Air no.: #18

Production no.: #120

First aired: 27.07.1994

Director: Janet Greek

Script: JMS

Cast: Michael O'Hare [Commander Jeffrey Sinclair], Claudia Christian [Lieutenant Commander Susan Ivanova], Jerry Doyle [Chief Michael Garibaldi], Mira Furlan [Delenn], Richard Biggs [Dr. Stephen Franklin], Andrea Thompson [Talia Winters], Stephen Furst [Vir Cotto], Bill Mumy [Lennier], Caitlin Brown [Na'Toth], Andreas Katsulas [G'Kar], Peter Jurasik [Londo Mollari]

Guests: Louis Turenne [Draal], Curt Lowens [Varn], Langdon Bensing [Derek Mobotabwe], Jim Ishida [Dr. Tasaki]

Synopsis: Quakes on the surface of Epsilon 3 lead to the discovery of an underground defense system. Sinclair and Ivanova take a shuttle into a fissure and find a long-buried civilization of highly advanced technology. It is being controlled by a dying alien embedded within a huge machine. "Help me," he cries. They remove him as more tremors shake the facility, and take him back to Babylon 5. As the shuttle returns, the jump gate activates. A big ship is about to emerge...

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