It was the year of fire, the year of destruction, the year we took back
what was ours. It was the year of rebirth, the year of great sadness, the
year of pain, and the year of joy. It was a new age. It was the end of
history. It was the year everything changed. The year is 2261. The
place: Babylon 5.
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Season 1 Opening by Commander Sinclair
It was the dawn of the third age of mankind, ten years after the
Earth-Minbari war. The Babylon project was a dream given form. Its goal,
to prevent another war by creating a place where humans and aliens could
work out their differences peacefully. It's a port of call -- home away
from home for diplomats, hustlers, entrepreneurs and wanderers. Humans and
aliens wrapped in two million five hundred thousand tons of spinning metal,
all alone in the night. It can be a dangerous place, but it's our last
best hope for peace. This is the story of the last of the Babylon
stations. The year is 2258. The name of the place is Babylon 5.
Season 2 Opening by Captain Sheridan
The Babylon Project was our last, best hope for peace. A self-contained
world five miles long, located in neutral territory. A place of commerce
and diplomacy for a quarter of a million humans and aliens. A shining
beacon in space, all alone in the night. It was the dawn of the Third Age
of Mankind...the year the Great War came upon us all. This is the story of
the last of the Babylon stations. The year is 2259. The name of the place
is Babylon 5.
Season 3 Opening by Commander Ivanova
The Babylon Project was our last, best hope for peace. It failed. But, in
the Year of the Shadow War, it became something greater: our last, best
hope... for victory. The year is 2260. The place: Babylon 5.
