Babylon 5: In The Beginning story
Fifteen years before the initial setting of the television series Babylon 5, Earth becomes involved in a deadly conflict with the just-discovered Minbari race. This war nearly leads to the extermination of the human race, but it is mysteriously halted at the last moment by the Minbari leadership for reasons that remain secret for over a decade. This near-destruction of the human race leads to the Earth Alliance commissioning the Babylon space stations as a means of preventing further wars. It is the second of six feature-length films in the Babylon 5 media franchise.
12 total · 4 major · 8 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| attack from outer space by a genocidal enemy | major | The humans were in a desperate war against the Minbari that nearly saw the Earth itself destroyed. |
| extraterrestrial being | major | The story is premised on the notion that the galaxy is populated by five major spacefaring races: the humans, Narn, Centauri, Minbari, and Vorlons. |
| international politics | major | The story concluded with the Earth president announcing that a neutral venue for discussing and resolving issues between the five major spacefaring races of the galaxy would be constructed in order to prevent future wars. |
| war | major | The story follows a the build up to, and fighting of a bitter war between Earth and the Minbari. |
| brother and sister | minor | Susan Ivanov gave her brother her earring as a good luck charm before he left to fight in the Earth-Minbari war. |
| caste system | minor | The Minbari population is divided into three castes: the Worker caste, the Warrior caste, and the Religious caste. |
| diplomacy | minor | Representatives of the humans and the Minbari met in secret to negotiate and end to their war. |
| genocide | minor | The Minbari were prepared to commit wanton genocide against the humans. |
| interstellar space travel | minor | The human and Minbari were fighting a war across space. |
| nuclear weapons | minor | Sheridan used tactical nukes to destroy the Minbari flagship. |