The Babylon
Project:
The Babylon Project was created by the Earth Alliance
senate, It's goal is to serve as a political forum and a galactic
marketplace where humans and aliens can exchange ideas, culture and
work together to further the causes of each group.
There have been five Babylon stations constructed, the construction of
the first Babylon Station began soon after the end of the Earth -
Minbari War on April 16, 2249. Babylon Stations 1 through 3 were
destroyed due to acts of sabotage, design flaw, accident and
terrorism.
Due to the destruction of the first three stations the Babylon project
was placed into the hands of Earth military, Babylon 4 the largest and
most costly station disappeared in time 24 hours after going online
on July 14, 2254. Completion of Babylon 5 was secured through the financial
intervention of the Minbari and to a lesser extent other races, and went on line
on December 24, 2256.
The Command structure of Babylon 5 was linked directly
to the Earth Force military, Commander Jeffrey Sinclair was placed in
charge of the station, but he was only promoted to officer in
charge only at the insistence of the Minbari Grey Council.
Station Geography:
To assist travel in station all sectors are
color coded. They consist of Yellow, Red, Blue, Green and Grey and
then one of 36 sectors numbers each donating at 10 degree region, and
then a level or deck numbering (Grey 17 ,13).
Area with zero-gravity are designated Yellow. There are various
locator graphics throughout the station. Three dots in a line above
and through three larger circles are for the Core Shuttle, a single
dot over a bar is for living quarters, six dots to either side of a
bar for meeting room, etc..
[Yellow
Sector]
Located aft of the Grey Sector and the carrousel, yellow sector
does not rotate. It contains variable gravity research as well as the
primary fusion core and the associated sub systems. Cooling fins run
the sector; located on the outside of the hull.
[Blue
Sector]
Blue Sector consists of seventy decks. It housed the
maintenance and operations control centers, the normal and low gravity
docking bays, customs and embarkation, the dock workers' quarters and
the Public Observation Dome. C&C (Command and Control) can also be
found here. Access to Blue Sector is restricted to command personnel
except in medical emergencies.
[Red
Sector]
Red Sector is the main market place and business
area. Together with service facilities such as Medlab 1 and the
Judiciary, Security Central, and the holding cells. The principal
areas of note here include the Zoclo, hotel suites, casinos, bars,
legal brothels and stores of all types. Red Sector is a public area,
civilian access is granted at all times.
[Gray
Sector]
The Gray sector is adjacent to the aft end of the carrousel. The
fabrication furnaces, rotation drivers for the principal mag-lev
bearings, and the alpha power stations are located here. The
atmosphere monitoring stations and maintenance facilities are next to
the hull. The structure is incomplete due to financial restrictions.
Scans are frequently ineffective in this sector, and communications
levels on either side of deck 17 are unreliable at best. Deck 17
itself cannot be accessed due computer malfunction and is currently
under investigation Rumors of missing personnel and religious cults
are linked to with Grey Sector hence access is restricted to
maintenance, security and command personnel except in medical
emergencies.
[Green
Sector]
Green Sector is adjacent to the forward end of the Zen Garden
and contains ambassadorial suites and associated chambers this sector
has multiple Bab-Com access points and is one of the main areas of
focus for the Security Department. In recent years there has been an
increase in diplomatic missions, and more governments are establishing
embassies on the Station.
As space on Babylon 5 is tight, it is not possible to give everyone
offices. Access to this sector is restricted to Ambassadors and their
staff and to command and security personnel. Civilian access is denied
except by permission of ambassadors of command staff.
The Garden
The Garden is a large botanical area that runs along the inside
surface of the carousel. Rotation provides near Earth normal gravity
at ground level. Access is by public core shuttle, Window/mirror
systems allow sunlight from the Epsilon star to enter in on an
artificially maintained night and day cycle. At ground level the
Garden contains farmland, limited woodland, a hedge maze, a mosque, a
Zen Garden, artificial lakes, hydroponic gardens and areas for waste
reclamation.
Below ground level is twenty meters of soil, then levels of hydro bags,
support systems and storage and silage units, water and oxygen
reclamation units and microbiological zoos. Plant growth is encouraged
for aesthetic reasons and also to provide oxygen for station life
support.
How we
got
here:
1960: The first probes
are sent into space. The manned space flight program culminates in Neil
Armstrong becoming the first man to set foot on the surface of the
moon.
1980's: The first
reusable spaceship (Space Shuttle) is built.
1997: The first official
acknowledgment of life on other planets is made, bringing forward
manned flights to mars and the building of space stations and moon
bases.
1999: The United States
president, Bill Clinton forms the President's Commission on the
Future.
2018: The foundation is
laid for the first lunar colony in the Sea of Tranquility.
2075-2170:
A period of exploration and colonization within our own system sees
inception of the Mars, moon and lo colonies. Generation ships are
launched beyond the solar system, and the countries of the world unite
as Earth Central.
2161: Psi Corps is
Created.
2184: First contact with
the Centauri. There is a major influx of alien space faring technology
and cultural and scientific exchanges. Humanity leapfrogs two hundred
years in terms of technology and finally achieves interstellar travel
capability. Initially the Centauri claim that Earth is a lost Centauri
colony, but this is later found to be untrue.
2230: First contact with
the Narn. A refugee from the aftermath of the first Narn-Centauri War
brings word of Centauri atrocities.
2243: First contact with
the Minbari. A cultural misunderstanding brings about the first
conflict.
2244: The Earth-Minbari
war begins.
2247: Minbari forces
surrender without explanation on the verge of victory
2250-2254:
The Babylon Project is initiated in a response to the Earth-Minbari
War. Babylon stations1-3 are sabotaged and the fourth vanishes twenty
four hours after going online.
2254-2256:
Babylon 5 is constructed.
2257: First contact is
established with the Vorlons, Third age of Mankind begins.
