Movements of Fire and Shadow
| "Movements of Fire and Shadow" | |
|---|---|
| Babylon 5 episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 5 Episode 17 |
| Directed by | John C. Flinn, III |
| Written by | J. Michael Straczynski |
| Production code | 518 |
| Original air date | 17 June 1998 |
| Guest appearance(s) | |
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Wayne Alexander (Drakh) |
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Wayne Alexander (Drakh)
Josh Clark (Kulomani)
Joshua Cox (Lt. Corwin)
Damian London (Regent)
Thomas MacGreevy (Minister)
Bart McCarthy (Daro)
Robin Sachs (Na'Tok)
"Movements of Fire and Shadow" is an episode from the fifth season of the science fiction television series Babylon 5.
As the episode opens, several Drazi warships are shown engaging Centauri warships in a fierce battle; the Drazi appear to be losing. On Babylon 5, Captain Elizabeth Lochley, the station's commander, describes to her captain's log the problems facing the station since the beginning of the Centauri–Interstellar Alliance war. A number of Centauri civilians on the station have already been murdered by one of the many races they are at war with and Lochley states that her only option may be to quarantine the Centauri into a restricted area of the station, so they can be protected. John Sheridan, President of the Interstellar Alliance, enters her quarters and tells her that he has approved allowing the Alliance's advanced White Star vessels to aid the Drazi and other Alliance ships fighting the Centauri. As such, Babylon 5's neutrality is over and the station is now a target for the Centauri. The scene switches back to the Drazi–Centauri battle, where several White Star ships suddenly burst into the scene, firing at and destroying the victorious Centauri warships.
Vir Cotto, the acting Centauri Ambassador to Babylon 5, meets with Dr. Stephen Franklin, B5's medical chief and Lyta, the station's resident telepath. He informs them that Centauri soldiers who have been killed in battle are not being returned by the Drazi, and he asks Franklin and Lyta to travel to the Drazi homeworld and investigate. Franklin readily agrees but Lyta demands a very large fee, which she says will be used to help fellow telepaths trying to escape from PsiCorps on Earth. Vir agrees to pay the fee and expresses his fears that the Drazi are torturing and/or experimenting on Centauri prisoners. Lyta and Dr. Franklin promise to discover the truth.
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