Infection story
Dr. Franklin gets a visit from old friend and mentor, xenoarcheologist Dr. Hendricks. He wants Franklin's help to analyze hi-tech organic artifacts he found on a dead world. But the artifacts seem to have a will of their own, and start to manipulate Hendricks' assistant. Directed by: Richard Compton. Story by: J. Michael Straczynski.
14 total · 3 choice · 8 major · 3 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| autonomous weapon systems in society | choice | The Ikarrans invented cyborg things that summarily exterminated them. |
| autonomous weapons system | choice | The Ikarrans invented cyborg things that summarily exterminated them. |
| autonomous weapons system killing everyone | choice | The Ikarrans invented cyborg things that summarily exterminated them. |
| AI risk to civilization | major | The Ikkarans invented some sort of semi-sentient bioweapons that were programmed to kill any non-genetically pure Ikarrans. The weapons turned on the Ikarrans and killed them all because of a fanatical notion of genetic purity. |
| biological machinery | major | Vance Hendricks brought hi-tech organic artifacts he found on a dead world to Babylon 5. |
| extinct interstellar civilization | major | The alien civilization on Ikarra VII civilization killed itself off as a result of having developed organic technology. |
| greed for riches | major | Vance Hendricks and Nelson Drake planned to sell the organic technology that Drake discovered to corporations for top dollar. |
| racism in society | major | The Ikarrans had a notion of genetic purity that Sinclair and Franklin found reminiscent of Nazi ideals. |
| remorse | major | that |
| selfless service | major | Sinclair prepared to sacrifice himself to save Babylon 5 from cyborg thing. |