal camouflaging device that creates a life-like holographic projection around its user. Due to the strong energy field the device creates, it can be lethal if used too often or for too long. | |
| Circle, The | The ruling council of the techno-mages. | |
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Command and Control (C∓C, Observation Dome) |
The center of all of the station's operations (e.g. weapons control), situated on the Blue Sector. C∓C is off-limits to civilians. | |
| Conspiracy of Light | The name Draal used of the conspiracy determined to find evidence against President Clark. | |
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| Dark Servants | A name used to refer to the races working in co-operation with the Shadows (e.g. the Drakh). | |
| Dark Star | A seedy night club in Downbelow. Owned by the alien Ock. | |
| Data crystal | A small crystal used to store information. | |
| Death Cloud | The most powerful weapon of the Shadows. A missile-filled cloud that is powerful enough to destroy an entire planet. During the Shadow War it was used against the allies of the Vorlons and years later the Drakh used it in their attempt to revenge the Interstellar Alliance by destroying Earth. | |
| Docker's Guild | The union for the dock workers of Earth Alliance. On B5 its representative is Neeoma Connelly who looks after the interests and security of the 1500 dock workers on the station. | |
| Down Below | A name most people use of the slums on Babylon 5's Brown Sector. Most of the criminal activity on the station is centered there. | |
| Drafa | An extremely contagious and leathal disease that originated from the Markab homeworld. Dangerous only to races like the Markab and the Pak'ma'ra, who have
specialized cells for producing neurotransmitters (namely yellow- and green cells). The incubation period of the disease varies from few days to a week, and the symptoms include sore throat,
dizziness, low blood pressure and swollen glands. After the symptoms appear, death follows during the next 24 hours.
In 2259 the drafa killed the entire Markab race. |
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| Droshalla | A winged being of light in the Drazi pantheon. | |
| Dust | A highly addictive drug that activates the latent telepathy gene. The user can thus perform a 'telepathic rape' and experience the victim's entire life in just a few seconds. | |
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| EA | See Earth Alliance | |
| Earharts | The officers' club on B5. Named after Amaelia Earhart. | |
| Earth Alliance | See the article on humans. | |
| Earth Dome | The center of operations for the Earth Alliance, situated on Geneva, Earth. | |
| Earthforce | The military forces of Earth Alliance. | |
| EarthGov | The government of Earth Alliance. | |
| Eclipse Cafe | A cafe situated in Zocalo. | |
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Edgars Industries (EI, Edgars-Garibaldi Industries) |
 The largest pharmaseutical company on Mars. While under the ownership of the mysterious
billionaire William Edgars, the company was involved in several black projects, including the search for eternal life and a virus that was only dangerous to telepaths. After Edgars was killed by Psi Corps, his wife Lise Hampton-Edgars inherited the company and put Michael Garibaldi in charge of it. Garibaldi got rid of the old, corrupted board of directors and
turned the company into a legitimate one. The company was later renamed Edgars-Garibaldi Industries and it was still around almost twenty years later in 2281. |
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| EI | See Edgars Industries | |
| Entil'zha | An honorary title for the leader of the Rangers. | |
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| First Ones, The | The oldest races of the galaxy. Most of the First Ones left beyond the Rim during the million years leading to the last Great War, but some, like the Vorlons, the Shadows and the First Ones of Sigma 957, remained. Still, in 2261 they too went beyond the Rim leaving the galaxy to the younger races. See also: articles on Shadows, Vorlons and other First Ones | |
| Flarn | A Minbari food. | |
| Foundationism | A belief system the followers of which believe that in order to get to the core of religions, to understand them, one has to study the similarities between all religions, including alien ones. | |
| Fresh Air Restaurant, The | The most expensive restaurant on Babylon 5. An open air restaurant with a beautiful view to the hydroponic gardens above. | |
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| G'Quan | A Narn religious leader who presumably lived on the 12th century. At the time the Narn were not yet a space-faring race and the Shadows were holding the planet as a base. After the Shadows had almost all telepaths killed, G'Quan and the few remaining telepaths freed Narn from their rule. | |
| Green Sector | The center of B5's diplomatic activities. The diplomats' quarters (considered to be a part of the territory of the world of the ambassador) are situated there which is why the sector is a high-security area and off limits for others than diplomats, their attachés and guests, and authorized members of B5 staff. | |
| Grey Sector | B5's industrial and storage area. The Alien Sector is also situated there. There are several rumours around concerning mysterious occurrences on Grey Sector, parts of which has been dubbed by the personnel as 'The B5 Triangle'. | |
| Grey Council | A council, originally founded by Valen, that holds the highest power on Minbar. It originally had nine members, three of each caste plus a leader. The Grey
Council is permanetely situated on a ship so that it is removed from mundane matters.
Delenn dissolved the council in 2260 after the balance of castes had been disturbed by giving the warrior caste a majority. For almost a year Minbar was without leaders and this eventually led to a war between the warrior caste and the religious caste. Delenn brought the war to an end in 2261 and reformed the council. She re-organised the entire Council by giving the warring castes only two places each and rewarding the worker caste, which had remained neutral during the war, with five. No leader was appointed, but the place was left empty in the memory of Neroon who had died in the pursuit of peace. |
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| Happy Daze | A seedy bar in Downbelow. | |
| Homeguard | A pro-Earth terrorist organization. Homeguard attemps to prevent other races from influencing the culture and politics of Earth and its colonies. In the pursuit of their agenda they have, for exampel, made an attempt to destroy Babylon 5. | |
| Hyperspace | An alternate dimension that makes travel between different star systems possible. When travelling in hyperspace the travel times are days and weeks instead of years, decades and centuries. Hyperspace can be entered through jumpgates and jump points, and when travelling there, the ship must not stray from the beacons. If this happens, the ship will get lost and is almost impossible to rescue. | |
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| Interlac | An artificial language used in interspecies (first contact) communication. | |
| Interplanetary Expeditions | A politically and economically powerful multiplanetary company which sends xenoarcheologists to explore dead cultures and abandoned worlds in order to gain new, valuable technologies which then can be sold at a good profit. | |
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Interstellar Alliance (ISA) |
 An economic and political Alliance founded by the League of Non-Aligned Worlds, Narn, Centauri and Minbar (Earth joined a few
days later) in 2261 to maintain peace in the galaxy. The most valuable resource of the Alliance are the Rangers who patrol on the boarders of the member worlds and
protect them from outside attackers, but remain neural in conflicts within the Alliance. Although the Alliance does not interfere with internal affairs of its members, the member worlds are expected
to honour certain rules, including the declaration of principles. John Sheridan was the first elected president of the Alliance and he continued in this position until 2279 when he resigned and his
vice-president (and wife) Delenn was elected president. The Alliance headquarters were originally situated on Babylon 5, but were moved to Tuzenor, Minbar in late 2262, after the facilities there
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InterStellar News Network (ISN) |
 A news channel that broadcasts to Earth and its colonies. In April 2260 some of the reporters made an attempt to uncover the corruption in Earth
administration and as a result President Clark's forces took over the broadcast center and imprisoned the rebelling reporters. For the next year or so the channel was used mainly for distributing
propaganda against the resistance movements. After forces loyal to Sheridan liberated Earth, ISN returned to back to its original form.
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| IPX | See Interplanetary Expeditions | |
| ISA | See Interstellar Alliance | |
| Isil'zha |
The Minbari name (meaning 'future') for the brooch the Rangers carry. The jewel in the middle is circumfenced by a stylised image of a human and a Minbari who merge at the center. When the brooch is forged, it is kept in fire until its white-hot and is then submerged first into holy water, then into Minbari blood and finally into human blood. A legend says that when a ranger dies, each figure in his or her brooch sheds three tears; one of water and two of blood. |
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| Jumpgate/point | A jumpgate is a gateway to hyperspace; jump point a temporary 'window' which a large ship can open anywhere in space. Many of the jumpgates were originally created by some of the First Ones, though new gates are constantly constructed as well. Destroying jumpgates is forbidden by every law of civilised warfare, because losing the gates would result the destruction of the entire jumpgate system, which in return would mean the end of hyperspace travel. | |
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| Keeper | A parasite the Shadows and their servants use to control their slaves. A Keeper is nurtured by a Drakh in his own body, until it is strong enough to be planted into a suitable victim. The Keepers cannot be killed exept by killing their 'parent' Drakh; in every other case the parasite merely grows back. In B5 history Keepers have been used to control at least Londo Mollari, David Sheridan and a member of the Mars Resistance known as John 'Captain Jack' Demeter. | |
| Kha'Ri | The ruling council of the Narns. When the Centauri took over the planet in 2259, they had all members of the Kha'ri (except G'Kar) killed. The Council was presumably restored in 2261 after Londo had Narn freed. | |
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| League of Non-Aligned Worlds | A group of smaller races who allied themselves in order to stand equal beside the more powerful races such as humans, Narns and Minbari. Members of the League include the Pak'ma'ra, the Drazi and the Brakiri. This union of races was disturbed when the Shadows started wars between the members of the League. It survived through the war in one form or another, though, and was only dismantled in 2261 when all of its members joined the Interstellar Alliance. | |
| Legions of Fire | A resistance movement on the Drakh-controlled Centauri Prime during the 2270's. Lead by Vir Cotto, this small group of Centauri (and a few techno-mages) sabotaged the warmachines the Drakh-puppet Prime Minister Durla had had built in order to assault the Interstellar Alliance. In the end Legions of Fire managed to uncover the Drakh influence on Centauri Prime and to free their planet. | |
| Lurkers | Name used of the homeless and unemployed people (both humans and aliens) living in Down Below. Most lurkers are people who have arrived to B5 in the hope of a better life, but have then lost all the their money and are thus unable to even return to their homeplanet. | |
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