I was thinking about 'Ship of Tears' the other day, though I haven't seen it in a while. It's a terrific episode, but I have a few questions.
Bester is found in his Black Omega Star Fury near Babylon 5. How did he get there? If he was dropped off by a jump point capable ship, then it most likely would have been detected by the station's sensors, and by patrols. One of the first things we learned about the B5 universe is that jump points being opened are easy things to detect. Black Omegas are supposed to be stealthy, but they're far too small to carry jump point generators. So did he sneak through the jumpgate with another ship, like the Narn pod in 'The Gathering,' or Lennier's fighter in season 5? It seems unlikely that he was dropped off by a Shadow ship, whose hyperspace phasing system might be more difficult to detect. I realize that the point is that he showed up at B5 unexpectedly, and the journey is not always important, depending on the demands of the script.
The Shadow vessel escorting the transport loaded with telepaths in cryo-cylinders saw the White Star, but didn't fire on it. As Ivanova pointed out, they have fired on the White Star before, but they didn't fire once Bester was onboard. Okay, seems plausible, but why is that? Was it afraid of Bester? Was there a telepath inside the Shadow vessel which recognized another telepath and refused to fire? Or did it recognize the telepath on the White Star as being Bester himself, and they're simply not supposed to kill him? The Shadows might have had big plans for him, or not. They did show that they were adept in working with what's available on the galactic chessboard. A highly-experienced P12 Psi Cop is quite a weapon, which they could use. Maybe they recognized that he was working against them, and mulled over the idea of abducting him and using him in a Shadow vessel, but that didn't happen.
The blip, Carolyn, once thawed out, quickly turned Medlab into a very different kind of place, ripping wiring out of the walls and ceiling, and suspending herself in a web of it. She got comfortable in her new, twisted, dark environs, and kept attempting to reach 'the machine,' which might have referred to the Great Eye on Z'ha'dum. Does what she was able to do to Medlab mean she is a telekinetic? It doesn't seem like she made all these changes with her bare hands. And she was naked, so that would make for a lot of wires scratching bare skin, which not everyone is into.
Two of these could be because a tv series doesn't always get into too many details, and instead focuses on telling a really interesting story. But this is Babylon 5, so of course it's worth thinking about.
Raw Shark
"The most dangerous place in New York is between Rudy Giuliani and a microphone."
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Bester is found in his Black Omega Star Fury near Babylon 5. How did he get there? If he was dropped off by a jump point capable ship, then it most likely would have been detected by the station's sensors, and by patrols. One of the first things we learned about the B5 universe is that jump points being opened are easy things to detect. Black Omegas are supposed to be stealthy, but they're far too small to carry jump point generators. So did he sneak through the jumpgate with another ship, like the Narn pod in 'The Gathering,' or Lennier's fighter in season 5? It seems unlikely that he was dropped off by a Shadow ship, whose hyperspace phasing system might be more difficult to detect. I realize that the point is that he showed up at B5 unexpectedly, and the journey is not always important, depending on the demands of the script.
The Shadow vessel escorting the transport loaded with telepaths in cryo-cylinders saw the White Star, but didn't fire on it. As Ivanova pointed out, they have fired on the White Star before, but they didn't fire once Bester was onboard. Okay, seems plausible, but why is that? Was it afraid of Bester? Was there a telepath inside the Shadow vessel which recognized another telepath and refused to fire? Or did it recognize the telepath on the White Star as being Bester himself, and they're simply not supposed to kill him? The Shadows might have had big plans for him, or not. They did show that they were adept in working with what's available on the galactic chessboard. A highly-experienced P12 Psi Cop is quite a weapon, which they could use. Maybe they recognized that he was working against them, and mulled over the idea of abducting him and using him in a Shadow vessel, but that didn't happen.
The blip, Carolyn, once thawed out, quickly turned Medlab into a very different kind of place, ripping wiring out of the walls and ceiling, and suspending herself in a web of it. She got comfortable in her new, twisted, dark environs, and kept attempting to reach 'the machine,' which might have referred to the Great Eye on Z'ha'dum. Does what she was able to do to Medlab mean she is a telekinetic? It doesn't seem like she made all these changes with her bare hands. And she was naked, so that would make for a lot of wires scratching bare skin, which not everyone is into.
Two of these could be because a tv series doesn't always get into too many details, and instead focuses on telling a really interesting story. But this is Babylon 5, so of course it's worth thinking about.
Raw Shark
"The most dangerous place in New York is between Rudy Giuliani and a microphone."
Unknown
