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IA and advanced tech

The MercifulThe Merciful Earthforce Officer
in Babylon 5
Did anyone else besides Earth Alliance get artificial gravity and other fancy tech like that as they joined EA. I recall, in the show it was made appear so that EA was a special case. If so, why did the others lacking AG tolerate this; if not, why was EA gettin AG given such an importance if every joiner got it. I'm mainly thinking of Narns.

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  • EternityEternity Elite Ranger
    If my memory serves me the Narn were going after the ISA to get artifical gravity, and other for the Bin'Tak Dreadnought.
  • RandyRandy Master Storyteller
    I'm not sure there is a definite answer to this in canon.

    When we were developing ITF this potential tension became central to our narrative.

    There was discontent among the former League of Non-aligned Worlds. These relatively weak worlds felt that new technology, allowed them through becoming a part of the IA, was not being distributed quickly enough or fairly enough. They felt that the more powerful worlds, or worlds with a political "in" were getting preferential treatment. This discontent created a potential for dark forces to exploit in their covert effort to destabilize the IA.
  • BigglesBiggles <font color=#AAFFAA>The Man Without a Face</font>
    It's never really discussed, but I would assume that eventually they all got it.

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  • The MercifulThe Merciful Earthforce Officer
    Damn, now I sorely miss B5:ItF again. I always felt there was something not quite right with that alliance... [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/biggrin.gif[/img]
  • FreejackFreejack Jake the Not-so-Wise
    Your right about something feeling not-quite-right. It could be that a husband and wife were President and VP, which is weird (by human standards anyway). It also could be that it seemed like the Humans and Minbari where the only ones in charge, almost to the point that they said to the other races, "You all aren't strong enough to take care of yourselves so we'll do it for you".
  • Whitestar 15Whitestar 15 Earthforce Officer
    Hi all. Just wondering do we ever see a Warlock-class destroyer in babylon 5? i'd love 2 c one....apparently u c one in the last episode of crusade...
  • whitestar90whitestar90 Elite Ranger
    None in B5 series itself but yo do see it in the last aired episode of Crusade and also in the B5 movie- A Call to Arms [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img]

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  • BekennBekenn Sinclair's Duck
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    It's at the top.

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  • Whitestar 15Whitestar 15 Earthforce Officer
    aaa yes..so..it..is...i nvr realised...oops..l@@kin @ it now though it l@@ks very similar to the sulaco off aliens...or is it just me? what do u think? yes it sprobably just me...
  • PJHPJH The Lovely Thing
    It's not just you Whitestar. Many others think so too, me for one. [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img]

    But back on topic.... One reason which came in my mind is, that other worlds were not advanced enough to handle artificial gravity, since as you might remember EA couldn't fully utilize it either. IIRC they managed to create only 0.9 gravity for the Excalibur and that was with the help of Minbari and a long research of AG already before they got it from Minbari. So that might've been one reason assuming that only EA got it. Though Narns, as I understand, were pretty much as advanced as humans as well, if not even more advanced.

    - PJH
  • BigglesBiggles <font color=#AAFFAA>The Man Without a Face</font>
    It is possible that most species were not advanced enough for the tech, not because they couldn't handle it as such, but more because it wouldn't work with their technology. It would take considerable time to get it to work.

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    Never eat anything bigger than your own head.
    The Balance provides. The Balance protects.

    "Nonono...Is not [i]Great[/i] Machine. Is...[i]Not[/i]-so-Great Machine. It make good snow cone though." - Zathras
  • PJHPJH The Lovely Thing
    Yeah, that might be the case as well, or it could be both.

    - PJH
  • EternityEternity Elite Ranger
    Well the ISA was definatlly levelling out jump-drive tech - we were told as much as that in "Sleeping in the Light" - Just before Sheridan jumped to Corianis 6.
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