Midnight on the Firing Line
| "Midnight on the Firing Line" | |
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| Babylon 5 episode | |
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Garibaldi and Ivanova, with Londo in the background |
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| Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 1 |
| Directed by | Richard Compton |
| Written by | J. Michael Straczynski |
| Production code | 103 |
| Original air date | January 26, 1994 |
| Guest appearance(s) | |
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Paul Hampton (The Senator) |
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Paul Hampton (The Senator)
"Midnight on the Firing Line" is the first regular episode of the science fiction television series Babylon 5.
During a shift change at the Centauri agricultural colony of Ragesh 3, a fleet of ships emerges from hyperspace and begins attacking the colony.
At Earth Alliance Station Babylon 5, Lt. Cmdr. Susan Ivanova, new to the station, is in search of Commander Jeffrey Sinclair in the Zocalo. Garibaldi suggests she try the Observation dome, where Sinclair generally goes to be away from the commotion when the dome is on standby. Ivanova finds him there and tells him "There's a problem."
Garibaldi is accosted by Centauri Ambassador Londo Mollari; the two lightheartedly joke about past Centauri-Human relations before Londo's diplomatic aide, Vir Cotto, arrives with news of the attack on Ragesh 3.
In council chambers, Mollari demands any information Commander Sinclair has on the attacks; he has not been able to receive a reply from his government. Minbari Ambassador Delenn and Narn Ambassador G'Kar enter and offer their condolences. Mollari turns and asks G'Kar suspiciously if he really knows nothing about it. "I'm as astonished as you are," he claims. Sinclair calmly suggests that the ambassadors each attempt to contact their governments; he plans to call a meeting of the Babylon 5 Advisory Council and the League of Non-Aligned Worlds later.
In Command and Control, Ivanova tells Garibaldi that the station has just received a distress signal from a ship under attack by raiders. Garibaldi leaves C&C to investigate in a fighter as the signal is lost.
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