Military Questions

 Posted on 1/22/1996 by J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com> to CIS


John Hardin <74076.22@compuserve.com> asks:
> I am very interested in the military in B5, what they are doing?
> Does the Earth Alliance military simply follow the President, or
> does the Admiralty have its own mind? Will the EA do anything that
> the Senators and President says? What does the EA military feel
> about the loss of its telepaths? What does the EA military think
> about the station B5? You basically said the Manbire military is
> under the control of the shadow (rather simple view I know) is
> the earth military the same way?

1. I am very interested in the military in B5, what
they are doing?

All kinds of things. Some good, some not so.

Does the Earth Alliance military simply follow the
President, or does the Admiralty have its own mind?

Any military must respect the chain of command. You can't have the
military setting its own agenda. The president proposes, the military
disposes.

Will the EA do anything that the Senators and President
says?

Well, the EA military must obey the President as Commander in Chief.
The EA government is always quibbling. They're like that.

What does the EA military feel about the loss of its
telepaths?

The EA military hasn't lost any telepaths that I know of. Don't know
what this refers to.

What does the EA military think about the station B5?

"Cushy job. And they're a bunch of loose cannons over there. Maybe
we better see if we can help straighten things out."

You basically said the Manbire military is under the
control of the shadow (rather simple view I know) is
the earth military the same way?

No, I never said that, and the Minbari are NOT under Shadow control.

My next question is on getting your show on military
T.V. The network is called AFARTS, Armed Forces
A(something) Radio and Television something something.

Anyway, AFARTS does not show commercials. After not
seeing stateside commercials for over 5 years, you
actually start missing them, anyway, they don't do
advertisements, and basically ask for the show. DS9,
Bay watch etc. either give it to AFARTS or gives it to
them for next to nothing.

I was wondering if you were even willing to enterin the
ideal. If so, we have to start a write in "beg
campaign" to get worthless AFARTS (actually they are
O.K., but it is a sailors right to complain) to talk to
someone. Last big thing was getting the Rush Limbaugh
show, on the radio, that had to go to congress, before
the FoB plants/sympatiers in the pentagon/Admiralty
would allow it.

I'm up for it, we've talked to Warners about it, but it's their call,
not mine.

jms



Military Questions

 Posted on 1/23/1996 by J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com> to CIS


Tom LeCompte <76711.572@compuserve.com> asks:
> If you don't mind, could you clarify the role of telepaths in the
> EA military? And certainly CDR Ivanova lives in perpetual fear
> that she'll be found out and kicked out - or is her sin in the
> eyes of EA more in *lying* about her telepathy than in having it?
> (Which brings to mind something else - where do the people who
> are "not even a P-1" end up?

The military uses telepaths on a loan-out or special intelligence
basis, rather than within the core units of soldiers and officers.

jms



Military Questions

 Posted on 1/23/1996 by J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com> to CIS


Philip Hornsey <74053.2101@compuserve.com> asks:
> When the soulhunter said "You would do such a thing?"
> to Delenn when he peeked into her soul, was he referring to the
> change she made in Chrysalis or *something else*? I know Neroon
> detests Delenn, but is he likely more friendly to Ambassador
> Sinclair? May I assume that you approved having G'Kar butcher a
> zillion people (was 10 billion a misprint?) in the Prologue? If
> so, should we have *any* sympathy *at all* for the Narn (I now
> don't) and will you bring up something in the show to grey them
> up?

You'll hear the soul hunter's line again this season, in a
flashback, that may illuminate this; and there's more about Neroon as
well this year. As for G'Kar...people do things in war they can always
justify.

jms



Military Questions

 Posted on 1/24/1996 by J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com> to CIS


Philip Hornsey <74053.2101@compuserve.com> asks:
> Why was Lennier chosen to serve Delenn, what set him apart?
> Was Knight One's comment about "Maybe we're still inside"
> something we should worry about, or just the ravings of a damaged
> mind? What ever happened to the Home Guard?
> Why did Jack (Garabaldi's aid not Sebastian) say "I've never met
> a Psi Cop before" to Bester when we know he was up to his neck in
> the Conspiracy? Lastly, what is Bester's first name?

Home Guard found other venues. Bester's first name is Alfred.
And Jack was speaking correctly; his contacts were not psi-corps in
nature.

jms



Military Questions

 Posted on 1/27/1996 by J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com> to CIS


Robert Miller <71501.3042@compuserve.com> asks:
> Will Jack be appearing again, or will he be mentioned again?

He'll be mentioned again, yes, in the very next episode, in fact.

jms