Daniel M. Upton <75442.1331@compuserve.com> asks: > could it be that the Shadows technical advantage lies in the > field of propulsion? First, why didn't Kosh flee the station and > go into Vorlon space before ordering the attack on the Shadows? > Were Shadow vessels haunting hyperspace in the region of the > station ready to destroy him if he tried to leave? Why didn't he > ask Sheridan and Delenn for Ranger bodyguards? Would the Shadows > have simply killed them and then pressed their attack on Kosh or > would bringing things that far out in the open have left the > Shadows with no more reason not to directly attack the station? > Why was Kosh able to order the Vorlon fleet to attack the > Shadows? Was his position in the Vorlon hierarchy higher than the > title of ambassador would indicate? was he, like Delenn was > originally, part of some kind of governing body? Why did Morden > and the Shadows automatically know that when the Vorlon fleet > attacked them that Kosh was behind it? And most importantly, why > are the Vorlon still "too few" to directly engage the Shadows? So > again, why aren't they ready? Why are the Shadows, who had to play > catchup in a big way, able to field a navy that has the > "thousands" of ships that Londo saw in his vision while the > Vorlons are still "too few"?
Because I think, on some level, Kosh knew it was inevitable; a price had to be paid. In a way, Lincoln had the same feelings...why was he to live when so many had died? In a way, he knew he wouldn't live much longer. Also, it would mean running...and the Vorlons don't run. If he fled, another would pay the price...and that also wouldn't be right.
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