"Midnight on the Firing Line" discussion [spoilers]

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This is the discussion post for the episode 1X01 "Midnight on the Firing Line". Spoilers for the whole of the series, including the spin-offs and tie-ins, are allowed here so newbies beware.

Extra reading:

The article for "Midnight on the Firing Line" at Lurker's Guide.

Comments

[madrona.livejournal.com]

G'Kar has a story about his father and mother being slaves to the Centauri while he was growing up, so no, it's not the royal we.

Also, I've noticed that Centauri Prime is very close to Babylon 5 (Londo sitting upright in a transport that looks very much like the coach section of a plane indicates a quick trip) and while the Grey Council ship is not far, Minbar is quite further. I always thought that the Narn homeworld was pretty close, too, considering the amount of meat G'Kar eats, as is the Markab homeworld, although the Markab homeworld isn't on route to anywhere else, so it's just a little side pocket in space.

Earth is hard to judge, because our ships are crap, so travel time might be exacerbated by that.

But if it takes an episode or two in a top of the line Minbari ship to get somewhere, a la Delenn's visits to homeworld? Yeah, that's far.