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Worlds of Babylon 5

by storiesbywilliams on June 26, 2012 in Sci-Fi, Series, Worlds Of and tagged Babylon 5, catherin sakai, centauri prime, crusade, delenn, draal, drakh, drakh plague, drazi homeworld, earth alliance, earth force, earthdome, epsilon 3, epsilon eridani, g'kar, ivanova, londo mollari, Marcus, mr morden, narn homeworld, psi corps, quadrant 37, shadow homeworld, sheridan, sigma 957, the earth-mimbari war, the excalibur, the great machine, the great war, the second shadow war, the shadow war, the walkers, valen, vir cotto, vorlon homeworld, white star, white star fleet, z'hadum, zhabar

This would be the fourth installment of my “Worlds Of” series, this time in honor of my favorite sci-fi show of all time. Like the show itself, the worlds that were featured here were richly detailed, multi-layered, and part of an intricate and cohesive universe. Though the show only lasted five seasons and the spin-off […]

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Cool Ships (volume VII)

by storiesbywilliams on May 14, 2012 in Cool Ships, Series, Video games and tagged admiral ackbar, admiral cain, Babylon 5, battlestar, Battlestar Galactica, bentusi, blockade runner, bsg stealth ship, captain kirk, captain lee adama, centauri battlecruiser, chapterhouse dune, colonial fleet, commander adama, corellian corvette, cr90, cylon fleet, Dune, earth alliance, earth-minbari war, g'quon class heavy cruiser, genesis project, harbor ship of bentus, heretics of dune, homeworld, ixian no-ship, khan noonien singh, mon calamari cruiser, mon remonda, mothership, narn cruiser, narn-centauri war, no-chamber, president laura roselyn, primus-class battlecruiser, princess leia, raptor, resurrection ship, Star Trek, Star Wars, star wars episode IV a new hope, star wars universe, starbuck, super star destroyer, the blackbird, the laura, the pegasus, the twelve colonies, thrawn crisis, uss enterprise, uss reliant, vicount-class star defender, viper mark VII

Welcome to volume 7. Nuff chit chat, let’s get started! The Blackbird: Starting this list off right is the stealth ship from the updated Galactica universe. Christened the Laura, in honor of President Roslyn, this ship was the brainchild of engineer Galen Tyrol and his deck hands, who decided to build a new fighter from […]

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Cool Ships (volume V)

by storiesbywilliams on May 11, 2012 in Books, Cool Ships, Movies, Series and tagged Alien, arrakis, artificial hand, Babylon 5, baron harkonnen, Battlestar Galactica, colonial raptor, cool ships volume 5, cylon virus, cylon war, darth vader, delenn, duke leto atreides, Dune, Dune universe, earth alliance, earth force, earth-minbari war, ellen ripley, fly-by-wire, foldspace, freespace 2, FTL, guild heighliner, gunstar, heart of gold, holtzman engines, hospital ship, improbability drive, jones the cat, luke skywalker, LV-426, medical frigate, minbari cruiser, minbari federation, navigator, nebula-b frigate, nostromo, Paul Atreides, quantum theory, rebel alliance, sathanas juggernaut, shadow war, sharlin-class cruiser, sheridan, spice tanks, Star Wars, the black hole, the colussus, the cygnus, the deimos, the last starfighter, the nostromo, the shivans, Weyland Yutani, wireless, xenomorph, zaphod beeblebrox

Back again! More ships, more designs, more franchises too. Like I said last time, there’s just no limit when you get right down to it. And in the course of doing my homework on cool sci-fi concepts, I’ve found that there are hundreds of franchises out there that I’ve never even heard of before. Of […]

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More Cool Ships

by storiesbywilliams on April 30, 2012 in Cool Ships, Movies, Sci-Fi, Series and tagged a-wings, admiral ackbar, Alien, aliens, alliance cruiser, b-wings, Babylon 5, battle of endor, battle of yavin, biometric ship, borg cube, borg sphere, captain sheridan, chig cruiser, chig fighter, chigs, commander ivanova, cool ships, cyborg, darth vader, delenn, divine order, earth alliance, earth alliance destroyer, firefly, FTL, great war, his divine shadow, home one, hyperdrive, hyperspace, kai, lexx, lt. warren keffer, mon calamari cruiser, multi-vector assault mode, narn heavy cruiser, nostromo, omega-class destroyer, organic ship, organic technology, prometheus-clas ship, ragesh 3, saucer section, Sci-Fi, science fiction, second death star, serenity, shadow fighters, shadow vessel, shadow war, space above and beyond, stanley tweedle, star destroyer, Star Trek, star trek ds9, Star Trek TNG, star trek voyager, star trek: first contact, Star Wars, stargate, stargate:atlantis, super star destroyer, the daedalus, the death star, the executor, tie bomber, tie fighter, uss defiant, uss enterprise D, x-wings, y-wings, zev bellringer

And I’m back with more examples, in part because people had some suggestions but also because I found the last list lacking. I mean, you can’t suggest a concept as big and as awesome as cool science fiction ships and only provide a handful of examples. It’s just not decent! So here’s installment number two […]

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Of Galactic Empires

by storiesbywilliams on March 9, 2012 in Sci-Fi, Series and tagged arrakis, Babylon 5, babylon 5 movies, battletech, Butlerian Jihad, centauri, custodian, dark ages, decline and fall of the roman empire, Dune, earth alliance, edward gibbon, foundation, foundation series, fremen, galactic empire, gene roddenberry, george lucas, hari seldon, history of the decline and fall of the roman empire, house atreides, house corrino, house harkonnen, in the beginning, interstellar alliance, Isaac Asimov, j michael straczynski, kaitan, league of non-aligned worlds, legends of dune series, mech warriors, mimbari, narn regime, narns, old republic, padisha emperor, Paul Atreides, planetkillers, planets, psychohistory, selusa secundus, Star Trek, Star Trek TNG, Star Wars, the borg, the first ones, the shadows, the spice, thinking machines, united federation of planets, vorlons

Hello again, fellow sci-fi fans! Today, I thought I’d write about something conceptual, something that is intrinsic to so much science fiction and keeps popping up in various forms. It’s something that has appeared in countless serials, novels, tv shows, movies, and RPG’s. I am referring, of course, to the concept of the Galactic Empire, […]

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B5, Best Episodes, Season Two

by storiesbywilliams on December 29, 2011 in Reviews, Series and tagged agamemnon, all alone in the night, ambassador mollari, B5, Babylon 5, babylon 5 season two, bester, captain sheridan, centauri, centauri narn war, centauri prime, christian republic, cocoon, daggair, delenn, doctor franklin, earth alliance, earth force, earth mimbari war, elric, emperor turhan, g'kar, garibaldi, general hague, great war, grey council, jeffrey sinclair, londo, londo mollari, londo's wives, mariel, michael garibaldi, mimbari, morden, narn, Neroon, president clark, president santiago, psi cops, psi corps, revelations, shadow war, shadows, sheridan, signs and portents, Soul Mates, Streib, susan ivanova, techno mage, telepaths, the coming of shadows, the geometry of shadows, the Grey Council, the shadows, timov, vir, vir cotto, vorlons

Back with more best episodes! Season one had some big hits, but I honestly think season two was the best in terms of overall poignancy, mystery and sheer entertainment value. Here are some selections of what I really liked from this one! 1. Points of Departure: In the season two opener, we catch up with […]

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Babylon 5, the Dénouement

by storiesbywilliams on December 11, 2011 in Reviews, Series and tagged B5, Babylon 5, bester, captain sheridan, centauri, centauri prime, defensive grid, earth alliance, earth gov, edgars industries, emperor cartagia, first one, first ones, g'kar, garibaldi, interstellar alliance, kah'ri, lennier, londo, londo mollari, lorien, Marcus, marcus cole, mars, mars colony, mimbari, order vs chaos, planet killer, president clark, prime minister mollari, promixa, proxima colony, psi cops, psi corps, rangers, shadow war, shadows, sheridan, shroud, telepaths, the shadow war, Thought Police, vir, vir cotto, vorlons, white star, white star fleet, william edgars, z'hadum, zack allen

In the last season, Sheridan was believed to have perished at Z’Hadum, Garibaldi had disappeared as well, and the war has reached a state of intermission. A sad ending, and one which was sure to keep the audience in anticipation for the next season. And like season three, season four was chock full of revelations, […]

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B5 Forever, Baby!

by storiesbywilliams on December 9, 2011 in Reviews, Series and tagged anna sheridan, B5, Babylon 5, bester, centauri, doctor franklin, drazi, earth alliance, garibaldi, john sheridan, kah'ri, kosh, lady adira, league of non-aligned worlds, lord refa, lyta alexander, nukes, pak'ma'ra, president clark, psi cop, psi corps, refa, shadow vessels, shadow war, shadows, stims, telepath, telepaths, the white star, vorlons, walkabout, walter koenig, white star, white star fleet, z'hadum

As I said last time, Season two ended with the defeat of the Narns and the coming of the Shadows. It also ended with the Babylon project being declared a failure. But as Susan Ivanova put it so eloquently at the very end of the season finale, “The Babylon project was our last, best hope […]

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Babylon 5!

by storiesbywilliams on December 8, 2011 in Reviews, Series and tagged ambassador delenn, ambassador mollari, b4, babylon 4, Babylon 5, babylon 5 season one, babylon project, battle of the line, centauri, chief garibaldi, commander ivanova, commander sinclair, doctor franklin, dukhat, earth alliance, earth gov, earth mimbari war, earth one, g'kar, ivanova, jeffrey sinclair, kah'ri, kosh, league of non-aligned worlds, londo, londo mollari, michael garibaldi, mimbari, morden, narn, president santiago, stephen franklin, susan ivanova, the line, vir, vir cotto, vorlons

I’m surprised it took me this long to do a review of this show. And who more fitting than me, its biggest fan! Okay, not really. In fact, when it comes to fandom, I’ve got nothing on some people out I’ve seen out there (you know who you are!) But let me assure you, I’m […]

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Babylon 5, Best lines!

by storiesbywilliams on December 3, 2011 in Best Lines, Sci-Fi and tagged asimov, B5, Babylon 5, Best Lines, bester, captain sheridan, delenn, draal, earth alliance, first ones, franklin, g'kar, g'quon, garibaldi, homeworld, ivanova, J Michael Straczynsky, jeffrey sinclair, john sheridan, kosh, lennier, londo, londo mollari, lorien, Marcus, marcus cole, michael garibaldi, mimbari, morden, na'toth, narn, psi cops, psi corps, refa, shadows, sheridan, sinclair, Straczynski, susan ivanova, vir, vir cotto, vorlons, walkers, white star, white star fleet, zathras

One of the best science fiction shows of all time, in my humble estimation. And I know I’m not alone in this. I think I’ve watched the full series a couple of times over now. In fact, a few years back, some friends and I used to watch the reruns on DVD over a couple […]

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