Original Airdate: February 9, 1994 Written by Larry DiTillio Directed by Bruce Seth Green Episode #: 3 Production #: 104
Guest stars: Fabiana Udenio as Adira Tyree. Clive Revill as Trakis. Robert Phalen as Andrei Ivanov.
Londo Mollari is seduced by a Centuari dancer. As a result of his affair, Londo misses several negotiations between the Centauri Republic and the Narn Regime. Believing his problems are only with G'kar, Londo soon finds that his lover, Adira Tyree, has stolen his purple files, documents which could cost Londo his reputation.
Londo Mollari, the Centauri ambassador stationed on Babylon 5, is infatuated with Adira Tyree (FABIANA UDENIO), an exotic Centauri dancer who performs on the recreation level of the gigantic space station. Their affair often distracts him from his political duties. Station Commander Jeffrey Sinclair is annoyed when Londo arrives late to a treaty negotiation with the Narn ambassador, G'Kar and his imposing new assistant, Ko 'Dath (MARY WORONOV).
Adira is later confronted by Trakis (CLIVE REVILL), the alien slave trader who owns her contract. Trakis orders Adira to seduce Londo and get a copy of his "purple files," a private collection of scandalous secrets about Centauri royal families. Trakis hopes to sell the files to G'Kar who will generously pay for any information he can use to unbalance the treaty negotiations in his favor.
Adira hesitates to obey Trakis because she genuinely cares for Londo and doesn't want to ruin his political career. However, to grain her freedom from Trakis, she weakens Londo with a drug, fits him with s small mind-controlling device and forces him to reveal his personal computer access code for the incriminating files. She transfers the data to a tiny memory crystal and sadly bids Londo farewell as he sleeps from the drug's aftereffects.
Suddenly deciding not to betray Londo, Adira keeps the crystal and hides within the labyrinth of Babylon 5. Trakis and his hired killers eventually find her and take the crystal while the killers guard her in a secluded corner of the space station, waiting to depart with her on the next shuttle flight.
When Londo realizes that Adira disappeared and his purple files are missing, he begs Sinclair to help him save his career. Pretending to favor the Narns, Sinclair arranges a meeting between Trakis and G'Kar for the sale of the crystal. In attendance is Talia Winters (ANDREA THOMPSON), Babylon 5's resident telepath, who mentions Adira's disappearance, then uses her psychic powers to read Trakis' mind and learn her location as he thinks about her. Security guards rescue Adira from the killers as Londo forcefully retrieves the crystal from Trakis.
Sinclair agrees not to arrest Trakis if he will release Adira from her contract, and he complies. Adira apologizes to Londo for deceiving him as she boards her departing shuttle. He forgives her and invites her to return to him after she's experienced some of the opportunities awaiting her in life as a free woman.
