Icarus
From The Babylon Project
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The Icarus was an owned IPX spacecraft. In December 2256 the ship departed Station Prime on an archaeological and scientific mission to a planet out on the Rim codenamed Alpha Omega 3. The expedition was unusually well funded, with a budget four times greater than similar missions and carried aboard some of the most advanced equipment available at the time.[2] The ship later disappeared and was presumed destroyed. It would later emerge that the Icarus had stumbled onto the homeworld of the Shadows, awaking them from hibernation. Not ready to be exposed to the younger races so soon, the Shadows captured the company and crew of the Icarus and gave them a choice to either serve willingly or become new central processing units for their vessels.[2][1][3]
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[edit] Voyage
Departing Station Prime in December 2256 the Icarus made it's way via jumpgate to as close to the Rim as the beacon system would allow, before rendezvousing with the Explorer class ship EAS De Soto which took the Icarus as close to Alpha Omega 3 as was convenient. The ship travelled the last twenty day stretch in normal space before landing of the planet.[2]
In 2259, while under the influence of an energy being, Captain John Sheridan witnessed the destruction of the Icarus. [4]
[edit] Crew
- Capt. Hidalgo: Ship's Captain.[2]
- Dr. Chang: Expedition leader.[2][5]
- Dr. Anna Sheridan: Xeno-archeologist, Ship's Science Officer.[5]
- Dr. Favorito: Xeno-archeologist[2]
- Dr. Razor: Xeno-archeologist[2]
- Dr. Scott: Xeno-archeologist[2]
- Dr. Petrovich: Xeno-archeologist[2]
- Dr. Standish: Xeno-archeologist[2]
- Dr. Churlstein: Xeno-archeologist[2]
- Dr. Morden: Earthforce New Technologies Division contractor.[2][1]
- Ms. Donne: of Psi Corps.[2]
[edit] Gallery
 The Icarus approaching Z'ha'dum. |
 The Icarus approaching Z'ha'dum. |
 The Icarus on the surface of Z'ha'dum. |
 The Icarus leaving Station Prime |
[edit] Behind the Scenes
- In the commentary for "Z'ha'dum" JMS states that Icarus was named for the hero from greek mythology, the man who flew too close to the sun and whose wax wings melted and caused him to fall to his death, here the Icarus flew too close to the First Ones (the Shadows, in this case) and got burned in a similar fashion; no one made it off the planet the same as they arrived.
- Although it would have been reasonable to assume that Justin came to Z'ha'dum on the Icarus, JMS has stated that this is not so.
