Babylon 5: In the Beginning Page #8

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We do not believe that survival

is a possibility.

We believe that anyone who joins

this battle...

...will never come home.

But for every ten minutes...

...we can delay the military advance...

...several hundred civilians...

...may have a chance to escape

to neutral territory.

Though Earth may fall...

...the Human race must have a chance...

...to continue elsewhere.

No greater sacrifice has ever been asked...

...of a people that I ask you now...

...to step forward one last time...

...one last battle...

...to hold the line against the night.

May God...

...go with you all.

We are almost within range

of the homeworld of the Humans.

The Grey Council should be assembled...

...to see the end of our great campaign.

What glory is there in eliminating

an entire race, Coplann?

Not as much as in the beginning.

It's been a long road, Delenn.

But we are nearly at the end of our...

...holy war.

But are we any longer holy?

Why is it, whenever I see you,

you never speak...

...other than to ask questions?

Because questions are all I have left.

And after today...

...I think they're all I will ever have.

Then at least bring your questions

to the Council.

We must all be there at the end.

DELENN:
Are you still here?

KOSH:
We have always been here.

I've failed.

In a little while...

...the final slaughter will begin.

I know the others do not want it.

Even Morann is tired of war, tired of blood.

But the war has taken on...

...a life of its own.

And it will continue to its bloody end...

...no matter our feelings.

I think...

I think the others only need a reason

to delay.

Or reconsider.

But there is no such reason.

And we are out of time.

I don't know what to do.

Tell me...

Tell me what to do.

KOSH:
The truth points to itself.

What?

KOSH:
The truth points to itself.

I do not understand.

SECOND VORLON:
You will.

But...

SECOND VORLON:
Go now.

KOSH:
Go.

Before it's too late.

ALPHA 7:
Alpha 7 to base.

I'm picking up energy emissions

on the horizon.

FLEET COMMAND:
Alpha 7, scout ahead,

see what's out there.

Affirmative.

Any bogeys on screen?

FLEET COMMAND:
Negative, Alpha 7.

All other squadrons,

maintain radio silence...

...until Alpha 7 checks this out.

Closing in on trace emissions.

So far, nothing.

It might be just an echo or...

Oh, hell.

We've got a scouting party.

Repeat. We've got a scouting party.

Hostiles on approach. Locking on.

SINCLAIR:
Hold on. Hold on.

Alpha 7!

PILOT:
He's gone.

Picking up enemy transmissions.

SINCLAIR:
Stay in formation!

Hold the line!

No one gets through no matter what!

MITCHELL:
Understood.

Alpha Leader,

you have a Minbari on your tail.

It is time.

Tell the others to jump.

I'm on him.

Targeting fighter, no!

Mitchell, stay in formation.

It might be a...

SINCLAIR:
Oh, my God.

WOMAN:
They're everywhere.

MAN 1:
We can't stop them.

MAN 2:
They're locking on!

It's a trap. Mitchell!

MITCHELL:
I've got a clear shot.

I can take them.

SINCLAIR:
Mitchell, break off, break off.

They fight bravely.

They cannot harm our ships...

...but they continue to try.

Fighting or not...

...they know they will die, so really...

...is this bravery...

...or simple desperation?

COMPUTER:
Aft stabilizers hit.

Weapons systems at zero.

Defensive grid at zero.

Power plant near critical mass.

Minbari targeting systems locking on.

If I'm going out,

I'm taking you bastards with me!

Target main cruiser. Set for full velocity

ram. Afterburners on my mark!

Mark!

We should bring one of them aboard

for questioning.

If our next step is the final assault

on their world...

...we must know their defenses.

Very well, Delenn. Choose.

But quickly.

We are fast running out of candidates.

KOSH:
The truth points to itself.

DELENN:
That one.

I'll see to the interrogation.

Why are you...

...doing this?

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Report me if you wish.

But I've seen more death

than anyone should ever have to see.

- I'll see no more.

- Delenn.

If you wish to finally destroy Earth...

...I will not watch, I...

- Delenn...

...we were using the Triluminary...

...to probe the Human.

You should come and see.

I'll get the others.

You should...

...all come and see.

The Triluminary confirms it.

The Human has a Minbari soul.

And not just a Minbari soul...

...the soul of Valen.

I still can't believe it.

But the Triluminary is our most holy relic.

It cannot be questioned.

Minbari do not kill Minbari.

It is our greatest law.

Valen must have been reborn

into this form...

...to tell us that the Humans are important.

Important to the next phase...

...the coming Shadow War.

We cannot destroy them.

In the name of Valen...

...and the one who is Valen's shadow

in this life, we cannot kill them.

Tell the ships to stop firing.

Tell them, Coplann.

Tell them now.

What about the Human?

He knows what we have found.

We cannot kill him.

And we cannot let him tell anyone else.

If our people find out about this...

...before we can prepare them,

it could be disastrous.

Send for a telepath.

We will remove this memory

from his mind.

He will have to be watched

to ensure that he does not remember.

Leave that to me.

We will keep him close to us

one way or another.

LONDO:
For the next 10 years...

...one question would obsess 100 worlds:

Why did the Minbari surrender

at the Battle of the Line...

...on the very eve of victory?

The answer to that question...

...would change the galaxy forever.

What happened when they found out?

That...

...is another story...

...for another time.

You cannot expect to hear

all of the stories at once, you know.

But shortly after the war ended...

...the Earth President made a decision.

The Senate has approved funding

to construct on the Babylon Station...

...located in neutral space

between several governments.

Together,

we stood on the eve of destruction...

...as a result of a terrible, terrible mistake.

A mistake which none of us

can afford to make again.

The Babylon Station is a place

to work out our problems peacefully.

It is, we believe...

...our last best hope for peace.

LONDO:
But like all good things...

...it took them a while to work it all out.

There. You have your story.

You must go now.

I have things to do.

I hope they were not an inconvenience,

Majesty.

No. Thank you...

...for allowing me to see joy

one more time...

...before it gets...

...too dark for me to see anything...

...anymore.

Dear lady...

...I would love to walk with you...

...on a beach.

Somewhere.

For just five minutes.

How strange...

...to have come so far...

...and to want so little.

Children...

...will you remember this story?

Will you remember me?

All my life, Majesty.

Very well. Go.

What about Sheridan and Delenn?

What about the end of the story?

Sheridan became president

of a great alliance...

...Delenn ever at his side.

The story...

...is not over yet.

The story is never over.

Now go.

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