Planets, Cities and Colonies

 
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Abbai 4

 Planet in Abbai space.

See also:

Races - Abbai

Akdor

 The third planet of the Sh'lassan triumvirate. A bloody civil war was fought there in 2259.

Alpha Omega 3

 Human name for Z'ha'dum.

Amador

 Colony that joined Earth Alliance in 2257.

Arkata 7

 Planet with over four million inhabitants. The fate of Arkata 7 was to become the first victim of the Vorlon planetkiller in 2261.
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Brakesh 9

 Centauri planet that Lady Morella, Emperor Turhan's widow, visited on her goodwill tour in 2260 before arriving to Babylon 5.

Brakir

 The Brakiri homeworld, situated 27 light years from Babylon 5.

See also:

Races - Brakiri

Balus

 One of the worlds conquered by the Dilgar during the Dilgar Invasion in 2230's.

Beta 7

 During the Earth Civil War a colony loyal to President Clark. Major John Clemens (who later tried to assassinate President Sheridan) was in charge of a prison there.

Beta 9

 During the Earth Civil War a colony loyal to Captain Sheridan. EAS Heracles retired there after the battle of Proxima 3 and later Ivanova ordered the crews of EAS Orion and EAS Damocles to be escorted there to be put under house arrest.

Beta Durani

 Around the year 2242 Doctor Franklin, at the time hitch-hiking around the galaxy, found a damaged Minbari ship on Beta Durani, but failed to save its crew.

During the Earth civil war the planet was first taken over by President Clark's forces and then liberated by Captain Sheridan's allies.
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Celini

 An island on Centauri Prime which Emperor Cartagia promised to the Shadows in return for his 'godhood'. The Shadows formed a base there, but when the Emperor was killed, Londo Mollari had the island evacuated (with the exception of a few volunteers) and then had both the island and the Shadow base destroyed with fusion bombs.

Centauri

Prime

 The homeworld of the Centauri, situated 75 light years from Babylon 5.

See also:

Races - Centauri

Ceti 4

 A deserted planet where an IPX research team, led by Max Eilerson, was exploring the remains of an ancient city when a Drakh ship landed there.

Ceti Gamma 2

 Planet that belongs to Earth Alliance. The headquarters of the Prozeta Corporation and EarthForce bioweapons division are situated there.

Cikar

 City on near the northern polar caps on Minbar. The violence between the Religious Caste and the Warrior Caste began in Cikar in 2261 when the warriors drove all the members of the Religious Caste away from the city.

Comac 4

 Planet destroyed by J'ha'dur in 2231 during the Dilgar Invasion.

Coriana 6

 The only inhabited planet in sector 70/12/5. During the Shadow War in 2261 the Vorlons threatened to destroy this low-technology planet of six billion people with their planetkiller, but fortunately the Army of Light found out about this in time to take actions to protect Corrianna 6. They made sure that both the Vorlons and the Shadows (who had a base on Corriana 6) were there and after thousands of years of avoiding a direct confrontation the First Ones were forced to share a battlefield. With the help of Lorien Captain Sheridan and Delenn then revealed the true motives of the First Ones to the younger races. As a result not only the Vorlons and the Shadows, but all of the First Ones (Lorien included) passed beyond the Rim. Twenty years later, in 2281, Sheridan returned to the Corriana system and he too was taken beyond the Rim by Lorien.
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Daltron 7

 A verdant planet that was destroyed in 2266 when the Drakh tested the Shadow death cloud on it before advancing to Earth.

Davo

 Adira Tyree's home planet.

Deimos

 The smaller one of the two moons of Mars.

Deneb 4

 A well-known marketplace near Earth. In 2261 the 'keeper-controlled' John 'Captain Jack' Demeter tried to tell Doctor Franklin something was wrong by claiming that he had found nothing to buy there.

D'Grn 4

 Planet that took refugees during the Shadow war in 2261.

Dorac 7

 Planet with a small Shadow Base.

Drafa

 An isolated island on the Markab homeworld. The people of Drafa were considered immoral and when they were all killed by an infectious disease, it was said to be a punishment from gods. For hundreds of years the disease, named Drafa after the unfortunate island, lay dormant until in 2259 it began to spread again and eventually killed the entire Markab race.

Drazi

 The Drazi homeworld.

See also:

Races - Drazi

Draxis

 Colony near the border of Drazi space.

Dura 7

 Planet destroyed by the Vorlons in 2261.
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Epsilon 3

 The planet which Babylon 5 orbits. There is no ingenious life on the planet, but on the caves under the planet's surface there is a mysterious and powerful device called the Great Machine.

Europa

 Jupiter's moon. In 2241 Garibaldi worked there for a while in the security forces of an icemine.
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Ganymede

 Jupiter's moon. After the Great War of the 13th Century the Shadows hid few of their ships there .

Garesh 7

 A heavily fortified planet used as a supply base by the Centauri in the Narn-Centauri War. During the last days of the war the Narn mounted an attack against the planet unaware that it was under the protection of the Shadows and that at the same time the Centauri themselves were attacking the Narn homeworld.

G'Kamazad

 A Narn city where G'Kar spent most of his childhood.
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Ikaara 7

 Homeplanet of the highly evolved Ikaarans.

See Races - Ikaaran

Io

 The innermost moon of Jupiter. There is at least one Earth base either on the moon itself or on its orbit. Earth's jump point is also near Io. Captain Sheridan and Commander Ivanova have both served on Io and one of William Edgars' many apartments is situated there.
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Kazomi 7

 Planet that took refugees during the Shadow war in 2261.
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Lardec 4

 A colony that J'ha'dur destroyed by infecting everyone there with Stafford's Disease just to see how long they'd survive.

L'Gn'Daort

 Planet that took refugees during the Shadow war in 2261.

Lorkan 7

 A planet belonging to the Brakiri. The original inhabitants of the planet were killed mysteriously, but the planet was re-inhabitated in the 18th century by another race who adopted the cities and techology of the former inhabitants.

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 Planet that took refugees during the Shadow war in 2261.
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Maa

 See Races - Humans

Malax

 Planet destroyed by J'ha'dur in 2231 during the Dilgar Invasion.

Markab

 The Markab homeworld. The planet was deserted in late 2259 when the entire Markab race died of the drafa plague. For a few months Raiders and other scavengers looted the planet, but this ended in January 2260 when Captain Sheridan destroyed the nearby jumpgate while trying escape a shadow vessel.

See also:

Races - Markab

Mars

 One of Earth's largest, oldest and most important colonies. The first permanent Mars colony was founded as early as in the mid-22nd century. Still, humans had not been the first sentient beings on Mars. The Shadows had visited Mars during their Great War a thousand years earlier and had left some of their ships there, buried deep under the Martian surface. These ships were discovered by humans in 2253, at the eve of the last Shadow War and the Earth Civil War.

Mars survived both the Dilgar War and the Earth-Minbari War unharmed, but the conflicts with Earth on the subject of independent Mars were a constant problem. Violence resulted in food riots and in the terrorist activity of the Free Mars movement. Still, the worst was to come when the Mars rebellion began in November 2258 with the members of Free Mars attacking the Mars provisional government. Earth's troops brought down the rebellion and for the next eighteen months the relations between the two planets were suspiciously peacefull.

April 8th 2260 President Clark started the Earth Civil War as he declared a martial law on all of Earth Alliance. The freedom fighters on Mars realised that their moment had come and Xavier Montoya, prime minister of the Martian provisional government, announced that Mars would not submit to the law. To make and example for the other colonies with similar intents, Clark then had several Martian cities bombed. This incident led to the secession of several other Earth Alliance colonies and outposts as a protest.

During the Civil War the Mars Resistance sided with Captain Sheridan after he promised the colony independence if Clark was impeached. Sheridan kept his promise and after the war the Interstellar Alliance forced Earth to grant Mars independence. Still, Earth wasn't going to give up that easily and continued to oppress Mars with red tape and bureaucracy.

There were about 2 million people living on Mars in 2261 (90% of them human). The cities include New Vegas and Slimtown.

Jeff Sinclair, Max Eilerson and Lise Hampton were born on Mars.

Matok

 A rebel stronghold during the civil war of Akdor. The stronghold was taken by Earthforce during Operation Sudden Death in 2259.

Minbar

 The Minbari homeworld, seventh planet from their sun. Almost one fourth of the planet is covered by the polar ice caps. The planet is rich with crystal formations and, in fact, many of the cities have been carved straight into these formations. The cities on the planet include Cikar, Yedor and Tuzenor.

See also:

Races - Minbarit
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Nacambad

 A colony that took refugees during the Shadow war in 2261.

Narn

 The homeworld of the Narns; a lush and verdant planet before the Centauri annexed it and began to exploit both the planet and the people. The planet's ecosystems was destroyed in 2259 when the Centauri bombed the planet with asteroids causing a nuclear winter.

See also:

Races - Narns

New Kobe

 Colony where Senator Hiroshi's grandfather used to work as a dockworker.

New Vegas

 City on Mars. Terrorised by the serial killer Lester James Monroe in the late 2250's.
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Omelos

 Planet in the Caliban system and the birthplace of J'ha'dur.

Omqrritkz

 Planet that took refugees during the Shadow war in 2261.

Orion 4

 Mining colony where Michael Garibaldi worked for a while after losing his job on Europa.

Orion 7

 An Earth colony. In 2260 Genaral Hague's ship Alexander was on its way back from a secret meeting on Orion 7 when they were ambushed by President Clark's forces. A few days later, after Clark had declared martial law and ordered bombings on Mars, Orion 7 - together with Proxima 3 and Babylon 5 - seceded from the Alliance.
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Pak'ma

 The Pak'ma'ra homeworld.

See also:

Races - Pak'ma'ra

Pepinia

 Colony that joined the Earth Alliance in 2257.

Phobos

 The larger one of the two moons of Mars. Edgars Industries has a place of business there.

Praxis 9

 A seedy planet situated outside the jurisdiction of the Interstellar Alliance. It is the centre of both legal and illegal trade on its sector. The planet has a poisonous atmosphere rich with carbon monoxide and methane and thus the four major cities - all situated on the northern hemisphere - are protected by domes. The capital is situated in the largest dome and is the only spaceport on the planet. Slavetrade is legal on Praxis 9 and there isn't much control over other contrabands either.

Proxima 3

 One of Earth's largest colonies and the third planet in its solar system. There is a military base on the planet and a jumpgate nearby.

Proxima 3 was attacked by the Minbari near the end of the Minbari War, right before the Battle of the Line.
In 2260, after the declaration of martial law and the bombings on Mars, Proxima 3 together with Orion 7 and Babylon 5 seceded from the Earth Alliance. In mid-2261 Proxima was still more or less free, but President's Clarks forces had surrounded it and had brought the resistance close to surrender with the embargo. Fortunately in September Captain Sheridan and his forces arrived to Proxima and liberated it.
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Ragesh 3

 A Narn planet that was annexed by the Centauri who then formed an agrarian research colony on it. In January 2258 the Narns retook the colony without advance warning claiming that the colonists had requested the Narns to help them gain independence from the Centauri. Commander Sinclair, however, found out the truth - that the Narn taken the colony by force - and blackmailed the Narns to free Ragesh 3.

Ralga

 A verdant planet whose inhabitants were imprisoned by the Soul Hunters due to an misunderstanding.

See also:

Races - Ralga

Regula 4

 Planet where a group of human separatists formed a technology-free agrarian colony in an attempt to escape the modern way of life. The planet is rich with a mineral which in small quantities increases the resistance people have against diseases, but turns lethal in larger quantities. In 2267 Earth Alliance made an attempt to mine the mineral, but their attempt was opposed by the separatists, a techno-mage who was helping them and eventually also by the Excalibur that had been originally called in to protect the mining operation.
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Sigma 957

 Seemingly uninhabited planet with an atmosphere of oxygen and nitrogen and with traces of duridium, the by-product of quantium 40, in the bedrock. In 2258 Catharine Sakai was sent to scout the planet for quantium 40 but her trip was cut short when a mysterious alien vessel attacked her, crippling her ship. As it turns out, the planet belonged to one of the First Ones, a race who did not leave the galaxy with the others, but remained on their planet. Two years later Commander Ivanova, with the help of the Great Machine of Epsilon 5, discovered the First Ones and persuaded them to join the battle against Shadows.

See also:

Races - First Ones

Slimtown

 A Martian City.
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Tarcon 3

 One of the many dead worlds Excalibur encountered during their mission.

Theta 49

 A planet in the Orion sector, near Orion 49. Somewhere around the 12th century a group of Zander who had been on their way to form a colony were attacked by the Shadows and were forced to land on the planet with no means of communication. For a thousand years they lived there in isolation until in 2266 a group of humans fled the Drakh-plague infected Earth and brought the disease to Theta 49, effectively signing a death sentence for the Zander as well.

Tirolus

 Planet destroyed by J'ha'dur in 2231 during the Dilgar Invasion.

Tizino Prime

 Planet destroyed by the Vorlons in 2261.

Tripani 7

 The place where the master thief Mafeek trained Dureena to became a member of the Thieves Guild.

Tuzanor

 A Minbari city that hosted the headquarters of the Interstellar Alliance from 2263 onwards. The name of the city means "the city of sorrows".
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Vega 7

 A planet known for its ice-mines. The mad bomber Robert J. Carlsen stole some of his explosives there.

Velatastat

 Planet that took refugees during the Shadow war in 2261.

Ventauri 3

 Planet destroyed by the Vorlons in 2261.

Vermini 7

 A Drazi planet near the border of Drazi and Brakiri space. There were slight border disputes when Brakiri pilots started to use a brothel on Vermini 7 as a 'lay-over'. So to speak.

Vorlon

 The Vorlon homeworld. After the Vorlon's went beyond the Rim with the rest of the First Ones, their homeworld was left uninhabited. It remained heavily armed and guarded, though, and every ship that dared to approach it, was destroyed. According to Lyta Alexander no-one would be allowed to land there for the next million years.

See also:

Races - Vorlons
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Yedor

 A city and a spaceport on Minbar.
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Zagros 7

 A Drazi planet near the edges of Centauri space. the planet hosted a Ranger training facility from 2259 until 2260 when the Shadows found out about the facility and ordered the Centauri to blockade the planet. The Shadows arrived to Zagros 7 in order to kill the Rangers, but fortunately Sheridan and Delenn managed to defeat them with the Whitestar.

Zander Prime

 Low-tech planet than remained neutral during the Shadow War in 2261. Unfortunately they were in the middle of the killing zone and the Shadows targeted them near the end of the war. When the Shadows were approaching Zander, destroying its neighbouring planets the people of Zander turned to Army of Light for help. Unfortunately the Sheridan and others heard of Zander's fate too late - not that they would have had enough resources to help them anyway - and Zander Prime was destroyed by a Shadow Death Cloud.

Z'ha'dum

 The homeworld of the Shadows near the Rim. Auto-destruct itself in 2261 after the Shadows had left the galaxy. Z'ha'dum is not the true name of the planet, but the name the Minbari gave to the planet. It is also known as Alpha Omega 3 by the humans.

See also:

Races - Shadows and Drakh
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