BABYLON 5
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Currently I am running a Babylon 5 game using the Hero system. Because I'm using someone else's world, I'm uneasy about making up things that are blatantly contradictory to canon, at least when there are so many resources available on the Web. Here are just a few of the ones I'm drawing from. |
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Lurker's Guide includes lots of info, but the best part is the comprehensive episode list. |
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B5 Tech Manual trying to mesh hard science and B5. I don't know how much is canon, but this is one of my main sources for the game. |
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Transfer Point Io, featuring dozens of B5-related links (many of which are no longer active, unfortunately). |
| Voltayre's Encyclopedia Xenobiologica |
| The Great Machine: A B-5 Wiki. |
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Gamer's Guide to Babylon 5: a wonderful sourcebook, free for the downloading. |
| Alan and Jenny's Babylon 5 Site |
| Descriptions of races, including some not described on the show, from the ill-fated combat sim game. |
| Docking Bay: write-ups of many ships from the B-5 universe; also from the ill-fated combat sim game. |
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List of B5 pages from About.com |
"Unofficial B5 Technical Manual" by By Thomas Chiverton LOST LINK |
| Unofficial Babylon 5 Encyclopedia. |
| B5/Crusade Spoiler Junkies Archive |
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Here is a hex map of known space, with territories, created for a play-by-e-mail game. Requires Adobe Acrobat to read. |
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This is a nice star map except for the fact that it is based on a timeline where Earth lost the Minbari War. |
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Planets of the Earth Alliance: compiles all colonies mentioned in the B5 world. |
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Detailed information of the Babylon 5 Station, found on the Babylon 5 MUX web page. I don't know how much is canon. |
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This B5 FAQ includes a good discussion of Quantium-40, a rare but essential ingredient of jumpgate technology. |
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You can find the B5 Hero System rules set we are using at this site. Feel free to comment. |
| Aroooo's Babylon 5 for Hero System. |
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Red Sector: Various gaming resources. |
| Wolf's Shipyard presents scale drawings of B5 ships, both canon, game and fan designs. |
| B5 Medlab MUSH info. |
Here is Google's list of B5 MUX sites, some of which have useful bits for games. |
| The Atomic Rockets site was mainly intended for science fiction authors who wanted a little scientific accuracy. |
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Other B5 Related Sites |
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The B5 that Never Was is a page outlining some of the changes that occurred to the B5 storyline because of cast changes etc. Not useful from a gaming standpoint, but interesting for a fan of the show. |
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Bob Steele's The Deconstruction of Babylon 5 |
| Robin Floyd's "Babylon 5: Creating the Future" |
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Here you can find B5 fiction from JMS and regular B5 writers, as well as Crusade scripts which were never filmed. DEAD LINK |
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Art of the Technomage: A site demonstrating how close we can get to technomagic using existing technologies. This group was inspired by B5 characters, but these aren't fanpages. |