2259

From The Babylon Project

This is a list of events that occurred in 2259:

Contents 1 Unknown 2 January 2.1 1 2.2 3 2.3 4 2.4 6 2.5 8 2.6 9 2.7 10 2.8 16 2.9 30 3 February 3.1 9 4 March 4.1 14 4.2 16 5 April 5.1 15 6 May 7 June 8 July 9 August 10 September 10.1 16 11 October 12 December 12.1 27 12.2 28 13 Sources

[edit] Unknown

[edit] January

[edit] 1

• Earth Alliance President Luis Santiago dies when Earthforce One explodes over Io. Vice President William Morgan Clark is sworn is as President aboard Earthforce Two.

• G'Kar departs Babylon 5 to investigate the destruction of the Narn outpost in Quadrant 37

[edit] 3

• Jeffrey Sinclair is recalled to Earth^[1]

[edit] 4

• The Trigati is sighted in Earth Alliance space. It will be seen again over the next several days.
• Sinclair arrives at Earth ^[2]

[edit] 6

• Sinclair meets with President Morgan Clark and Satai Rathenn at Earth Dome.

[edit] 8

• An Earth Alliance transport is hijacked, and the EAS Agamemnon, commanded by Captain John Sheridan comes to their aid.

• At 01:45 Hrs, Sheridan receives a coded transmission on Gold Channel 1 from General Hague at Earthdome informing him that he is to take command of Babylon 5.^[3]

[edit] 9

• John Sheridan takes command of Babylon 5^[4]
• The Trigati is destroyed at Babylon 5.

[edit] 10

• Sheridan begins paperwork for Susan Ivanova's promotion^[5]
• Sinclair leaves Earth for Minbar. ^[2]

[edit] 16

• G'Kar returns to Babylon 5 to warn about the Shadows.^[6]
• A Narn heavy cruiser is destroyed at Z'ha'dum.
• Michael Garibaldi awakens from his coma.
• Delenn emerges from the chrysalis, transformed into a Minbari-human hybrid.
• Garibaldi's Aide is arrested for shooting Garibaldi. President Morgan Clark orders him sent back to Earth.

[edit] 30

• EAS Cortez arrives at Babylon 5 to resupply.^[7]

[edit] February

• The Rangers first come aboard Babylon 5 to plan and coordinate their actions against the Shadows.^[8]
• Week Two
• Londo celebrates his 30th anniversary of his Day of Ascension by divorcing two of his three wives (and nearly being killed).^[9]

[edit] 9

• The EAS Cerberus is destroyed by a Shadow Hybrid in the Lanep System. Ensign Matthew Gideon is the only survivor.^[10][11]

[edit] March

[edit] 14

• On Mars, Alfred Bester learns that an underground railroad for rogue telepaths is operating through Babylon 5.^[12]

[edit] 16

• Bester arrives on Babylon 5 to shut down the underground railroad.^[13]

[edit] April

[edit] 15

• Centauri Emperor Turhan collapses on Babylon 5.
• The Centauri conquer a large Narn colony, Quadrant 37, with the aide of the Shadows.
• The Narn-Centauri War begins with the Narn Regime formally declaring war on the Centauri Republic. Jeffrey Sinclair informs Michael Garibaldi about the Rangers.^[14]

[edit] May

• The Sh'lassen Triumvirate appeals to Babylon 5 for assistance with a rebellion. Captain Sheridan is ordered to turn down their request.^[15]
• One week after officially turning down the Triumvirate, General Richard Franklin arrives on Babylon 5 with 25,000 Earthforce Marines on a secret mission to Akdor to assist the Triumvirate.

• Babylon 5 receives a major upgrade to its Defense Grid.
• Franklin's mission is made public as he departs the station.

• Operation Sudden Death commences.
• Lyta Alexander escapes the Psi Corps on Mars. She briefly joins the Martian resistance. ^[16]

[edit] June

• Ta'Lon and several others are abducted by the Streib.
• Captain Sheridan is abducted by the Streib. General Hague visits Babylon 5. Kosh gives Sheridan a vision before he and Ta'Lon are rescued by the EAS Agamemnon and fighters from Babylon 5.^[17]

• Sheridan informs Susan Ivanova, Michael Garibaldi, and Stephen Franklin about his part in a conspiracy to expose President Morgan Clark. All three join him.
• While Sheridan, Delenn and Ivanova are away from the station during the Streib situation, Catherine Sakai returns to Babylon 5 after spending several months out on the rim and is surprised to find that Sinclair is no longer on the station. She eventually finds Michael Garibaldi who provides her with travel documents, left for her by Delenn so she can come to Minbar and reunite with Sinclair. ^[18]

[edit] July

• Dr. Everett Jacobs arrives on Babylon 5, fleeing agents of President Morgan Clark who arrive on the station soon afterwards.^[19]

• Dr. Jacobs leaves the station safely after some help from Ambassador Kosh.

• Week 4^[20]

• Londo Mollari is visited by his old friend Urza Jaddo. Captain John Sheridan is possessed by a strange alien life form from Sector 14.
• Londo kills Urza in the Morago. House Jaddo becomes part of House Mollari.

[edit] August

• Captain Sheridan learns Morden is still alive and has him detained for questioning. Ambassadors Delenn and Kosh explain to Sheridan the history of the First Shadow War and the return of the Shadows, as well as what happened to the Icarus on Z'ha'dum. The Ministry of Peace establishes the Nightwatch, opening one chapter on Babylon 5 (Zack Allan joins).^[21]

[edit] September

[edit] 16

• ISN's broadcasts an episode of "36 Hours" that features a recent visit by the news network crew to Babylon 5^[22]

[edit] October

• Lyta Alexander arrives on Babylon 5 warning of a traitor on the station: Psi Corps had implanted a "sleeper personality" on someone aboard.^[23]
• Susan Ivanova confesses to Captain Sheridan that she is a latent telepath. Talia Winters is proven to have the hidden sleeper personality. She effectively dies when the Control personality asserts itself.

[edit] December

• Warleader G'Sten visits G'Kar on Babylon 5. Londo Mollari confers with Antono Refa on Centauri Prime about how to end the Narn-Centauri War.
• Battle of Gorash 7: a decisive defeat for the Narn Regime at the hands of a Shadow fleet.

• A Centauri fleet commences orbital bombardment of Narn with mass drivers.^[24]

• After four days of bombardment of Narn, the Narn Regime surrenders to the Centauri Republic. G'Kar requests sanctuary on Babylon 5.

• Londo Mollari returns to Babylon 5 to announce the Narn surrender. Captain Sheridan grants G'Kar request for sanctuary. Sheridan is introduced to the Rangers and assumes joint command.^[25]

• Sebastian arrives on Babylon 5 from the Vorlon Empire to test Delenn.^[26]

[edit] 27

• Ambassador Kosh reveals himself to the inhabitants of Babylon 5 when he rescues Captain John Sheridan.^[27]
• Lt. Warren Keffer is killed by the Shadows in hyperspace.

[edit] 28

• Images from Keffer's Starfury camera are recovered and broadcast on ISN and broadcast.^[27]

[edit] Sources

1. ↑ Points of Departure (Ivanova states Sinclair was recalled three days after Santiago's death)
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} In Darkness Find Me
3. ↑ Points of Departure
4. ↑ Creating Babylon 5
5. ↑ The Geometry of Shadows (Sheridan says he submitted the paperwork the day after he arrived)
6. ↑ Revelations
7. ↑ A Distant Star (Sheridan says Maynard is the "second person in a month" to tell him about strange events on the Rim, the first being G'Kar)
8. ↑ The Coming of Shadows (the Ranger mentions to Garibaldi they had been aboard for "two months)
9. ↑ Soul Mates
10. ↑ The Path of Sorrows
11. ↑ End of the Line
12. ↑ A Race Through Dark Places (date expressly given)
13. ↑ A Race Through Dark Places (B5 is two days from Earth and Mars)
14. ↑ The Coming of Shadows
15. ↑ GROPOS
16. ↑ Divided Loyalties (Lyta mentions escaping "6 months ago")
17. ↑ All Alone in the Night (Sheridan mentions to Hague he was assigned to the station "6 months ago.")
18. ↑ To Dream in the City of Sorrows
19. ↑ Hunter, Prey (Sheridan mentions to Kosh that his abduction by the Streib occurred "a few weeks ago."
20. ↑ Knives (Dr. Franklin mentions Sheridan was commanding the Agamemnon "seven months ago")
21. ↑ In the Shadow of Z'ha'dum (NOTE: this episode occurs out of sequence)
22. ↑ And Now For a Word (air date given, but probably filmed several week earlier)
23. ↑ Divided Loyalties (Sheridan mentions the 6th game of the World Series)
24. ↑ The Long, Twilight Struggle
25. ↑ The Long, Twilight Struggle (Garibaldi mentions learning about the Rangers "8, 9 months ago," the day the Narn-Centauri War began)
26. ↑ Comes the Inquisitor
27. ↑ ^{27.0 27.1} The Fall of Night

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