Babylon 5 - The Secession of Babylon 5 

Among other milestones like hitting the 10k subscribers mark for this channel, I also got my first copyright strike yesterday when I tried uploading this! So I pulled a few extra hours of render time and to not set off any alarms in this repload. So far it's good, and hopefully it stays that way. Also, for those keeping track of the Omega Nose Art: Roanoke - Raiden Shogun Alexander - Prince Alexander of Daventry Churchill - Darjeeling Agrippa - Eula Lawrence Patreon: patreon.com/user?u=98553222 Twitter: twitter.com/MacsLore Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/macslore.bsky.social

It's really weird to watch Babylon 5 now after seeing how crazy our world has gotten. Just look what happened earlier today. Babylon 5 is more relevant than ever.

“Bill, did you ever meet the Captain of the Clarkstown?” “He and the General were at the academy together. Hage introduced him to me last summer, he has a wife back home. Three small children, and an Abassynian cat named Max.” “That what makes this war different then anything we’ve ever gone through before.” “This time, we know everyone we kill.”

That threat by Delenn still gives me chills.

B5's rise to an independent state is one of the greatest space opera stories ever told! Great video. This is why we ring the bell, people!

this is a great re-telling of this scene. And this is one of the most beloved sequences in B5 lore. I still get chills when Delen shows up and saves the day. This was an excellent reminder of a wonderful scene!

B5 and BSG were without question, the two greatest sci-fi dramas of the last 30 years.

Some say that General Hague *wasn't* actually killed while fighting against Clark Loyalist forces. Instead, they claim that he was arrested on Earth while trying to lead a coup of his own by one Captain Benjamin Lafayette Sisko.

Bittersweet memories. So many of that magnificent cast have since passed away.

Sheridan personally kicking the shit out of the fascist Earthgov was the absolute peak of Babylon 5. Ivanova I imagine felt the same way

I deeply love the B5 story and show but this is one of the things that bugged me over the years. Clark would never have been on EF1. For security reasons a Vice President and President travel on different transports.

It's nice of the President to issue his martial law directive using the Serpentine typeface - the same one used in the show's titles. Excellent choice, Clark.

Right in the nostalgia. B5 was so good.

10:30 my only critique of this whole video is that you showed the Shadow battleship exploding rather than the insect-like curling of it's spars when it was killed

I cannot think of a better way to kick off a Wednesday evening.

One of my favorite sci fi shows of all time. And i've been watching them since the 70's *Thanks for this Babylon 5 Lore Video.*

Now we need the shadow war and the liberation of earth next, great work.

When you say, "Do not force us to engage your ships" And they respond with, "Why not?"

B5 was The Bomb, loved this show, was so ahead of its time, had great graphics and the storylines were GREAT! I think I need to go back and re-watch this and now that I'm an adult, I don't think I paid much attention to Nightwatch and what that really means! Strange how this subject, when not knowing much about the world, means so much more know, regarding government spies and people "snitching" on each other. I was so interested in the Mbari religion and how all the main characters were locked in a forever war but eventually all came around!

Amazing work, highly impressed!

11:58 Prince Alexander of Daventry. Hell of an easter egg.

"...we will remain an independent state until President Clark is removed from office." Goosebumps, and again when Delenn tells the Clark ships to get lost.

Enjoyed the jokes sprinkled throughout, narration stayed serious which made the jokes funnier when they showed up.

That sultry Canadian voice gets me everytime. God I love Mac's Lore

You’re always the biggest blessing in the world when you post your videos

Great video, can't wait to watch more!

Another banger video @MacsLore thanks for the work!

God is this glorious! If only they would redo the show like this. Your channel is just so amazing covering the great sci-fi stories.

Thanks for the story!!!! I was a fan of the series but back then I couldn't understand all the back story going on. With you video now I do. Thanks a lot!

This is just such a good edit. Nice CGI additions. Does justice to B5, it deserves more stuff like this. The Earth-Minbari war was also a great edit. Keep up the good work.

I miss B5. Might watch it again. Very sad that almost everyone died that was in that show.

It's been weeks, and it seems that nobody's noticed the Alexander portrait -- from King's Quest VI. Hilarious, but also phenomenal stuff as always.

😁Never missed an episode of this, B5 ranks up there with the other Great Space Operas.👏Thanks much

hell yeah, more lore! Battlestar galactica (2003) lore next please, I would LOVE to see a video like this about the first cylon war

Nicely done, RIP the dear departed. Many lessons for today's world.

Great work on the look and feel. Gives it a "documentary" feel. It must've taken immense time and effort. Just know it's very appreciated.

I’d like to reiterate my suggestion that your next video be about Operation: Grain Snatch from the first X-Wing game.

Love your video as I am in middle of rewatching Babylon 5 on Tubbi. Its a shame we will never get to see the Omegas fire their broadside missiles in anger as their designer intended (these are the red tubes you see on their sides)

Babylon 5 has become one of my favorite Science Fiction series. It hasn’t been tainted with.WOKENESS . And I would love it. If you would do more B5 stuff there’s not much that I don’t know I own all of it seriously I own all five seasons I own all of the movies I own Crusade only one that I have not seen yet. Is the Animated the road home I hope to see soon. But another words, I know B5 and I love your style.

the speech by delene on guarding B5 is easily one of the most badass speeches, just ever

A nice video but one detail you got off. Its never said how many Destroyers joined the initial rebellion or how many were shot down. It says four of five Cruisers that defected with Hague were shot down. In the Earth Alliance Cruisers are a separate smaller type of warship from Destroyers. The most common EA Cruiser seen in the series for example is the Hyperion class which a little over 1,000 meters long while an Omega is more then 1,700 meters long

Still the best TV scifi show, with such memorable characters - nice work Mac!

I have been a fan of B5 since it was first broadcast in the UK. Its one of those multi season stories that I admire and wished other Sci-Fi series were like this.

"Severed Dreams" is my favorite episode, JMS's too!

Great work @MacsLore. This looked great and was awesome. Getting the ship models makes this a notch above the rest in quality.

You need to do the narn-centauri war or shadow war

Still one of the best interconnected sci fi series ever. One could only dream what would have happened if Star Trek Enterprise was given the go ahead with J.Michal Straczynski

I’m impressed with your editing, storytelling and animation work on this video. I’m in for the subscription. Cheers.

Mac.... Is that. Prince Alexander of Daventry on the Alexander? You mad bastard.

Really appreciate the B5 content. Can't wait to see more. Subscribed.

Great work with the video!

Thank you Mac. Because I love Babylon 5 😊👍

Prince Alexander! Nice Easter egg.

well done. even brought a tear to my eye. i miss this show so much...

The episode where they succeded was THE moment wherebBabylon 5 started its real legacy.

Awesome video. Loved B5 and thise Lore video just reignited my memory of among the absolute BEST saci fi shows ever. Seeing the rise of the Clark regime makes me think of how "by the book" another dictator has taken power in another nation right here in our reality...

i miss this show. great job

Only one human has survived an attack by a Minbari force. He is behind me. You are in front of me. If you value your lives, be somewhere else!

This was a very well made video. Thank you

Really well done, I especially loved the meme poster "STFU Alien Lovers" 😂.

Awesome content and video. Well done!

Very well done! Your video has me thinking of rewatching B5 for the 8th time.

Great synopsis. Thank you for writing it

yay more B5 content! love!

VERY well done video

I love the eas churchill had a Darjeeling emblem

Man I love Babylon 5. This show needs much needed updating thow. Not with the story but with the graphics. Awesome video. We live for the one. We die for the one

Outstanding documentary ❤

One thing; Nightwatch's orders didn't come from thrme President's Office. As Commander in Chief, that would have been through the Chain of Command. Their orders came from The Ministry of Peace, a branch of Clark's Political Office, thus outside of the Chain of Command.

Very, very well done.

Good work.

where did you get those 3D renders? tell me there is a "babylon 5 online" somewhere. Can't wait for you to dive in into B5 lore, Your narration, as per usual, great!

Great Video! Are you going to do videos on the Shadow War and Earth Alliance Civil War?

Amazing work as always! So...when are you gonna dio your toe into Battletech? Noone is really doing the fighters and spacecraft from the setting. It'd be right up your alley!

This is one awesome video. I really hope that the creator of B5 can somehow manage to make more content or remake this fantastic series.

👌😎👍Very cool and very nicely greatly well done in every detail way shape and format provided indeed Sir!, And I myself still own the entire DVD collection and all the various made for cable movies plus the most recent animated one of Babylon 5 which is still one of the greatest series ever made indeed!...

Your best video yet! Give us more B5 content! PS: More Homeworld and Star Trek would be nice too :D

Stunning.

This is still one of my favorite shows of all time.

Another good video, Whitestar please.

Star Trek indirectly introduced me to Babylon 5. A Fanfiction writer by the name of AlbertG wrote an outstanding crossover between the two, and one of the first substantive events is the Battle of Babylon 5. The inflection point was specifically as Clark reinforcements showed up, and cemented by love for not just the crossover, but also Babylon 5 as a whole. The following exchange is a bit long, and far longer than what occurred in canon, but a fun read nonetheless. It is always so satisfying seeing these space fascists have their asses handed to them on a silver platter. ---Onboard the Evanston, the communications officer expected and received an answer to his Captain's hail. But he was looked perplexed and somewhat surprised by what came over the radio link. "Sir? We're receiving a hail." "So. What is it?" he snapped. "Are they surrendering?" He hoped it wasn't true because he was already feeling vaguely disappointed. "We're having trouble with the video feed, but it's from the white ship." Comms piped it thru. "This is Captain Jean-Luc Picard onboard the USS Enterprise," the voice said. "Babylon Five is under our protection. You will stand down and leave Babylon Five space or we will open fire and evict you from this area. Respond." How dare they interfere with this mission! Irritated, Captain Drake punched his comm-link. "Negative. We have authority here. Do not force us to fire on you, Enterprise." That was an Earth name he realized. Earth Intelligence was correct in their assessment. This may very well be a Human-run vessel. Who was this 'Captain' Picard? Logic suggested that this was one of Sheridan's secret weapons. To his navigator and weapons officers: "Proceed and target that ship if they even twitch." Interference would not be tolerated. "Affirmative, sir." As the Captain requested readout of the ship from tactical, he found the analysis strange, but impressive. How Sheridan's people managed to build a ship of that size without anyone getting wind of it was a mystery. But one thing was clear; that configuration was something no Human mind would produce. It was designed as a large saucer with three pylons, one large and two small connected by struts of various sizes. The overall saucer shape suggested a cobra with its hood spread. The lettering was clearly in English, USS Enterprise NCC-1701-D. There appeared to be no thrusters and how it moved was a mystery. The overall mass of the ship was four hundred meters smaller than a heavy Hyperion-class destroyer. It was six hundred forty-one meters in overall length and there appeared to be no visible weapons ports open that they could tell. Some sort of distortion field was reflecting his Omega class Destroyer's deep scans. Its Captain sounded Human but it was clearly some type of deception, most likely by Sheridan's people. If he was Human, then he was another traitor. Well, it was not going to work. Already his Breeching pod was heading towards the Babylon station and other than this one little alien ship, a battered B5, the remains of the Churchill and a few Star Furies there was nothing to stop him and his five Destroyers from accomplishing his goal. He opened the comms channel again. "Enterprise, you will surrender your vessel immediately or we will disable or destroy it." He decided to make this Picard sweat by calling his bluff. Without waiting, he switched to inner-fleet comms. "Open a channel to our fleet," he ordered. "Channel open, Sir." "To all ships," Drake announced. "The Evanston and Rochester will neutralize the Enterprise threat. To the Nimrod and Pournelle, subdue the Alexander, and Lenmark escort the Breeching Pod to B5 and give it cover. All ships will converge on B5 after we have completed our initial tasks. Let's make this happen people." "Lieutenant Hung, steer us to that Captain Picard's ship. I want it out of the way as soon as possible." The Captain of the Evanston fully expected the ship to turn tail and run. And if not, then two to one was never good odds for someone to play with. "Fire as soon as you get into range." "Targeting." "Sir," the radar officer said, his voice raised. "They're moving towards us." Captain Drake looked at the white ship growing larger in his window by the second. "So be it. Lock on and fire as soon as we're in range." It was a shame that they would have to shoot holes in such a pretty ship, but when you played with fire, you got burnt.

I really do love Severed Dreams so much, its such a good episode.

Excellent summary of one of the most interesting stories within the saga of Babylon 5! A shame you got a BS copyright strike, clearly every bit of this video is for discussion, and much of it transformative. Fight the strike, it will drop off.

Well done.

The Shadow vessel immediately sensed the Vorlon technology in the White Star and attacked from instinct. After first destroying what was "holding it prisoner", Ganymede base. lol

man, Earth Forces only had to take one look at those ships...and hear Delinn's threat to run like the wind. So much for that Senator's claim the Earth forces could take on the Minbri

This was a good summation of the B5 storyline. Long live 90's SciFi TV Shows.

Hot damn this was good

Be somewhere else. One of the best moments in TV for me.

This was a great series. Sometimes predictable, but still deep and thought provoking.

LETS GOO

This was really the best sci-fi show out there. Such a good story, so many amazing characters. It is a shame the the network kept f'ing with them.

Hope you do a vid about the Earth Alliance Civil War

I love this show!!!!

B5 is still the best of all the sci-fi series kof the 80s 🤟😎

To live and Die in Starlight.

Absolutely fantastic! More B5! Damnit, take my money and give me more B5!

Well I hope you're happy... I'm going to have to go rewatch all of Babylon 5 now... on the other hand, Thanks I'm going to go rewatch all of Babylon 5 now... Have a good day!

Kudos, that's a lot of wok - nice job

excellent.