So glad you are continuing this story and I love how it is developing. Cheers and all the best to you.

This is really good and well written. I really hope you do finish it.

The plot thickens. And we end with a hard ass general about to sit down with with a sage alien priest. What can go wrong? If they actually manage to have a semi civil conversation they might actually find they have some things in common.

Thanks for sharing

Very Well Done So Far; Please continue...

Worth the wait Baratta

Best of luck with life and work

Great story and chapters. Please continue

This story goes from strength to strength. I can see from the back story you devised for Taggart why he would be so hostile to the Mimbari. As for the account of the battle for the Flynn colony the show provided very little detail about events in the war aside from the destruction of the Black Star and the battle of the Line that it's more or less a blank canvas. It makes sense that there must have been something to force the Mimbari to land groups when an orbital bombardment would have been more effective.

For all that Taggart might be blinded by old hatred he's not so clueless when it comes to realising that Sheridan is up to something more than just rebelling against Clarke. From Delen's reaction I'm guessing she knows what happened at the end of the battle for the Flynn colony. It should be interesting to find out what that is.

As for the Mimbari captain being upset with Taggart that is understandable but I would have thought about Earth Force having a warship that has gravimetric engines. That could be a real game changer for the balance of power. I could be wrong but I believe the reason the Centari navy is so feared was because their gravimetric propulsion made their ships a lot more manoeuvrable compared to the likes of the Naran and Earth and gave them greater endurance. Granted the Mimbari also have powerful long range weapons and stealth but if Earthforce was able to crack gravimetric science combined with their formidable industry they would be a lot more dangerous and we know from the show there are Mimbari who dislike and mistrust humanity just as much as Taggart dislikes the Mimbari.

It should be fun watching Taggart forced to work with Sheridan with the occasional sparks flying between them. It might help Taggart a bit if he sees aliens working together with the crew of Babylon 5 I certainly look forward to seeing how it plays out

I'm enjoying your story and hope to see more soon! Well done so far!

Is good. No worries.

For a while I thought there was going to be a fire fight there and I was wondering why Taggart was so hostile to the Mimbari but then I remembered that on the show we saw things from the point of view of the crew who worked closely with Mimbari. To most Earthforce personnel the Mimbari are the aliens who wiped out whole fleets of Earth ships and came within a hairs breath of destroying earth. Also if memory serves the Finn colony was the sight of a major battle during the Earth Mimbari war. No wonder Taggart doesn't like them and assumes the worst on seeing their ships.

I would imagine the Mimbari captain must be a bit concerned. A ship operated bu a younger race successfully got a weapons lock on his ship. As I understand it the Mimbari were so successful in the war because they could engage at range safe in the knowledge the Earth ships were unlikely to be able to hit them. It was like a soldier with a rifle fighting a solder with a pistol at range. Will the captain report back this development to home? Given the state of the grey council will anyone act on the report? I would imagine some of the warrior cast will have quite an interest in the valiant as would the Centari if they find out about its capabilities

I look forward to the next instalment and thanks for sharing

I like a good B5 story look forward to more updated

This is proving to be a very enjoyable read. I loved Babylon 5 and you have captured some of the magic with your story. I wonder will the Churchill still be destroyed? If so her surviving crew would make a nice addition to the ship. Of course if the Centari get wind of the ship they will probably try to get a good look at it to say nothing about a certain Mr Morden. I look forward to seeing the next chapter.

Great story hope you contine

Fantastic so far, this AU is gonna be cool, the Valiant being used for the Shadow war maybe alotta fun! Please keep it coming!