By Any Means Necessary story
An accident in the docking bays starts a series of problems on Babylon 5, when a Narn freighter is destroyed and one of the workers is killed. The dock workers demand better conditions or they'll go on strike. And G'Kar has to get a replacement G'Quan-Eth plant for an important religious ceremony. Directed by: Jim Johnston. Story by: Kathryn M. Drennan.
9 total · 2 choice · 4 major · 3 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| labor strikes in society | choice | The docking bay workers went on strike for better working conditions. |
| workers' rights | choice | The docking bay workers went on strike for better working conditions. |
| diplomacy | major | A renowned mediator negotiated on behalf of management against the blue collar workers. G'Kar and Londo. |
| negotiation | major | Neither the management negotiator nor the strikers would concede an inch in the negotiation. The same situation unfolded with G'Kar and Londo. |
| organized religion | major | G'Kar needed a flower from Londo's room to perform a pagan prayer ritual but Londo was reluctant to give it up because he looked down on paganism. |
| reconciliation between two peoples | major | The workers and Garibaldi's security forces shook and made up after Sinclair resolved the worker's strike. |
| coping with the death of a friend | minor | A cargo bay worker grieved for his friend who'd died in an accident on the job. |
| polytheism | minor | Londo characterized G'Kar's prayer ritual as pagan. |
| traditionalism | minor | G'Kar was attached to his traditional prayer ritual. |