Season 2, Episode 5: A Matter of Honor

By Jean-Philippe Viau

Jonathan Desloisiers` plans for a conference on the Shadow War come to frutition. Held on B5, it is the social gathering of the year, a veritable who`s who of the players implicated in its drama, and its impact on today`s galaxy. President Sheridan, Delenn, even a returning G`Kar, and a secretive Lyta Alexander arrive at the station. As a foremost collector of artifacts, Ta`Ren is on the short list of speakers, but Enoch doesn`t like it: too many circumstances are reaching their apex at the same time for it to be a coincidence, and for the Techno-Mage to manage the situation safely. Captain Carlson has chained himself to the bedside of Ambassador Zebruune (who was discovered to be his former wingman Emily Jane Banks), and Christian Mendoza, the CEO of MarTar`s rival corporation, BrakEarth, has issued an open challenge to Ta'ren. But the Narn will not be distracted from the opportunities for business the conference presents, even if he has to face its foreboding atmosphere alone, for pretty soon, Enoch has trouble of his own: the mysterious Centauri Lord Inoki, secretly a Techno-Mage himself, arrives on the station to teach Enoch a hard lesson, crushing the human out of Babylon 5 into space. This leaves Ta'Ren open to the machinations of a Brakiri Agent who easily kidnaps him after poisoning his food and leaves B5 by diplomatic courrier aboard the Shadowtech shuttle promoted by BrakEarth. By the time Carlson emerges from Medlab, Ta'Ren has been abducted, Enoch has disappeared and Lyta Alexander has left for Mars using the Techno-Mage`s fake I.D. The captain has no choice but to turn to his nemesis, the PsiCop Avis Ames, for help.