A Voice in the Wilderness (Part 2) story
The situation heats up when an Earth Force heavy cruiser arrives to "protect earth's interests", and the fusion reactors on Epsilon 3 start going out of control, and may blow up the planet and Babylon 5. Directed by: Janet Greek. Story by: J. Michael Straczynski.
16 total · 3 choice · 6 major · 7 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| coping with aging | choice | The elderly Minbari Draal decided to end his life by merging with the planetary-scale machine because he felt it would give purpose to his otherwise boring life and also help the people of Babylon 5. |
| heroism | choice | Draal and Londo agreed to go to the planet together knowing that they would both return alive. |
| sacrifice to prevent mass death | choice | Draal willingly merged with the planetary-scale machine to prevent the planet it was in from destroying itself and Babylon 5 with it. Delenn explained the important of making a self-sacrifice when she bid farewell to her mentor Draal. |
| clash of wills | major | Sinclair clashed with Captain Ellis Pierce over how to handle the crisis about the planet. |
| coping with a loved one being in peril | major | Garibaldi worried about his ex-lover Lize Hampton who he left behind on Mars. |
| coping with memories of a lost love | major | Garibaldi worried about his ex-lover Lize Hampton who he left behind on Mars. |
| planetary-scale machine | major | The planet Babylon 5 was in orbit around turned out to be a mesh of fusion reactors. |
| romantic love | major | Garibaldi and Lise Hampton. |
| transnational conflict over a shared resource | major | The different factions on Babylon 5, such as the Centauri and the Narn, and a species of alien were jockeying to get their fair share of whatever was down on the planet. |
| civil war | minor | Mars colonists rebelled against their Earth rulers. |