Commander Sinclair walked down the hallways of Babylon 5. It was a new station created after the disappearance of Babylon 4 a peacekeeping station before it. The year was 2257 and the station was almost complete.

Babylon 5 had been built as a beacon of hope at the dawn of the third age of mankind and after the earth Minbari war which was a devastating war which had inflicted heavy damage on earth and earth force. The war had been an accident when a captain of a Hyperion class destroyer had the first contact with the Minbari which at that time was carrying the grey counsel of the highest of the Minbari three from the religious cast, three from the warrior cast, three from the worker class. Earthforce had suffered heavy losses during the war with 200,000 people killed in just three months of the war. As the Minbari decided to go on a "holy quest" they went on a quest to destroy all of humanity. At the battle of the line or the last stand against Minbari forces, all ships capable of fighting were sent into battle with the Minbari. During the battle, civilians were supposed to be leaving from transport ships. The president made a speech encouraging every last soldier to fight for Earth. The battle of the line saw Squadron Leader Jeffery Sinclair lead his men into battle as hundreds of Minbari jumpgates opened up. But during the battle Jeffery Sinclair was captured and held for interrogation to help the Minbari find out what the earth defense system was. And then the Minbari found out Jeffery Sinclair was one of their greatest heroes a Minbari not born of Minbari otherwise known as Valen.