Babylon 5: The Gathering Page #7

Yeah.

One other thing,

maintenance found another body.

Where?

Stuffed into an access panel

in the transport tube.

Environment tech named Hazeltine.

Ben says he'd been dead

at least 16 hours...

...but according to a couple

of his co-workers, they saw him recently.

Sinclair.

Commander, I'm in Del Varner's quarters.

You and Garibaldi better get down here.

There's something you should see.

On our way.

We were finally able to crack

Varner's access code.

He was a tech-runner, transporting

forbidden technology across systems.

His last job took him to the Antares sector

for a Changeling net.

The ultimate in camouflage.

It sets up a holographic field that can be

adjusted to project a false image.

And that's what Kosh saw

in the docking bay.

Not the Commander,

but someone made to look like him.

Pretty neat trick.

An expensive and very dangerous trick.

Changeling nets are outlawed

in every civilized sector.

Prolonged exposure to an energy field

that intense and unstable can be fatal.

And our little pal

has been using it constantly.

A system like this

would have to put out a lot of energy.

Can you recalibrate

the station's external sensors...

...to scan for energy sources

inside the station?

- We can try.

- Good, do so.

We'll be along shortly.

We have to stop at security.

There's a few things I want to pick up.

Security's standing by.

What's the situation?

We're closing the final relays now

and switching over to a new program.

- Got it.

- All right.

Filter out all known energy sources:

life support, utilities, defense grid.

- Any energy that we're putting out.

- On it.

Compensate for ambient heat energy

from the solar collectors.

Coming up.

Here it is. Got it.

Where is it?

Red 12.

- Come on.

- Level 7A.

All right, seal off the area.

I'm taking care of this personally.

- If we need help, we'll link in.

- Wait.

Better take a recorder.

You may need a witness.

Thanks.

- Let's go.

- Good luck.

We're registering an energy surge

at the jump point.

Frequency matches the Vorlon ship

that came through earlier.

It must be the transport ship, damn.

That's not a transport.

I think the Commander's ride is here.

Status on tracking?

Ten meters to your right.

It's moving again.

Mike.

There it is.

Damn.

- You all right?

- Yeah.

Flak jacket caught most of it.

Go on. I'll catch up.

Go.

Danger. Unauthorized access.

Babylon police!

- Get some rest.

- Okay.

Wait in here.

Keep an eye on him. I'll be all right.

Lieutenant Commander,

the Vorlon captain is demanding...

...that we turn over

Commander Sinclair, now.

Patch into the signal

from the Commander's recorder.

If we can broadcast the signal

to the Vorlon ship-

I'm on it.

Unless we turn over the Commander

they'll open fire on the station.

Tell them to get stuffed!

Activate defensive grid.

Screens to maximum.

And get that recorder on-line, now.

Minbari?

Vorlon weapons systems powering up.

They're locking onto us

and preparing to fire.

- Where's that signal?

- On-line, now.

Broadcast. All frequencies.

Let them see what's going on.

Why did you do it?

There is a hole in your mind.

Oh, my God, he's wired.

Brace for explosion.

Close pressure doors. Seal off this section.

- Not with you inside.

- Damn it. Do it!

I gave you an order.

Station's shifting. We're losing stability.

- Status?

- Fifteen degree rotation.

Station's tearing itself apart

from the inside.

Auto-configuration systems

not responding.

Go to manual. Starboard stabilizers.

Ten second burst.

Twelve degree rotation, ten degree,

four minus two.

Aft stabilizers, small starboard burst.

Infrastructure won't handle the strain.

She'll blow apart.

Minus six, minus eight.

Mark.

Minus eight, minus five.

Small starboard burst, two and two.

Easy, gentle.

Minus two, minus one...

...plus two.

Zero. We're back in position.

Damage control, to Blue 7.

Damage control, proceed to Blue 7.

Commander, this breach of security isn't

going to affect my Christmas bonus, is it?

You all right?

Do you need anything?

Coffee.

Two sugars.

Cream.

And aspirin.

Lots and lots of aspirin.

I wish you could stay.

We just get things calmed down

and you have to go.

My timing always was pretty awful.

My ship's waiting.

You could come with me.

We could pool our savings and buy

a bigger ship. We could blow this place.

I'll think about it.

Don't take too long.

I'll wait...

...but not forever.

How's Michael?

Resting in his quarters.

I checked him out pretty thoroughly.

- What about the station?

- Holding together.

I've got a repairs team

working on the breach.

It'll take a few days,

but it's nothing we can't fix.

Good.

You can tell the Vorlons

that Ambassador Kosh is out of critical.

The counter-agent worked even better

than I had hoped.

Commander, may I speak with you?

I studied a record of your confrontation.

I regret that a Minbari

was responsible for all this sadness.

You can't be responsible for the actions

of every one of your race, Delenn.

No.

But there is something I can do.

I recognized the markings on his face...

...and I was able to determine who...

...and what he was.

I just received this file

from my government.

A full record of his travels.

I think you will find it most interesting.

So, Doctor...

...just what did you see

when you looked inside that suit?

There are moments...

...in your life when everything crystallizes...

...and the whole world reshapes itself...

...right down to its component molecules.

And everything changes.

I have looked upon the face of a Vorlon.

Horror.

And nothing is the same anymore.

You wanted to see me, Commander?

Just thought you'd like to join me

in a toast, before the reception.

Ambassador G'Kar.

To a fully operational Babylon 5.

To the future.

I'm pleased that the Vorlons

have dropped all charges against you...

...now that the real culprit has been found.

Have you learned anything more

about him?

Yes.

Our would-be assassin

had an interesting background.

He belonged to a branch

of the Minbari warrior caste...

...who split from their government

after the war.

A warrior caste.

That explains why he would want

to disrupt Babylon 5...

...and our mutual goal of peace.

I'm surprised you didn't ask

about Del Varner.

I assumed he was simply

another innocent victim.

Not quite.

We checked his ship's logs...

...and apparently he spent a lot of time

working for your government.

A lucrative business running

forbidden technology into Narn space.

His last entry was of a payoff for bringing

a Changeling net across the border.

He was supposed to meet his buyer in

the Tigris sector, but was running behind.

Didn't your supply ship also pass through

the Tigris sector on its way here?

If you have a point to make, Commander,

please make it.

I believe the assassin was brought here

on your supply ship.

That's why they needed the Changeling net

before they arrived.

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