Played by Kristen Bell
First appearance (as Zebruune): Season 1, Episode 2: Not of Minbari
Ten years Thomas Carlson's junior, Emily Jane Banks joined his squadron in the EarthForce Army Foward Air and Space Combat Control Regiments in 2244, fresh out of the academy, becoming his rookie wingman. It was not until after they had fought together, and survived, the Battle of the Line, that they admitted their love for one another. From then on they were inseperable.
An accomplished pilot in her own right, Banks progressed through the ranks under Carlson, and soon became his deputy Wing Commander, position which was cemented when Colonel Tommi Salmainen requested them both to serve on Babylon 3.
Although Carlson would discover later that she had escaped the station's destruction with him, she was long thought killed in Babylon 3's destruction. It was not until late 2264, when Carlson, Enoch, and Ta'Ren rescued the Minbari Ambassador Zebruune from a Streib research station orbiting the dead world of Markar, that it was revealed the "Ambassador Zebruune" serving on Babylon 5 was a fake. When Carlson investigated, he found the false Zebruune had been waylaid by her own assistant Darzus, whom Carlson defeated in single combat. When he brought her to Medlab, Doctor Hobbs discovered the impostor was really a Human who had been transformed into a Minbari by a parasitic infection, and that the human parts of her DNA matched the records of Emily Jane Banks.
Banks was saved by receiving a massive blood transfusion from Carlson, and moved to Minbar with Mr. Smits to undergo gene therapy.
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In late 2265, Banks managed to track down Thomas Carlson by infiltrating the Ta'Var cartel as a Gaim pilot and fighter designer.
She revealed her true identity when Carlson and his friends raided Dr. Christopher Spears' compound on Thenothk, and brought them to shelter on the Minbari world of Eudu, amongst the followers of the man Banks claims healed her of her parasitic infection: a Minbari claiming to be Valen himself!
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