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		Jeffrey Sinclair - Babylon 5 Station Commander, season 1. Played by Michael O'Hare. Sinclair was pivotal in ending the Earth-Minbari war that almost wiped out humanity. Captured by the Minbari during the war, they learn he possesses the soul of their greatest leader, Valen. Personally selected by the Minbari to run Babylon 5, they plan on keeping an eye on him to learn his role in the history of their race.

		Captain John Sheridan - Babylon 5 Station Commander, seasons 2-4, President of the Interstellar Alliance, season 5. Played by Bruce Boxleitner. Selected to replace Sinclair, Sheridan was the only captain during the Earth-MinbariWar ever to defeat a Minbari war cruiser. The Minbari protest his appointment as commander of Babylon 5. He develops a close personal relationship with the Minbari Ambassador, Delenn, and together to two of them shape the future of the Galaxy. At one point he his ressurected from death by the first sentient being of our galaxy and thereafter has to live with the specter of being some kind of second coming.

		Susan Ivanova - Lieutenant Commander of Babylon 5, seasons 1-4. Played by Claudia Christian. Secretly a latent telepath, Susan Ivanova has a deep hatred of the Psi Corp, the result of of her telepathic mother becoming a victim of the Psi Corps strict rules - as a telepath you either join the Psi Corp or take drugs to suppress your telepathic abilities while at the same time taking your sanity and life away piece by piece. Having grown up seeing her family broken by the Psi Corp, Susan is unrelenting in her distrust and suspicion of anyone remotely associated with the Psi Corp.

		Michael Garibaldi - Chief of Station Security, seasons 1-4. Head of Covert Intelligence for the Alliance, season 5. Played by Jerry Doyle. One of the most colorful and flawed characters in the show, Garibaldi is crucial as Security Chief of a Station where humans and aliens are always plotting to break the rules he has to enforce. No one knows the Station better than Garibaldi. We witness his complete unraveling as he at one point turns on everything and everyone he was once loyal to, including Sheridan, only to learn he was a victim of Psi Corp mind conditioning.

		Dr. Stephen Franklin - Chief Medical Officer. Played by Richard Biggs. The son of a well known military general, known for his many successful campaigns killing alien threats, Dr. Franklin extends his Hippocratic oath to all life, aliens as well as humans. We slowly see his confidence and persona crumble as he becomes addicted to "stims" in an effort to keep up with all the battle injured victims of the many conflicts surrounding life on Babylon 5. At one point he resigns as Chief Medical Officer to embark on a journey to meet himself and purge his body and mind.

		Captain Elizabeth Lochley - Babylon 5 Station Commander, season 5. Played by Tracy Scoggins. Personally picked by Sheridan to replace him, Captain Lochley was on the side of Earth Force during Sheridan's war to unseat President Clark. As a result, her appointment is resented by many on Babylon 5, especially by Garibaldi. For a while the big mystery is why Sheridan picked her to replace him. Garibaldi will not let the matter go and insists on knowing everybody's secrets. As it turns out, years ago Sheridan and Lochley were married for all of about 3 months. Sheridan therefore knows her better than anyone and certainly knows he can trust her.

		Talia Winters - Registered Commercial Telepath. Played by Andrea Thompson. Loyal to the Psi Corp, Talia is regarded as an outcast to the rest of the command staff at Babylon 5. Telepaths and "mundanes" (normal people) do not trust each other to begin with. Talia's unquestioning faith in the Psi Corp makes her even more of a threat and someone to avoid. Later on in the series it is learned she has unknowingly been a sleeper agent for the Psi Corp.

		Lyta Alexander - Rogue Telepath. Played by Patricia Tallman. One of the very few telepaths to ever break with the Psi Corp, Lyta is drawn to the Vorlons. She becomes the only person, human or alien, to ever visit the Vorlon home world, but at a cost. She is altered by the Vorlons to allow them to use her as a vessel to house their life essence.This way the Vorlons can walk among us without being noticed. Her alteration by the Vorlons also transforms her into the strongest telepath the Psi Corp has ever known, beyond their highest measurable level.

		Marcus Cole - Ranger. Played by Jason Carter. A reluctant hero, Marcus joined the Rangers and their fight against the darkness after it was too late, at least in his estimation. He joined after everyone he cared about had been killed by the forces of darkness prowling around the galaxy. Refusing to acknowledge the growing threat, he decided to take a stand in the fight after his brother, also a Ranger, had been killed. Marcus is in love with Susan Ivanova but never tells her, until it is too late.

		Zack Allan - Security Officer. Chief of Station Security, season 5. Played by Jeff Conaway. Known for his roles in the movie "Grease" and the TV series "Taxi", who would have ever thought Conaway would play a character in a science fiction show? But, he pulled it off. An acquaintance of Garibaldi, he is hired when Garibaldi recognizes Zack is in need of a break and someone to take a chance with him. At first it is difficult for Garibaldi to trust him and bring him in on the secret goings-on around Babylon 5, especially after Zack innocently makes the mistake of joining the Nightwatch. In time, Zack earns the trust and respect of the Babylon 5 command staff.
	The Ambassadors
		Delenn - Ambassador from the planet Minbar. Played by Mira Furlan. Openly, Delenn is an ambassador from the planet Minbar. Secretly she is head of the Grey Council and one of the most powerful leaders of the Minbari. Along with the Vorlon ambassador Kosh, Delenn is the only person who knows what is behind all the hostilities between the warring planets of the League of Non Aligned Worlds. For the longest time she carries this knowledge alone as she secretly builds an organization of ships and Rangers in preparation for the coming darkness. In time, as her relationship with John Sheridan grows, she shares command of this secret force with him and together the two of them lead the largest force ever assembled in the history of the galaxy against the Shadows.

		G'Kar - Ambassador from the planet Narn. Played by Andreas Katsulas. G'Kar is one of the most enjoyable characters to watch. You have got to hand to Andreas Katsulas for his performance of this character. You can tell he thoroughly enjoyed the role and this made all the difference. We watch as G'Kar is transformed from a revengeful, war mongering bully on the brink of self destruction to an enlightened peacemaker and eventual savior of the planet Narn. Always at odds with his nemesis Londo Mollari of the planet Centauri Prime, G'Kar had to make the impossible journey from hatred of his world's invading oppressors to pitying them least his race follow them down the same road to destruction.

		Londo Mollari - Ambassador from the planet Centauri Prime. Played by Peter Jurasik. In the beginning of this series many science fiction fans laughed at this new show, perhaps due to the ridiculous hair style of the Centauri men and their vampire-like appearance. It was hard to take serious. But, if you stuck with the show you learned this peacock like hairdo was a symbol of the arrogance and pride of the Centauri people. More concerned with appearance than substance, the Centauri lived for their Republic first before their personal life. The position of ambassador appointed to Londo was regarded by the Royal Court as a joke and they were glad to give it to Londo to get rid of him. With his pride wounded, all of Londo's decisions subsequently were designed to regain his pride and reputation, even if it cost millions of lives.

		Kosh - Vorlon Ambassador. Not an individual character in the usual sense, Kosh is a being millions of years old maybe even billions of years old, it is never really divulged for certain. In reality, Kosh and his species are not corporeal with physical bodies, they are beings of pure energy who place their essence into encounter suits to enable them to interact with the younger races. On the evolutionary scale, they are as far advanced from us as we are to ants. The big secret then is why would they show any interest at all in the younger races? The answer to that question is what kept many fans glued to the show week after week.

		Lennier - Ambassadorial aide to Delenn. Played by Bill Mumy. It was good to see Bill Mumy again. Some may remember him from the 60's science fiction series "Lost in Space". Say what you want about this early science fiction show, but Bill Mumy's performance was one of the most memorable features. The character Lennier is totally devoted to and secretly, hopelessly in love with Delenn. As personal aide to Delenn, Lennier becomes privy to all her secrets, good and bad, and stands by her through it all. When Delenn and Sheridan finally marry, Lennier's unrequited love for her gets the best of him and in a moment of weakness makes a decision he cannot forgive himself for.

		Vir Cotto - Ambassadorial aide to Londo Mollari. Played by Stephen Furst. The character of Vir was certainly a difficult one. A true devoted Centauri but at the same time a compassionate individual - not a quality you would want to brag about to the Centauri. But Stephen Furst succeeded with this character. Always the moral compass to the amoral Londa Mollari, Vir always had faith in Londo despite his many selfish decisions and always believed that in the end Londo would do right by his people. Despite his good judgment and due to his association with Londo, Vir finds himself in many situations where he must make choices no one should ever have to make.

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