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| MiniPax | Nickname for the Ministry of Peace. | |
| Ministry of Peace | A ministry in EarthGov, created by President Clark to prevent conflicts within the Earth Alliance (i.e. to root out any opposition against the Clark administration) and to boost the morale. One of the best known departments within the ministry was the notorious Nightwatch. | |
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| Nafak'Cha | The name of a Minbari rebirth ceremony. | |
| Nightwatch | An organization
created by the Ministry of Peace
to maintain peace and to boost the morale among Earthforce personnel. In 2259
Nightwatch promised 50 credits a week to Earth Force
officers for joining the organization, wearing an armband
and reporting any un-patriotic activity. However, as time
went by, reporting possible traitors became more and more
important part of Nightwatch's agenda. In 2260 Nightwatch
personnel were authorised to monitor all communications
and even look into the personal backgrounds of non-nightwatch
officers (and even civilians). When Earth was put under
Martial Law later that year, all security outside Earth
was transferred to the Nightwatch. Although places like
Babylon 5 refused to be controlled by Nightwatch and
deported all its members, the orgazation remained alive
right until to the end of the Earth Civil War and the
suicide of President Clark.
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| Observation Dome | See Command and Control | |
| One, The | 1.
The great leader of Valen's predictions, a kind of an
holy trinity that consists of Sinclair (The One Who Was),
Delenn (The One Who Is) and Sheridan (The One Who Will Be). 2. Name the Rangers sometimes use of Ranger One. |
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| PPG | A weapon that uses superheated plasma instead of bullets. PPG's have replaced ordinary guns because the heat of the charge can stop (and maim or kill) a person without ricocheting or damaging the bulkheads of a ship or a spacestation. | |
| Psi Cops | One of the highest ranks inside Psi Corps, an internal (and sometimes also external) affairs investigations department, all members of which are P12 telepaths. | |
| Psi Corps | 
The organization
for human telepaths and telekinetics. Psi Corps was
created to protect not only non-telepaths from telepaths,
but also other way around. Psi Corps was founded in 2161
and until mid-2260's all telepaths were forced to either
join the Corps, take sleeper drugs
or go to prison. Random testings were conducted (in
schools for example) to find people who were trying to
avoid joining. Psi Corps took care of its members and
provided them with the training they needed to fully
understand and master their skills. The Corps also made
sure that the telepaths did not misuse their gift in, for
example, gambling or by performing illegal scans. It also
required all telepaths to wear gloves in public so as to
avoid making unintentional scans.The Psi Corps was abolished in mid 2260's after the unfortunate Telepath Crisis. Within Psi Corps telepaths were ranked on the P-scale by their abilities. For example, an average Psi Cop was a P12 and a commercial telepath usually a P5, wheras P1 was only able to sense feelings, not actually read minds. |
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| Quantium 40 | A rare and expensive mineral vital to the construction and maintenance of jumpgates. | |
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| Raiders | A name most people use of the so-called 'spacepirates' who harass passenger liners and cargo vessels. | |
| Ranger One | Leader of the Rangers, sometimes also known as Entil'zha. On the 23dr century this position has been held a Minbari named Lennon, Sinclair, Delenn, Sheridan and Ivanova. | |
| Rangers | An army created by Valen. For a thousand years the Rangers only accepted Minbari as their members, but after Sinclair was chosen as Ranger One, humans were also allowed to join. Before and during the Shadow War, the Rangers were the eyes and ears (and often also hands) of the Army of Light. After the war they continued to work for Sheridan helping him to liberate Earth from president Clark's reign of terror and to protecting his allies from attacks by Raiders and Dark Servants. This arrangement eventually lead to the creation of the Interstellar Alliance where the rangers acted as official peacekeepers. | |
| Rebo & Zooty | An extremely popular comedy team on 23rd century Earth. | |
| Red Sector | The center of business and commerce on Babylon 5. Also the station's main tourist attraction. An area that has several hotels, restaurants, casinos and other places of commerce, including the Zocalo. | |
| Rim, The | The edge of known space. Z'ha'dum, the homeworld of the Shadows, is situated near the Rim. | |
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| Satai | The honorific title of a member of the Grey Council. | |
| Sech | Minbari word for a teacher or a mentor. | |
| Shagh-toth | The name the Minbari use of the alien race Soul Hunters. | |
| Shokalla | A deity in the Drazi pantheon. The patron god of pilots. | |
| Sleepers | A drug that is used to inhibit telepathic abilities on people who do not wish to join the Psi Corps. | |
| Sparky | The name of the artificial intelligence sub-routine of B5's main computer. | |
| Stims | A legal stimulant which can become addictive if misused. It is often used by doctors and other people who need to stay awake and alert for long periods of time. | |
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| Techno-mages | A mysterious organization that has members from various races. Its members use advanced technology (often implanted to their body) to create the illusion of magical powers. In early 2259, when the galaxy was at the brink of the last Shadow War, almost all techno-mages fled to a secret hideout in order to prevent their secrets from falling into the wrong hands. | |
| Teek | A name used of telekinetic people by members of the Psi Corps. | |
| Teep | A name used of telepathic people by members of the Psi Corps. | |
| Thieves' Guild | A group of skilled thieves of many different races. Only thieves who have been trained by a member of the guild are allowed to join. The guild forbids the use of violence and any other activities that could draw the attention of the authorities to them (pickpocketing, smuggling, black market dealing and other small crime is allowed and encouraged). In return for a part of the thief's profits, the Guild offers a place to live. | |
| Triluminary | A small device which Sinclair took with him (and Babylon 4) a thousand years into the past and which both he and Delenn used to change their species. | |
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| Voice of the Resistance (VoR) |
Sheridan's counter attack against the ISN propaganda during the Civil War. A news channel (with a base of operation on Babylon 5) that was used to broadcast the true news behind the propaganda. | |
| VoR | See Voice of Resistance | |
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| White Star | A type of ship
that was created and originally built by the Minbari
religious caste and which combines Vorlon and Minbari
technologies. The first whitestar ship was given to
Sheridan and later the rest of the fleet was put under
the command of the Rangers. Whitestars are faster than any other ships of their size and are also capable of creating their own jump points. |
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| Yellow Sector | The sector that encompasses the non-rotating, zero-gravity sections of the station, including the cargo bays, defense systems, fusion reactors and cobra bays. | |
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| Zocalo | A market place situated on the Red Sector of Babylon 5. | |
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