This is a list of events that occurred in 2258:

Contents 1 Unknown 2 January 3 February 4 March 5 April 6 May 7 June 8 August 8.1 3 9 September 10 December 10.1 25 10.2 30 10.3 31 11 References

UnknownEdit

• New case of Drafa Plague is discovered on the Markab Homeworld. ^[1]

JanuaryEdit

• Vir Cotto is assigned to Babylon 5 as Ambassador Londo Mollari's diplomatic attache.
• The Narn attack and occupy the Centauri colony on Ragesh III.
• The Narn Regime retreat from Ragesh III and abandon all claims to it (after it is discovered by Babylon 5 they have supplying weapons to the Raiders, a fact they wish to keep quiet).^[2]
• Luis Santiago is re-elected as President of Earth and her Colonies, defeating challenger Marie Crane.

FebruaryEdit

• Stephen Franklin arrives on Babylon 5 from the Asimov.
• A Soul Hunter visits Babylon 5 and is killed while trying to steal the soul of Ambassador Delenn. ^[3]
• The Centauri agree to negotiate the Euphrates Treaty to settle a dispute with the Narn Regime over the Euphrates Sector.
• Ko'Dath is assigned to Babylon 5 as Ambassador G'Kar's diplomatic attache. Londo Mollari's Purple files are stolen by Adira Tyree.
• Andrei Ivanov dies.
• The Narn and Centauri end hostilities regarding the Euphrates Sector.^[4]
• Vance Hendricks and Nelson Drake arrive on Babylon 5 with alien artifacts from Ikarra VII.^[5]
• Nelson Drake, infected by the artifacts, becomes an Ikarran warrior and nearly destroys the station. Cmdr. Sinclair manages to stop the creature. Drake and Hendricks are arrested.

• Word spreads throughout Babylon 5 about how the commander risked his life to stop the threat.
• Earthforce confiscates the Ikarran artifacts.

MarchEdit

• Ko'Dath, Ambasador G'Kar's aide is killed in an airlock accident.
• Counselor Du'Rog of the Kha'ri dies. In his last will and testament, he hires Tu'Pari of the Thenta Makur to assassinate G'Kar.
• Babylon 5 hosts a week long festival celebrating the dominant faiths of the different races on board.^[6]

• Na'Toth arrives to replace Ko'Dath
• Lennier arrives to become aide to Satai Delenn
• Ambassador G'Kar avoids the assassination attempt implemented by Du'Rog.

• Alfred Bester visits Babylon 5 on the hunt for rogue telepath Jason Ironheart ^[7]
• Rick contacts Stephen Franklin and asks him to help with the underground railroad for telepaths ^[8]

AprilEdit

• The Homeguard attack Minbari poet Shaal Mayan and several other aliens on Babylon 5 in the course of a week.^[9]

• Their plan to assassinate the four major alien ambassadors fails when it is discovered by Babylon 5 security.

• Jacob Lester is found guilty of attacking the Minbari Embassy on Earth.

• A minor scandal erupts over the Psi Corps endorsement of Vice President William Morgan Clark.^[10]

Sunday, April 11th, 2258

• The Narn Regime finally settles the "Ragesh III controversy".^[11]

MayEdit

• The Dilgar war criminal Jha'dur, known as Deathwalker, is discovered aboard Babylon 5. A vote to put her on trial fails in the Council. Jha'dur is killed by the Vorlons soon afterwards.^[12]

JuneEdit

• Rabbi Koslav arrives on Babylon 5 to speak with Susan Ivanova about her father's death.

• He helps her arrange "shiva" for him shortly afterwards.^[13]

• Colonel Ari Ben Zayn comes aboard Babylon 5 undercover and begins investigating Jeffrey Sinclair for treason.
• Col. Zayn temporarily relieves Cmdr. Sinclair of command of duty before being relieved himself for acting illegally. ^[14]
• A human who will eventually die as the result in a failed blending with a Vindrizi begins living in Downbelow. ^[15]

AugustEdit

3Edit

• Babylon 5 receives a distress call from a lone Starfury under attack by Raiders, though they are unable to launch a squadron before the fighter is destroyed.^[16]
• Mr. Morden arrives on the station and meets with several alien Ambassadors, including G'Kar, Londo Mollari and Delenn. Though he fails to avoid Ambassador Kosh.
• Sinclair confides in Garibaldi what he's discovered about the events surrounding his missing 24 hours at the Battle of the Line.
• Lord Kiro and Centauri prophetess Ladira arrive on the station to arrange the recovery of The Eye.
• The freighter Achilles comes under attack from Raiders, Ivanova takes out Delta Wing to investigate.
• While in possession of The Eye, Lord Kiro is kidnapped by Raiders who attack the station en mass.
• Ivanova and Delta Wing returns to Babylon 5 and helps finish off the Raiders.
• The Raiders holding Lord Kiro escape aboard a Raider battlewagon.
• A mysterious ship destroys the Raider battlewagon and recovers The Eye.

• Morden returns The Eye to Londo as a gift.

• Sinclair discovers he was chosen as station commander at the specific request of the Minbari Federation.
• Centauri prophetess Ladira has a vision of Babylon 5's destruction.

• Varn and the Great Machine are discovered on Epsilon 3. EAS Hyperion arrives at Babylon 5.^[17]

• Draal replaces Varn at the heart of the Great Machine.^[18]

• Dr. Franklin establishes a free clinic in Down Below on Babylon 5.
• Babylon 4 reappears in Sector 14 after having disappeared four years earlier. Babylon 5 assists in evacuating the crew before the station vanishes once again.^[19]
• Delenn turns down an offer of leadership for the Grey Council. She returns to Babylon 5 with one of the Triluminary.^[19]
• Karl Mueller murders two Lurkers on Babylon 5. He is apprehended after murdering a security guard.
• Karl Mueller is tried for murder and sentenced to be mindwiped by Ombuds Wellington.

• Mueller escapes from custody and is killed by Dr. Laura Rosen.
• Dr. Rosen is exonerated in the killing of Karl Mueller.

SeptemberEdit

• Lise Hampton gives birth to a baby girl named Deborah.^[18]

DecemberEdit

• Narn war ships begin to harass Centauri trading vessels in Quadrant 37.

25Edit

• Frederick Lantze receives an antique pen from his wife for Christmas. ^[20]

30Edit

• The Narn Regime announces they will no longer abide by their treaty with the Centauri Republic regarding Quadrant 37.

31Edit

• Jeffrey Sinclair becomes engaged to Catherine Sakai.^[21]
• Michael Garibaldi uncovers a plot to assassinate the President, and is shot in the back, leaving him near death.
• Ambassador Delenn enters a chrysalis.
• A Narn outpost in Quadrant 37 is completely wiped out, resulting in the deaths of over 10,000 Narns.

ReferencesEdit

↑ Confessions and Lamentations ↑ Midnight on the Firing Line ↑ Soul Hunter (episode) ↑ Born to the Purple ↑ Infection ↑ The Parliament of Dreams ↑ Mind War ↑ A Race Through Dark Places ↑ The War Prayer ↑ And the Sky Full of Stars ↑ And the Sky Full of Stars - Universe Today headline "NARNS SETTLE RAGESH 3 CONTROVERSY " ↑ Deathwalker ↑ TKO ↑ Eyes ↑ Exogenesis June 2258 specified. ↑ Signs and Portents - Date specified. ↑ A Voice in the Wilderness, Part I ↑ 18.0 18.1 A Voice in the Wilderness, Part II ↑ 19.0 19.1 Babylon Squared ↑ The Fall of Night ↑ Chrysalis

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