COMMANDER JEFFREY
SINCLAIR (Played by Michael O’Hare), is a
decorated war hero and an acclaimed figure and survivor of the climactic Battle
of the Line at the end of the Earth-Minbari War. He is one of the new breeds
of human, born and raised entirely in space.
He was Commander of Babylon 5 and also the representative on the station
for the Earth Alliance. He has been
given to take unnecessary risks in space, as he still sometimes desires the
life of a fighter pilot. He still doesn’t
know why he was given the command of a high profile space station or to be made
a diplomat, but he still gives his all in these jobs. Sinclair was born on Mars Colony, and he was
39 years old when he first took command of Babylon 5. He then moved on to be appointed as the Ambassador to the Minbari
Federation, by President Clark. But
he used the position to become Ranger One and then set up the Rangers. But his destiny lied in becoming, ‘The One
Who Was.’
PRESIDENT JOHN SHERIDAN
(Played by Bruce Boxleitner), was appointed by President Clark as the late
President Santiago’s first choice to replace Commander Sinclair.
His claim-to-fame was to be the only commanding officer to score a
victory over a Minbari ship during the Earth-Minbari war, until the very end
of the war. He was thus named, ‘Star Killer’ by the Minbari,
and labelled dishonourable. President
Clark later relieved him of duty of Babylon 5, but Sheridan instead quit the
Earth Alliance and made Babylon 5 a state of its own. Sheridan also travelled to Z’ha’dum where he
met his supposedly dead wife, and found that she had been resurrected by the
Shadows to do their bidding. He then
detonated two 500-megaton thermonuclear devices, and fell to his death, until
Lorien revived him. He formed the
Interstellar Alliance where he became the first President in 2262. He later married Delenn and had a son with
her. Sheridan was also, ‘The One Who
Will Be.’
CAPTAIN SUSAN IVANOVA
(Played by Claudia Christian), was promoted
from Lt Commander by Sheridan and is a latent telepath. She is an ambitious career officer, and can
be quirky or pessimistic at times, but she has a dry sense of humour. Ivanova was born in St. Petersburg, Russia.
She despises the Psi-Corps; whose legally mandated drug treatments
drove her mother to suicide after it was discovered her mother was a latent
telepath. She transferred from Babylon
5 after the death of Marcus Cole, who sacrificed his life to save hers, and
took up a role as Commander of a cruiser.
She later took over as leader of the Rangers.
CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER
MICHAEL GARIBALDI (Played by Jerry Doyle),
was first appointed to Babylon 5 by Commander Sinclair as head of security,
against strong objections from Earth Force about his past record.
The two of them had worked together in the past, so they had an established
relationship and there was mutual trust between them.
Garibaldi was, ‘a pain in the ass’ according to Sinclair and never
bowed to political pressure, which is why he was hired.
He is something of a smart aleck, always ready to crack a joke, but
given to bouts of self-doubt and introspection when nobody’s looking. Garibaldi went missing in his Star Fury during
a Shadows attack, but was later discovered adrift in space. Soon after he resigned as Chief of Security
of Babylon 5, and became a Private Investigator. He was later recruited by William Edgars of Edgar Industries, and
later still became co-owner. He later
found that his resignation was due to Bester who had implanted a false personality
in his brain to see if there was a threat to the Psi-Corps. Garibaldi later moved to Mars and married Lise
Hampton-Edgars.
DOCTOR STEPHEN FRANKLIN
(Played by Richard Biggs), was in charge of Medlab on Babylon 5.
He is dedicated and assured in Xenobiology, with a background mainly
in experimental medicine. Spent many
years of his life hitch hiking through space offering his services, in exchange
for a chance to examine new life forms. He
resigned briefly from Babylon 5 when he found that he was hooked on Stims,
and proceeded to go on a ‘walkabout.’ Soon
after he returned to his job. He later
transferred to Earthdome and became Head of Xenobiological Research.