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The Minbari considered it a despicable act of cowardice, and named Sheridan " Starkiller " in loathing and disgust ; EarthForce Command justified the desperate tactic by noting that the Minbari policy of total annihilation was just as abhorrent.
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Minbari and considered
It is considered one of the five major galactic diplomatic / military powers ( Earth Alliance, Narn Regime, Minbari Federation, Centauri Republic and the Vorlon Empire ) in the Babylon 5 pilot episode movie " The Gathering ".
The Minbari considered him one of their greatest leaders, second only to the legendary Valen.
According to the book To Dream in the City of Sorrows, which is considered canon, the crystal is partly created by the blood of human and Minbari, and is highly prized by its bearer.
The fact that the Minbari had a " No Quarter " policy and destroyed any human ship regardless of combat ability / status ( something most humans considered dishonorable ) was also a strong motivational factor.
In 2245 an EarthForce task fleet would encounter a small group of Minbari warships ; this disastrous contact would lead to the bloody Earth-Minbari War, in which the Earth Alliance would take heavy losses by the Minbari forces, this was considered to be the ultimate revenge of Jha ' dur, who by this time was helping the Minbari, on Minbar.
Minbari and act
His fighter was damaged, and believing that both he and all of humanity were doomed, Sinclair decided to ram the nearest Minbari cruiser in an act of desperation.
In a last act of defiance, Sinclair attempted to ram one of the Minbari cruisers.
Minbari and named
She also interviews an Earth Alliance Senator named Ronald Quantrell, who equivocates on the Project's success and claims that Earth only supported the station immediately after the Earth – Minbari War, when Earth's weakness forced it to promote galactic peace.
He appeared in two episodes of the science fiction TV series Babylon 5: first as the Emperor of Centauri ( who also had the name Turhan ), and later as a Minbari Ranger named Turval.
Minbari and Sheridan
Just as the marriage of Aragorn and Arwen reunited the Humans and Elves, whose blood flowed through them both, the marriage of John Sheridan and Delenn reunited the Humans and Minbari, who shared each other's souls.
Sheridan, acutely aware of the Minbari policy of exterminating all enemy ships without mercy, even when they were disabled and trying to surrender, mined several nearby asteroids with nuclear devices as a precaution.
When the Minbari vessel came within range, Sheridan detonated the mines, which completely vaporized the Black Star, giving Earth a much-needed morale boost.
Sheridan tells him that he wants Garibaldi to begin logging the Minbari crew of the White Star into the security net.
Sheridan then receives an incoming message from General William Hague, the Chairman of the EarthForce Joint Chiefs of Staff informing him of sightings of a renegade Minbari warcruiser, the Trigati, and orders for " one other mission.
Sheridan has been appointed as the new commanding officer of Babylon 5, Sinclair is the new Earth Ambassador to the Minbari homeworld.
Sheridan believes that the re-appearance of the Trigati is a bad sign, especially since the Minbari still resent him as the " Starkiller ", the human who destroyed their flagship, the Black Star, during the war.
Sheridan realizes that the Minbari ship is trying to make it look as if the humans provoked an attack, so they can start the Earth-Minbari War again and die with honor.
Sheridan tells Ivanova to send a signal via laser beam into hyperspace ; the signal alerts another Minbari warcruiser, which exits hyperspace and orders the Trigati to surrender.
Sheridan thanks the commander of the second Minbari cruiser for their help, but the Minbari commander tells him that the Trigatis destruction is a " dark day.
* Captain John Sheridan assumes command of Babylon 5 ; we learn that the Minbari still resent him because of his victory over them in the Earth-Minbari War and protested his command assignment to the station they helped fund.
Sheridan pursues the person but runs into a Warrior caste Minbari who attacks him.
As Sheridan recovers from the fight, he sees another Minbari, apparently witness to the entire event, run off in fear.
The Minbari warrior came from a widely respected family, and Delenn has been asked by her government to independently investigate Sheridan.
The witness, Ashan, states the Sheridan attacked without provocation, and that the Minbari he killed actually attempted to surrender before being shot.
He also states that Sheridan mistook the surrender (" I yield to you " in Minbari ) as " Death First ".
After Sheridan accuses Ashan of lying, Delenn says that Minbari do not lie, and that accusing the witness directly would provoke a fatal response.
He reveals the dead Minbari paid the human thief to goad Sheridan into the confrontation, in order to discredit him.
His comments are strongly criticized by Captain John Sheridan, Babylon 5's commanding officer, who argues that Earth still doesn't have the level of technology to fight the Minbari, Centauri, or " god forbid " the Vorlons, and that Babylon 5 is still the " last, best hope for peace " in the galaxy.
Lyta Alexander accompanies Sheridan on this mission, but no other members of the Alliance outside of the Minbari offer to help.
Sheridan and Delenn command the battle aboard a Minbari Sharlin Class Warcruiser.
* The Interstellar Alliance is formed, with Sheridan as its President, and Earth agrees to join this new alliance in exchange for limited access to Minbari and Vorlon technology.
Minbari and Starkiller
The infuriated Minbari nicknamed Sheridan the " Starkiller.
Sheridan was initially not well received by the Minbari, and was still called " Starkiller " by many in the warrior caste ( referring to the engagement in which the Black Star was destroyed ).
Destroyed by Captain John Sheridan earning him the title of " Starkiller " by all Minbari, and making him the only Earth captain said to have destroyed a Minbari Cruiser and survive.
Minbari and ;
Unfortunately, being fresh from their victory over the Dilgar, EarthForce Command arrogantly ignored Centauri Ambassador Londo Mollari's advice to take a cautious approach ; Londo recommended that Earth send only one ship into Minbari space so as not to appear hostile.
The Minbari strategy of leaving a system after destroying its defenders allowed EarthForce to initially have success in hit-and-run raids on smaller Minbari warships and supply vessels ; on the planetary surface of Earth colonies, human forces used guerilla warfare tactics to pin down Minbari troops.
They discuss the possible culprits, and Sinclair dismisses the idea that the Minbari might be responsible, claiming that they are too honorable to launch a sneak attack ; Ivanova is surprised to hear him compliment the Minbari after having fought them in the Earth-Minbari War ten years earlier.
The Minbari consider them thieves and murderers ; she urges him to send it away while he still can.
Sinclair had led a fighter squadron which was annihilated in the attack ; Sinclair's fighter mysteriously vanished for 24 hours and when it reappeared on sensors the Minbari had surrendered.
Knight Two then forces Sinclair to relive the Battle of the Line ; Sinclair watches helplessly as his squadron is devastated by Minbari warships.
* The Grey Council's orders to surrender at the Battle of the Line was bitterly opposed by much of the warrior caste ; this has led to a growing rift between the religious and warrior castes in Minbari society.
Torqueman also interviews Delenn, the Minbari Ambassador, and quizzes her about her physical change into a Minbari / Human hybrid ; Delenn is so upset that she cannot finish the interview.
Delenn and Sheridan relocate to Minbar ; Lennier betrays Sheridan when an accident takes place on board the Minbari cruiser transporting him and Delenn to Minbar.
Humans who look upon an unclad Vorlon would see a winged angel from Abrahamic religions ; a Drazi would perceive them as Droshalla, a Narn as G ' Lan, a Minbari as Valeria, etc.
* Dukhat-deceased Minbari leader ; death was a catalyst to start Earth-Minbari War
Sheridan has made use of nuclear devices on at least four separate occasions: against the Minbari flagship, the Black Star ; at Z ' ha ' dum ; at Coriana 6 ; and again during the events of Thirdspace.
Minbari believe in a form of reincarnation, where the souls of each generation are reborn into the next ; faced with a human with a Minbari soul, the council concluded that Minbari souls were being reborn in Humans.
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